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    E3 2016

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Mr Najsman, Jun 12, 2016.

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    A thread dedicated to news, tidbits and trailers from E3 2016.


    Conference schedule

    EA - June 12 1PM PT / 4PM ET / 10PM CEST
    BF1 64p livestream - June 12 2PM PT / 5PM ET / 11PM CEST

    Bethesda - June 12 7PM PT / 10PM ET / (June 13) 4AM CEST

    Microsoft - June 13 9.30AM PT / 12.30PM ET / 6.30PM CEST

    PC Gaming Show - June 13 11.30AM PT / 2.30PM ET / 8.30PM CEST

    Ubisoft - June 13 1PM PT / 4PM ET / 10PM CEST

    Sony - June 13 6PM PT / 9PM ET / (June 14) 3AM CEST

    Nintendo Treehouse June 14 9AM PST / 6PM CEST

    https://www.youtube.com/user/E3
    https://www.twitch.tv/event/e3
    http://www.ign.com/events/e3
    https://www.youtube.com/user/gamespot/playlists


    Conference streams

    EA

    Bethesda

    Microsoft

    PC Gaming Show

    Ubisoft

    Sony

    NintendoTreehouse
    Nintendo Treehouse: Live at E3
    https://www.twitch.tv/nintendo
    http://e3.nintendo.com
    https://www.youtube.com/user/Nintendo


    Gameplay & trailers

    Battlefield 1

    Official Gameplay Trailer
    45 minutes of Battlefield 1 multiplayer gameplay
    LevelCap Battlefield One 44 Minutes Of Raw Gameplay | Squads Livestream

    Mass Effect: Andromeda
    Official EA Play 2016 Video

    Titanfall 2
    Official Single Player Gameplay Trailer
    Official Multiplayer Gameplay Trailer

    FIFA 17
    The Journey
    Official Gameplay Trailer

    Fe
    Gameplay Trailer

    Star Wars - A look ahead
    A look ahead

    Quake Champions
    E3 2016 Reveal Trailer

    Watchdogs 2
    World Premiere Announcement
    Gameplay Trailer - E3 2016
    Gameplay Walkthrough: Dedsec Infiltration Mission - E3 2016

    Skyrim Special Edition
    Skyrim Special Edition

    Prey
    E3 2016 Reveal Trailer

    Dishonored 2
    Official E3 Gameplay Trailer
    12 minutes of Dishonored 2 Gameplay

    Fallout Shelter for PC
    E3 Showcase Presentation

    Mafia III
    E3 2016 Trailer
    E3 2016 Gameplay Reveal

    The Walking Dead Season 3
    Season 3 Trailer (E3 2016)

    For Honor
    Teaser Trailer - The Vikings Are Coming
    Cinematic Story Trailer – E3 2016
    Viking Gameplay Walkthough Trailer - E3 2016

    Gears of War 4
    Stage Demo - E3 2016

    Killer Instinct
    General RAAM trailer

    Forza Horizon 3
    Official E3 Trailer
    Trailer World Debut and Onstage Demo

    ReCore
    E3 Gameplay Trailer

    Final Fantasy XV
    Boss Fight Stage Demo - E3 2016

    The Division
    The Division Trailer: Underground DLC Gameplay
    The Division Trailer: Survival DLC Teaser

    Minecraft
    The Friendly Update & VR Stage Demo

    Inside
    Release Date Teaser
    10 Minutes of INSIDE Gameplay

    Indie
    Inside and Indie Stage Demo

    We Happy Few
    Official E3 2016 Gameplay Trailer

    Gwent
    Official E3 2016 Announcement Trailer
    Gwent: The Witcher Card Game E3 2016 Xbox Briefing

    Tekken 7
    E3 Trailer

    Dead Rising 4
    Gameplay Trailer
    Developer Interview
    Dead Rising 4 Gameplay

