A presentation on the eve of the 2017 Electronic Entertainment Expo will see two new games announced by the studio network behind blockbuster hits such as "Doom," "Dishonored," "Fallout" and "Skyrim."
For the third year in a row, publisher and video game developer Bethesda Software returns to annual industry event the Electronic Entertainment Expo, with a presentation the Sunday before proceedings commence.
The Bethesda E3 Showcase will start at 7pm PDT on Sunday, June 11, 2017 (10pm EDT, or June 12 at 2am UTC / GMT, 3am BST, 4am Central Europe / South Africa, 6am Abu Dhabi, 10am Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Beijing, and 12 noon Sydney, Australia.)
An illustration depicting six ongoing franchises and two undisclosed titles from studios within Bethesda's parent, ZeniMax Media, was shared by Bethesda's public relations chief Pete Hines. Post-apocalyptic roleplay "Fallout," frantic first-person shooters "Quake" and "Doom," fantasy adventure "The Elder Scrolls" (of which "Skyrim," "The Elder Scrolls Online," and card game "The Elder Scrolls Legends" are part,) versatile steampunk action franchise "Dishonored" and early May release "Prey" were all present.
With the image as a whole resembling a theme park map, "Bethesdaland," two areas remain hidden and under construction. Bethesda had previously indicated that it had three major projects on the go, the last of which would be a new "Elder Scrolls" game. One possible E3 reveal could be something else from within Bethesda itself.
The studio is best known for the "Fallout" and "Elder Scrolls" franchises, and it usually spends 3 to 4 years in between major releases -- "Fallout 4" arrived in 2016. For that reason E3 2017 would be an ideal opportunity to engage fans with a brand new proposition. Two other possibilities suggest themselves, given the production cycles of ZeniMax's other studios.
A sequel to survival horror "The Evil Within," directed by genre icon Shinji Mikami of "Resident Evil" fame, is expected to follow the first game's favorable reception in 2014. Mikami's Tango Gameworks was formed under the ZeniMax umbrella in 2012, and it's been another three years since "The Evil Within" debuted, so a 2017 release would make sense. Similarly, MachineGames was formed in 2009, successfully resurrecting one of the group's most venerated franchises with "Wolfenstein: The New Order" in 2014, then releasing standalone expansion "Wolfenstein: The Old Blood" in 2015.
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