Bethesda Announces E3 Press Conference Plans

It may only be January with the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) not set to happen until June but Bethesda has followed EA in announcing its plans for the show this year.

2015 saw the first ever Bethesda press conference at E3 and this year The Elder Scrolls and Fallout publisher will be back with an hour long show highlighting some of its upcoming games and presumably some DLC for Fallout 4 too.

The company made the announcement on today in an update on its official Twitter account:

Are you game? #BE3 pic.twitter.com/5qNZeHi7X5

— Bethesda (@bethesda) February 1, 2016

The Bethesda E3 Showcase will take place at 19:00 Pacific/22:00 Eastern/03:00 UK/Irish time on Sunday, June 12th, 2016 in Los Angeles and will be streamed around the world for those not able to attend. Presumably, you’ll be able to watch on Twitch, YouTube Gaming, and so on though precise details have yet to be confirmed.

As for what to expect, Bethesda’s tweeted image includes Corvo from Dishonored, a soldier in power armour from the Fallout series, and Skyrim’s Dragonborn hero, among others. Expecting a new major entry in The Elder Scrolls franchise so soon after Fallout 4 is likely to result in disappointment but there may be more news about MMO The Elder Scrolls Online – Tamriel Unlimited.

Dishonored 2 was announced last year at E3 and Bethesda and developer Arkane Studios have been pretty quiet about it ever since. We do know the game will let you play as either Corvo or Emily Kaldwin, who’s now grown up to become empress, only to have been ousted from power. She’ll have her own set of powers and the game takes place in the southern city of Karnaca.

We can also expect news on Doom and possibly something from Machine Games, developer of Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Old Blood.