    Scalebound
    E3 Briefing 2016

    Sea of Thieves
    Trailer & Gameplay

    State of Decay 2
    Official E3 2016 Announcement Trailer

    Halo Wars 2
    Official E3 Trailer

    Dawn of War 3
    Gameplay footage

    Giant Cop
    Trailer

    Mount and Blade 2
    Siege trailer

    Dawn of War 3
    Gameplay footage

    Ghost Recon Wildlands
    Trailer: Cartel Cinematic
    Gameplay Walkthrough: El Pozolero Takedown Mission

    South Park: The Fractured but Whole
    E3 2016 trailer
    Gameplay Showcase with Trey and Matt

    Eagle Flight VR
    Multiplayer Gameplay

    Star Trek Bridge Crew
    Stage Show

    Grow Up
    Announcement Trailer

    Trials of the Blood Dragon
    Launch Trailer

    Steep
    Announcement Trailer
    Gameplay Walkthrough

    Horizon Zero Dawn
    Gameplay Video

    Death Stranding
    E3 reveal

    Spider-Man
    E3 2016 Teaser

    Resident Evil 7
    Biohazard TAPE-1 “Desolation”

    God of War 4
    E3 2016 Gameplay Trailer

    Detroit: Become Human
    E3 2016 Trailer

    The Last Guardian
    E3 2016 Trailer

    Days Gone
    E3 2016 Announce Trailer
    Gameplay (E3 2016)

    Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
    "Ship Assault" Gameplay Trailer

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    Official Game Trailer

    Pro Evolution Soccer 2017
    E3 Teaser Trailer

    Batman: Arkham VR
    E3 2016 Reveal Trailer

    Tyranny
    "From the Ashes," Gameplay Reveal

    Robinson: The Journey
    An Adventure Begins | Trailer

    Vampyr
    E3 2016: Vampyr Trailer

    Oxygen Not Included
    E3 Teaser

    Tacoma
    Bodies in Motion

    Abzû
    Launch Trailer

    Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
    Dubai gameplay

    Observer
    Trailer

    Dual Universe
    Teaser

    Day of Infamy
    Trailer

    Mages of Mystralia
    Trailer

    Warframe Lunaro
    Trailer

    Overland
    Trailer

    Mirage: Arcane Warfare
    Trailer
    Gameplay

    Gamespots playlists contain just about everything from the conferences:
    https://www.youtube.com/user/gamespot/playlists
     
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    Let the lying begin!
     
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    Yes! Can't wait to see all those trailers of awesome graphics that won't be in the games they release.
     
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    Also, why only 64p stream for BF1?
    Surely they can afford at least to livestream it at 480p... Or is it so crap that they have resort to low quality stream?

    Yes, obviously I'm joking


    I think Ubisoft will deliver, like they always do. Others should do nicely as well.
     
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    Here is the announcement for IGN's E3 2016 coverage:



    Code:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLraFbwCoisJDlbE2ifQM-lJgNAnaZaH7F
    
    https://www.twitch.tv/event/e3
     
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    (Updating links as completed, some replaced with working links)

    Here are a few more E3 2016 stream sources / aggregators, all times US Pacific, Click on Blue Text to jump to Video:

    Battlefield 1 Multiplayer Gameplay - Live From E3 - E3 Press Conference SUN 1 PM
    Completed, replay video found:
    45 minutes of Battlefield 1 multiplayer gameplay (PC gameplay)

    EA Press Conference - E3 2016 [Full Livestream] Sun 12:15pm
    Completed, starts at 43:00

    Bethesda Press Conference - E3 2016 - Sun 7:00pm
    Completed, starts at 53:50

    Watch Dogs 2: World Premiere Announcement - E3 2016 [US] Not Live.

