I wouldn't expect the Kojima game at E3. If they were only recently negotiating with him earlier this year, it will have just entered development a few months ago and won't be released for many years yet. Even if it is the episodic one that Kojima pitched to Google last summer, it will probably take 2 years or so to develop the first episode, so 2023 release, and if it's not episodic it could take even longer. Only way it comes sooner is if it is the same one that he pitched to Google, and he partially self funded it and has been developing it since last summer in the hopes that another publisher would pick it up after seeing a more complete demo, then maybe a first episode could be out by end of 2022, in which case an E3 announce would be more likely.

The Jez teased 2nd party games seem to be coming much sooner and will be announced at E3, Jez responded to a guy who was saying that he can't get excited about 2023 or later releases at E3 2021, and Jez suggested that the 2nd party games he teased are releasing in 2021 or 2022. And there seem to be some AAA 2nd party among them based on what Jez said. Really looking forward to this E3 now, I just hope 1st party delivers as well, I want to see actual gameplay trailers/demos for Hellblade 2, Project Mara, Everwild, Fable, and Avowed, plus a few new 1st party announces. Starfield and Wolfenstein 3 gameplay from Bethesda.

After playing 22hrs of Pillars of Eternity 2 I can safely say that this is the most stable playable version of the game I've tried but... It's inferior to Pillars of Eternity 1 and isn't even in the same league as Divinity Original Sin 2. I'll Try to break this down abit;

+ Writing: It's absolutely fantastic and goes well beyond the Obsidian standard we've come to expect, from the narration that I adore to the depth of the lore and how the disposition system allows you to approach conversions in any playstyle that you wish and how that has a knock on effect towards your companions and how their interactions within conversation have an effect on their relationship with other companions.  This is where the game excels, it's the games strongest aspect but also it's Achilles heel because it highlights just how far behind the rest of the game is. 

- The World: I was never a fan of the introduction of the archipelago, the ammount of content is pretty limited and filling 70% of the map with water is a really poor bandaid to hide this. Most of the islands are very limited, here's a 2 minute fight or here's some water/fruit you can gather or a cave you can enter. There's just not enough to do outside of the main cities which in fairness are great and that's where the bulk of the content is. Having the archipelago was so unnecessary it took so much away from the game. 

- Resource Management: you simply don't make enough money in this game naturally to support your ship and crew, without being a pirate and attacking pretty much every ship you come across you theres just no way to be able to get the water and food options you'll need for a crew who isn't going to mutiny against you. The first game allowed you to basically be a pacifist (heck there's even an achievement for doing so) this tho due to having to manage your ship resources doesn't. There's also the problem of just how one dimensional it is, raid a ship > sell the stuff you get > buy food/water > rince and repeat. Now ofc you can not bother with the ship stuff, get a mutiny against you, be a terrible Captain but that so much of the game you'd be avoiding. 

- - Class Building: this is one that pains me to even write but I hate the class builder in this game. In DoS2 every skill you acquired had weight, it influenced your playstyle in some way. I'll give you an example of my last playthrough, built a character around traversal, had an ability to let me get 1 free movement and 2 skills that allowed to me close the distance in an instance. When I was near an enemy I would break their physical defence and turn them into a chicken (the chicken runs away and my perk of opportunity would get a free hit usually killing them) I would them throw chloroform at another putting them to sleep Or use a skill that makes them take damage on movement and then terrify them so they'd run away, I'd then go invisible so I couldn't get hit. In PoE2 the class builder is so convoluted it's so much stuff that nothing has any weight, there's just to many spells or skills that's it's diluted itself. 

- - - Bugs: oh boy here we go again with another shit show of an Obsidian game. So currently my favourite recurring bug is the SFX bug where I can here the sound of crashing waves ... Everywhere, every single area. The load times being 10-12s are great ... Play for abit and they become 28-35s. I've had the world map crash and not able to close multiple times. NPCs standing right next to fucking area leave markers, being stuck in a city not able to select your ship without a restart. Seriously, Obsidian need to wake the fuck up and get their act together, stop releasing buggy games. 

Final thoughts: theres just something inherently not fun about PoE2, I loved the first game alot but this is just a poor man's sequel, almost uneeded. Maybe I've been spoiled by DoS2 peeling back the layers and mechanics and giving such a rewarding and fun game that I simple can't find games like PoE2 ... Appealing anymore. PoE2 has mechanics and layers falling over themselves like dumb circus elephants. If the writing wasn't as good as it is then I would have maybe stopped by now.

