{"id":96077,"date":"2016-06-23T14:59:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T12:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=96077"},"modified":"2016-06-23T15:00:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T13:00:28","slug":"5-most-promising-games-from-e3-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/96077-5-most-promising-games-from-e3-2016","title":{"rendered":"5 most promising games from E3 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>E3 was a bit of a blur. With so many game announcements, hardware news, and tech reveals, it was difficult to make sense of things &#8211; but we decided to look at 5 of the game reveals which appear the most promising:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Release date: TBA\u00a0(Wii U, NX)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nintendo revealed a bunch of new information on their next Zelda game, due to come out on NX and Wii U next year.<\/p>\n<p>The game is quite easily the largest and most ambitious game in the franchise to date, featuring new gameplay elements like\u00a0changing weather patterns and scalable cliffs.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a wider array of weapons like spears and axes that Link has access to, along with the ability to pick up food to replenish health.<\/p>\n<p>Enemies also live in colonies rather than scattered randomly around Hyrule, and the game is compatible with several coming amiibo figurines.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Official Game Trailer - Nintendo E3 2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1rPxiXXxftE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>State of Decay 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Release date: 2017\u00a0(Xbox One, PC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Undead Labs did not disappoint with their long-awaited unveiling of State of Decay 2<b>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Like its predecessor, State of Decay 2 will be an open-world third-person survival RPG set in a recent zombie apocalypse. Unlike its predecessor, it will support drop-in co-op play so you can enlist a couple friends to help keep the roaming hordes at bay.<\/p>\n<p>Your actions will again have an impact on the world around you, only this time, the ripples can be felt much further away.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Announcing State of Decay 2 - Xbox E3 2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_JMJFyXuGUw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Spider-Man<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Release date:\u00a0TBA (PS4)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interesting to see Marvel giving exclusive rights to a Spider-Man game to Sony here, especially with a lucrative new film just sitting over the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>This one&#8217;s being developed by Insomniac Games, the great team behind Rachet and Clank and Sunset Overdrive, who&#8217;ve proved time and again they can make fast-paced action games with interesting movement mechanics, making\u00a0them a perfect match for web-slinging Spidey.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a great developer at work here and it doesn&#8217;t appear to be constrained by any established comic or movie storyline, which should give them some freedom to experiment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marvel&#039;s Spider-Man - E3 2016 Trailer | PS4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3R2uvJqWeVg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Days Gone<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Release date:\u00a0TBA (PS4)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sony introduced everyone to a new zombie survival game, but it wasn&#8217;t a Last of Us sequel. Days Gone is a new title from Bend Studios, who worked on the underrated Uncharted: Golden Abyss on PS Vita.<\/p>\n<p>Set in the beautiful, volcanic scarred high-desert of the Pacific Northwest, Days Gone is an open-world action-adventure game where you play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who has to use his former biker days to gain an edge in a world where survival is the only option.<\/p>\n<p>It looks gorgeous and the sheer volume of zombies on-screen gets us excited to what the game has in store.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Days Gone - E3 2016 Announce Trailer | PS4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n95IaELdWDU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Forza Horizon 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Release date: September 2016 (Xbox One, PC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s open-world racing spin-off Forza Horizon gets a new sequel.<\/p>\n<p>This time, the game is set in the lush areas of Australia, offering gamers wide open-roads to put the largest Forza Horizon car roster to the test.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign also features 4-player co-op, which is quite interesting for a racing game. We&#8217;re excited to see how it all works when Forza Horizon 3 launches on Xbox One and PC in September.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fTSUgXkfooA<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Article\u00a0originally published on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/games\/12-biggest-game-announcements-of-e3-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"canonical\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More Gaming News<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/93433-overwatch-could-be-the-biggest-competitive-game-in-south-africa.html#comment-115131\">Overwatch could be the biggest competitive game in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Telkom\u2019s big gaming drive in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/87956-telkoms-big-gaming-drive-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Telkom\u2019s big gaming drive in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Android\u2019s keyboard update is awesome\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/91149-androids-keyboard-update-is-awesome.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Android\u2019s keyboard update is awesome<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some of the games that have our hopes held high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":96079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,6,3,11681,4],"tags":[19715,317,19711,1456,5294,19713],"class_list":["post-96077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-nintendo","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-days-gone","tag-e3","tag-forza-horizon-3","tag-legend-of-zelda","tag-spider-man","tag-state-of-decay-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96193,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96077\/revisions\/96193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}