    Xbox – E3 2016 Live Stream Monday 9:30am
    Completed, Xbox E3 Post Show Playlist

    AMD Presents - The PC Gaming Show is back for E3 2016! Monday 11:30am
    Completed, Full Archive Playback , starts at 31:00

    Ubisoft Press Conference - E3 2016 - Monday 12:30pm
    Completed, starts at 34:00

    Sony Press Conference - E3 2016 - Monday 5:30pm
    Completed, starts at 34:20

    There are a bunch more, please pick the ones you are looking to watch, and post them here, with day/time info :)
    https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=EgIIBA%3D%3D&q=e3+2016+live+stream

    Twitch Streams

    EA Play – June 12, 1PM PST / 4PM EST
    https://www.twitch.tv/ea
    Completed, Full Event Playback

    Bethesda – June 12, 7PM PST / 10PM EST
    https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda
    Completed, Full Event Playback

    Microsoft – June 13, 9:30AM PST / 12:30PM EST
    https://www.twitch.tv/xbox
    Completed, Full Event Playback

    PC Gaming Show – June 13, 12PM PST / 3PM EST
    http://www.pcgamingshow.com/
    Completed, Full Event Playback, Post Event Playback

    Ubisoft – June 13, 1PM PST / 4PM EST
    https://www.twitch.tv/ubisoft
    Completed, Full Event Playback

    Sony – June 13, 6PM PST / 9PM EST
    https://www.twitch.tv/playstation
    Completed, Full Event Playback

    Nintendo Treehouse Live – June 14 at 9AM PT / 12PM ET
    http://e3.nintendo.com


    GameSpot E3 2016 Coverage, in addition to what is above:
    https://www.youtube.com/user/gamespot/search?query=e3+2016

    GameSpot (E3 2016) Playlists
    https://www.youtube.com/user/gamespot/playlists
     
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    Alienware showing off its new PC is what is being said on Twitter. Get ready for some BGA powered desktops at $1999 "only".


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    I was hoping to see Elder Scrolls 6 announced and centralized in Elsewhyr, but I hear latest rumors are Valenwood. Which is fine (Bosmer), but I'd really like a Khajit themed one. Echo knows they might not even be ready to announce ES6 yet.

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    I'm waiting for this !!

    If you observe it's made on Win7 yay !
     
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    Let me guess - we're gonna assemble a team, bang a teammate, save the world.
     
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    looking forward to halflife 3 only a little more time to wait
     
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    I'm sooo looking forward to Skyrim Special Edition. People on Facebook keep complaining about Beth not remastering Oblivion or Morrowind (+ that console gamers need to spend upwards of US$800 on a nice gaming PC apparently, ugh)... but I personally can't wait to play Skyrim on my Xbox One.

    Additionally,
    [​IMG]

    (screenshotted because embed doesn't work, apparently)
     
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    Free upgrade.. Nice...

    Sent from a 128th Legion Stormtrooper 6P
     
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    Broken mods :D
     
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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is already in Steam as a separate game, not an upgrade, so no messing with the mods for the current game :)
    http://store.steampowered.com/app/489830/

    Now we wait until October 28th 2016 to play, for free :)
     
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    "Skyrim...

    [​IMG]

    ...Remastered!"

    [​IMG]
     
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    I´ve edited the OP with links to conference streams.

    I also had a massive edit with trailers and gameplay but apparently we´re only allowed to have 8 medias per post, so the OP can´t function as a lone place for all trailers :(
    EDIT: There´s now a playlist in the OP which I´ll try to keep updated /EDIT

    Luckily I saved my edit so I´ll post what I´ve found so far:

    Gameplay & trailers

    Battlefield 1





    Mass Effect: Andromeda

    Titanfall 2



    FIFA 17


     
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    Fe

    Star Wars - A look ahead

    Quake Champions

    Watchdogs 2

    Skyrim Special Edition

    Prey

    Dishonored 2


     
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    Fallout Shelter for PC

    Mafia III



    The Walking Dead Season 3

    For Honor
     
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    and they just announced Gears Of War 4 for PC (on Windows 10 UWP probably).
    edit : and forza horizon 3 !
     
