E3 2014 thread or MS's redemption?

[Kyanbu The Legend]

A few days early but since the schedule is already up.

http://blog.twitch.tv/2014/06/twitch-broadcast-schedule-for-e3/


Twitch Broadcast Schedule for E3
Jun 02 2014 · 48 comments · Events, News, Press
Today we’re excited to announce our broadcast schedule for the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). In addition to featuring a full slate of games each day from marquee publishers, all of the major press conferences will be broadcast on Twitch at www.twitch.tv/Twitch. We’ve got tons of awesome content to bring you, including the reveal of numerous unannounced game titles.


During the convention, broadcasts will be conducted from the Twitch booth (South Hall #501) where attendees are welcome to see the live show in progress. Joining Twitch’s Marcus “djWHEAT” Graham, Jon Carnage and Jordan “Soma” Tayer on hosting duties will be Swiftor, MANvsGAME, Seltzer_FD, and TheJustinFlynn.

This is Twitch’s first year as the official live streaming platform of E3. Our partnership with the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is a three-year agreement that we believe will heighten the global presence for the leading video game event.

Broadcast Schedule

Monday 6/9 PT

9:30am – Xbox E3 2014 Media Briefing
11:00am – Xbox E3 2014 Media Briefing Post show
11:30pm – Hotline Miami 2 (Dennaton Games/Devolver Digital)
12:00pm – EA World Premiere: E3 2014 Preview
1:00pm – Battlefield Hardline Live Stream
2:00pm – EA World Premiere: E3 2014 Post show
2:30pm – Battlecry (Bethesda)
3:00pm – Ubisoft 2014 E3 Media Briefing
4:00pm – Ubisoft 2014 E3 Media Briefing Post show
4:30pm – Witcher 3 (CD Projekt RED)
5:00pm – Dying Light (Techland)
5:30pm – Final thoughts
6:00pm – PlayStation E3 2014 Press Conference
Tuesday 6/10 PT

9:00am – Nintendo Digital Event
10:00am – Deep Silver (Unannounced title)
10:15am – Deep Silver (Unannounced title)
10:30am – Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA)
11:00am – Ubisoft (Unannounced title)
11:20am – The Division (Ubisoft)
11:40am – Farcry 4 (Ubisoft)
12:00pm – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision)
12:20pm – Microsoft Studios (Unannounced title)
12:40pm – Microsoft Studios (Unannounced title)
1:00pm – DRIVECLUB (SCEA)
1:20pm – Evil Within (Bethesda)
1:40pm – Lords of the Fallen (NAMCO)
2:00pm – Destiny (Activision/BUNGIE)
2:20pm – The Order: 1886 (SCEA)
2:40pm – Nintendo Demo
3:00pm – Evolve Special Tournament (2K)
4:00pm – Super Smash Bros. Invitational (Nintendo)
Wednesday 6/11 PT

10:00am – Alienware
10:30am – Twitch Time
11:00am – Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac Games/Microsoft Studios)
11:20am – ID@Xbox (Unannounced title)
11:40am – Killer Instinct: Season Two (Iron Galaxy/Microsoft Studios)
12:00pm – Square Enix (Unannounced title)
12:20pm – Square Enix (Unannounced title)
12:40pm – H1Z1 (Sony Online Entertainment)
1:00pm – EA (Unannounced title)
1:20pm – Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
1:40pm – Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
2:10pm – Nintendo Demo
2:30pm – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Unannounced title)
2:50pm – Crytek (Unannounced title)
3:00pm – SCEA (Unannounced title)
3:15pm – SCEA (Unannounced title)
3:30pm – Hohokum (Honeyslug, SCE Santa Monica Studio)
3:45pm – Helldivers (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment)
4:00pm – Alien Isolation (The Creative Assembly/SEGA)
4:20pm – Civilization: Beyond Earth (2K)
4:40pm – Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – Ultimate Evil Edition on PS4 (Blizzard)
5:00pm – Evolve Special Tournament (2K)
Thursday 6/12 PT

10:00am – Tetris w/creator Alexey Pajitnov
10:15am – Zombies Monsters Robots (Ying Pei Games)
10:30am – Guinness World Records – certificate presentation
11:00am – Fable Legends (LionHead/Microsoft Studios)
11:20am – #IDARB (ID@Xbox)
11:40am – Project Spark (Team Dakota/Microsoft Studios)
12:00pm – Nintendo Demo
12:20am – Square Enix (Unannounced title)
12:40pm – PlanetSide 2 PS4 Edition (Sony Online Entertainment)
1:00pm – 505 Games (TBD) 1:20pm – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Unannounced title)
1:40pm – Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (Gearbox/2K)
2:00pm – Ubisoft (Unannounced title)
2:20pm – The Crew (Ubisoft)
2:40pm – Nintendo Demo
3:00pm – Tecmo Koei (Unannounced title)
3:20pm – Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes (Disney Interactive)
3:40pm – SEGA Sonic BOOM! (SEGA)
4:00pm – Evolve Special Tournament (2K)




Figured we might as well talk about what we are looking forward to or hoping for this year. And get a thread ready for when the event happens.

What really got my attention is the 3 mystery titles from Square. Oh and Sonic Boom gameplay. (which might be WiiU's best looking title).

MS also has a few mystery listings too. And they did announce early in the year that they're getting an exclusive JRPG that'll be this big thing that wins us over. And later that year Square caved and said they were going back to traditional JRPGs. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that Square's next JRPG is the X1 exclusive, MS was talking about. Would be some serious shit if it's a 3rd Chrono game or a Chrono Trigger remake. I'd probably squeal like a school girl if one of Square's mystery titles is a new Musashi game... PLEASE be a new good musashi game (don't care what it's on). That franchise should at least be allowed to die on a good note. Samurai Legend was ok but kind of bad compared to Brave Fencer. Amazing graphics for PS2 and good sound track aside.

[Ryong]

Possible Square games:
FF12 HD Remaster for vita
new Dragon Quest
new Front Mission ( unlikely )
new Mana game ( unlikely )
new Dissidia
something to do with The Last Remnant

[greed]

Considering how all the exclusive Xbox JRPGs have sucked other than Vesperia (which wasn't exclusive in Japan) I'm fairly doubtful about it being anything other than something dumb like Blue Dragon or Lost Odyssey 2. If it is like something amazing I'll be annoyed cause I don't have the cash or room for an X1 as well so it's not happening til like end of the console's lifetime.

