This is our final E3 bulletin of the week. Previous entries: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday
Our long international nightmare of trailer reveals and community shout-outs is finally over. The haggard survivors have fled the LACC, heroically mustering a final round of Instagram stories of complimentary cocktails before they return to a life of daylight and fresh vegetables. We at home are raking over the last still-glowing embers of news, and coming up largely empty-handed: the penance for having some great announcements at the start of the week appears to be a distressing lack of scoops and scandals at the end of it. Well done, PR professionals, for keeping your spokespeople locked down: we will return to battle next year.
The final trend tally: a cheering degree of diversity in triple-A protagonists and a surprising amount of next-gen hype, which could be a bad thing, but this year is looking pretty strong in the meantime: the addition of Spider-Man, Fallout 76, Hitman 2 and Smash Bros to the traditional year-end rush makes for a really expensive Christmas list. 2019 is also going to start strong for players and disastrously for publishers, with Kingdom Hearts and Resi 2 in January leading into a late-February battle royale with Anthem the likeliest survivor. Look forward to the fallen making a swift appearance in the discounted section of your preferred digital platform, which in Microsoft’s case is not Netflix for games so please stop calling it that.
Source: Eurogamer The E3 Bulletin – Friday