EA’s afternoon press conference opened right away with the announce trailer for Mass Effect: Andromeda, which opened a little confusingly with Johnny Cash’s ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’. But all becomes clear when this frontier was slowly revealed to be a whole new galaxy.
EA let out yet another crowd-pleaser with an expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Knights of the Fallen Empire, which story/character-driven and BioWare-like than you’ve likely expected. On top of that, it’s free. Free!
Another yarn game No, it’s not Yoshi’s Woolly World, but a new IP, Unravel, whose main character, Yarnie, is on a big, big journey. The game is a puzzle platform, and from the looks of the gameplay trailer, is quite stunning.
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is coming with a co-op mode and a whole new look. This isn’t the Plants vs. Zombies you played when the popular game first debuted. This time the announce trailer and the gameplay reveal were shown at the same time, giving PvZ quite a bit of time during EA’s briefing.
EA’s ever-popular sports games get some gameplay love, too, starting with NHL 16 and then with NBA Live 16.
EA also gives some time to discuss a few of the mobile games coming out. One is, unsurprisingly, Star Wars-themed one. Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is a collectible mobile trading card game and should do well for EA’s mobile offerings.
Minions get their own mobile game, too! Stranded on an island, they are tasked with turning it into a paradise. Thus, the game is aptly called Minions Paradise. Meet Phil in this trailer:
Next up, EA returns back to sports to bring someone extra special to the stage to promote FIFA 16. It’s none other than Pelé.
EA brings Pelé to the stage. #EAE3 pic.twitter.com/EtI4J985wC
— AList (@alistdaily) June 15, 2015
For players of FIFA 15, EA surprises with some free stuff when they next check their account. One of the biggest things of note for this next installement of FIFA is that they are bringing women’s soccer players into the game. Certainly this will be a huge appeal to fans of women’s soccer.