An Electronic Arts of manual

'A Way Out' was the most original in a conference that put all its attention on the multiventas 'FIFA 18', 'Star Wars: Battlefront II' and 'Battlefield 1'

   Electronic Arts has been responsible for opening the series of lectures prior to the Electronic Entertainment Exposition (E3), the videogame fair that takes place between June 13 and 15 in Los Angeles and that allows a glimpse into the immediate future and not so immediate - this is what the costs of developing videogames have to be increasingly high - in the industry. And in the case of Electronic Arts, which for a couple of years has set up its own 'sarao' on the margin of the Exhibition Center in Los Angeles - EA Play is called -, the future is a bit more of the same.

"We want to change the way that the public interacts with the products before they go on sale, that people can see them before and that they can see how they are going to work," explained the CEO of the company, Andrew Wilson. before announcing that they were going to show eight experiences during the course of the event.

   Three franchises, with permission from 'Madden 18', focused the company's speech: 'Battlefield 1', 'FIFA 18' and 'Star Wars: Battlefront II'. In the case of the first, one of the most successful first-person action games of the moment, with more than 20 million players, its producer Andrew Gulotta announced that there will be new night maps in July and that an expansion called 'In The Name of the Tsar 'that will feature six new maps, new vehicles and women on the battlefield. Without a doubt, a good entrant to keep the interest in the game alive.

Patrick Söderlund, executive vice president of EA, took the stage to emphasize the importance that the company is already giving to electronic sports. It was the perfect excuse to show the first images of 'FIFA 18', which this time has Cristiano Ronaldo as the main defender. The Portuguese will not only be the protagonist of the cover but he has participated in the development of the title by donning the suit with which they have transferred all their movements to the game. Developed under the graphics engine Frostbyte - the same that moves that technical prodigy that is' Battlefield'-, it will also return 'The Journey', the story mode in which the player must decide the fate of a player named Alex Hunter -'Madden 18 'will also have its replica of this game mode-,

Hours before the conference leaked more than ten minutes of the game that would close the event of EA, 'Star Wars: Battlefront II', despite this the company did not change their plans and devoted half an hour to a title that comes to complete the path that already marked the first delivery. The actress Janina Gavankar, who has put the face and the voice to one of the characters of the game, was the one in charge of shelling the novelties. Judging by his words, the title will be all that the first part should have been and was not due to lack of time - had to leave next to the premiere of 'Star Wars: The Awakening of the Force'. For starters, there will be an offline campaign for a player that will tell a new story in the Star Wars universe that will unfold between the episodes of 'The Return of the Jedi' and 'The Awakening of the Force'. "

Beyond what EA is going to give benefits, the company presented two titles that deviate from the great successes. 'A Way Out', within the EA Originals label, is the most interesting of them. Developed by Hazelight, the studio behind 'Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons', puts us in the shoes of Vincent and Leo, two characters who must collaborate to get out of jail. "We were interested in taking the narrative in video games to another level without compromising the gameplay," commented the title director Josef Fares. Thus, the game has been developed to play in cooperative mode and with the split screen - it is not yet known if it can be played through the internet, without both players being in the same room. "I know it's arrogant to say it but you have never played something like that before!"

On the other hand, 'Need For Speed: Payback' is the umpteenth installment of the car franchise. This time the title seems to want to imitate one of the most successful film sagas of recent years: 'The Fast and the Furious'. The player will be in the skin of three characters and must complete different 'missions' - in the demonstration was seen how the player should steal a car from a truck in motion - in a world set in Las Vegas. Deserts, mountains, cities and canyons will be part of the setting in a game full of cinematic scenes - perhaps too many - to delve into the most narrative part of the game and with a detail that will make Criterion fans smile: the studio has copied the 'takedown' of the 'Burnout',

And a little more. Bioware slipped something of 'Anthem', its new title that will have its long put tonight in the conference of Microsoft. There was some note of 'NBA Live 18' and many absences: nothing of Respawn, the creators of 'Titanfall', nor of the game of adventures in third person of Star Wars that is preparing Amy Hennig, person in charge of the first 'Uncharted'. Not even the new 'NHL 18' was shown. Little thing to start an E3.