EA World Premiere: E3 2014 Preview - Livestream, Updates and News

It's over, recap below.

'Battlefield Hardline' Limited Closed Beta on PC and PS4 Right Now, Sign Up at Official Sites

• PS4 owners can access through 'Battlefield 4' Livetile on console

Hard not to think of PayDay. Looks great. pic.twitter.com/dEtdICe2JS

— Brian Hoss (@Second_Variety) June 9, 2014

Oh Wait, This is Probably EA's Most Important Game - 'Battlefield Hardline'

• Cops and criminals, as known by now
• From 'Dead Space's' Visceral Games
• Going for "Great TV Crime Drama" for the campaign
• 32-player Heist multiplayer gameplay shown - multiple "Vaults" for robbers to steal from, police trying to stop them
• This is the first time in a while EA was smart enough to show multiplayer footage first for 'Battlefield'
• Motorcycles and muscle cars in the inner-city- certainly has an increased pace
• Stun Gun! Basebll bat!
• And there's the big destruction moment, dare anybody speak of "Levolution?"
• Again, massive maps - they're scaling a skyscraper, ziplining to another, picked up by a heli, parachute down, and then arrested - "You have the right to remain silent"

FIFA 15 Players now haver memory and display emotion pic.twitter.com/wgI0CeKSCi

— Brian Hoss (@Second_Variety) June 9, 2014

Possibly EA's Most Important Game, 'FIFA 15'

• Emphasizing emotion and atmosphere, similarly to 'Madden 15'
• It seems next-gen is pumping up the animations in EA's sports games more than anything, which is great
• Wait, that's Idris Elba narrating the 'FIFA 15' bookend video!
• I guess when you aren't changing much, you get celebrities to be excited about it - for an EA sports game, that's perfectly fine

Mirror's Edge prototype New combat Hit and move pic.twitter.com/zmnfc8sse6

— Brian Hoss (@Second_Variety) June 9, 2014

'Mirrors Edge 2'

• "Everything we do needs to be elegent, minimalistic"
• Talking a lot about environmental, character design in correlation with gameplay
• Mostly conceptual gameplay footage here, but it looks 'Mirror's Edge' good

EA moba Dawngate Big meta game differences pic.twitter.com/0bUPrfQXUw

— Brian Hoss (@Second_Variety) June 9, 2014

'Dawnage' is EA's Mobile MOBA

• Apparently MOBA stands for "multi-user online battle arena"
• There's a story arch to the game - why do they think players care about this?

New defensive cameras, moves, and tactics in Madden 15 pic.twitter.com/Q7C0EOYpvV

— Brian Hoss (@Second_Variety) June 9, 2014

'Madden 15' is Making an Effort on the Defensive Side

• More control, more fun for defensive
• Hundreds of player reactions to up the emotional factor of football
• Launches Aug. 26

After Dropping Tiger Woods, EA is Going with 'PGA Tour'

• Coming Spring 2015

Early Criterion Racer Shown - "Not a single vehicle we haven't talked about"

• First-person racer with helicopters, atvs, jet skis, motorcycles, etc.
• Very early in development

New Criterion Games moving beyond cars. Helicopters atvs wind suits etc. pic.twitter.com/iwZXtsqBjm

— Brian Hoss (@Second_Variety) June 9, 2014

'NHL 15' Coming to Xbox One, PS4

• Most detailed arenas ever

Anyone can be like Bruce Lee... Virtually pic.twitter.com/MOvhf3DdMo

— Brian Hoss (@Second_Variety) June 9, 2014

Bruce Lee is in EA's 'UFC' Game

• "Be like water"
• Out next week, but I'm sure we knew that already

Sims 4 More personality per Sim pic.twitter.com/ebSelmGtC5

— Brian Hoss (@Second_Variety) June 9, 2014

'The Sims 4'

• Coming Sept. 2
• They have emotions now, personalities and such
• Poems can "suck" in 'The Sims'
• "Personalities drive behavior"
• You can die of laughter

The Next 'Mass Effect' Game

• A lot of conceptual stuff - videos, images
• They're doing new characters, new stories
• There's another new IP coming from the team, unknown so far

'Dragon Age: Inquisition'

• A musical piece!
• Four-player co-op seems to be a theme this year.
• Massive dragon battle shared amongst friends

"A dozen new experiences"

Here's the new 'Star Wars Battlefront'

• Extremely brief in-game footage

Half of EA show, new projects.

— Brian Hoss (@Second_Variety) June 9, 2014

Peter Moore cracking jokes about leaks. pic.twitter.com/C3rV4QzG7o

— Brian Hoss (@Second_Variety) June 9, 2014

Welcomed to Electronic Arts. pic.twitter.com/tCc1kzueaJ

— Brian Hoss (@Second_Variety) June 9, 2014