E3 Predictions -- 2016 Edition

E3 is only a week away, and so far, nothing's been leaked yet (probably a new record). So, I figure I might go the same route as yesteryear and make another predictions post (though this time not separate it by conference because that's a hell of a lot of work).

- The biggest part of the upcoming E3 will be, without a doubt, the official announcement of the "upgraded" consoles -- PS4 Neo, Xbox One whatever it is, and the NX. Though these new consoles have been advertised to not replace their current systems, I feel like that's not likely. Of course, that's not an E3 prediction -- my E3 prediction is that we'll be hearing a lot about these new consoles, as well as big releases to be shown as the spearheads of the new consoles -- one or two of them might be a special surprise to get people really interested.

- Based on news I forgot, this might already be deconfirmed -- but I feel like the smartest thing for Nintendo to do right now is show off a healthy amount of the new Zelda, as well as clear up some things about the game. Zelda's status has changed a million times -- from a Wii-U exclusive, to a Wii-U and NX game, to coming out on NX first, to who knows whatever it is. I feel like an extended demo with some concrete explanation will help the game.

- For Ubisoft, we'll likely see some footage of a new Assassins Creed or Far Cry or some yearly release game, as well as some more of the For Honor game they showed off last year. For Ubisoft's mandatory "special suprise" game, we'll probably be seeing Watch Dogs 2 -- a game that was already leaked earlier this year.

- Obviously, we'll be seeing both Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Don't be surprised to see CoD trying to win back its audience after its reveal trailer bombed -- they're already announced an extended campaign demo on the floor, and they're likely to go even farther beyond that at Sony's conference.

- We'll probably see the last trailers for games coming out soon -- the most likely being The Last Guardian and FFXV. Also don't be surprised if we see even more of the FF7 Remake -- it seems like its a big deal for both Sony and Square Enix.

- As for this year's krazy prediction, I'm gonna say that there will be a FF7 Remake demo packaged with FFXV. I don't... really have anything to go off of on this. I mean, they put a FFXV demo inside Type-0, so the next logical conclusion is... this? Listen, my main reasoning for doing this is because I've had a strange feeling it was going to happen and if it does I want to say that I had a sick E3 2016 premonition.

Well, those are all my predictions for this year. I'll be sure to make a predictions review and wrap up post similar to how I did last year for E3. There will also probably be an episode of the AstukaGaming Podcast dedicated to E3, though it will take place a few days later.

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Academy Awards 2016 -- Predictions and Hopefuls

With the Oscar nomination list just recently announced, I'd figure I'd bite (despite only seeing three of the movies on the list) and make a list both of the movies I want to see win as well as ones that I think are more likely to actually win -- separated as hopefuls and predictions respectively. Since most of these movies I'm just going on general praise and word of mouth I'm not gonna have any big discussion on any of them -- just lay down what I think and then maybe after the awards have a recap, similar to how its done with the E3 predictions. Anyway, here are the lists:

Hopefuls:

Best Picture: Mad Max: Fury Road
Actor in a Leading Role: Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett
Actor in a Supporting Role: N/A
Actress in a Supporting Role: Jennifer Jason Leigh
Animated Feature Film: Anomalisa
Cinematography: The Revenant
Costume Design: Mad Max: Fury Road
Directing: George Miller
Documentary Feature: The Look of Silence
Documentary Short: N/A
Film Editing: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul
Makeup and Hairstyling: Mad Max: Fury Road
Music -- Original Score: The Hateful Eight
Music -- Original Song: N/A
Production Design: N/A
Short Film (Animated): N/A
Short Film (Live Action): N/A
Sound Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road
Sound Mixing: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Visual Effects: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Writing (Adapted): The Martian
Writing (Original): Straight Outta Compton

Predictions:

Best Picture: The Martian
Actor in a Leading Role: Eddie Redmayne
Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett
Actor in a Supporting Role: Tom Hardy
Actress in a Supporting Role: Rooney Mara
Animated Feature Film: Inside Out
Cinematography: The Revenant
Costume Design: Carol
Directing: George Miller
Documentary Feature: The Look of Silence
Documentary Short: Last Day of Freedom
Film Editing: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul
Makeup and Hairstyling: The Revenant
Music -- Original Score: The Hateful Eight
Music -- Original Song: Writing's on the Wall
Production Design: The Martian
Short Film (Animated): Sanjay's Super Team
Short Film (Live Action): Stutterer
Sound Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road
Sound Mixing: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Visual Effects: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Writing (Adapted): The Martian
Writing (Original): Spotlight

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E3: Predictions Review

So before I start, I want to point out I did a round-up for Bethesda and no one else. I was going to do this for all the conferences until I realized there's a bunch and it would take me a super long time to do something that all the other bigger guys have done already. So instead I'm going to make this (reviewing my predictions) and then when the PC Gaming Show is done, I'll start working on an overview of "grading" each of the conferences and giving my review of each. Anyway, let's get to it.

ORIGINAL LINK TO PREDICTIONS

I'll be going ahead and giving myself a point for each thing I get right, and 1/2 a point for everything I kind of got right but not really. Hey, it's my show!