I'm mostly interested in new things for the PS4 and getting dates for Bayonetta 2 and X.

[Locke cole]

Impossible hope: The World Ends Wiith U.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Depending on what is shown, this may or may not sell me on the PS4.

[Locke cole]

I'll be waiting on PS4 exclusives.

Mostly, I'm looking forward to the Wii U stuff. And the Sm4sh tournament.

[Grandmaster_Skweeb]

3rd Chrono game

Never going to happen.

[Kim]

FFVII remake for xbox one

[greed]

Oh, next Bethesda thing is my big hope. I honestly think Wolfenstein might be a bit of a proof of concept for some things in Fallout 4 and it's got me hopeful.

FFVII remake for xbox one

FFIV remake for Xbox One, exclusive to America

FFVI remake for PS4 but only in Japan.


Cause Square's that dumb sometimes.

[Bells]

I'm a bit sad that we are getting ''E3 Trailers'' before E3 but that's happening...

We will get Either zelda or metroid from nintendo.
We will get Halo, God of War, Uncharted...

MS with their tails between their legs because the console they are showing on E3 this year is almost another machine compared with the one they launched.

Also they either waste time trying to save the Kinect by saying titles for it will still come and wasting time showing so... or they completely ignore Kinect and every publisher with a Kinect game in the works will go ''Fuck you Microsoft'' . Regardless.... MS E3 will be at least partially a walk of shame.

They can still pull it off though... depends on the games.

Sony will have to bring the meat to the table. They are riding high from last year but they can easily loose everything if they don't show the goodies...

We will get ''The Order'' we will get ''Evil Within'' ...either Sony or MS will have MGS5 on stage...

We will also get the new Battlefield trailer and the new Witcher 3 trailer... and we will also get some Mirror's Edge 2 and maybe Assassin's creed, but mostly CG stuff.

There will be no word on FF15 or KH3. Maybe on TGS... maybe.

We might also see more of The Division,

The rebirth

Wild Prediction: Sony cuts the price of the PS4 by 50 bucks just to screw with microsoft. It will be successful.

[phil_]

A price drop on the Wii-U would be nice.

Well, I guess it comes with a game, now. Maybe I should just get a real job. I had fun playing 3D World when I visited my friend, so I'd like to get one, but $300 is almost a month's pay for me.

[Arcanum]

I hope we see more of the Division. I really hope that game doesn't end up getting hyped up beyond belief, only to fail to meet expectations (a la Watch Dogs).

Also anything WiiU related.

I really don't care what Sony or MS do at this point unless one of their conferences shows off a new game that's also coming to PC at some point.

[Bells]

I have now filled a request with my boss to get a day off on June 9th to kill some of my built up extra hours.... because i want to watch the E3 conferences.

If there was ever any doubt i was a real fucking nerd, well... there ya go.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I kinda want to see if From Software's "Project Beast" is a real thing too or if the video clips were just a well done hoax.

[Bells]

Oh it's totally real... we will probably get nothing more than a trailer though

[BB]

I want to see a Retro-developed 2.5D sequel to Metroid Fusion for 3DS. They'd do well with Starfox too, but if I could only choose one it wouldn't be that.

Also, some kinda F-Zero for 3DS, even if it's a port of the GC one. That series would look great with the 3D turned on.

I'm only interested in what Nintendo are doing so I won't be following the news outside of that, so I kinda wish they had a more consolidated line-up. They've got a lot of little events across four days and I'm not really sure what's what.

[Revising Ocelot]

Just Cause 3 please, because dumb explosions. SE have one unannounced game. It must be that.

[Bard The 5th LW]

I'd really like to see Metroid come back from the grave too, so long as Other M stays 10 feet under.

[Bells]

You know what? If the Thing they are doing with Smash where you get a WiiU version and a DS version works out, i could totally see they doing the same with F-Zero.


Nintendo will bring out the goodies... it will be a fanfest. they HAVE to. They NEED to. The Gamecube adapter was just the first flag of things to come. Be ready to get wanked by nintendo till your jollies get frizzles ... and i don't know what these words mean, but i'm sure the meaning got across...

[Arcanum]

You know what? If the Thing they are doing with Smash where you get a WiiU version and a DS version works out, i could totally see they doing the same with F-Zero.


Nintendo will bring out the goodies... it will be a fanfest. they HAVE to. They NEED to. The Gamecube adapter was just the first flag of things to come. Be ready to get wanked by nintendo till your jollies get frizzles ... and i don't know what these words mean, but i'm sure the meaning got across...

CHOO CHOO (http://zone-archive.com/tmp/hype_train.html)

[BB]

Be ready to get wanked by nintendo till your jollies get frizzles ...

In that case, maybe we'll finally be able to figure out what this is for...

https://31.media.tumblr.com/365b16d4983bfe3e8a17aaa3af6daae3/tumblr_n6rfpakGW81qdx54to1_1280.jpg

[MuMu]

Non-dirty answer: Looks like something to measure your cardio

[Bard The 5th LW]

It steals your blood, thus putting Nintendo one step closer to calling forth the Demon Lord Baal into our world.

[Kim]

I dunno if anyone mentioned it but it sounds like they've got a booth set up for something called Mario Maker, which looks like it'll be for 3DS. Obvious guess is that it's for making custom Mario levels.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I dunno if anyone mentioned it but it sounds like they've got a booth set up for something called Mario Maker, which looks like it'll be for 3DS. Obvious guess is that it's for making custom Mario levels.

That's what it seems to look like from the photo.

http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/5/5784190/mario-maker-nintendo-e3-2014-rumor

I wonder what became of the E3 staff member that took that photo of the incomplete booths.

[Tev]

I wonder what became of the E3 staff member that took that photo of the incomplete booths.Fed to the kraken.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Yeah, that sounds about right.

[greed]

I'd really like to see Metroid come back from the grave too, so long as Other M stays 10 feet under.

Doubtful, Sakamoto's still there, and Japanese companies unlike American ones will often stick with senior staff even after they have screwed up royally and let them do so again.

