TLDR Info - Ubisoft Conference E3 2016

G'day guys and gals!

Welcome to the final TLDR Info for this year's E3. Did you miss the conference or couldn't sit still for two hours? I've got you covered!
Thanks so much for sticking with me for E3 2016. For now, being awake for nearly two days straight does a number on the ol' ticker. I'm off to bed!

GAMES:

Just Dance 2017

• PC and all platforms in October
• Nintendo NX next year

Ghost Recon – Wildlands

• Detailed graphics in cinematics
• Drones make use of scouting ahead and targeting – also features Night Vision
• Dictatorship in control of the common people
• Four player co-op campaign or solo
• Game set in Bolivia
• Ghosts need to create chaos and break up the cartel and their hold
• Various eco systems
• Largest area ever done
• You can do what missions you want when you want
• Targets can be taken alive for intel
• Third person and first person interaction in gameplay
• Players can hold up to three weapons
• HUD is very limited
• Players can also travel in helicopters and cars
• World appears to be largely open world
• Desert like, rocky and slightly shrubbish environment
• Use binoculars to target enemies for AI/fellow players to take out
• Players can shoot in first or third person
• Players can use bikes as well for fast paced transport
• Ghostrecon.com for more detail
• March 7^th 2017 release date

South Park The Fractured But Whole

• Superhero The Coon defends South Park with his friends
• Replay as The New Kid as a Superhero
• It’s only been a day since the last day
• Same, simple gameplay as before
• More comedic implements
• Create your own superhero
• Coon-stergram – Create your character class
• A dozen classes
• Douchebag has his own backstory of how you got your powers
• Much, MUCH vulgar than before with plenty of swears
• Combat space and time
• You can move during combat
• Push and pull enemies, get behind cover, knock them into other objects/characters
• Use character abilities to fight or destroy objects in fight
• Your farts can now destroy time itself
• Rearrange the turn order with your farts or use it for attacking
• Pre-purchase the game today, you get Stick of Truth for free on PC, Xbox or Playstation
• December 6^th release date
• Game based around Civil War between the superheroes

Eagle Flight

• Oculus VR
• PvP Demo – Capture the Prey
• Capture the Flag – best of three
• Gameplay takes place in Paris – overrun but trees and nature
• Simple but highly colourful
• Buildings the only creamy grey colour
• Players control the bird and fly by moving their head with the VR
• Run into the player to make them crash
• By yelling, the bird craws and you “shoot” a burst of air

Star Trek Bridge Crew

• VR
• Star Trek based interaction with your own ship in space
• Route power, up shields and fly your ship
• Co-ordinate with friends to pilot and attack
• Be tactical or the captain, but no job is diminished
• Gameplay is engaging
• Coming out on all major VR systems

Trials of the Blood Dragon

• Cheezy 80s theme
• Trials mixed with Blood Dragon
• Use guns to shoot aliens and cyborgs
• New and crazy obstacles and creations
• Out now for PC, Xbox One and PS4

Watch_Dogs 2

• Graphics look almost real – think GTA 5 with hacking
• Set in San Francisco
• Marcus Alloway (Protagonist)
• You are in the hacker group (Dedsec) and want to take back from the higher ups
• Everything around you can be hacked
• Profile and hack everyone
• HUD mostly map and hackable options
• Co-op much simpler to join
• Pick your story and explore or rush to your objective
• Discover how the mayor Truss rigged the election
• World appears large and rich
• Players can use drones to see around world and track targets and enemies
• Use drone to hack electronics like cameras
• Players have more control over mantling and moving around the world
• Electronics only have a usage limit that recharges over time, not a limited use anymore
• Stun and choke out enemies
• Melee weapons and firearms can be used against enemies
• Cross large areas on ziplines
• Playstation players will have access to DLC 30 days before any other console.
• Nearly everything can be hacked in game from other cars to forklifts
• Preorder the game and you get your own Wrench Jr – Radio controlled robot
• Nov 15^th 2016 release date PC, Xbox One, PS4

Steep

• Challenge your friends from skydiving to snowboarding
• Share stunts, crashes and challenges
• Gameplay is incredibly realistic looking
• Snowy landscape
• Mountain view – zoom out from your position and observe the world
• Drop zones – entry points for you to choose where you’d like to start
• Friends join your game and you can start racing
• Move on from wingsuit flying to skiing instantly
• Play with friends or random
• Unlock drop zones as you race or explore
• Third person or first person gameplay
• Every line you create makes a Trail – allowing you to replay what you’ve just done
• Rewind, pause, control the camera, go slo mo, follow any player and share it with the world
• Share your clips and your trails with your friends
• Some customisation possible
• Gameplay can allow you to enjoy the moments and the beautiful scenery
• Steepgame.com to register for beta
• December release date