I guess this can be a start of a game where I can compare my points in predictions each year and try to get better everytime as well.

BETHESDA CONFERENCE -
- Doom Gameplay (+1)
- Fallout 4 Gameplay (+1)
- Likely an announcement from one of the other studios. I'm looking mostly at Arkane, seeing that Tango and Machine released games just last year. Perhaps it will be a new Dishonored? Or a new IP altogether? (It was Dishonored 2! +1)
- Apparently there's also a Bethesda studio called "Battlecry Studios" which is making a game called Battlecry. I have no idea what that is, but perhaps that question will be answered in their press conference? (It was indeed answered: a kind of bad looking medieval TF2. +1)

MICROSOFT CONFERENCE-
Okay, I genuinely have no idea, speaking that most of their big title reveals have been pushed back to Gamescom. I have no idea whether this is because they want a strong Gamescom showing or they have a bomb to drop at E3, but I'm just going to go ahead and assume the bomb since E3 is a massive deal compared to Gamescom. I also don't know specifically the games they moved back, so forgive me if I mention a game that was already confirmed to not show up.
- Halo 5 Gameplay and Release Date (has a date been confirmed yet?) (As it turns out, the release date was confirmed a few months ago, so I'm going to go ahead and give me full points on this. +1)
- Quantum Break Gameplay and Release Date (WRONG! Quantum Break was one of the games moved back to Gamescom)
- Banjo Threeie (WRONG! Though Rare was at the conference, showcasing their new IP Sea of Thieves as well as the Rare Replay collection)
- Crackdown Gameplay (WRONG! Once again, Crackdown was one of the games moved to Gamescom)
- Forza Gameplay and Release Date (once again, date?) (Correct on both, but I'll just give myself +1 since I combined the two)
- Fable 4 (remember, a man can dream) (WRONG! Just Fable Journeys. God dammit.)
- New IP (From whom I'm not quite sure, but it's apparent that, unlike previous Xbox CEOs, Phil Spencer knows there needs to be more exclusives on the Xbone.) (This game was Recore, from Inafune (Megaman) as well as the creators of Metroid Prime. +1)
-Rise of the Tomb Raider gameplay and Release Date (hopefully a name change too) (Gameplay, but unfortunately no release date nor name change. +1/2)

EA CONFERENCE-
Not really expecting anything special here. Same shit as always -- emphasis on the word "shit".
- Star Wars Battlefront Gameplay and Release Date (date?) (Date was confirmed earlier, but gameplay was there. +1)
- Mirror's Edge Catalyst Gameplay (+1)
- New Battlefield Gameplay and Release Date (WRONG! Looks like Battlefront will be the Battlefield for this year.)
- SPORTS (+1, though I honestly don't think a single "SPORTS" was enough for just how much they had.)
- Mass Effect 4 Gameplay (WRONG! No gameplay, just a cinematic trailer.)
- Burnout: Not Burnout Edition Gameplay (WRONG! Though they did show Need for Speed, it wasn't the Criterion game.)

UBISOFT CONFERENCE-
- Cringy Aisha Tyler (+1)
- Some dumb danceparty (Starring Jason Derulo! +1)
- Far Cry 5 Gameplay and release date (though it hasn't been leaked yet, so maybe there is none?) (There was indeed no new Far Cry, however I did predict it, so no points here.)
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate Gameplay and Release Date (+1)
- New UbiArt game (Don't think I saw anything on this.)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Gameplay and Release Date (The Release Date was announced earlier, but the gameplay was there. +1)
- "Special Surprise" at the end (My Street Fighter V senses are tingling, and they're saying it's a new Splinter Cell) (Nope! It was Ghost Recon: Wildlands. Though the bulk of the prediction was the surprise, so I'll give myself full points. +1)

SONY CONFERENCE-
- The Last Guardian (I said it once, I'll say it again ... I don't even like this game ...) (Now I like how it looks, though! +1)
- Persona 5 Gameplay and maybe release date (date?) (WRONG! Looks like so far the only Persona-related thing Atlus came to show was the same trailer that was released a few months ago with a few words translated.)
- MGS5 6-minute trailer (unless those rumors about it being at Keighley's show are actually real) (WRONG! It was at Keighley's show.)
- Uncharted 4 Gameplay and Release Date (No specific release date, but there was gameplay. +1/2
- Dark Souls III Gameplay (WRONG! All we got was a cinematic trailer shown at the Microsoft conference.)
- Bloodborne DLC Gameplay and Release Date (WRONG!)
- Horizon (Guerrilla Game's new game) (Full name Horizon: Zero Dawn. +1)
- Street Fighter V Gameplay and Release Date (Once again, no specific release date, but gameplay was shown. +1/2)
- No Man's Sky Gameplay and Release Date (date?) (No release date, but gameplay. +1/2)

Suprisingly, I failed to predict both the Shenmue III and FF7 Remake announcements. My spider senses failed me on that one.