See the guy who released the terrible first version of FF11, being given control of FF14 leading to FF14 1.0. I mean this behaviour has some upsides as it allows weird new IPs to happen more readily, but it has some definite downsides as well. And one of those downsides is any future Metroids are going to have the disgusting Other M characterisation of Samus.

[Bells]

I forgot to tell...

do you guys plan on meeting up somewhere online to watch the conferences? The the NPF chat or somewhere else....

i'll be watching all of them and discussing with freidns online, then we will probably live stream our opinions ''post show''... but last time we did it it was quite fun actually, so i wanted to ask.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Was gonna hit up the npf chat for monday and Tuesday. Might not be able to on Wednesday though. Electric company is coming to repair our out door fuse box. So I'll be without power for several hours during the process.

[Kim]

Sounds like they might reveal new classes for FFXIV at E3. My guesses: Thief, Ninja, Muskateer/Fusilier

[Marc v4.0]

I'm hoping for the 'anime' class, personally, because my weapons aren't big enough

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Wow I actually forgot E3 starts today...

[Ryong]

And that's a wrap for first day.

GOOD THINGS: Bloodborne, Arkham Knight.
GOOD TRAILERS, BAD GAMES: Dead Island 2, Magicka 2.
MIGHT BE GOOD WE'LL SEE BUT I'LL NEVER GET TO PLAY: The Order 1886, No Man's Sky, MGSVPP, ABZÛ.

[Solid Snake]

I can't believe we didn't get any update on Last Guardian.
I mean, I can believe it, I just can't believe Sony was dumb enough to believe it's a good idea to keep bein' this way about it.

Grim Fandango for PSVita was literally, honestly, not-even-kidding my favorite E3 reveal.

[Intern Nin]

Just watched the trailer for Scalebound. Since when was Shyria friends with a totaly rad, 90's cartoon potagonist reject?

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Since shut up, I've got rent to pay

[Bard The 5th LW]

I'd like the chance to give Grim Fandango a try, so thats a plus. I've seen SOME leaked gameplay of Bloodborne when it was Project Beast, but I'd much prefer that they give me ACTUAL GAMEPLAY at the reveal. Like, just enough for me to know that its going to be as fun as/better than Dark Souls. I'm right on the edge of snatching a PS4, but they need to reeeeally close the deal.

[Kim]

lmao if anyone thinks last guardian is ever actually going to get released at this point

good stuff today

bloodborne looks good, entwined looks good, no man's sky looks good although im sure it will have far too many men in it, and just in general i think they had a good variety of stuff to get people excited

now i just gotta go check when ffxiv stuff is

[Aldurin]

Ratchet and Clank is being reimagined for PS4. Also getting a 2-hour Ratchet and Clank cutscene for theaters next year, which is great since so much of the appeal of the franchise isn't tied to the gameplay directly.

why can't I hold all this sploosh?

[Solid Snake]

lmao if anyone thinks last guardian is ever actually going to get released at this point


=(

[Marc v4.0]

BAD GAMES: Magicka 2.

Honest question here, but did you play the first Magicka?

[Bells]

Trailer for MGS 5 was ''Metal as Fuck" as the kids would say. Loving to see Eli ''confirmed'' as Liquid Snake and Big Boss, literally, going nuts.

new Batman looks really good, that Gameplay was interesting. The city is huge!

GTA 5 seem to be the only good secret of E3 this year... didn't see it coming!

''Blood Porn'' is interesting and that SUDA 51 game might also be... looked a bit like ''Manhunt'' in fighting game format...

no Shadow of Mordor on stage, but we got the Gameplay early on the day, so that's fine... still looks like Batman, but not in the same scope as Arkhan Knight...

No Man's Sky looks very interesting... want to see more of that.

NEW RAINBOW SIX!! YEAH!! should be somewhat like Ghost Recon Online though... and it costed us Rainbow Six Patriots. That is now officially dead.

Also liked the Shyria team up with ''Not-Dante'' in Scalebound... but... too early to say anything. It was just a CG montage...


I loved how microsoft learned their lesson and just went ''Fuck it!! Nothing but trailers, back-to-back, lets go!" and off they go! But it was a fairly decent presentation. Kinda light on exclusive content... but not bad at all.

Witcher 3 is fucking gorgeous BTW...

Can't really remember the rest of the stuff right now of the top of my head.... i got the Beta for Battlefield Hardline, but couldn't play it. Will try again today... that actually sounds more fun than BF4...

[Revising Ocelot]

lmao if anyone thinks last guardian is ever actually going to get released at this point


But after that IGN tweet the Dorito Pope spoke with the developers and confirmed it was in FULL development.

FULL. DEVELOPMENT.

Are you saying you don't trust the Dorito Pope?

[Ryong]

Honest question here, but did you play the first Magicka?

Enough on free weekends not to like it.

I can't believe we didn't get any update on Last Guardian.
I mean, I can believe it, I just can't believe Sony was dumb enough to believe it's a good idea to keep bein' this way about it.

They're just going to use XSeed's announcement strategy, which isn't the best idea but eh.

For those who don't know, XSeed's announcement strategy is "LOOK AT THIS NEW GAME IT'S OUT TODAY WE NEVER SAID SHIT ABOUT IT"

[Marc v4.0]

It wasn't really my cup of tea either, but calling it a bad game is really unfair.

Magicka was a really good game, and a game can be really good even if you don't like it.

[Ryong]

To be fair, I meant that Magicka 2 would be a bad game because it's clearly going to be more of the same.

MEANWHILE

Squeenix was going to announce 3 titles.

Rise of the Tomb Raider was revealed yesterday and I believe Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris was revealed at E3 too, just not in the conference.

So the next game to be announced has to be for a Nintendo platform.

[BB]

I thought MS' show was really strange. They announced a person who revealed a game with a trailer, and then after the trailer... they wheeled the next person out straight away and didn't talk about what was shown at all. I get it was a packed show and they only had 90 minutes, but you're really gonna throw Zombie Parkour One-Liners Simulator at us and then not talk about it at all?

