Bethesda E3 Results and Thoughts June 14th 2015

Ladies and gentleman, this was it, today the hype began! Bethesda officially kicked off E3. It was a exciting one hour event, and here's a recap of what was on the show:

-Doom single and multiplayer gameplay

-Battlecry gameplay and beta

-Dishonored 2 trailer, and Dishonor Xbox One/PS4 remake

-Elder Scrolls Online

-Elder Scrolls Legends card game

-And Fallout 4 gameplay to close the show.

That was a lot, but my favorite part of the show was the Disnhonored 2 trailer confirming you can play as new female lead protagonist Emily Kaldwin or returning protagonist Corvo. Both will be played differently.

I was definitely interested in what I was watching with the Doom presentation. I remember playing Doom on my xbox but I was too scared to progress past the first 10 minutes. Watching everything from their singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay definitely reminded me of Halo (and I don't mean that in a bad way) heck even the Snapmap mode reminded me of forge, so there could definitely be a lot of fun there.

The weakest part of the show for me was Battlecry. There was nothing to it that made me feel like I should go out and play this beta. Also while not a low point in the show for me I'm a little interested in in the Elder Scrolls card game. Reminded me a little of Magic the Gathering, and since it's free I don't mind to try at all.

Series I want and expect to see in All New All Different Marvel

There is still a long way to go until Secret Wars wraps up, and who knows when Marvel will announce another one of their 55 to 60 titles that are coming in the All New All Different Marvel. I've talked about what I thought so far about ANAD and how excited I was for Invincible Iron Man coming out. Out of those 55 to 60 titles here's what I'd like really like see:

1. Black Panther solo
2. Daredevil solo
3. Iron Fist solo
4. The Defenders
5. Peter and Miles team up (something like a Batman and Robin book but Miles wouldn't be a "sidekick" and treated as an equal).
6. Spider-Man solo (starring Peter)
7. Spider-Man solo (starring Miles)
8. The Ultimates
9. Guardians of the Galaxy (Hopefully sticking close to the movie cast)
10. Doctor Strange Solo

Now just for fun I want to take some guesses on what we'll most likely see as I add on to my list:

11. All New All Different Avengers (confirmed)
12. Invincible Iron Man (confirmed)
13. Drax (confirmed to be coming out this year)
14. Uncanny Inhumans (confirmed)
15. Lady Deadpool and the Howling Commandos (confirmed)
16. Ms. Marvel
17. Thor
18. Hulk
19. Captain Marvel
20. Squadron Supreme
21. Thunderbolts
22. Captain America
23. Nova
24. Ant-Man
25. Spider Gwen
26. Spider Woman
27. S.H.I.E.L.D
28. Punisher
29. Wolverine (starring X-23)
30. X-Men
31. Hawkeye
32. Black Widow
33. Something with Red Wolf
34. Nova
35. Ghost Rider

Top 5 Comics June 10th 2015

Slow week for me. Only had five comics on my pull. Anyways:

1. Batman/Superman #21 While this issue may have flaws like the lack of Batman and Superman interaction, it was easily the best read of the week for me.

2. Batman #41 I'm not entirely sold on the concept of Jim Gordon as Batman but how Gordon became him was nicely set up.

3. Red Hood/Arsenal #1 Pretty average issue overall. Not much more to say.

4. Earth 2 Society #1 Other than the art and the villain getting set up, I didn't like how this issue was focused on Dick. I heard Wilson plans to have a different character star every month so I'll see if that works out. Also sudden change in Alan Scott's attitude came out of nowhere. 

5. Ultimate End #2 I really want to like this series, I really do but the problem is this story isn't the Ultimate End of the characters I've read about. The people here interacting with the 616 characters are just from Doom's interpretation. In reality the real UU and it's characters met there "Ultimate End" when their world collided with 616 on Secret Wars #1. 

