Bethesda E3 2017: Starfield game, Wolfenstein news, Evil Within 2, Fallout, Elder Scrolls
The show kicked off with a montage of Bethesda staff and their families talking around games and sharing their excitement for the show. Nice to know devs have time to spawn around al the crunch.
After a short intro to the Bethesdaland theme of this year’s showcase (a “playground with something for everyone”, apparently), Bethesda boss Pete Hines arrived to cheers from the crowd.
We then had a brief recap of Bethesda’s recent releases and successes – DOOM, Dishonored 2, Prey, Fallout Shelter, Fallout 4, Skyrim Special Edition and console mods.
Then it was time to get to business, and the first cab off the rank was virtual reality, with two VR games from Bethesda due for release this very year.
The first is DOOM VFR and the second was, of course, Fallout 4 VR. Fallout VR was described as the first full and complete open world game playable in VR, while DOOM VR was labelled “it’s so hot right now”, so it presumably isn’t a full game in the same way Fallout 4 VR is.
Next up Bethesda spent a little while talking about how good The Elder Scrolls Online is, including a look at the recent Morrowind expansion.
This was a lead up to something called Creation Club, which is a marketplace for premium content on PC, PS4 and Xbox One coming this summer. It’s paid mod scheme, in other words, but there will be content from Bethesda itself as well as partner developers, as well as the best community creators.
Elder Scrolls Legends got a bit of love, too, with word that Android and iOS versions of the card battler are releasing soon. It’s also getting a Heroes of Skyrim expansion on June 29.
The Skyrim build of Switch was showcased with word of a Skyrim Amiibo activating a Legend of Zelda Link skin. That’s, uh, interesting.
Arkane followed with a look at the new Dishonored 2 DLC. It’s going to have Billy – you know who – going after the Outsider himself. 100% piss off mate: I will deck you if you try.
Before we’d recovered from this targeted personal attack, Bethesda moved on to Quake Champions. As predicted, it made a big rah-rah fuss about the title’s eSports potential. Keep trying, Bethesda! You’ll get a slice of that enormous pie eventually!! The World Championships final takes place August 26 at QuakeCon and there’s $1 million in the prize pot. Also, BJ from Wolfenstein is in Quake Champions. There you go.
After this we moved on to something everyone expected but sheered wildly for anyway: The Evil Within 2. The trailer was very dramatic and full of amazingly varied settings and situations, plus a pretty strong hint that the plot will be unfolded somewhat – good news for those of us still puzzled over what was going on in the first one. The Evil Within 2 launches Friday October 13.
The last “coming attraction” of Bethesdaland kicked off with a live-action section with a big robot dog, leading into a cinematic trailer for Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. Channeling some of that retro America diners-and-flag-waving of Fallout, but without the nuclear devastation, and seemed to show a Nazi-occupied USA. Well, that’s timely, isn’t it. It looks amazing.
Everything Bethesda announced and showed is coming out this year. Rad!
Notably, there was nothing from Battlecry Studios. Although Bethesda hasn’t made a formal announcement we’re pretty sure Battlecry was cancelled or overhauled, and it’s been a no-show since E3 2016 – and we still don’t know what that team is up to – if it still exists.
Stay with us for all the news from E3 2017. Lock and load.
After a short intro to the Bethesdaland theme of this year’s showcase (a “playground with something for everyone”, apparently), Bethesda boss Pete Hines arrived to cheers from the crowd.
We then had a brief recap of Bethesda’s recent releases and successes – DOOM, Dishonored 2, Prey, Fallout Shelter, Fallout 4, Skyrim Special Edition and console mods.
Then it was time to get to business, and the first cab off the rank was virtual reality, with two VR games from Bethesda due for release this very year.
The first is DOOM VFR and the second was, of course, Fallout 4 VR. Fallout VR was described as the first full and complete open world game playable in VR, while DOOM VR was labelled “it’s so hot right now”, so it presumably isn’t a full game in the same way Fallout 4 VR is.
Next up Bethesda spent a little while talking about how good The Elder Scrolls Online is, including a look at the recent Morrowind expansion.
This was a lead up to something called Creation Club, which is a marketplace for premium content on PC, PS4 and Xbox One coming this summer. It’s paid mod scheme, in other words, but there will be content from Bethesda itself as well as partner developers, as well as the best community creators.
Elder Scrolls Legends got a bit of love, too, with word that Android and iOS versions of the card battler are releasing soon. It’s also getting a Heroes of Skyrim expansion on June 29.
The Skyrim build of Switch was showcased with word of a Skyrim Amiibo activating a Legend of Zelda Link skin. That’s, uh, interesting.
Arkane followed with a look at the new Dishonored 2 DLC. It’s going to have Billy – you know who – going after the Outsider himself. 100% piss off mate: I will deck you if you try.
Before we’d recovered from this targeted personal attack, Bethesda moved on to Quake Champions. As predicted, it made a big rah-rah fuss about the title’s eSports potential. Keep trying, Bethesda! You’ll get a slice of that enormous pie eventually!! The World Championships final takes place August 26 at QuakeCon and there’s $1 million in the prize pot. Also, BJ from Wolfenstein is in Quake Champions. There you go.
After this we moved on to something everyone expected but sheered wildly for anyway: The Evil Within 2. The trailer was very dramatic and full of amazingly varied settings and situations, plus a pretty strong hint that the plot will be unfolded somewhat – good news for those of us still puzzled over what was going on in the first one. The Evil Within 2 launches Friday October 13.
The last “coming attraction” of Bethesdaland kicked off with a live-action section with a big robot dog, leading into a cinematic trailer for Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. Channeling some of that retro America diners-and-flag-waving of Fallout, but without the nuclear devastation, and seemed to show a Nazi-occupied USA. Well, that’s timely, isn’t it. It looks amazing.
Everything Bethesda announced and showed is coming out this year. Rad!
Notably, there was nothing from Battlecry Studios. Although Bethesda hasn’t made a formal announcement we’re pretty sure Battlecry was cancelled or overhauled, and it’s been a no-show since E3 2016 – and we still don’t know what that team is up to – if it still exists.
Stay with us for all the news from E3 2017. Lock and load.
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