[Bells]

Wasn't packed at al... Sony Showed (If i recall correctly) twice as many titles as MS did... it's just that Microsoft did the only decent thing they could ever do and just standed on stage and went ''You don't want to hear us talking, so fuck it. Have games." and just blasted the audience with trailer after trailer...

Sony did the ''double take'' thing a lot more where there is a trailer shown and then the developer steps in to show a little more of the title. It made Sony's presentation way slower in comparisson (specially the middle) even though i felt there was way more content to it.

[Azisien]

I started watching Microsoft's conference but I was so bored that after 5 minutes I turned it off. And that's Azisien's E3 coverage to date!

But whatever would I do without my annual snakeoil and sequel/HD remaster convention?!

So on that highly related note, yay Witcher 3, yay GTA V PC, yay Arkham Knight, yay Tomb Raider sequel, yay Dead Island 2, yay Magicka 2.

[Bells]

i liked how Dead Island 2 is like... a direct reply to Sunset Overdrive. At least the trailer is!

[Kim]

Playable Palutena in Smash, playable Zelda Sheik and Midna in Hyrule Warriors, squid girls in Nintendo's new IP. Nintendo's blowin other folks out of the water with representation of women

they're gonna announce a new star fox later

[pochercoaster]

Oh my god The Sims 4 is coming out in September, just in time for my birthday. And it looks fantastic. Love the art direction they went with, love the new build mode (although I miss create a style, I understand why the left it out since it seriously lagged The Sims 3), love the new create a sim, love how they animated the sims to look more realistic, love how you can share content without having to exit the game.

There are two small things I hope they include in The Sims 4 which is a photo album feature similar to the one in the first sims, since without it it kinda feels like your sims don't have a narrative/history, and also the ability to add your own music to the game since the music in the last two sims games was awful. They probably won't have the latter feature, though, oh well.

[Azisien]

Oh my god The Sims 4 is coming out in September, just in time for my birthday. And it looks fantastic. Love the art direction they went with, love the new build mode (although I miss create a style, I understand why the left it out since it seriously lagged The Sims 3), love the new create a sim, love how they animated the sims to look more realistic, love how you can share content without having to exit the game.

There are two small things I hope they include in The Sims 4 which is a photo album feature similar to the one in the first sims, since without it it kinda feels like your sims don't have a narrative/history, and also the ability to add your own music to the game since the music in the last two sims games was awful. They probably won't have the latter feature, though, oh well.

Yay Sims 4!

Wait no, no, Sims can't take me back, noooOoOOOooo! (Also Origin bleh)

[pochercoaster]

Yay Sims 4!

Wait no, no, Sims can't take me back, noooOoOOOooo! (Also Origin bleh)

That's why I always buy hardcopies of The Sims.

Edit: like origin has never been required to play any of the sims games and I think they confirmed it's not needed for the sims 4. I need to find a source for that though. It's unusual for EA but they're actually pretty good about not fucking up the sims specifically. That doesn't mean it's impossible, though, and if they do require origin for it I probably won't buy it.

[Kim]

FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD CONFIRMED FOR VITA BY PLAYSTATION TWITTER ACCOUNT (https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/476439245436248064)

[Bells]

FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD CONFIRMED FOR VITA BY PLAYSTATION TWITTER ACCOUNT (https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/476439245436248064)

Welp.... i knew that was coming now i have a reason to have a goddamn Vita...

unless the translation is still coming for the PSP... then i'll get THAT.

[Ryong]

FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD CONFIRMED FOR VITA BY PLAYSTATION TWITTER ACCOUNT (https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/476439245436248064)

So they were late by...two days?

[Kim]

correction its coming to ps4

[Ryong]

correction its coming to ps4

How to make a bad decision worse, by Square-Enix.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

When this gen started, I promised myself I'd go Nintendo & Sony as usual. I see now that I have made a wise choice for myself. Nintendo came in guns blazing and put on a good show.

Also YES NEW STARFOX!!!!! WOOOH!~

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

How to make a bad decision worse, by Square-Enix.


How?

[Bells]

correction its coming to ps4

At to Xbox One too...

WELL now i don't even know what....

[Ryong]

How?

Don't localize a game out of fear of piracy, not even for the platform that can't be pirated, wait 3 years, announce a localization two days after a fan translation comes out, fuck it up, announce they're actually launching it for two completely different platforms and only because they need it so people get the mobile game set in the same universe.

[Kim]

Don't localize a game out of fear of piracy, not even for the platform that can't be pirated, wait 3 years, announce a localization two days after a fan translation comes out, fuck it up, announce they're actually launching it for two completely different platforms and only because they need it so people get the mobile game set in the same universe.

They were probably waiting until they felt it could sell well, and it's gonna sell better as an HD release for PS4 than it would have for PSP.

FFXIV News: Gay marriage confirmed for Eorzia. Rogue and Ninja coming to FFXIV in Patch 2.4. Ninja will use Mudra combos to perform Ninjitsu. Not ever Mudra combo will work so it will be possible to do useless combos. Reminds me of Sabine in FFVI. Shiva fight in 2.4. New tank and healing classes in the expansion, which is still a ways away. Binding Coil of Bahamut Hard Mode confirmed (purely as a challenge for a special title).

[shiney]

Welp, Zelda. Now I'm all 'cited again.

[Revising Ocelot]

Welp, Zelda. Now I'm all 'cited again.

Love the aesthetic, and how Link looks. Maybe Wii Us will start appearing in bricks-and-mortar stores again here? Nope

Wish there was also Majora's Mask 3D but oh well. Not actually sure of any big releases for the 3DS later this year apart from Pokemon ORAS and Smash Bros 3DS (October is -not- Summer, Nintendo).














Someone get me a Wii U for my birthday, I will both love you forever and avoid getting myself lynched in public

[Bells]

I'm happy for what i saw of Zelda... i think Nintendo needs to be a little bolder, and this huge Monster Hunter vibe just might be the thing..... explosions, laser blasts and techno-arrows and all...

But i'll reserve my heart until i see actual Gameplay footage.

Doom is back though... so there is that.

Also, Bayonetta 2 gives you Bayonetta 1 free on the WiiU, with Metroid and Link costumes... so hey! Added value if you own a WiiU.

