What did EA and Ubisoft do at E3 2014?

So, earlier today I highlighted the Big 3 (Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo) and their conferences, well there were 2 more shows from EA and from Ubisoft, so how did they fare? Let's take a look?

- A look at a Stormtrooper for the new Star Wars Battlefront, and that's pretty much it. Then the developers say how much they love Star Wars. No shit. I bet Mike Ditka is a fan of the city of Chicago. Moving on....

- More info about Dragon Age: Inquisition, character classes, amount of content, etc. Looks acion-y and much needed after DA2.

- A new Mass Effect is happening. We see a picture of Shepard and some music, and that's pretty much it.

- The Sims 4 is shaping up to be a lot of what Sims fans want. Graphically, though, it doesn't seem like that same leap that we got with 2 to 3. Still, that's not what Sims fans come here for.

- EA Sports UFC is out in a week and looks great. Followed by footage of NHL '15 which looks gorgeous and makes this hockey fanatic VERY excited!

- New Criterion game? Burnout? Don't know. It involves planes, ATV's, helicopters, and we don't really know much about it.....starting to sense a theme here EA.

- EA Sports PGA Tour marks the first Tiger-less golf game in like a billion years and also uses the Frostbite 3 engine, also touts the extreme fantasy courses, like driving a ball over a battleship. Cause, you know, video games.

- Madden 15 is a football game. Will look great, moving on....

- With the MOBA market getting FLOODED, it will be interesting how Dawngate carves its own niche.

- Mirror's Edge 2 is a thing! They showed real early prototype material but it's nice to see it being worked on.

- FIFA 15 is a football game. Will look great, moving on...

- Battlefield: Hardline looks like Battlefield 4 mixed with Payday, which on paper sounds awesome. Though it is 32-player max and kinda looks like a BF4 mod. I would love to get some hands on time with this, which you can do since the beta is happening now! (PYRO!)

Pretty disappointed in what EA brought. It seemed like a lot of "We don't know if this is a game or not but look at what people who work for us are doing". Nothing really out of the blue, and I feel I have a lot of questions that I know won't get answered. Maybe they will at next year's E3....who knows?

I'll say this upfront, Ubisoft is getting weird, but they are doing it the right way and I really like what they are doing.

- FarCry 4 looks awesome. Putting a game in the Himalayas gives them lots of vertical space to play with and it looks just as absurd and over-the-top as 3 did. I am on board.

- Executive producer Dan Hay says after the first 5 minutes "you're fucked". See? I really like Ubisoft.

- I also adore Aisha Tyler and think she's perfect for this sort of thing.

- Just Dance 2015 is a thing, and people really seemed to not care.

- Another look at The Division and an appearance by The Crew which is slated for November 11th for PS4, Xbox One and PC. Both look like promising games, which they also did at last year's event.

- Assassin's Creed: Unity looks even more kick-ass and it will be interesting to see how this new 4 player co-op gets worked in. Apparently it's a separate thing from the single-player campaign. Go watch this part on YouTube as it is one of the best presentations of a game at this year's event.

- Shape Up is a crazy fitness game ripe with weird minigames. Jumping up and down on a virtual keyboard while an "Eye of the Tiger" remix plays? Have I mentioned I really like Ubisoft?

- Valiant Hearts is a really artistic 2D adventure game set in World War I and using the UbiArt engine. Really eye-catching.

- Rainbow Six is back with Rainbow Six: Siege. Which includes truly destructible environments (hopefully). Great reveal here and as someone who THOROUGHLY enjoyed the Vegas games, I am looking forward to what this can be.

Good showing from Ubisoft here, minus the Just Dance part which should be heading out to pasture soon (maybe sales figures are astronomical, but I would imagine Dance Central is the superior game....cause it is). Really cool stuff coming from them and it's easy to get behind a company like this.

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There's your E3 press conference round-up in a nutshell. What games are you looking forward to the most? Are you ready for all this hype?

Too bad, already happening.