ADDITIONAL INFO:

1

Tom Clancy’s The Division

• Underground DLC
• Your team is fighting against a threat in the depths of the city
• Every experience is unique with new and refresh rewards
• June 28^th release date Xbox One, August 4^th release for PS4
• 3 New outfits – Ghost Recon Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six for UbisoftClub

2

The Division - Survival – Expansion II

• Xbox One and PC
• Powered by Snowdrop Engine
• Brutal weather conditions
• Hunt for a cure
• Coming soon release date

For Honor

• Medieval themed, appears to be around the world
• Different combat styles from knight and Viking to samurai
• 1000 years of war – fighting for a forgotten reason
• Cinematics look well-toned
• Campaign and MP
• Three classes. Choose your allegiance and fight for glory or honor
• Cinematics and gameplay fluid
• Third person fighting
• Highly detailed characters and weather system
• Non existing HUD outside small moments in combat
• Execution kills look brutal and dynamic
• Grapple with ropes and siege buildings
• 14^th of February 2017 release date
• Forhonor.ubisoft.com to sign up for the Alpha

Grow Up

• Child fantasy-like game
• Bright and incredibly colourful
• Fly around the universe or float on bubbles
• Use mushrooms to jump
• Bud (protagonist) – child robot
• Ride plants and use seeds to travel the world
• August PC, PS4 Xbox One release

Assassin’s Creed movie

• New story, new hero, new characters
• Mixed with old and familiar with new elements
• Translated the best movements and worlds in the games to the movie
• Mythology and the story to bring in the fans
• See the world through the lives and the ancestors
• In theatres December 21st

Watch Dogs film

• Movie coming soon thanks to the help of Sony

TLDR Info - Xbox Conference E3 2016

G'day guys and gals!
Welcome back to TLDR Info - the place where I rapidly write down all the info and observations that I can in small, bite size pieces of the E3 conferences!
Stay tuned for the final TLDR post for E3 coming up in a few hours!

NOTE: The "New indie titles" list may be missing a few pieces due to the rapid speed of their titles shown. This post may be updated when further information comes.

GAMES:

Gears of War 4

• One of the first titles on Xbox Play
• Cross play on Campaign, MP and Horde mode
• Exclusive to Xbox One and Windows 10
• Deeper integrated graphics
• Electrical storms – possible weather systems
• New enemy – “Chovies”
• Return of “Drones” enemies
• New upgraded HUD since Beta
• Siege Beasts make a return
• Return of ally helping with objectives from Gears 1/3
• Heavy weapon pickups – Fires large blades
• Enemies create “Nests” – Large holes filled with fleshy walls
• Possible destructive environment
• Electricity weather system damages enemies and players
• New enemy – “Barrier”
• Enemy “broadcast” thoughts and experiences to a Hive
• MEGA aged Marcus Fenix
• New Xbox One controller for Gears 4

Forza Horizon 3

• Kangaroos and kookaburras
• Australia based gameplay (STRALIA M8)
• New, more details cars
• Oceanic views to forests and deserts
• Largest world yet
• New gameplay and challenges
• New vehicle types – largest roster seen in Horizon
• 4 Player co-op campaign – instant co-op
• Race your friends in campaign
• Pull of stunts for experience points or explore the world
• Windows 10 and Xbox One – Sep 27^th

We Happy Few

• Coming to Xbox Live Preview first
• First person action - Set in 1964
• Make choices in game – both environmental and campaign effective
• Take pills call “Joy” – Pressurised society
• Fighter based combat
• Art stylised very simplistic and bright but dark and grey without “Joy”
• First to console on Xbox One

Gwent – The Witcher card game

• Battle people across the world
• Original campaign
• Redesigned visuals
• Clash of two armies with only 10 cards
• Four factions with different styles
• Playgwent.com to register
• Coming this September

Tekken 7

• Early 2017 release date
• Increased cinematic designs
• QTE present during cutscenes
• Destructive backgrounds
• Classic fighting styles return
• QTE present in-game as well
• Competitive fighting modes
• Campaign integrated with cutscenes in Story Mode
• All week Gold Members – Tekken Tag for free

