E3 2021 was very different from most, we wrote last year, but some things never change: As the season of major reveals and announcements approaches, big leaks(opens in new tab) are bound to happen. But, well, maybe things do change? With the big week for announcements upon us—E3 is technically off, but the next few days will still see the Summer Game Fest, PC Gaming Show, Future Games Show, the Xbox/ – Bethesda Showcase, Wholesome Direct, and more—we have yet to see any major surprises blown.
The list of leaks in 2021 was beefy. It included a lengthy lineup of games that would be shown at E3, the announcement of Two Point Campus and a «Marvel XCOM game» from Firaxis (now known as Marvel's Midnight Suns(opens in new tab)), Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, and (of course) the long-awaited first appearance of Elden Ring(opens in new tab), which Summer Game Festmeister Geoff Keighley himself teased on Twitter.
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2022 hasn't been nearly as leaky, however. There have been predictions and rumors, as always—we've even got a list of our own E3 2022 predictions(opens in new tab)—but actual full-scale leaks, like when Walmart Canada blew the horn on Rage 2(opens in new tab) (or, more recently, when premature preorders for Marvel's Midnight Suns let slip(opens in new tab) that Spider-Man and the Scarlet Witch are coming to the game) are in unusually short supply. (I guess we could count that as an early E3 leak, but it's still small-time compared to Midnight Suns' existence leaking out last year.) One potentially big spill came earlier today when Tom Henderson said that Hideo Kojima is currently working on a new horror game called Overdose(opens in new tab), and given Kojima's friendship with Geoff
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