10 takeaways from this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo
New consoles and new titles were announced at the annual video gaming event, but the big news this year is how virtual reality is going to dominate gaming
Even before the doors opened to last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, the video game industry dazzled game players.
Press events from Microsoft, Sony and other video game publishers at the start of last week offered a peek into the future of the video game industry. Here are 10 announcements (in no particular order) that generated the most buzz during E3 2016.
That high-powered Xbox One is real
It’s more than a year away from making its debut, but Project Scorpio certainly carries a lot of potential. Xbox chief Phil Spencer claims it’s the most powerful video game console ever made. A sizzle reel of third-party developers singing Scorpio’s praises didn’t hurt. It also means Xbox will soon plunge into virtual reality, joining its rival Sony with PlayStation VR. The big questions will be how they incorporate VR hardware (Oculus partnership?) and how much will the box cost.
Big Star Wars updates
These weren’t updates to Electronic Arts’ plans for the Star Wars license but more a reminder that these games are in development. They include a new Star Wars Battlefront game featuring content from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, an action adventure from EA Motive, and a second action game from Respawn Entertainment, the creators of Titanfall. Too bad they carry a launch date far, far away.