Or is it good morning? Gawd E3 really messes with your head when you're on the home team.
– Martin Robinson
Anyway, I'm just heading down to Easy Hours for a quick beer run before Bethesda kicks off in just over 30 minutes.
– Martin Robinson
Does anyone want anything?
– Martin Robinson
I feel your pain. This beer possibly isn't helping.
– Martin Robinson
INSOMANiAC: This is the bleakest E3 live Eurogamer chat I've seen since they began. Bethesda not keeping people up until 2am any more?
I will endeavour to make it bleaker still.
– Martin Robinson
What to expect from Bethesda's show?
– Martin Robinson
Well, lord knows.
– Martin Robinson
They announced everything last year.
– Martin Robinson
Maybe they can announce Elder Scrolls 7 this time out?
– Martin Robinson
Fallout 5 and 6 and 7.
– Martin Robinson
And Wet 2, obviously.
– Martin Robinson
Disappointed that none of you have mentioned Rogue Warrior yet.
– Martin Robinson
Also what celebrity cameo would you like, in the wake of Keanu's appearance at Microsoft?
– Martin Robinson
Oh yes please.
– Martin Robinson
Richard Briers too?
– Martin Robinson
Oh shit, he dead.
– Martin Robinson
I liked Brink!
– Martin Robinson
So much potential there, and a lot of it wasted, but I still had a fun time with it.
– Martin Robinson
Oh, we've started.
– Martin Robinson
Totally here for Brink 2 btw.
– Martin Robinson
We're starting with *feelings* and a celebration of all of us as gamers.
– Martin Robinson
I, too, hate this.
– Martin Robinson
This vapid shite is certifiably worse than Brink. We can all agree on that right?
– Martin Robinson
We stand together on that simple fact. This intro vid is shite. #betogether
– Martin Robinson
Right, so what really to expect. A new Arkane project?
– Martin Robinson
Er, Rage 2 DLC?
– Martin Robinson
Oh, more on Doom Eternal and Wolfenstein: The Young Ones.
– Martin Robinson
Oh look Pete Hines walks out from the crowd because he's just one of us!
– Martin Robinson
That jacket Pete Hines is wearing is very similar to the one Phil Spencer wore at the MS conference.
– Martin Robinson
It's the latest line in exec chic - the bomber jacket that says they're just regular joes.
– Martin Robinson
We're getting customer feedback piled in through the show, though, which could be lolz.
– Martin Robinson
We're are also getting Todd Howard's regrettable stand-up routine, which is fast becoming an E3 tradition now.
– Martin Robinson
Fallout 76 is up for discussion! It got a lot of deserved criticism, admits Todd.
– Martin Robinson
The community is lovely, apparently.
– Martin Robinson
Also the pre-orders for Todd Howard Live at the Apollo DVD are going live round about now.
– Martin Robinson
We're getting a look at Elder Scrolls Blades, which you might have played already on mobile.
– Martin Robinson
It's not very good!
– Martin Robinson
TotesBreakfast: Well I'm already depressed.
I was already depressed. I don't even know what this new feeling is. I don't like it.
– Martin Robinson
But wait! Elder Scrolls is coming to Switch!
– Martin Robinson
The slightly underwhelming mobile game that is.
– Martin Robinson
Bethesda's E3 conferences are so weird. In a good way I think?
– Martin Robinson
But they could have let us know so much of this in an email rather than hiring out a theatre in LA.
– Martin Robinson
Fallout 76 update now, from two lads who look like they kept their coathangers in their shirts as their arms hang stiffly by their sides.
– Martin Robinson
Anyway, there's an update coming to Fallout 76. And it introduces NPCs!
– Martin Robinson
Wastelanders 76 is the free update, coming this autumn.
– Martin Robinson
As weak as this is, I do really appreciate the announcement of dialogue trees being given a rousing applause.
– Martin Robinson
Mazzle: Drink to forget your mistakes.
*gulps*
– Martin Robinson
And here's a Battle Royale mode for Fallout 76.
– Martin Robinson
There it is.
– Martin Robinson
52-player battle royale, an update called Nuclear Winter and it's coming on June 10th.
– Martin Robinson
Oh that's today!
– Martin Robinson
People are cheering executives as they announce a battle royale for a game they admit they knew was less than brilliant when they first started asking for money for it.
– Martin Robinson
What even is this world.
– Martin Robinson
Anyway here's Todd come tell us a joke son.
– Martin Robinson
Also of note, Todd Howard is wearing his own spin on the exec bomber jacket.
– Martin Robinson
Thank the lord, then for Shinji Mikami, who comes on wearing a hoodie.
– Martin Robinson
As he gets ready to unveil God Hand 2.
– Martin Robinson
It's a new IP!
– Martin Robinson
So not God Hand 2. But it's Ghostwire Tokyo!
– Martin Robinson
Let's see it in action please.
– Martin Robinson
Creative director Ikumi Nakamura is here to take us through the demo, and she's brilliantly enthusiastic about it all.
– Martin Robinson
A cinematic trailer is what we're getting, showing a gritty take on Tokyo where the paranormal juts up against the 'normal'.
– Martin Robinson
Well, I have no idea after that.
– Martin Robinson
Still, new IP from Tango Gameworks, and there's a nice edge to its vision.
– Martin Robinson
Right, there was a quick montage about pepole who like Bethesda games, here's an update on Elder Scrolls Online, I'm going to the fridge.
– Martin Robinson
a8a: Games journalists are an embarassing bunch
Well *excuse* me!
– Martin Robinson
But also yeah I'm an absolute embarassment to myself and all who know me.