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    Looking at it, there's not much improvements. Basically if you had you game modded, you already have a better game.
    Still, I think it's only fair to praise Bugthesda for releasing it as a free upgrade. Usually companies charge money for such things (looking at you, Square Enix), but Bugthesda decided to go a different path.
    I still won't forget about the whole paid mod crap though. No matter how much free stuff you shove at me, it's not going away.
     
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    We Happy Few has a very creepy feel to it..


     
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    so is gears of war 4 a stand alone PC title or do you need an xbox with xbox anywhere to play? They say when you purchase GOW4 you get it for both, so its kind of confusing.
     
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    Bioshock, is that thou?
     
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    AMD Radeon Polaris E3 2016
     
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    OP updated with links to trailers (through Ubisoft event).
     
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    MassEffect Andromeda, BF1, Titanfall 2 from EA to Recore, M$ Excl for XB1 & GhostRecon wildlands, For Honor, Watchdogs 2 (Pre downgraded yay ! ), The Division Expansions from Ubitroll, Dishonored 2, Skyrim remastered, Quake Champions & Prey 2 from Bethesda, Deus Ex Mankind divided too was insane !!
    All of these seem good but most of em are arriving super late...btw Tekken 7 is coming to PC too.

    God of War, Horizon Zero dawn look sick & that Death Stranding left for us to speculate !

    Oh yeah that COD Infinite Warfare's new gameplay showcase was also good imo.

    And I don't care for Win10 games being called as PC games. M$ can go to hell with their UWP/Store B$.
     
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    How could you forget The Last Guardian finally getting a date?

    Sony pretty much crushed it. The three standouts for the show for me were God of War, Horizons Zero Dawn (which seemed like Witcher with a skin on it, not complaining one bit), and The Last Guardian, Prey, and the Skyrim re-release. Looks like i might have to do a 3rd Skyrim play through.

    I was already sold on Deus Ex and Dishonored 2, haven't seen the new Mankind Divided trailer yet I'll watch it soon. But that wasn't new excitement for me.

    One thing I am a little bummed about was no word of more SP content for doom.


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    Skyrim remaster is real?

    oh well, only some info on visual upgrade. Hope they improve that combat system too.
     
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    WTH?!? I hope you get the choice of not wanting the free Skyrim remastered from Steam. I have 350+ mods in my Skyrim game and it looks like the remastered one, more or less. I just don't want my game busted by some unstoppable Steam download.
     
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    So disappointing. It's almost 5 years since Skyrim debuted and comment offered by Bethesda's Todd Howard suggest it could be quite a while before we see ES6. In terms of ES6, Howard mentioned that they don't yet have the technology to take the game where they believe "that kind of game needs to go" (para). Bethesda has placed an enormous focus on VR at E3 2016, calling it "the future" of RPG. It wouldn't surprise me if their vision for ES6 intends to push the envelope in that direction. I just wished they would have waited until ES7 to do it.
     
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    More on Mass Effect Andromeda
    Mass Effect: Andromeda – E3 2016 Information

    EA Play Trailer
    -The new ship is called the Tempest. It’s small enough to land on planets
    -Asari, Salarians, Krogan etc are all in Andromeda
    -The Mako has a boost feature
    -Biotics are back
    -You can switch shoulders during combat
    -Facial animations are smoother/more detailed
    -There is more than one Ark
    -Before leaving, the Arks were located above Earth
    -Passengers on the Ark have been kept in some kind of stasis during the journey. Female character is first to wake up

    Mac Walters (YouTube Live at E3)
    -Characters are a huge focus, Frostbite allows them to create more detailed characters
    -The dialogue system will be familiar but they want to push the envelope with new mechanics
    -There will be an ‘evolution’ of the morality system
    -The protagonist’s name is Ryder
    -The woman at the end of the EA Play video is a FemRyder
    -The goal of this game is to move forward. There will be callbacks to the trilogy however
    -Ryder has a family. This family ties into the storyline (Maybe siblings, parents etc)
    -ME3 multiplayer was a surprising success but they understand that fans didn’t like how it tied into the single player, aims to improve this
    -Development in the game is in the final stretch, they only want to show stuff that’s totally finished and polished
    -The Mako is the only vehicle in the game

