The E3 2019 Ubisoft Press Conference broadcast aired today, has revealed brand new information about Ubisoft’s PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch & Wii game lineup. Ubisoft’s E3 2019 keynote conference started on June 10th at 1:00PM PDT (Pacific USA) / 4:00PM EDT (Eastern USA) / 9:00PM BST (London) / 6:00AM AEST (Sydney, Australia) and lasted an hour and a half excluding the pre- and post-show. What follows is a bulletpoints roundup…
Exciting surprise reveals this year were: Watch Dogs 3: Legion (despite news of it leaking early), Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad, Just Dance 2020 (not that surprising), om Clancy’s Rainbow Six Quarantine, Roller Champions, Gods & Monsters.
As well as The Division Movie and the Mythic Quest TV series about game development.
No word on Beyond Good & Evil 2 was a bit troubling, though.
Here’s the full E3 2019 Ubisoft broadcast video: (starts at 1:10:00 hour)
E3 2019 Ubisoft Press Conference Roundup:
- The Assassin’s Creed Symphony opens the Ubishow. Get tickets at ACsymphony.com. Personally I think they should’ve tied this in with the a Assassin’s Creed game or closed the show with it, but it’s a slow opener.
- Watch Dogs 3: Legion gameplay footage. Recruit a DedSec resistance to fight the Albion mercenaries that occupy London, UK. Bagley AI assistant guides you around. Main character Ian dies and an elderly hacker lady Helen takes over the gameplay as it’s revealed you can switch between all the resistance fighters. Naomi is up next as they try to free the drone expert, to get him to join the resistance, and along the way to find him they encounter heavily armed human traffickers and a firefight ensues. Everyone is welcome to join the resistance, looks like you can play as 100’s of characters (although they say you can play as anyone in the game) all with their own simulated stories! Wow! 😮
- Mythic Quest TV series for Apple TV+ announced. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia comedy writers have partnered with Ubisoft for a game-centric TV show. Abed from Community also plays a role, so I’ll give it the 3-episode-test to see how I like it.
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege‘s new season update Operation Phantom Sight shown in a trailer.
- Adventure Time comes to Brawlhalla today. Buddy new game mode. Tree Fort new stage. Free-to-play on PS4, Switch, PC & Xbox One.
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint new CGI trailer shown starring The Punisher’s Frank Castle (actor Jon Bernthal introduced the game). Register for the beta at Ghostrecon.com/beta_E3. The game will have AI teammates for solo players. Ghost Recon Delta Company is a community program that lets fan share discussion, artwork, etc. to directly get in touch with the development team of the game. September 5th, 2019 is the beta launch. October 4th, 2019 release date. The game will be live with new content and free updates for years to come (I assume only if it’s a success). The Terminator skin shown like on the Xbox conference.
- Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad mobile RPG shown in trailer. The Division, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell and other Ubisoft specialist characters join together. Pre-register now at Elitesquadgame.com.
- Just Dance 2020 commercial shown. Next the dancer show a handful of the different songs. Release Date is November 2019 on Switch, Wii, PS4, Xbox One & Stadia.
- For Honor: Shadows of the Hitokiri update trailer.
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Quarantine, a 3-player tactical PvP co-op game announced with reveal trailer. More info at Rainbow6quarantine.com/registerupdates.
- Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 will be free-to-play temporarily for everyone between June 13-16.
- The Division Movie will be made with Netflix. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain.
- Uplay+ is Ubisoft’s new PC subscription service to give you early access to premium editions of upcoming new games and all 100+ Ubisoft games & DLC’s out already. Price is $15 per month. It’ll be available on Google Stadia as well. More info at https://store.ubi.com/en/uplayplus.
- Roller Champions trailer shown. It’s a skill-based team PvP sports game. A pre-alpha gameplay demo is out today for you to try during E3 2019 until June 14th, 2019. It’s Rocket League with skates instead of cars.
- Gods & Monsters reveal trailer shown. From the creators of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Not sure what it is. Release date is February 25th, 2020.
Credit: Ubisoft Livestream & Ubisoft Blog. 160,000 & 135,000 on Twitch & Youtube and 200.000 more spread across other streams/platforms.