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Addition for great justice

http://i.imgur.com/RNDjX8n.gif

[mauve]

I don't usually follow E3 but I found the Arkham Knight gameplay on youtube and it looks GREAT. Dat Batmobile!!! The armor-suit is interesting, the rain effects are lovely, and Gotham looks gorgeous. It's also a nice change to see actual evidence of citizens in Gotham for once, with the cars on the road. I didn't notice any breakable items or trophies in the city, so either the game is ditching them for something else or this was just the Super Sparkly And Not Entirely Functional E3 Model of Gotham.

Not entirely sold on Scarecrow's new voice, though. It sounds NOTHING like the old one, so it makes me suspect this is a different person since he sorta ambiguously 'probably-dies' in Asylum. Unless Rockstar is pulling an Origins and Joker was the Scarecrow the whole time. -_-


New Zelda looks interesting, but I'mma wait until we get some more info until I pass judgement. The chase scene was admittedly pretty rad, but the "You can go wherever you want whenever you want" sounds dangerously Skyrim-esque, which sacrificed story and characterization for player freedom.

In Smash Bros news, Palutena looks neat, although I'm not really familiar with Kid Icarus so I don't know much about the character. Also not sure why she got a fanservice shot.

Also, what's with the Skylanders-esque figurines in the Mii trailer? I only saw the trailer on youtube so I've no idea what that's about. I hope you don't unlock characters by buying figures.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I don't usually follow E3 but I found the Arkham Knight gameplay on youtube and it looks GREAT. Dat Batmobile!!! The armor-suit is interesting, the rain effects are lovely, and Gotham looks gorgeous. It's also a nice change to see actual evidence of citizens in Gotham for once, with the cars on the road. I didn't notice any breakable items or trophies in the city, so either the game is ditching them for something else or this was just the Super Sparkly And Not Entirely Functional E3 Model of Gotham.

Not entirely sold on Scarecrow's new voice, though. It sounds NOTHING like the old one, so it makes me suspect this is a different person since he sorta ambiguously 'probably-dies' in Asylum. Unless Rockstar is pulling an Origins and Joker was the Scarecrow the whole time. -_-


New Zelda looks interesting, but I'mma wait until we get some more info until I pass judgement. The chase scene was admittedly pretty rad, but the "You can go wherever you want whenever you want" sounds dangerously Skyrim-esque, which sacrificed story and characterization for player freedom.

In Smash Bros news, Palutena looks neat, although I'm not really familiar with Kid Icarus so I don't know much about the character. Also not sure why she got a fanservice shot.

Also, what's with the Skylanders-esque figurines in the Mii trailer? I only saw the trailer on youtube so I've no idea what that's about. I hope you don't unlock characters by buying figures.

It's apparently just an optional perk. You can also save data on them too (to an extent. So they are pretty much action figure shaped memory cards. Except they just do small extra stuff instead of saving your game. For smash it seems they won't be needed at all. They'll just give a power up for said character. And will (hopefully ) be useless online most of the time unless allowed by the host.

Since the same figures are expected to be useful for multiple games. It's safe to say their use will very, and if handled well. Won't be a requirement for everything or even most games.

[phil_]

I didn't notice any breakable items or trophies in the city.They drove the Batmobile through a stone handrail in the park during whichever Guns cars guns guns guns guns guns guns cars guns guns briefing had Batman yesterday (they all kinda blurred together). So you can waste the Gotham tax-payers' money.Also, what's with the Skylanders-esque figurines in the Mii trailer? I only saw the trailer on youtube so I've no idea what that's about. I hope you don't unlock characters by buying figures.They don't unlock characters (that we know of so far). In Smash Bros, they are a kinda pet computer opponent. So, you fight them, or you have them fight each other, and the AI associated with that individual chunk of plastic gains levels. This makes that statue a smarter fighter and lets you give it perks and custom moves. I didn't see anything about it powering up characters played by people, I think Kyanbu might be mistaken on that. Maybe you're getting at how you can fight on a team with your toy?

Basically, it's kind of like a digital pet that you can bring into a game of Smash when you want to have more players than you have humans and someone was nerdy enough to bring his level 55 Olimar statue to the get-together.

Edit: Oh, and you can feed it equipment to make it stronger, a vital part of any fighting virtual pet. Just what "equipment" means in a Smash Bros context I couldn't tell you.

[mauve]

Huh. That's an interesting move for Nintendo.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

They drove the Batmobile through a stone handrail in the park during whichever Guns cars guns guns guns guns guns guns cars guns guns briefing had Batman yesterday (they all kinda blurred together). So you can waste the Gotham tax-payers' money.They don't unlock characters (that we know of so far). In Smash Bros, they are a kinda pet computer opponent. So, you fight them, or you have them fight each other, and the AI associated with that individual chunk of plastic gains levels. This makes that statue a smarter fighter and lets you give it perks and custom moves. I didn't see anything about it powering up characters played by people, I think Kyanbu might be mistaken on that. Maybe you're getting at how you can fight on a team with your toy?

Basically, it's kind of like a digital pet that you can bring into a game of Smash when you want to have more players than you have humans and someone was nerdy enough to bring his level 55 Olimar statue to the get-together.

Edit: Oh, and you can feed it equipment to make it stronger, a vital part of any fighting virtual pet. Just what "equipment" means in a Smash Bros context I couldn't tell you.

Ah ok I see where I got mixed up.

[Loyal]

So apparently the blue-tunicked Link in the Wii U Zelda trailer might not have actually been Link.

Also, more video on the subject! Guess who's baaaaaack.
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Also, this happened. (https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/476547936881369088)

[Aldurin]

Holy shit. The Wii U is gonna be such a strong console if it keeps getting stuff like that.

[Solid Snake]

Hold on, hold on.
They're making a ZELDA DYNASTY WARRIORS?!?!?!?

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Hold on, hold on.
They're making a ZELDA DYNASTY WARRIORS?!?!?!?

Yes, that's a thing now. And it comes with playable Zelda too.

[Loyal]

W0CkZVir5Kk

[greed]

Also really badass playable Impa.


New Zelda looks interesting, but I'mma wait until we get some more info until I pass judgement. The chase scene was admittedly pretty rad, but the "You can go wherever you want whenever you want" sounds dangerously Skyrim-esque, which sacrificed story and characterization for player freedom.