NINTENDO CONFERENCE- (this is where I go bold)
- Ryu and Roy for Smash Bros (leaked earlier today, guess it all depends if the leak is real?) (Leak is real, but the announcement was on the morning of the Nintendo World Championship.)
- New Metroid for the Wii-U by Retro Studios (WRONG!)
- New Metroid for New 3DS by Nintendo (...Correct? Kind of? The games were Metroid Federation Force + Blast Ball, but they do not look like they will be N3DS exclusives and I don't think they were developed by Nintendo.)
- Yookah-Laylee Gameplay (WRONG!)
- New IP (One from before with an official name) (Nope, no new IPs)
- Fire Emblem If Gameplay and Release Date (date?) (No release date, but I believe gameplay was shown? +1/2)
- SMT vs Fire Emblem Gameplay and Release Date (date?) (STILL no gameplay, just another trailer.)
- Persona 3 & 4 HD for Wii-U (FUCK IT I DON'T CARE) (Wrong, hopefully to no one's surprise.)

Should've put my bold predictions in Sony. Servers me right for thinking the Direct was going to be good two years in a row...

TOTAL POINTS: 19 1/2

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Astuka's Semi-Serious (but mostly not) E3 Predictions

Yes, that's right -- E3 is in about a day within posting this. I was never really into all the E3 hype and prediction stuff that most people do, but seeing as I did one for the Playstation Experience, I might as well.

Take in mind this is just going to be a short writeup, nothing more. I'll do much more detailed posts for each conference after they happened, as well as aligning what I got wrong and what I got right. Some of the stuff in this is obvious, while other parts are probably wild dreams. Hope you enjoy.

DATE CREATED: 3 AM PT, 6/13/15

BETHESDA CONFERENCE -
- Doom Gameplay
- Fallout 4 Gameplay
- Likely an announcement from one of the other studios. I'm looking mostly at Arkane, seeing that Tango and Machine released games just last year. Perhaps it will be a new Dishonored? Or a new IP altogether?
- Apparently there's also a Bethesda studio called "Battlecry Studios" which is making a game called Battlecry. I have no idea what that is, but perhaps that question will be answered in their press conference?

MICROSOFT CONFERENCE-
Okay, I genuinely have no idea, speaking that most of their big title reveals have been pushed back to Gamescom. I have no idea whether this is because they want a strong Gamescom showing or they have a bomb to drop at E3, but I'm just going to go ahead and assume the bomb since E3 is a massive deal compared to Gamescom. I also don't know specifically the games they moved back, so forgive me if I mention a game that was already confirmed to not show up.
- Halo 5 Gameplay and Release Date (has a date been confirmed yet?)
- Quantum Break Gameplay and Release Date
- Banjo Threeie
- Crackdown Gameplay
- Forza Gameplay and Release Date (once again, date?)
- Fable 4 (remember, a man can dream)
- New IP (From whom I'm not quite sure, but it's apparent that, unlike previous Xbox CEOs, Phil Spencer knows there needs to be more exclusives on the Xbone.)
-Rise of the Tomb Raider gameplay and Release Date (hopefully a name change too)

EA CONFERENCE-
Not really expecting anything special here. Same shit as always -- emphasis on the word "shit".
- Star Wars Battlefront Gameplay and Release Date (date?)
- Mirror's Edge Catalyst Gameplay
- New Battlefield Gameplay and Release Date
- SPORTS
- Mass Effect 4 Gameplay
- Burnout: Not Burnout Edition Gameplay

UBISOFT CONFERENCE-
- Cringy Aisha Tyler
- Some dumb danceparty
- Far Cry 5 Gameplay and release date (though it hasn't been leaked yet, so maybe there is none?)
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate Gameplay and Release Date
- New UbiArt game
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Gameplay and Release Date
- "Special Surprise" at the end (My Street Fighter V senses are tingling, and they're saying it's a new Splinter Cell)

SONY CONFERENCE-
- The Last Guardian (I said it once, I'll say it again ... I don't even like this game ...)
- Persona 5 Gameplay and maybe release date (date?)
- MGS5 6-minute trailer (unless those rumors about it being at Keighley's show are actually real)
- Uncharted 4 Gameplay and Release Date
- Dark Souls III Gameplay
- Bloodborne DLC Gameplay and Release Date
- Horizon (Guerrilla Game's new game)
- Street Fighter V Gameplay and Release Date
- No Man's Sky Gameplay and Release Date (date?)

NINTENDO CONFERENCE- (this is where I go bold)
- Ryu and Roy for Smash Bros (leaked earlier today, guess it all depends if the leak is real?)
- New Metroid for the Wii-U by Retro Studios
- New Metroid for New 3DS by Nintendo
- Yookah-Laylee Gameplay
- New IP (One from before with an official name)
- Fire Emblem If Gameplay and Release Date (date?)
- SMT vs Fire Emblem Gameplay and Release Date (date?)
- Persona 3 & 4 HD for Wii-U (FUCK IT I DON'T CARE)

EDIT (Later on June 13th)
Just realized I forgot Squenix and the PC Gaming conference. Whoops. Oh well.

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