Sony’s E3 press conference: Kratos and company greet gamers

MANILA, Philippines – Sony held its pre-E3 press conference at the Shrine Auditorium on Monday, June 13 (June 14 in Manila).

The company began its press conference with an orchestra playing, as well as with the return of Kratos, the erstwhile god of war, in what appeared to be a gameplay demo of God of War’s new setting: Norse mythology.

Kratos and his son take on a hunt for a deer to teach him Kratos’ ways, and culminates in a dramatic moment for father and son… stabbing a deer with a knife, and earning us “a new beginning” for the series: A renewed God of War.

 

Sony also showed off announcement videos for Days Gone. Days Gone came from Bend Studio, the creators of Playstation classic Syphon Filter. The game features massive hordes of zombies and with a tough protagonist riding a motorbike.

A trailer featuring more content from The Last Guardian played next. After 7 years of waiting, The Last Guardian will finally be released on October 25, 2016.

This was followed by a gameplay demo of Horizon: Zero Dawn, which will come out on February 28, 2017. 

The gameplay featured different tools and weapons that Aloy, the main character, can use as she takes down corrupted robotic monsters.

Another trailer followed for Detroit: Become Human, a new title from Quantic Dream that appears to be a branching-story game in which you play an android.

Meanwhile, Capcom had a little surprise for gamers in the form of a Resident Evil 7: Biohazard trailer. Apparently, Capcom has already revealed bits and pieces of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard via the PSVR demo The Kitchen, a title which was present in almost all PSVR demo sessions in the past.

The January 24, 2017 release date also helped bring about quite a bit of applause, as did VR functionality for the game.

The big announcement for the PSVR followed. The PSVR will be available on October 13, 2016. The price? $399. More than 50 games will be available for the PSVR from launch to the end of 2016.

This was followed by trailers for Arkham and Final Fantasy XV PSVR versions. These were available for demo right after the conference.

A confusing trailer followed which eventually led to the gameplay trailer of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. The gameplay reveal garnered positive reactions despite previous criticisms of its debut trailer.

Series fan favourite Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will be getting a remaster, and those who pre-purchased select editions of Infinite Warfare for PS4 would be able to get their hands on Modern Warfare’s campaign 30 days before its November 4 launch.

Speaking of remasters, the entire Crash Bandicoot series will be remastered for the PS4. But before those three, Crash Bandicoot will first appear in Skylanders Imaginators.

Following the Star Wars lego reveal, Hideo Kojima came onstage to reveal a new game he’s been working on, called Death Stranding, which will star The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus. Kojima and his new game were met with deafening cheers. (READ: ‘Hideo Kojima returns, reveals new game at E3‘ )

Insomniac Games and Marvel, meanwhile have teamed up to announce a Spider-Man PS4 game.

Sony then continued the press conference with a gameplay demo of the Days Gone video game it announced at the start of the press conference, which led to the end of the day’s previews.

Anything catch your eye? Let us know in the comments! – Rappler.com