EA (Mostly)

Mega-publisher EA is eschewing a traditional E3 conference this year, but will host its EA Play Live event on July 22. That said, this week EA formally unveiled Battlefield 2042, the next entry in DICE’s long-running war glorification sim, via a “countdown to a countdown” and a three-minute cinematic trailer. The full gameplay reveal is planned for Sunday’s Xbox event. That could be a harbinger for other EA games showing up in Microsoft’s showcase, but it’s largely a safe bet that EA will save the juiciest stuff for its July event.