Dead Rising 4

• New weapons
• Christmas set weapons
• Dinosaur breathing fire masks (nuff said)
• Standard weapons also appear
• Available on Xbox One and Windows 10
• Holiday 2016 release date

Scalebound

• Co-Op features
• Xbox One and Windows 10 exclusive
• Fight giant beasts (crab-like boss battle featured)
• Dragon-like beasts take your side and aid in battle
• Play with your friends to take on bosses
• Small HUD – damage done to enemy appears
• Protag can fire blue energy from scaled arm
• Can also morph into a scaled suit-like body
• Cutscenes interrupt gameplay but graphics never change
• Protagonist can use ghost like figures to help fight
• Early 2017 release

Sea of Thieves

• Block-ish artstyle
• Xbox One and Windows 10 exclusive
• Explore the world with friends and fight against monsters and other enemies
• Bright and colourful graphics
• Players need to work with the boat in order for it to work – open sails, fire cannons, steer ships, repair boat, etc

State of Decay 2

• Xbox One and Windows 10 Exclusive
• Deep colourful cutscenes
• Zombies third person fighter
• Bright artstyle
• Build settlements and aid others as you go

Halo Wars 2

• Return of the Brutes
• Dark and dramatic cutscenes
• Mech suits and platforms
• Brute style walking mechanisms
• Spirit of Fire returns
• They find a Forerunner artefact called The Arc (THE Arc or another arc?)
• Feb 21^st 2017 release date
• Xbox Play Anywhere title
• Launching a week long Beta now – June 13^th to 20^th

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Killer Instinct

• New character – General RAAM (GoW1)
• Play for free this week

Recore

• Joule (protagonists)
• Bots have various modes, fighting styles and names
• Both players can attack enemies in fighting styles
• Third person platforming
• September 13^th release

Final Fantasy XV

• Trial of Titan – E3 special mission
• New abilities
• Dynamic sound effects and musical score
• Boss battles appear open world but boxed in
• Several allies aid in fighting
• Vanishing weaponry
• See what combos you can perform
• QTE make a return
• Massive HUD with plenty of information
• Sep 30^th release date

Tom Clancy’s The Division – Underground DLC

• June 28^th release date

Battlefield 1

• Oct 21^st release day
• EA Access Oct 13^th release date – Play first on Xbox One
• View the original info released onthe EA list here

Xbox Live

1

• More live servers – create a faster network
• New features this Summer (Winter for AUS)
• Background music for gamers to play to
• Language region independence
• Cortana to Xbox One

2

• Coming this Fall (Spring for AUS)– Clubs on Xbox Live
• Create communities for games and for your local
• Looking for Group on Xbox Live – “like a wanted ad”
• Arena – a tournament platform
• Register and compete
• Solo or with friends
• FIFA coming to Arena

3

Xbox One S

• Slimmer, sleeker by 40 %
• 2TB Hard Drive
• IR Blaster
• Intergraded power supply
• HDR Gaming
• 4K ultra video
• Textured grip controllers with wider range
• This August release - $299 (US price)

4

Xbox Play Anywhere

• Play on both PC and Xbox One
• Progress shared on both platforms at no extra cost
• Cross play for titles – pay once, not for both

5

New Xbox One controller

• Design your own controller and its colours
• You can modify sticks and buttons alike
• Have your name or Username on it
• 8 Billion ways to make it yours
• Xbox Design Lab

6

Project Scorpio – NEW XBOX CONSOLE

• Holiday 2017
• Play without Boundaries
• Buy a game once, play it on Xbox One or Windows 10
• Play and compete anywhere
• 4K gaming, 4K resolution
• Most powerful processor to Date
• Best frame rate
• 60 hertz
• Two systems work as a family and the accessories work
• 8 CPU cores, 6 Teraflops of power
• Premier VR experiences
• Xbox One, Xbox S and Project Scorpio is all compatible
• "No one gets left behind"

Minecraft – New update

• Ios, Android, Windows 10 and Xbox can now play together
• The Friendly Update – Minecraft Realms
• Dedicated servers to play with friends online or offline
• Oculus players can join in as well
• Available TODAY
• Texture packs to pocket editions
• Add ons coming this Fall (Spring for AUS)
• You can modify mobs and enemies
• Add ons to consoles next year
• More news at Minecon

New Indie games

• Cuphead
• Outlast - Red Barrels
• Deliver Us The Moon
• Flint Hook
• FAR
• Slime Rancher
• Figment
• The Culling
• For the King
• Beacon
• Stardew Valley
• Hand of Fate 2
• Below
• Day Z
• Bloodstained

Inside

• Available June 29^th
• Limbo will be free for all Xbox players started today

TDLR Info - Bethesda Conference E3 2016

G’day there guys and gals!

