That, then, was Bethesda - 30 minutes that made you wonder if the publisher really has enough games to warrant a conference of its own. Still, away from the recaps of existing games and drawn out CG trailers there was the highlight of E3 so far, Machine Games' phenomenal looking Wolfenstein 2 - and it's out later this year. This is how it unfolded.
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03:25 am UTC Good morning! The birds are chirping, my eyes sting and the sun isn't up. How are you all faring? Have you stayed up?– Robert Purchese
03:28 am UTC Good shouts for Bethesda's conference include The Evil Within 2...– Robert Purchese
03:30 am UTC Wolfenstein 2, Fallout VR and maybe oh maybe we'll get some confirmation about Skyrim Switch.– Robert Purchese
03:31 am UTC Dare we dream for a sniff - a mere waft - of The Elder Scrolls 6? Remember, Bethesda unveiled Fallout 4 and six months later released it. I'm not sure it's ready to do the same again with TES6 today.– Robert Purchese
03:32 am UTCMr_Understanding: Birds are making funny noises outside my window
I'm not sure why they feel the need to shout that they've woken up before everyone else, to be honest.
– Robert Purchese
03:36 am UTCmegatronix: Elder Scrolls 9!!!
Coming to you holiday 2032!
– Robert Purchese
03:48 am UTCKami: Or a port of WET to the Switch.
Ha!
– Robert Purchese
03:50 am UTCliquidsoap89: It's not too early to hope for something from id is it?
Quake Champions...
– Robert Purchese
03:55 am UTC Well gooooood morning.– Martin Robinson
03:55 am UTC And a hearty salute to each and every one of you that's got up for this.– Martin Robinson
03:56 am UTC And one to myself too for rolling over and picking up my laptop in this Ibis I'm staying in in Brighton.– Martin Robinson
03:56 am UTC I only hit snooze on my phone once.– Martin Robinson
03:57 am UTCAshkorsair: goodmorning martin. any wishes for this show?
That it ends in like five minutes so I can go back to sleep.
– Martin Robinson
03:58 am UTC Anyway it'll be Wolfenstein, The Evil Within 2 and Skyrim plus maybe Fallout VR.– Martin Robinson
03:59 am UTC If Rogue Warrior Remastered was here you'd hear my screams of excitement wherever you are. Still the only Bethesda game of recent years that's got my pulse racing.– Martin Robinson
04:01 am UTC We start with a montage that's attempting to make the people at Bethesda seem a little more human.– Martin Robinson
04:03 am UTC I just saw a Battlecry logo! That game was canned, obviously, but the studio lives on.– Martin Robinson
04:03 am UTC And heeeeeeeeeeeeere's Pete Hines.– Martin Robinson
04:04 am UTC The crowd lets out a shriek of what I can only describe as sheer terror as he comes out on stage.– Martin Robinson
04:04 am UTC Actually maybe they're just screaming at that shirt.– Martin Robinson
04:04 am UTC What on earth is going on with that?– Martin Robinson
04:05 am UTC Pete, do a twirl so we can see it in all its horror.– Martin Robinson
04:05 am UTC They've hired the shrieking goons again.– Martin Robinson
04:06 am UTC And they're leading with VR.– Martin Robinson
04:06 am UTC Shall I just go back to sleep?– Martin Robinson
04:06 am UTC First up is Doom on Vive.– Martin Robinson
04:07 am UTC And now Fallout 4 VR, which again was announced a while ago. It's also still a thing!– Martin Robinson
04:09 am UTC From two games that we knew existed to The Elder Scrolls Online.– Martin Robinson
04:10 am UTC Which has been doing the rounds as a tech demo for a while. It's a thing!– Martin Robinson
04:10 am UTC Apologies, Doom VR wasn't announced as a full game, but a tech demo has been doing the rounds for a while.– Martin Robinson
04:11 am UTC Both those VR titles coming out this year.– Martin Robinson
04:11 am UTC Elder Scrolls Online is still being highlighted.– Martin Robinson
04:11 am UTC This is Return to Morrowind, which is out now.– Martin Robinson
04:11 am UTC Apologies if you woke up for this!– Martin Robinson