After playing 22hrs of Pillars of Eternity 2 I can safely say that this is the most stable playable version of the game I've tried but... It's inferior to Pillars of Eternity 1 and isn't even in the same league as Divinity Original Sin 2. I'll Try to break this down abit;

+ Writing: It's absolutely fantastic and goes well beyond the Obsidian standard we've come to expect, from the narration that I adore to the depth of the lore and how the disposition system allows you to approach conversions in any playstyle that you wish and how that has a knock on effect towards your companions and how their interactions within conversation have an effect on their relationship with other companions.  This is where the game excels, it's the games strongest aspect but also it's Achilles heel because it highlights just how far behind the rest of the game is. 

- The World: I was never a fan of the introduction of the archipelago, the ammount of content is pretty limited and filling 70% of the map with water is a really poor bandaid to hide this. Most of the islands are very limited, here's a 2 minute fight or here's some water/fruit you can gather or a cave you can enter. There's just not enough to do outside of the main cities which in fairness are great and that's where the bulk of the content is. Having the archipelago was so unnecessary it took so much away from the game. 

- Resource Management: you simply don't make enough money in this game naturally to support your ship and crew, without being a pirate and attacking pretty much every ship you come across you theres just no way to be able to get the water and food options you'll need for a crew who isn't going to mutiny against you. The first game allowed you to basically be a pacifist (heck there's even an achievement for doing so) this tho due to having to manage your ship resources doesn't. There's also the problem of just how one dimensional it is, raid a ship > sell the stuff you get > buy food/water > rince and repeat. Now ofc you can not bother with the ship stuff, get a mutiny against you, be a terrible Captain but that so much of the game you'd be avoiding. 

- - Class Building: this is one that pains me to even write but I hate the class builder in this game. In DoS2 every skill you acquired had weight, it influenced your playstyle in some way. I'll give you an example of my last playthrough, built a character around traversal, had an ability to let me get 1 free movement and 2 skills that allowed to me close the distance in an instance. When I was near an enemy I would break their physical defence and turn them into a chicken (the chicken runs away and my perk of opportunity would get a free hit usually killing them) I would them throw chloroform at another putting them to sleep Or use a skill that makes them take damage on movement and then terrify them so they'd run away, I'd then go invisible so I couldn't get hit. In PoE2 the class builder is so convoluted it's so much stuff that nothing has any weight, there's just to many spells or skills that's it's diluted itself. 

- - - Bugs: oh boy here we go again with another shit show of an Obsidian game. So currently my favourite recurring bug is the SFX bug where I can here the sound of crashing waves ... Everywhere, every single area. The load times being 10-12s are great ... Play for abit and they become 28-35s. I've had the world map crash and not able to close multiple times. NPCs standing right next to fucking area leave markers, being stuck in a city not able to select your ship without a restart. Seriously, Obsidian need to wake the fuck up and get their act together, stop releasing buggy games. 

Final thoughts: theres just something inherently not fun about PoE2, I loved the first game alot but this is just a poor man's sequel, almost uneeded. Maybe I've been spoiled by DoS2 peeling back the layers and mechanics and giving such a rewarding and fun game that I simple can't find games like PoE2 ... Appealing anymore. PoE2 has mechanics and layers falling over themselves like dumb circus elephants. If the writing wasn't as good as it is then I would have maybe stopped by now.

It Takes Two is a filthy good co-op game! Even after hours of playing the creativeness and imagination of these devs never seizes to amaze. Bloody brilliant stuff. Perfect game to play with someone who's not that much into gaming, I guaratee they'll love it.

Coz it was a joke :P

I agree. I haven’t consistently played Halo 5 since 2018 because they basically dropped the game and focused on bringing updates to the MCC an older Halo game. 343i left the Halo 5 community out to die.

Low-key it would be a bit troll-y but I think Microsoft should copy Sony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=annuTcmB1rw

Just get it out of the way, we don't know how far away Kojima's title is but the dude has a cult following, Lol. Randomly dropping the announcement has been some of Xbox's best marketing moves lately, it'd also show commitment to Japanese content creators sooner rather than keeping it a secret until some major event.

Better than waiting years for Kojima to reveal the title, unless it gets revealed this E3 but I'm unsure of that.