    Polygon and IGN interviews with Mac Walters/Aaryn Flynn
    -Mass Effect 3’s ending and your decisions won’t affect Andromeda
    -Relationships and romances will be more realistic
    -Friendships and romances will take into account character temperaments. Some may be harder to talk to.
    -Romance won’t be limited to checking in a few times, then getting a romance scene.
    -Mass Effect Andromeda is a story about becoming a hero
    -The characters will be much younger and untested, drawing from themes of feeling out of depth or like an outcast
    -Humanity are the aliens this time, it’s the story of a stranger in a strange land
    -BioWare are aiming for a character that is more than just a typical space marine, someone who recognises the impact their presence is having
    -Instead of your character already knowing a lot about the Galaxy like Shepard, you’re going to be discovering all of this stuff with them
    -You won’t have the kind of support Shepard would have. You’re not exactly a Spectre this time
    -The story of the game will be more personal this time, even though the scale is still grand
    -The trilogy will act as a foundational background, but won’t be a focus. There will be explainations for new players on what Krogans are, what mass effect field are etc.
    -The trilogy was about a cinematic, grand, space opera with a titular character. With Andromeda they want to move away from this
    -Instead of saying “You are this person” it’s about saying “This is your role and this is the way you can play it”
    -Andromeda will still be a human centric story, as it gives the player a foothold in the alien narrative
    -In ME1, humans found themselves to be the underdogs in a larger galaxy, and this is ultimately a core theme of Mass Effect, not just the trilogy
    -BioWare kept trying to solve the vehicle problem in the trilogy, but this time they’ve made it a core focus and tried to fix it early in development
    -The online component will have no impact on the main story this time. There will be more positive ties between the singleplayer and multiplayer
    -The core elements of branching dialogue, relationship building, exploration etc will remain intact
    -Andromeda will feel like you’re playing Mass Effect for the first time, as the setting/characters are new and unfamiliar, yet nostalgic to returning fans

    Yanick Roy (Studio Director)
    -RPG elements are of course still there, allowing the player to control the story their way
    -BioWare aren’t worried about moving on from Shepard, they believe that as long as all the core elements of Mass Effect are there, people will play it
    -There will be companions with ‘loyalty’ missions and new ways to get to know them
    -The multiplayer will be similar to ME3’s but with more freedom, dynamic gameplay and ‘chaos’
    -There will be more customisation than we’ve seen before. We can “own” our environments
    -Andromeda is their biggest game ever. Exploration is a major factor, similar to what they tried to achieve in ME1
    -Planets will have essentially one biome, inspired by planets from things like Star Wars
    -There will be different ways to communicate with the races of Andromeda. Diplomacy, aggressiveness, combat etc
    -The order in which you do quests/talk to people may also influence opinion of you and humanity
    -We will be able to choose male/female, but they want to go a little bit further with this. More details to come soon
    -The female Ryder isn’t exactly the default face. There is a bit of a twist this time around but they can’t say more yet
    -The protagonist’s role will be vast, their goal is to find a new home for humanity and the other races accompanying them, requiring a character of many qualities
    -There will be references to the trilogy, but not so much as to flood new players with information
    -The way the translators will understand the languages of the Andromeda species will be explained
    Aaryn Flynn (PlayStation Access and Inside Playstation)
    -The trip to Andromeda has taken a really really long time (hundereds of years)
    -The game draws parallels to today’s space exploration advancements/themes
    -The N7 character has nothing to do with Shepard
    -New species. Some old, some new, some completely mysterious
    -Choices will affect the species you encounter
    -Planetary exploration is essentially the same mechanic as ME1, but much MUCH bigger/better with more freedom
    -There’s much more to the Tempest than meets the eye
    -The ‘Ark’ is a huge part of the story, not just where Ryder wakes up
    -Main character will be human, you can choose to play as a male/female Ryder
    -There is a sense of continuity in the Mass Effect universe, despite starting fresh in a new Galaxy
    -Mass Effect Andromeda is story/characters first, then with a large focus on seamless loading, exploration
    -Frostbite has forced them to rebuild everything from the ground up, it’s a clean slate in more ways than one
    -Mass Effect VR is a possibility

