E3 recap: EA’s press conference

Electronic Arts’ 5.00 am AEST press conference has come and gone, but we’ve got all the news bundled up into one tidy package for you Aussie sleepyheads.

We got the usual sports updates and YouTubers stumbling over their intros, but we also got a small taste of new IP in the forms of Anthem and A Way Out.

Here’s all that went down this morning:

A Way Out

• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons dev’s next game is the co-op adventure A Way Out

Anthem

• BioWare’s new IP is called Anthem; more to come during Microsoft’s press conference

Battlefield 1

• Battlefield 1: “In the Name of the Tzar” brings new maps and the Women’s Battalion of Death

Company news

• EA Play to Give event raises $1 million USD in support of anti-bullying

FIFA 18

• FIFA 18: Take an extended look here
• FIFA 18’s The Journey: Only Ronaldo calls Alex Hunter, “Alexander”
• EA details FIFA 18 on Nintendo Switch

Madden NFL 18

• Madden NFL 18 gets its own story mode in the vein of FIFA’s The Journey

NBA Live 18

• NBA Live 18 gets a story mode in The One

Need for Speed: Payback

• Need for Speed: Payback: Check out fast and furious gameplay here

Star Wars: Battlefront 2

• Star Wars: Battlefront 2: Multiplayer gameplay shown off at E3 2017
• Star Wars: Battlefront 2: All new heroes and maps will be free