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8 Big Announcements We Want To See At E3 2016

Brace yourselves everybody, E3 2016 is almost here! Yes, it’s that time of the year when gamers revel in the excitement of new industry information and the world's gaming press gear themselves up for an exhausting week of coffee fuelled press coverage. Forget the recent grumbles of the show losing some of its relevance, E3 is easily the industry’s most important calendar event and we’re expecting this year to be packed with tantalizing new gaming announcements.

Red Dead Redemption 2

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Red Dead Redemption was easily one of the previous generation’s biggest highlights. Indeed, Rockstar once again outdid themselves with a perfect marriage of their signature open world game design and a sublime Wild West setting. It’s been six years since the original game debuted and despite the fairly obvious potential of a follow-up title, Rockstar’s San Diego studio has remained silent on the matter.

Of course, a second Red Dead Redemption has been rumoured to be in the works for quite some time and anticipation for a release announcement has been building momentum after a screenshot of the game’s world map surfaced on the internet earlier this year. The supposed leak follows last year’s report from an industry insider who claimed he had heard that the game would be a prequel named Legends of the West.

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In terms of timeframe, the Red Dead Redemption sequel does seem to fit. We’re sure Rockstar San Diego must be pretty far through development if they’ve been working on a new title for even half the amount of time since the original. What remains in question is whether it fits Rockstar’s style as a studio to showcase a game during an event such as E3.

Typically, Rockstar prefer to launch games as and when they choose. After all, their popularity as a developer doesn’t necessitate them to play by the rules. Still, that doesn’t stop a new Red Dead game from featuring on our wishlist for this year and we’ve certainly not given up on an epic launch announcement at E3 2016.