    EDIT: New Info (Various Sources such as Twitter and news websites) -Same-Sex romances are still there
    -Info about the collectors edition is coming this fall
    -As the game runs Frostbite, the PC hardware requirements will be similar to that of Battlefront and Inquisition
    -More news may be coming in weeks instead of months.
    -Codex entries will be detailed and in-depth as usual
    src
     
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    Inb4 they release TES VI on Gamebryo, "because it just works."

    Perhaps they will add [Sarcasm] option too?

    So, no sexy time anymore?

    Just like I wrote above - assemble a team, bang a teammate, save the world...
     
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    Well It's the best Sci-fi IP next to DeadSpace, Waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 to arrive ;)
     
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    For me ME1 was awesome, but then it went downhill from there. ME3 was a disappointment to me...
     
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    It was really.
    The BioWare founders also left, now new guys there...I hope they don't screw this up.
     
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    As I understand it, it's going to be a separate product in steam. People who currently have Skyrim and all the DLC will just get it for free.

    Sent from a 128th Legion Stormtrooper 6P
     
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    I've been too busy to watch E3 live events. Was DayZ at the event?
     
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    All I´ve seen is this from the PC Gaming Show:

     
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    Best thing about ME series for me are these vids:


    "Making hard decisions and owning females - Mass Effect series in 6 words" - some guy on Youtube nailed it!
     
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    The 51 Biggest Games of E3 2016
     
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    Was that a space battles Star Wars game and a Star Trek game!? giggidy!

    edit: Oh crap. It's VR. And it's multiplayer. So you need multiple friends to play with that also have VR. What a bummer. I guess you need to have rich friends.
     
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    PS4 VR isn't that expensive :)
     
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    It looked like they were using Oculus for that Star Trek game though.

     
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    That's because the PS4 VR wasn't available. :)

    VR games will be on Playstation and Xbox One (S, Scorpio) as the Millions of console owners move into VR. It's the size of market that generates investment in building real / serious games.

    The overpriced Vive / Oculus requiring an expensive PC will be such a small market such as to rarely get a native game made for them. If developers use them to make VR games for the PS / Xbox, maybe those games will also ship for Oculus / Vive.

    But, that will likely only last until PS VR development tools are available, at a much cheaper price companies will be able to completely outfit a developer at a much more affordable cost.

    The performance and VR capability of the PS VR and Xbox VR will set the pace for games.

    Why design and build a game for a more powerful PC VR system specification when it can't be sold into the much larger console VR market?

    Sony PlayStation VR: Essential guide to the hardware, games, release and more
    Everything we know about Sony's VR headset - launching in October 2016
    http://www.wareable.com/project-morpheus/sony-project-morpheus-release-date-price-games

    "PlayStation VR will immediately work with the 46 million PlayStation 4 consoles in homes worldwide, and Sony has signed on more than 230 development houses to create VR content. These studios, range from small indie operations to big names like EA."

     
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    EPN TV (EP Daily) stopped playing on broadcast networks, but it is still alive on Youtube and their web site. They have a lot of videos just now coming out from E3 2016, here is a recap video.

    Vic's Basement - E3 2016 Wrap Up!


    EPN TV (EP Daily) have lots of other good E3 2016 videos.

    E3 2016 - 25 videos currently in this playlist
     
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    10 Best Things You Didn't See At E3 2016...But We Did
     
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