Welcome back to TLDR Info, your one stop for all the info on the conferences in a short and sweet package. Below you find info on the announced games and additional info on Bethesda's conference.
Stay tuned here on The GameCave for further info on the other conferences!

GAMES:

The Elder Scrolls Legends

• Card battle game
• Draw three cards to gather magica
• Attack opponents in lanes
• Take too much damage to your rune and you will gain a card
• Arena, Online, Battle or offline
• Combine/train cards
• Campaign told from perspective from a Moth Priest
• Two link battlefield
• Apply for Beta at Battle.net
• Android and Mac release later this year

Dishonored 2

• Nov 11^th 2016
• Play as Emily or Corvo
• All character fully voiced with different playstyle
• Significantly upgraded Corvo
• Emily’s powers are all brand new
• Canaka (Car-nah-kah) is the name of the city you play in
• Rats only available playing as Corvo with his abilities
• Blood flies – name of infection
• Dramatically increased graphics
• Empire of the Isles – Much brighter than Dunwall
• Custom game engine to represent a painting in motion
• Custom tools for  gameplay that cannot be interrupted by cutscenes
• Build in the Void Engine
• Major increase in small detail – watermarks, stains, ect
• Starts and ends in Dunwall but most of the gameplay is in Canaka
• “What became of Emily?”
• Set 15 years after the first game
• Emily looks over Dunwall with Corvo’s help
• Corvo is officially called “Father" - aged, grey and voiced
• New graphics look polished and shined
• Flee Dunwall to discover the treachery against you (Corvo or Emily)
• Unscripted events – numerous ways to eliminate targets
• Sunny and colourful, but plenty of dark and damp areas
• Duke of Serkonos (Sir-co-no-s)
• Upgraded HUD
• Better stealth kills and leaning behind cover
• Dust storms powers windmills which power items
• Whale Oil still around for explosive usages in battle
• Upgraded weaponry – appears more advanced
• Mesmerise power – allows NPCs to forget Emily was in an area
• Far Reach – grab objects or people
• All powers upgradable with new skill trees
• Lethal or non-lethal and play changes events in-game
• Domino abilitiy – objects have the same effect if something happens to all nearby characters
• Shadow Walk – useful for stealth or combat
• Leader of the Howlers – gang in Serkonos
• New item (Outsiders’ Time Piece) allows to see places in the past and can travel into it
• Watch enemies in the Time Piece to execute them in the past
• New animations in executions and battling
• Overseer makes a return
• Rune Pieces and The Heart also returns
• Return of Delilah from the Brigmore Witches DLC (Main Antagonist) who appears to overthrow Emily as a "Kaldwin"
• Dishonored 2 Collector Addition
• Comes with Corvo’s mask and Emily’s ring
• Limited time only gives you Dishonored Definitive Edition with all DLC

Quake Champions

• Cinematic trailer
• Powers and abilities (Transporation featured)
• Competitive FPS on PC only (No console release)
• 120 hertz with unlocked frame rates
• Classic Arena Combat
• Each character having different techniques and attributes
• Quake Champions more info in August at Quake-Con

Prey Reboot

• Morgan Yu (protagonist)
• The year of 2032
• Smoke creature enemies
• Set in outer space
• Beautiful graphics and dark design
• FPS primarily
• Awaken aboard space station
• Key of an experiment for humanity to survive in outer space
• Aliens aboard the station and everything goes wrong
• Xbone, PC, PS4 next year

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Doom Snapmap

• Free updates
• New construction model
• New props, weapons items
• Create single player games
• Free for every player
• Unique doom variant
• Unto the Evil DLC
• New Multiplayer maps
• New demons and more
• Starting tonight you can download the first level of Doom for free for trial (only available for this week from this post)

Fallout 4

1

• Contraception Workshop DLC
• Weapon racks
• Sorting machines
• Conveyer belts
• Release date next week

2

• Vault Tech Work shop DLC
• Build your own vault
• Experiment on Dwellers
• July 2016

3

• Nuka World DLC
• Appears to look like a functioning amusement Park but as a settlement
• August 2016

Fallout Shelter

• Coming to PC July 2016
• New enemies, rooms and upgrades

Skyrim Special Edition

• Remastered effects
• New water and snow shaders
• Play mods on consoles

Elder Scrolls Online

• June 23^rd release in Japan
• More content on the way
• The Dark Brotherhood DLC – Dark storyline -  coming out later this week
• Repeatable questline
• One Tamriel – all characters are levelled
• Freely group to explore with no level restrictions
• No restrictions – go wherever and play with whomever

Bethesda VR

• Doom is available for VR – no release date yet
• Fallout is available for VR – 2017 release on VIVE

TLDR Info - EA Conference 2016

G’day there guys and gals!

