I thought I would make a thread dedicated to the information, news, and rumors coming out before, during, and even after E3 2016, which, kicks off this Sunday, June 12th at 1:00PM PDT, with, surprisingly, EA's press event this year. (Nintendo is seemingly coming the lightest this year, with an Nintendo Treehouse event focusing on mostly The Legend of Zelda for Wii U, and their upcoming system codenamed Nintendo NX, which WILL NOT be shown off this year, and the upcoming Pokemon Sun & Moon for the Nintendo 2DS and 3DS).
Here is a schedule of all the conferences, the times they start and end, and possibly, what to expect during each one: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1229281
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Anyway... Some OFFICIAL information (no rumors or leaks) that has been released thus far includes:
1. Yooka-Laylee, the spiritual successor to Banjoo Kazooie, being delayed until early 2017.
2. The company Volition (Saint's Row III, Saint's Row IV, Saint's Row: Gat Out of Hell), whose publisher is Deep Silver, announced a new, SINGLE-PLAYER ONLY, open-world RPG called AGENTS OF MAYHEM, which, may or may not take place in the same world as the Saint's Row franchise.
3. The majorly successful turn-based strategy game X-Com 2 will be released on console come September 7th, 2016 (was originally a PC exclusive title).
4. Persona 5, the next installment in the popular Persona series, will be releasing February 14th in the Americas (and probably Europe), 5 months after it's debut in Asia.
5. Watch_Dogs 2 was announced by Ubisoft, and will have a World Premiere during Ubisoft's presser on June 13th. The game is said to be releasing November 15th, 2016, and will take place in the city of San Francisco in the United States.
6. Koei Tecmo and Omega Force (Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors, Romance of the Three Kingdoms) will be announcing another Musou/Warriors-esque game on June 13th, 2016, hyped by the company as the "most evil/brutal/violent Musou game to-date".
7. Horizon: Zero Dawn, the open-world RPG featuring mecha-dinosaurs, and the next game, and new IP, by the PlayStation exclusive company Guerilla Games (Killzone franchise) launches world-wide February 28th, 2017 (delayed/pushed from this year); pre-orders are currently up though, including the limited collector's edition.
8. FIFA 2017 announced (yay…! and big surprise...!), and confirmed to be running on DICE's outstanding Frostbite Engine, starting the trend EA mentioned about all future projects running on the world class engine.
9. Falcom announces Tokyo Xanadu is coming to the PlayStation 4.
10. World of Final Fantasy, the chibi-esque Final Fantasy game that was announced last year before the reveal of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, that, apparently is going back to the roots of the series, releases October 25th this year. According to the developers, the game will feature 100+ hours of content, that doesn't include side missions, side stories and the like.
11. Strategy game TETHERED, a PlayStation VR exclusive game, announced by the developer Secret Sorcery.
12. An HD remaster of Final Fantasy 12, called FINAL FANTASY 12: THE ZODIAC AGE, featuring the much loved Zodiac System changes that were (seemingly) only released in Japan, is announced/in the works/to be released by Square Enix in 2017. Features more detail in the world, higher resolutions and textures etc. etc.
Now… It's time for the rumors, and practically confirmed information, based on leaks (I will spoiler tag them, as some people may not wish to be spoiled).