Top 5 Comics of June 3rd 2015

This was a big week for DC fans, as it began the DCYou initiative. So here's a new thing I'm going to try every new comic week where I list what I consider the top five from Marvel/DC that week. Anyways this was a real hard week for me to decide what was the best. A lot of good stuff.

1. Action Comics #41- Amazing. Pak sets up Superman's new status quo nicely.

2. Green Lantern #41- Liking Hal's new rogue look, and operating as a lone wolf. Interested in where we goes from here.

3. Secret Wars #3- Hickman continues his epic story, as we learn more of who still retains their memories from their respected earth.

4. Giant-Size Little Marvel Marvels: AvX #1 Skottie Young does it again with that damn good art. Expect all the fun in this issue likeyou may have seen in A-Babies vs. X-Babies

5. Bizarro #1- Very funny issue. Had a good time reading it but it seemed to drag just a little.

New 1TB Xbox One Officially Revealed

Microsoft has officially unveiled their 1TB Xbox One model that will be priced at $399 and will be available to purchase on June 16th this year. Also all 500GB Xbox One's will be priced at $349.

This bundle comes with the old Xbox 360 headset, Halo The Master Chief Collection, a matter finish Xbox One with a 1TB hard drive, and the newly designed Xbox One controller that has a 3.5mm headphone jack.

The new controllers come in two different colors, the standard black, and Covert Forces. They will be priced at $65.

My E3 2015 Predicitions

It's around that time of the year again, where gamers aboard the hype train with their destination set on E3. That's right next week is E3 so get prepared for lot's of gaming news starting June 14-16. Until then, I want to speculate on some surprise announcements we might see at the event, or some first look trailers of games we know exist but hasn't been confirmed to be at E3. Here is my top 5 list:

1. Gears of War Collection on Xbox One- With rival Sony recently announcing Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection coming to PS4, and there was gameplay footage leaked just last month of the "rumored" Gear's collection, I believe E3 will be the time to official unveil this game to fill in this year's gap of no Gears of War 4.

2. Triad Wars trailer/gameplay (Sleeping Dogs confirmed sequel)- We know this game exists, and with Square Enix holding their first ever press conference, they're going to need some games for the show. I can't think of a better time to show this game off than here.

3. Injustice Gods Among Us 2- Series director Ed Boon had stated if this game was popular enough they'd make a sequel and without a doubt, the first Injustice was a great fighting game and the sales definitely showed. With Mortal Kombat X officially out, I'm sure this has now given NetherRealm some space needed to put the game in development, and at least announce it is in the making.

4. New IP trailer at Ubisoft- Back in 2012 Ubisoft shocked the world with a brand new IP called Watch Dogs, fans were impressed with what they were looking at, the following year Ubisoft did it again but this time with Tom Clancy's The Division, 2014 didn't have anything new to show off, but I'm positive Ubisoft will continue their trend to shock the world with some new IP at this year's event.

5. God of War 4- With God of War III Remastered coming out this year I believe Sony will show a teaser for GoW4 and at the end tell all those that have pre ordered the Remaster edition they will get access to a private beta.

Invincible Iron Man Coming 2015

Yes, that just happened! At a comic convention held in New York City the creative duo of Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez who recently finished their run on Miles Morales The Ultimate Spider-Man, announced coming in 2015 apart of Marvel's All New All Different Marvel line will release Invincible Iron Man. Which will indeed have Tony Stark under the armor.

Not only that but Bendis is teasing Tony will get a new girlfriend, new villains, make new friends, and find out who Tony's real parents are.

This is definitely great news. After my rant yesterday, I talked about how I didn't care to see Falcon take the role of Captain America, or Jane Foster taking on the mantle of Thor, and how we weren't sure Tony was under the armor. Now that Tony is confirmed to still be in the armor is a great move by Marvel, and having Bendis write him is even better. I've read some cameos Bendis has written of Tony in the Ultimate universe, and I'm happy to say the way he writes him sounds exactly as if you were watching Robert Downey Jr. playing the role. Add the amazing work of Marquez and this book is without a doubt a day one buy for me.