God of War Ragnarok, Silent Hills and PSVR 2: Analysts and journalists share their Not-E3 predictions
James Batchelor
Editor-in-Chief
Wednesday 1st June 2022
Tradition dictates that, around June 1, media and analysts come up with a mix of safe bets and pipe dreams ahead of the games industry's annual gathering in Los Angeles -- only to be proven right or utterly, utterly wrong after an intense week of livestreamed showcases and inbox-clogging press releases.
While there is no E3 this year, a handful of events have been roughly placed in and around the void it has created.
Things kick off tomorrow with PlayStation's State of Play, followed next week by Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, Summer Game Fest (the full line-up for which was announced yesterday), Guerrilla Collective, Wholesome Direct, Future Games Show, and PC Gaming Show.
There may be some notable absences (Electronic Arts has already confirmed it isn't running its own event this year, and there's no word from Nintendo and Ubisoft), but there's enough to dust off the ol' crystal balls and see what people hope to see in the next two weeks.
We spoke to industry analysts, as well as editors across the ReedPop Network, and here are their top predictions.
God Of War Ragnarok The next God Of War is Sony's key title for the rest of the year and is likely to actually launch in 2022, given it was already rated in South Korea.
Forspoken An anchor title for Square Enix in 2022, Sony could deal an additional blow to Microsoft with this timed console exclusive -- if it actually turns out to be good.
Final Fantasy XVI A mainline Final Fantasy title is always a big deal, and XVI is not an exception. As Forspoken, this is also a big one for Sony, as no Xbox version has been announced yet.
New game from Team Asobi Team Asobi in Tokyo must work on something and my guess is the studio is
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