In Smash Bros news, Palutena looks neat, although I'm not really familiar with Kid Icarus so I don't know much about the character. Also not sure why she got a fanservice shot.

Also, what's with the Skylanders-esque figurines in the Mii trailer? I only saw the trailer on youtube so I've no idea what that's about. I hope you don't unlock characters by buying figures.

I'm a little wary of Zelda going Skyrim as well but basically anything would be better than Skyward Sword.

On Palutena, she's kinda of well a troll. Her whole personality in Uprising was being the mission control, while constantly needling Pit like an older sister, to the point of occasionally screwing with his powers for her own amusement. She's basically a PG rated gender swapped version of Zeus, or Loki. Kid Icarus Uprising had realy good writing. Also anyone else notice that Viridi (the series goddess of Nature, she really hates humans but kinda likes Pit) piped in there towards the end of Palutena's trailer?

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I am saying viridi is an assist trophy, that or Phosphora (Pitt x Phosphora OTP)

[greed]

So one of Aonuma's lines implied that the character in the new SkyZelda trailer isn't Link.

Looking at the face

http://i.imgur.com/giGCgOI.jpg

Could we be playing as Zelda?

[Kim]

I would love to play as a girl but I think we're probably just getting a really femme Link. The bright side of this is will be found on Gelbooru.

[Arhra]

Holy shit. The Wii U is gonna be such a strong console if it keeps getting stuff like that.

Have ye heard of a thing called Splatoon!?

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[Marc v4.0]

I think it's safe to say that others don't...

:cool:

What Nintendo

[shiney]

Nintendo brought its A game this year, looks like.

[Bells]

It is fairly safe to say that they understood their situation and did what they had to do... not unlike microsoft, they felt the pressure and gave a good response in return

[mauve]

I'm pleasantly surprised by Nintendo's offering this year. I have been mildly interested in the WiiU since Super Mario Brothers Wii U came out, but have been hesitant to buy the console until Nintendo could prove it could offer more than "Indie Developed Motion-Based Party Game Simulator" over and over again, as was the case with the Wii. Now they're starting to prove they can, so I might be re-examining the console.

[RickZarber]

For me, I've always assumed buying a Wii U would not be a question of if but when. (Heh. Now slightly modified to: when... can I afford it?)

But yeah, now there's over a dozen titles out or announced that interest me. The threshold has been crossed.

I'm just glad there'll be a 3DS Smash Bros, because in the likely case that I don't have a Wii U by then, I can still get in on some smashing.


Also, I took a glance at the XBONE and PS4 announcements and literally the only thing the interests me there is No Man's Sky. Website said platforms are TBA, would it be too much to hope for a PC version?

[Bells]

By having a 3DS i was able to pretty much annul any desire to have an WiiU, so i'm good with that. But now i can see that it has much more value than it had last month... or ever since launch really.

[Kim]

So Ubisoft says there aren't playable women in Assassin's Creed Unity because it would be too hard. It'd be too hard to animate they say. It'd "double the workload".

Here is what THE FUCKING ANIMATION DIRECTOR FOR ASSASSIN'S CREED III has to say about THAT.

http://i57.tinypic.com/mja1vs.jpg

Fuck Ubisoft.

EDIT: Fuck Far Cry 4 too.

http://i59.tinypic.com/10r0ht0.png

Women move so differently from men. Our giant maws. Our six reverse jointed legs. Our eight unblinking eyes that burn a hole through your soul.

EDIT2: Usually what animators mean when they say we move differently is they wanna animate us with exaggerated hip sway like we are at all times in high heels. Also shitty jiggle physics like we ain't never worn a bra in our lives.

[Bells]

Yeah saw that yesterday... bullshit and they are going to get called on that Bullshit fiercily until release day.

After a very impressive very cool Demo at E3 that many were saying that it was the needed fresh of breath air that not even AC4 delivered... someone shots himself in the foot this badly.

From what i understand only your main assassin is a ''character'' in the sense of having a name and a story... the Demo and Trailer gives a big vibe of you playing as a ''Nobody'' assisting the Revolution from the shadows.

My bet is that Ubisoft wrote the Tech before the wrote the story, as usual... so they don't know who these characters are yet. But they move in very, very cool ways.


Which is actually bizarre. From all the Multiplayer PVP (which is not even coming back for Unity), and Aveline... they never really presented their playable females in AC with overly ''erotic'' presences... (many NPC's in Ezio's story, sure... ) there was enver really an outcry there against Ubi on that front...

And now there is this moron pissing in the drinking water... for no goddamn reason.

Pre-Fixed characters i can understand, don't mind. Not wanting to have a ''Token female'' on the party i can accept. Its your game, your design. Do whatever the hell you want... it's fine!

But don't bullshit us saying that you ''really really wanted to'' but ''cannot because of reasons''.

Now observe... as they retcon this to hell and back in both games.

[Gregness]

Also really badass playable Impa.



I'm a little wary of Zelda going Skyrim as well but basically anything would be better than Skyward Sword.

*snip*

I never owned a wii, but everything I heard indicated that Skyward Sword was fantastic. Like, worth getting a wii for on its own. What's got you saying the opposite?

[Kyanbu The Legend]

nwgo_7L_2dw

So it seems Starfox has been in development hell since the Wii. They've been working on this game for 6 years trying to make it work with motion controls and just weren't feeling it.

But it does seem like it'll be out within the next year. Though one thing has me a little concerned. Ok make that two things.

1. It was being tested with Wii models. Are they going to make new HD models. Or is this just gonna keep those old models for the sake of getting it out quickly.

2. Can I turn off Motion controls? Will they provide that option? Because if the answer is no then it's skyward sword all over again. And that's the last thing Starfox fans want. As this is the big thing that has many fans very concerned.

