The Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 2017[1] as it’s known is this week. With a ton of games from EA, Microsoft[2], Nintendo[3], Sony[4], Ubisoft[5], and Bethesda[6] among others, podcast host Pranay Parab[7] is joined by regulars Mikhail Madnani[8] and Rishi Alwani[9] on what to expect from the world’s biggest gaming event.
In this edition of Transition we dissect EA’s line-up which, aside from Need for Speed Payback[10], Star Wars Battlefront 2[11], and FIFA 18[12], should have some surprises.
This is followed into a deep dive into all the rumours swirling around Xbox Scorpio[13] - Microsoft’s answer to the PS4 Pro, which could be the highlight of E3 2017, as well as the games it could ship with such as the rumoured Halo Gravemind[14] and known quantities like Crackdown 3[15] and Forza Motorsport 7[16] as well as the chances of the Xbox Scorpio coming to India officially.
The conversation then veers to what Bethesda and the reports of an open-world Skyrim[17]-like game set in space called Starfield, Wolfenstein: New Colossus, The Evil Within 2, and of course Fallout 4 VR - which may be exclusive to Xbox Scorpio and Windows PC.
And on the topic of the PC is the PC Gaming Show. Much like previous events[18], expect it to be an oddball mix of indies and hardware announcements with the occasional AAA game thrown in, getting some time on the show that wouldn’t get exposure otherwise.
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