We’re within the swing of it now, eh readers? Today’s kinda-sorta-E3 2020 streams are effectively underway, beginning with The Escapist’s Indie Showcase earlier this afternoon. Fronted by that fast-talking web lad from Zero Punctuation, the showcase kicked off right this moment’s festivities with a flood of 80 game trailers over a 2-hour run-time. Frankly, that’s a lotta games, so right here’s our rundown of what you will have missed.
There are a lotta trailers to meet up with, and you’ll replay all of them right here if you happen to’re acquired a spare afternoon. But for brevity’s sake, let’s run by among the occasion’s highlights, eh?
It was definitely an eclectic showcase, with trailers starting from brand-new to nearly a yr outdated. But as we’ve already posted, the present began sturdy with Windbound, a stunning little open ocean Zelda-like from the folks who made Satellite Reign. We additionally noticed new footage of We Are The Caretakers, an afrofuturist technique beneath the narrative lead of RPS contributor (and my one-time dev companion) Xalavier Nelson Jr, set to open up a “limited” open beta on June 16th.
Long-elusive games like Röki and El Hijo additionally made their very own fleeting appearances. Yes, they nonetheless look pretty. Yes, we’d nonetheless like to see launch dates for both. There was additionally a very exhaustive quantity of cyberpunk (the style, not the CD Projekt game). Frankly, I feel it’s time to name a quick hiatus on rain-dappled streets and neon kanji signage, if solely to present my eyes a relaxation.
Rather than piecing collectively complete new trailers, some devs on present selected to talk about their games as an alternative. Screenshot Saturdays common Minute Of Islands made a quick look on this regard, as did co-op chook ’em up KeyWe, following its temporary displaying a Wholesome Direct final month.
At somewhat over two hours lengthy, The Escapist’s Indie Showcase definitely captured the spirit of this perpetual summer time of E3. We’ve put collectively an E3 2020 stream schedule for straightforward searching, and to remind ourselves that they’re by some means operating effectively into August. Crikey.
Whatever you name it, hit our E3 2020 tag for extra from this summer time’s blast of gaming bulletins, trailers, and miscellaneous advertising. Our E3 stream schedule will inform you what to look at and when.