[Kim]

well, they're holding off on showing more until NEXT YEAR so no i don't think they're gonna rush it.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Skyward Sword was really good as far as gameplay and mechanics went, but it had a rather boring world design compared to other games, and forced the player to revisit the same areas several times without making those areas feel any more interesting. It SERIOUSLY dragged itself out towards the end too. Like, its rare that a game makes me REALLY want to be at the end.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I was worried because Miyamoto mentioned in an interview that they plan to have it out within a year's time.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2014-nintendo-wii-u-star-fox-hands-on-and-miyamoto-q-a/1100-6420327/


The focus of the demo was primarily on gameplay and how the GamePad can be used to improve on the previous games' flight mechanics. Graphically, it was very early and didn't show anywhere near the level of polish or depth of something like The Legend of Zelda Wii U footage earlier today, but Miyamoto explained, "The game started off as an experiment, and what we're showing you here is still fairly early on. But the game has already moved into full development, and we're planning on completing the game within a year.



They are Nintendo so they probably won't rush it, maybe I'm just worrying too much.

[Kim]

Nintendo just revealed Project STEAM. Game with comic book art style (person says it looks very EBA). Very steampunk. Set in London. You fight aliens.

EDIT: It's a turn-based strategy game.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Well it seems interesting so far. And should make excellent use of the gamepad.

[Kim]

The game is for 3DS. Use touch screen to aim. Sounds very Valkyria Chronicles.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Ah my mistake then.

[phil_]

Skyward Sword was really good as far as gameplay and mechanics went, but it had a rather boring world design compared to other games, and forced the player to revisit the same areas several times without making those areas feel any more interesting. It SERIOUSLY dragged itself out towards the end too. Like, its rare that a game makes me REALLY want to be at the end.Also you fight the same boss three times. It is never fun and is always annoying. And you can fight him three more times if you do the boss rush, which you'll want to do for prizes, and he's even more annoying there with the boss rush restrictions.

Loved the game despite that because it whenever you are fighting anything that isn't that boss good times are had, and the dowsing mechanic takes the frustration out of the collect-a-thons without making them trivial, but that boss is a definite minus and I hope they don't do something like that again.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Also you fight the same boss three times. It is never fun and is always annoying. And you can fight him three more times if you do the boss rush, which you'll want to do for prizes, and he's even more annoying there with the boss rush restrictions.

Loved the game despite that because it whenever you are fighting anything that isn't that boss good times are had, and the dowsing mechanic takes the frustration out of the collect-a-thons without making them trivial, but that boss is a definite minus and I hope they don't do something like that again.

Essentially, if you could take the gameplay of Skyward Sword and put it in a world designed more like Majora's Mask, Ocarina of Time, or Wind Waker you'd have a pretty ace game.

[Kim]

Skyward Sword is amazing when it isn't padding for length.

It just does that a lot.

[Loyal]

Wii U Link is, in fact, Link. "Not explicitly Link" was a joke.

http://mmgn.com/wiiu/news--that-was-link-in-zelda-wii-u-trailer-aonuma

[Kim]

The Face of Gaming (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwFD5bC6ptM)

EDIT: Aonuma being vague about Zelda Wii U protag (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/06/11/is-link-a-girl-in-zelda-on-wii-u.aspx)

[Ryong]

The Face of Gaming (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwFD5bC6ptM)

While I'll admit that's a lot of dudes, it'd help to show how many women were in the trailers too.

[Marc v4.0]

I'm having trouble thinking of any that aren't from Nintendo, honestly. Lara Craft. Do games with customization count if all they showed was default white male option, because that would expand to Destiny and DA:I as well I guess.

Remember, this is Protagonists, not just people 'in the trailers'.


Do we count individual fighting game characters? Even then it would still be a massive imbalance, but at least we'd have more we could count, yeah?

[Bard The 5th LW]

[EDIT: Aonuma being vague about Zelda Wii U protag (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/06/11/is-link-a-girl-in-zelda-on-wii-u.aspx)

If Nintendo is going to pursue "Link as a representation of the player" again then I'd think it'd work out BETTER for them to include "Are you a boy or a girl?" at the beginning like pokemon or something and just change Link's character model to match. Like, with Ubisoft's bullshit regarding Assassin's Creed, this would really only do GOOD things for their PR.

[Bells]

Please watch

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[Kim]

gender neutral link would be really great tbh

but failing that this is the one time i'll accept link being a boy by default just cuz he's such a fucking twink in that vid

[Gregness]

Okay, I get being inclusive with playable characters, but I don't think I follow you on this one Kim. Link is an established character (the quality and quantity of said characterization is a separate argument) and has always been male. Like, adding in the option of playing a female link sort of strikes me as being similar to being able to play a male Samus, Lara Croft, or Jade.

EDIT: On a second read-through it was Bard who suggested having the option, so I suppose the comment should be more directed to him. I'd appreciate comments if you'd like to give them anyway though, Kim.

[Ryong]

I'm having trouble thinking of any that aren't from Nintendo, honestly. Lara Craft. Do games with customization count if all they showed was default white male option, because that would expand to Destiny and DA:I as well I guess.

Remember, this is Protagonists, not just people 'in the trailers'.

The thing is, there's a lot of army-based games and all of them have the default "white army dude in his 20~30s". This isn't restricted to games, though.

[Marc v4.0]

Uh..ok?

[Ryong]

I mean that that's part of the issue on why are there so many white male protagonists. Not saying other games will always have better representation of women and minorities, but army games tend to have it the worst and there were a lot of them this E3.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Okay, I get being inclusive with playable characters, but I don't think I follow you on this one Kim. Link is an established character (the quality and quantity of said characterization is a separate argument) and has always been male. Like, adding in the option of playing a female link sort of strikes me as being similar to being able to play a male Samus, Lara Croft, or Jade.

EDIT: On a second read-through it was Bard who suggested having the option, so I suppose the comment should be more directed to him. I'd appreciate comments if you'd like to give them anyway though, Kim.

Aonuma added that Link is meant to represent the player, and he doesn't want fans to focus on the character so much that they lose sight of the other elements in the trailer.

I was talking about this bit of the article. If they want Link to be his own character then sure, keep him as a dude. But my thoughts are that if they want him to be an extension of the player, then it'd behoove them to make a more customizable protagonist. But then, it'd probably be less a LoZ game and more of just a broader RPG.

[Kim]

Link is an established character is a poor argument when it's literally canon that 90% of Link's are different people. If you want Link to be an extension of the player, make him gender neutral or let players choose. The only Zelda games where he's really been a character in any meaningful way were Windwaker and Skyward Sword, and no element of his characterization in either hinged upon his gender.

