Checkpoint - EA Play 2018 Conference

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Checkpoint is all about covering the long E3 conferences and boiling them down to the key features and comments about their upcoming products. All other conferences will be linked below
Have a great E3!

Microsoft, Bethesda


PRE-CONFERENCE

• Madden Overdrive - Mobile game
• The Sims Seasons DLC - Seasons and their holidays - June 22nd

Battlefield V 

• Multiplayer
• Dive and smash through windows - move heavy weaponry with vehicles- deeper destruction mechanic
• Customise soldiers, weapons, vehicles
• Single player - focused on untold stories
• Xbox briefing further info - Nordly's War Story
• No lootboxes, no premium pass
• Battle Royal after launch

FIFA 19

• UEFA Champion League Tornament Mode - Career Mode
• Alex Hunter your protagonist - Career Mode
• Free World Cup expansion for FIFA 18
• Create your own ultimate dream team for the World Cup
• Sep 28th Launch Day

Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order

• Announcement: more info later
• "During the dark times, when the Jedi's are being hunted - between 3 and 4"
• Holiday 2019

Star Wars: Battlefront 2

• Further development on Heroes Ship
• Command Posts making a return
• Clone Wars returning as well - Geonosis "Largest level ever built"
• General Grievous, Obi-Wan, Count Dooku, Anakin Skywalker - new heroes

Unravel Two

• "You lose everything, even your spark"
• "Form a new bond" - blue Yarny
• "Fresh starts, second chances" 
• Co-op, or play it alone, "there's always two characters and one yarn
• Pick up other character if playing alone
• Split apart and play as both characters - physics puzzles
• Cling onto walls temporarily
• Constantly chasing your "Spark"
• RELEASED NOW

Sea of Solitude (SOS)

• "When humans get to lonely, they turn into monsters"
• Theme is loneliness
• Both bright coloured and incredibly dark
• Kate - protagonist
• "Bring all those emotions into balance" to make Kate a human again
• Open world
• Early 2019

NBA Live 2019

• Sep 7th release

MADDEN 19

• Trailer - no information given

Anthem

• "The Anthem is all that remains"
• Fighting giant monsters, robots, etc
• "Dynamic and living world - that will change whenever you play it"
• "Shared world we all experience together"
• Outside the walls is the meat of online, inside is the singleplayer
• "Gods left behind their tools - (they) clash against the Anthem of Creation"
• You are a Freelancer - skilled in your "Power armor" aka Javelin 
• Dominion - your "Ancient enemy"
• Customise/Personalise how your Power Armor plays and looks
• Cosmetics are purchasable - but you know what you're buying - no lootboxes
• It's possible to swim and fly (instant mechanic still remains)
• "Playing with other people feels like a choice" - Playing solo will be a little harder
• February 22nd, 2019 release date

EA Announcements

• Play Anywhere, Anytime - full HD stream coming in the future
• Origin Access Premiere - All new titles, access to the Vault, (Winter) launch
• Command and Conquer Rivals - capture areas and fire two missiles at your enemies to win - Android players can play Pre-Alpha now