This year’s a bit different for Electronic Arts. While still participating in the press conference extravaganza for E3 2016, EA is hosting their own event outside of the event, called EA Play 2016. Kicking off the conferences with a handful of announcements, here’s everything they had to show in their keynote:
- Titanfall 2 trailer released for multiplayer and single player (again), releasing October 28, 2016 for PS4 and Xbox One
- New trailer for Madden NFL 17 released
- EA games getting a competitive initiative with “Challenger,” “Premiere,” and “EA Major” events for differing degrees of competition
- Mass Effect: Andromeda is powered by Frostbite, behind the scenes video with game footage shown. Read more here
- Play to Give initiative announced, special game challenges with proceeds going to charities
- FIFA 17 getting a story mode called “The Journey” starring Alex Hunter, premiere league managers in the game, new gameplay trailer shown. Read more here
- EA Originals program announced in support of smaller developers, first game revealed called Fe. Read more here
- Star Wars video shown detailing upcoming game projects. Read more here
- Battelfield 1 gameplay trailer shown, with livestream of gameplay following the show
That about wraps up everything EA had to show. Anything you’re particularly excited for? Let down by what they had to show? Let us know in the comments below.