[rpgdemon]

The thing is, Link could already be gender neutral. Like, I don't see how it'd change the game at all, if he were.

To me, he is in no way presented as male or female, especially the further into the series you get, the only thing making him "male" is his presumed physical body, and other people calling him "him"?

Given Link's characterization, I really don't think he'd actually make a point out of it, were he gender neutral, nor do I think it'd even come up in-game. He's generally not the sort who corrects someone when they start calling him the wrong thing (See countless characters who call him silly nicknames like "Grasshopper", without even asking his input about it). In most of his characterizations, he's very much his own person, and doesn't really care what other people call him.

[Kim]

People refer to him as a boy in the games and use male pronouns. The games don't handle him in a gender neutral way. Even the recurring romance elements between him and other characters are based in heterocentrism and interpreting the character as male by the developers. Honestly, the "he wouldn't correct them" seems pretty weak because these characters aren't actually people. Every line of dialogue is written by someone. The writers aren't going to have the world consistently gender a character who literally cannot argue unless that reflects the writers own gendering of the character

I think Link should be gender neutral, but I also think that means the games need to be written in such a way as to reflect that.

[Solid Snake]

Regardless of Link's gender or sexuality, I just gotta say:
New Link is ssssoooo fuckin' sexy

[Kim]

petition to have midna in zelda wii u so she can domme the fuck out of him

[Aldurin]

petition to have midna in zelda wii u so she can domme the fuck out of him

Shippin' it since Twilight Princess.

[rpgdemon]

People refer to him as a boy in the games and use male pronouns. The games don't handle him in a gender neutral way. Even the recurring romance elements between him and other characters are based in heterocentrism and interpreting the character as male by the developers. Honestly, the "he wouldn't correct them" seems pretty weak because these characters aren't actually people. Every line of dialogue is written by someone. The writers aren't going to have the world consistently gender a character who literally cannot argue unless that reflects the writers own gendering of the character

I think Link should be gender neutral, but I also think that means the games need to be written in such a way as to reflect that.

The thing is, all of those "romances" are pretty much entirely one-sided. In most games, Link doesn't ever reciprocate, it's all stuff sort of thrust upon him, and he's passive enough that he goes along with it, despite clearly having no interest in certain cases. If he's going along with romances that he doesn't have any interest in, he's probably not going to correct someone if they refer to him as male.

I'm not saying, "Link is clearly gender neutral and everything is perfect about that representation". I'm saying that Link's gender does not matter in terms of his own actions and portrayal, and on top of that he's physically portrayed as androgynous, so he's pretty close to it already. I'm saying that I don't see that making him officially gender neutral actually changes anything about his character, except for how other people treat him.

I'm looking at it from an in-universe, death of the author, headcanon type of situation. Link is totally portrayed as gender neutral in a lot of situations, even those "romances". You're looking at it from an out-of-character standpoint, dissecting the authorial intent in how Link was written. It's not wrong to look at it either way, but we're having two completely different conversations.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Kim you are implying that there are other MidnaXLink ships

[Bard The 5th LW]

Im pretty sure Link had a pretty standout shirtless scene in Twilight Princess. Also the character Ilia was totally his girlfriend. Like, sure, they never said it aloud, but it was fairly obvious. Also at the end of the game, he's totally checking out Midna. Not to mention that, in Wind Waker, Link has familial relations who refer to him consistently as "Older Brother" and "Grandson". I kinda doubt his LITTLE SISTER and GRANDMOTHER would get his gender wrong.

Link is pretty consistently a boy, and what I'm saying is that if Link is intended to be a representation of the player and his gender doesn't matter, then wouldn't it behoove Nintendo to either make both genders an option like Mass Effect or Pokemon or just ACTUALLY make him gender neutral?

[Kim]

Okay, fair enough RPG. I can understand that.

I'm kinda also coming at it from a perspective of "Fuck continuity/canon" which is basically my stance with any franchise.

ALSO @Mac: There is another Midna x Link ship. I will say nothing more.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I refuse to acknowledge any ship other then Midna Domme Link

[Ryong]

I'm kinda also coming at it from a perspective of "Fuck continuity/canon" which is basically my stance with any franchise.

Death of the author and all that, but you're treading into dangerous (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CanonDefilement) territory.

On another topic: I guess Midna has a Wolf!Link clone now?

[Kim]

I will defile any and all canons.

[greed]

Honestly the whole premise of the different Links/Zeldas being reincarnations/retelling of stories lends itself pretty strongly to making one of the Link's a girl. Either way I'd be happier if this Link was a girl, but his current design rules and what they've shown of the game is pretty amazing so I'm fully hype anyway. Honestly almost everything Nintendo's shown has me hype as fuck.

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Anyone else in the Destiny Alpha? It's surprisingly good. It's like Borderlands but well made and done serious, but with moments of humour that are still better than anything in Borderlands.


First mission spoiler: I just freaking lost it when my ai buddy voiced by Peter Dinklage said completely deadpan "That wizard came from the moon".

[shiney]

I will defile any and all canons.

Usually someone has to pay double for that kind of action.

[Solid Snake]

In vaguely E3 related news, Ubisoft is basically trying harder and harder to become my new least favorite developer. (http://tmi.kotaku.com/ubisoft-refused-to-talk-to-me-about-women-1590289504/all)

(And it used to be one my favorites, too. Feels like Atlus 2.0.)

[Kim]

What got me was that women in general seemed to be a taboo subject. Even when I asked about the woman hostage in Rainbow Six Siege's hostage mode (wherein teams compete to rescue or capture a hostage, as seen here)—whether there would be male hostages as well, etc—my interviewee nearly got cut off by PR.

This paragraph stood out to me.

I hope developers and publishers remain terrified of getting these questions. Of having to answer these questions. Perhaps it will motivate them to be better about these things in the future. To have it in mind from the beginning, so this doesn't happen again.

I also hope that journalists keep bringing this up. Keep drawing attention to the silence they get when they ask these questions. Keep drawing attention to these problems to the developers and publishers.

This feels important and I hope it isn't just business as usual a week from now.