04:13 am UTC My tired brain only just got what 'VFR' means in Doom VFR. That's tickled me a little.– Martin Robinson
04:13 am UTC (The 'F' is a naughty word).– Martin Robinson
04:14 am UTC Now here's that card game!– Martin Robinson
04:15 am UTC Before that we had the announcement of Bethesda's Creation Club, which is alarming some people as it sounds like it could be paid mods.– Martin Robinson
04:16 am UTC Details of that are thin at the moment - we're trying to find out exactly what it means.– Martin Robinson
04:17 am UTC Skyrim on Switch!– Martin Robinson
04:17 am UTC It has Amiibo support, with Zelda amiibos - lol at actually being able to find one of them - unlocking character costumes.– Martin Robinson
04:18 am UTC Also motion control support, it looks like.– Martin Robinson
04:18 am UTC Dishonored 2 DLC announce klaxon.– Martin Robinson
04:20 am UTC Death of the Outsider, and it's out on September 15th.– Martin Robinson
04:21 am UTC Quake Champions, which by all accounts is quite splendid, gets its moment in the spotlight.– Martin Robinson
04:21 am UTC I'm still reeling from Pete Hines' shirt though tbh.– Martin Robinson
04:23 am UTC And now, finally, a new, new game.– Martin Robinson
04:23 am UTC Which looks very much like The Evil Within 2.– Martin Robinson
04:24 am UTC It's more Mikami, which can only be a good thing.– Martin Robinson
04:25 am UTCvalentynlyevyentsov: So, Iºm guessing that there can be no TES 6 this year, judging by the subdued presentation... (to dodge calling it boring)
Absolutely no chance of that. I don't think we're expecting it for a few years yet!
– Martin Robinson
04:25 am UTC A CG trailer with a slow-burn cover of an old song. And a slow clap from me.– Martin Robinson
04:25 am UTC Get in the sea.– Martin Robinson
04:27 am UTC Finally here's some gameplay. It looks pretty sublime, though we only get a brief look.– Martin Robinson
04:28 am UTC And it's out soon! Friday October 13th - seems like Bethesda's keen on the short marketing cycle after it worked so well for Fallout 4.– Martin Robinson
04:29 am UTC Sweet relief, this is only 30 minutes long. I imagine we're ending on Wolfenstein.– Martin Robinson
04:30 am UTC Will we get to see the game itself though?– Martin Robinson
04:30 am UTC Ah yes, here we go.– Martin Robinson
04:32 am UTC It takes the stylised alternate history of Machine Games' last Wolfenstein to a new extreme as we see Americana lorded over by strawberry milkshake-drinking Nazis.– Martin Robinson
04:32 am UTC This looks alright.– Martin Robinson
04:36 am UTC And now some proper gameplay. You shoot people, obviously, but it all looks terribly cool as you do so.– Martin Robinson
04:37 am UTC Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus.– Martin Robinson
04:37 am UTC 27th October.– Martin Robinson
04:37 am UTC Pete Hines back onstage, doing a swear because Bethesda are edgy like that.– Martin Robinson
04:38 am UTC The new Wolfenstein is probably the highlight of the show so far for me, though. It does look like something else.– Martin Robinson
04:38 am UTC All those games will be out this year.– Martin Robinson
04:39 am UTC A small cherry on an otherwise fairly dismal cake. That's a lot of money to spend for them to show everyone some trailers.– Martin Robinson
04:39 am UTC You can all go back to bed now.– Martin Robinson
04:41 am UTC To recap: VR, MMO, card game, paid for mods (we think) and DLC.– Martin Robinson
04:41 am UTC But to cap it off The Evil Within 2 and the excellent looking Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, both of which will be playable before the year's end.– Martin Robinson
04:41 am UTC So not too bad, really. I think I'm just tired and grouchy.– Martin Robinson
04:42 am UTC Quite a wait until the next conference, with Ubisoft at 9pm tonight before Sony does its thing at 2am. Hope to see you there!– Martin Robinson
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