Sony, Bethesda and Others Are Firing E3-Like Shots Way Before E3; What Gives?

E3 has always been seen as a time of surprises and massive announcements, with the major developers and publishers going into stealth mode during the couple months before the show, leaving everyone holding their breath and wondering what will be announced.

This year you saw the culmination of a trend of which a few hints emerged last year. Publishers have pulled out the big guns, and they’re firing shots that in the past would definitely have been considered of E3 caliber.

[SpaceRanger]

Most of the "surprises" that people consider can be guessed by a 2 year old. Especially the yearly games and over milked games. But for the most part, I think there will be a few TRUE surprises like there always are each year tangled in with the games we already know will be announced.

It's nothing new. Especially with the internet these days, secrets are a little harder to keep. All I know is that I myself am hoping for some Fallout, Battlefront, with more Metal Gear and No Mans Sky gameplay!

[b163o1]

I'm willing to bet one of Xbox's surprises will be that Hideo Kojima has signed($$$$$$)on to join team Xbox!?!?

Just a hunch

[johndoe11211]

I'm willing to bet you will NOT see that.

[thehitman1398]

Just like every xbone lover that wants to believe that they have the better system.

It's just not true no matter how much fluff you try to believe.

[remixx116]

Next time put the /s at the end.

[Benchm4rk]

@thehitman

Just like every sony fan wants to believe having the most powerful console is whats best for everybody. Better being subjective. What is best for you may not be best for others. For example i have a good paying job and could afford to buy really powerful performance cars but instead i bought a 7 seat suv as i have 4 kids and the more powerful car was not best for me. I have an Xbox One and it is the better system, for me. So what is best for you is not the best for everbody... It's just not true no matter how much fluff you try to believe

[Pwnage2u]

You have a greater chance of seeing The Last Guardian at e3.

[Army_of_Darkness]

A game trailer to catch my attention before E3 to get me interested, then reveal a gameplay demo at E3 to confirm a potential buyer.

[MaxKingoftheWild]

@benchmark - if you are going to do a car analogy then at least do it right. If the xbox is an suv then the ps4 is the suv with leather and navigation. If the ps4 is a performance car then the xbox is one with less horsepower and torque. Ps4 is better. That's flat out fact. Preference might play a part in purchasing a system but you can't spin the facts.

[BeefCurtains]

Nice, E3 article evolves in to fanboy flame comment section. Who would have guessed.

They can't wait an entire year for reveals anymore, the target age group of gamers is impossible to satisfy and they have no attention span to wait for E3. This technological age of information makes it very difficult to keep anything a secret anymore.

[Benchm4rk]

@Max

You missed the whole point of the analogy. What is better is SUBJECTIVE not FACT. Being more powerful does not make a console better. The Original Xbox was far more powerful then the PS2 and was capable of playing games that just was not possible on the PS2, did that make it better or not. This gen people seem to think that power is everything. That may have been the case when consoles just played games. Now Consoles do much more then that. Like i said before its Subjective not Fact.

[TheGreatGamer]

All these games mentioned we knew were coming but I just hope no actual surprises get leaked before E3

[Revolt13]

I would have liked to see trailer officially announcing Dark Souls 3, rather then leaked screenshots weeks prior to E3.

[WildArmed]

That's the bigger problem. Over the past few years, E3 has had most of their big announcements leaked.

(Including Bloodborne!!)
Now they just announce the game, and just wait to show us the goods on E3. I guess they want to build up hype so people that didn't they had a reason to watch, will watch.

[joab777]

I think I know why. Certain titles will drown out everything else. Certain announcements need their own spotlight, not thrown in with 100 other announcements.

In Bethesda's case, we will see more footage and get a release date, but we will also focus on other things shown b/c we have already processed the giddiness that is F4.

Sony may want the focus on Uncharted 4. It may simply be about focus. A Nathan Drake Collection would have been a lot less exciting squeezed into everything else Sony will show.

[itsjustexuma]

Maybe they have a lot of E3 surprises and cant fit into an hour and a half so that is why they are showing it now to get us all hyped

[kneon]

Some of the "leaks" are deliberate. This happens for all big conferences, not just E3.

The problem with announcing things at big conferences is that only the top few products will get most of the press, everything else gets lost in the noise. Announcing ahead of time means you can get your product notices for a few days without being drowned out.

[The 10th Rider]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure similar sentiments have been expressed in previous years.

"Wow, look at everything leaked!"
combined with
"Wow, look at what we KNOW is going to be there!"

Those ultimately led to a some disappointment because there really hasn't been a ton of huge surprises the past few years once you take those out.

[d_g]

i think sony and microsoft will have so much more surprises in E3 2015

Excited to see sony new Ip horizon,god of war 4 and microsoft new Gears of war,scalebound

and i hope there will be PS4 price cut (that will be Great)

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@SpaceRanger there is nothing Serious here

i’m done with this ridiculous fanboys war

the purpose was just for laughing Nothing more :)

[SpaceRanger]

What's the purpose of posting that video? Seriously? lol you fanboys are too funny.