Welcome to the first post of TLDR Info, your one stop for all the info on the conferences in a short and sweet package. Below you find info on the announced games and additional info.
Stay tuned here on The GameCave for further info on the other conferences!

GAMES:

Mass Effect Andromeda

• You wake up in the Andromeda galaxy
• More freedom in the game
• Powered by Frostbite3 Engine
• Incredible graphics and scenery
• New alien spieces
• New spieces of Yagh (?)
• Thresher Maws return
• Asari return – new teammate
• Planets and moons explorable
• Forest, desert, tropical, rocky and humid, planets also included
• New animations in running
• “Explore the whole galaxy”
• Krogan return – new teammate
• New ship named “Tempest”
• More info coming this Fall (Spring for AUS)

Battlefield 1

• Shovels!
• Amazing graphics and animation
• “No battle is ever the same”
• Multiplayer matches in 64 players
• Frostbite engine
• Variety of weapons and vehicles
• Destruction – more intuitive and natural
• Dynamic weather – Changes at random
• Fog, rain, sunshine – adapt gameplay
• Behemoths vehicles – Train, airship, battleship
• October 21^st release date
• Open Beta later in summer (winter for AUS)
• New melee executions
• Artillery appeared to be loaded manually
• Motorbikes and tanks included
• Blow up blimps – they destroy everything below!
• Horseback riding
• Dog fights now also included

FIFA 17 – The Journey

• Powered by Frostbite
• Custom player story (Alex Hunter)
• Follow a character’s rise to the top
• September 29^th release
• Meet characters with depth and emotion – including managers
• Premier managers are now in game Jose Mourinho
• Control your story off and on the pitch
• More control than ever
• Rewritten set pieces
• Overhaul physical play
• New AI system
• New attacking system

Titanfall 2

• PS4 players will now be included
• Graphics look slightly the same
• New HUD
• New Titans
• New Animations
• New weapons in both player and Titan
• New Titan voices
• Old weapons also appear
• Melee kills for both human and Titan
• New abilities
• New Titan killing abilities
• Grapple hooks for climbing
• Titans now have skins
• LAZERS
• Actual customisation with skins and voice, deeper than T1
• Deeper progression system
• MP Beta – go to Titanfall.com to apply
• SINGLEPLAYER NOW OFFLINE – closely follows Titan and user relationship
• Deeper lore and more in depth story
• November 24^th – Release Date
• Alien creatures in story
• Titans now self-aware!
• Creatures also include robotic creatures

Madden 17

• Improved graphics
• Xbox One/PS4
• New competitive modes
• Challenge Event
• Premier Events
• EA Major Events
• Run your own tournaments

FE – Pronounced (Fii)

• Platformer open world
• Relationship with nature, no speech
• “Everything in this world is in a delicate balance”
• Young cub, awaken in the forest, with no idea how or why you’re there
• Soon discover creatures linked by a language
• Learn their “Songs” from plants to creatures to reach new parts of forest
• Find the secret of your own kind
• The Silent Ones (Antagonists) destroy the forest
• You must discover their purpose
• No instructions – just experienced
• Appears as open world sandbox
• Battle other creatures with their sound to make them friendly.
• Graphic are simple and mostly purple, grey and white
• Player interacts with the world by singing or touch

Star Wars (Unnamed)

• New projects in 2018
• New upgrades to Battlefront
• New content from the films
• More eras, planets and characters
• Bring in the characters from tv shows and films and beyond
• New game footage from “In game” hint – unnamed

ADDITIONAL INFO:

ESports

• Tournaments streamed on Twitch and ESPN2

EAPlay

• Bigger content upgrades
• Free trials – try something new
• Play to Give – In game challenges to give to charities

EAOriginals

• Bring indie games to the mainstream
• Support indie developers and partner them
• Funding and offering security