– Martin Robinson
Quite appreciate the applause really. It is quite a walk!
– Martin Robinson
Hi I'm back did I miss anything.
– Martin Robinson
Another prerendered trailer, you say?
– Martin Robinson
INSOMANiAC: Can we please find out who else makes their own yarn? What's with all this games shit??
I'm making my own yawn right now if that's any use.
– Martin Robinson
Anyway I'm ignoring the fact that a cat is killing a dragon, which is something.
– Martin Robinson
It looked like the cat might be hurt but the cat's okay, we'll find out more about the cat in the expansion.
– Martin Robinson
People are out of their seats in the front row, screaming at every sentence that comes out of the presenter's face.
– Martin Robinson
So much screaming.
– Martin Robinson
The screaming gets louder.
– Martin Robinson
It gets more aggressive.
– Martin Robinson
'We're humbled by your enthusiasm' he says as the screams ring out, louder, more desperate.
– Martin Robinson
That's not enthusiasm.
– Martin Robinson
It's horror. Despair. An emptiness in the pit of the stomach that can only be expressed by opening your mouth as wide as it goes and letting out a low, guttral noise.
– Martin Robinson
Anyway here's a new game it's a free-to-play mobile Commander Keen game thanks.
– Martin Robinson
So yeah, Commander Keen is back. But...
– Martin Robinson
Kami: Why does this hurt? WHY DOES THIS HURT?!
I don't know, but if you scream loud and hard enough the pain goes away, if only for a short while.
– Martin Robinson
GrayHeart: I cant believe you've done this
Don't blame me!
– Martin Robinson
Also I don't know what's going on but you can go helmet to helmet apparently I don't know if this is even real anymore.
– Martin Robinson
Someone just let a fox into the auditorium then stood on its tail and now I think it's just dead there.
– Martin Robinson
It let out this horrible yelp and now its corpse is just there, lying in one of the aisles, maybe even blocking one of the fire exits I hope they see to it soon.
– Martin Robinson
That poor fox.
– Martin Robinson
It sounds like another fox just got its tail stamped on. The poor things.
– Martin Robinson
In amidst all that, there was something on Elder Scrolls Legends and now here's an update on Rage 2.
– Martin Robinson
Kami: Who the fuck even uses VHS any more?!
I'm still Betamax all the way.
– Martin Robinson
Right, all that's done, let's have a good look at Wolfenstein.
– Martin Robinson
Wolfenstein Youngblood will have more weapons than before, more Nazis to kill.
– Martin Robinson
It looks fun and energetic going from that trailer but good lord stop with the 80s schtick.
– Martin Robinson
Also I'm a fan of this lad sticking with the trad exec outfit of t-shirt, jeans and blazer.
– Martin Robinson
Because bomber jacket chic is back as Arkane Lyon take to the stage.
– Martin Robinson
It's an all-nw Arkane game, which I'm very much behind.
– Martin Robinson
A 70s vibe, which is a bit different, and it's about two assassins but this is another cinematic trailer so honestly I have no idea.
– Martin Robinson
It's Deathloop - proving that time loops are the new big thing in games after 12 Minutes and Outer Worlds.
– Martin Robinson
It's Spy v Spy?
– Martin Robinson
'It's really fucking cool' they say.
– Martin Robinson
'Swearing isn't cool' I say. Pricks.
– Martin Robinson
So, Deathloop - an all-new game from Arkane Lyon, and something to very much look forward to.
– Martin Robinson
Fox89: *Outer Wilds, for the other looping one? I know, I do it all the time too
Sorry! I do it all the time and will continue to do it becuase frankly it's silly. And also I'm an idiot.
– Martin Robinson
Here's a look at all-new technology, dubbed Orion - I believe it's centred around streaming.
– Martin Robinson
It optimises performance for streaming games and I'm not sure this is the time for this lads.
– Martin Robinson
Here's Doom Etarenal, I hope to end this sorry show.
– Martin Robinson
morikaweb: WTF is with the audience? They practically gave an expansion pack for mobile microtransaction based card games a standing ovation. I have never heard an audience so obviously planted as this one.
Glue-sniffing is the only reason I can come up with for the screaming. That or all the foxes that are either fucking/being slaughtered in there right now.
– Martin Robinson
Doom Eternal! It looks bloody brilliant.
– Martin Robinson
INSOMANiAC: The irony of slayersclub.com currently not loading due to people trying to sign up to Bethesdas streaming tech is not lost on me.
Phenomenal.
– Martin Robinson
At last! A look at a video game in action, what feels like a first this E3.
– Martin Robinson
A goddamn wonderful looking video game too. A lot more environmental stuff in there than Doom 2016, and I like how intricate it all looks.
– Martin Robinson
Apologies for the radio silence - I'm kind of lost in reverie as Doom Eternal fills my sleep-deprived mind with all sorts of garish, gorey brilliance.
– Martin Robinson
I shouldn't really complain about this press conference. It's all the weirdness and awkwardness that I missed in MS's slick presentation earlier on, bundled together.
– Martin Robinson
And we get a Doom Eternal release date thrown in for good measure too - it's out on November 22nd.
– Martin Robinson
The one weakside to Doom 2016 - the multiplayer - is being addressed now as they talk about Battlemode.
– Martin Robinson
We're also going to get a proper look at Doom Eternal's multiplayer in motion - and there'll be plenty more details at Quakecon later this year.
– Martin Robinson
And that was Bethesda's show. Kind of awful in places, but I'm still grateful for it all. Thanks Bethesda!
– Martin Robinson
INSOMANiAC: They're not seriously going to not mention elder scrolls... Are they?