[SpaceRanger]

Nice stealth edit.
Your comment originally said something along the lines of:
"Check out this funny video about Sony's E3, it's just for trolling."

This is the second time you've posted it. How can you say that you're done with this "ridiculous fanboy war" when you keep posting this off topic video in random comments? Talk about hypocritical.

[WizzroSupreme]

Maybe it's because they already have bigger guns to shoot at the convention, I hope I hope.

[wakeNbake]

Lets hope the livestream isnt laggy like last year.

[yellowgerbil]

agree, wish that along with the return of the G4 staff G4 could also return and give us crisp live TV coverage instead of the terrible quality and buffering of Twitch/Ustream

[XanderZane]

I watched Microsoft's press conference on their XBL Media Event app and it ran fine. Then I tried watching Sony's on their PSN app and I couldn't even get it to run. Kept freezing. Ended up watching it on another site and missed parts of it. I too hope the live stream runs smoothly this year.

[tmh3593]

i dont get the disagrees i had to watch ps4 conference on my laptop

[XanderZane]

@tmh3593 I understand it, but I'm only telling the truth. I went to Sony's forums and asked other gamers about the streaming issue and many of them were having the same problems. I would love to watch the Sony conference on my PS4, but it just didn't happen last year. I'll try again this year. There hasn't been as many leaks this year as there were last year.

[Kratos0289]

What leaks came out of Sony? Neil Druckmann said it was supposed to be revealed that day : /

[Spotie]

Gotta make it into something bigger than it is, I guess.

[OB1Biker]

There hasnt been major leak this year yet unlike last year when Bloodborne leak made even the media under appreciate Sony show while it was actually the biggest E3 2014 megaton IMO

Strangely enough last year Ms made quite a few announcements before E3 while Sony was very quiet but this year it seems to be the other way round.. like Drake collection or Planetside 2 release date or the few Vita games announced recently could have been E3 announcement too

[uth11]

Dark Souls 3 is a major leak if true (and it probably is)

[OB1Biker]

@uth11
Yea I was thinking about Sony exclusive games

[seppo91]

It's like this every year.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

I do think there is an effort to leak out some "leaks" to distract those looking for them in hopes they take the bait as these being the big ones. If I am busy looking at the thing on the floor maybe I miss the thing on the ceiling.

[PaleMoonDeath]

Either E3 this year is the most mind blowing thing you could think of, or.. they'd rather let themselves reveal the games early before insiders do.

Who knows, but if there isn't a Last Guardian or Half Life 3 reveal, I fear they've all gone and gut punched themselves.

[Intranquill]

This is a trend that's been becoming more popular year over year. 5 years ago the things being revealed this week would have been the show stoppers. Now they're the footnotes on REAL reveals for games with zero teasing or knowledge before hand.

Not only does this leave more time for actual content during the conferences, but it also means more reveals.

We always get a post E3 interview with various member of the big 3 and they always say how they had to cut stuff out and hold stuff back because of time constraints. This stuff helps allieviate those concerns.

E3 has gone from a week of reveals and hands on impressions, to what feels like a month of consistent reveals, rumors, leaks, and hype, and I for one enjoy it.

[titans9999]

My dream announcement would be a sequel to Red Dead Redemption!

[Paleblood]

I believe this is happening because of the so called insiders. They are spoiling all the surprises and companies could choose to announce their games before.

Honestly, I would rather have an E3 without any previous "insiders" leak so I can see all the surprises together in one place.

Sadly, we won't see that anymore.

[Subaruwrx]

Forza 6 and the Nathan Drake collection are not E3 like shots. Forza games are usually released on an annual basis, and pretty much everybody assumed that Sony would release an Uncharted collection. Fallout 4 is a little different - maybe Bethesda wanted to reveal it before E3 because it would get more press that way.

[JamesBroski]

Pretty sure Bethesda wanted to tease their own conference.

[Tross]

I'm really not sure what the purpose of this story is. It's clear that the author is an amateur. Every informed gamer knows that the "opening blows" if you will, always happen before E3. Also, was anyone really surprised to hear Sony had an Uncharted collection in the pipeline? It has been the worst kept secret since the launch of the PS4, and even if that wasn't the case, given the lack of b/c on the system and the high popularity of the Uncharted franchise coupled with the impending release of Uncharted 4 I would have been surprised if that wasn't happening. It's highly doubtful the Nathan Drake Collection is anything close to Sony's ace in the hole this year.

Also, I'm pretty sure MS has much bigger things than Forza to show this year, though it has already been rumoured that they are set to show a whole bunch of first party stuff. If they do, no surprises there, but the element of surprise won't necessarily be required for them to earn a lot of points this year.