From Lawbreakers to Turing Test: No surprises, just games at E3’s PC Gaming Show
Ars Technica 2016-06-13
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Bulhead and Square Enix presented a new title, Turing Test. It's a first-person puzzler set on the moon of Europa, and the team apparently consulted with scientists to figure out what the life would be like. (It's fiction, but "it could be true," they boasted.)
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After last year's inaugural PC Gaming Show at E3—a slow, sometimes painful rollout of games followed by lengthy interview segments—we weren't sure what to expect in the 2016 sequel. But today, a slew of developers offered PC gamers much quicker teases and blurbs about some titles to watch for within the next year.
In total, roughly 20 titles were shown off. There was also expansion pack and video card news plus a lengthy appreciation of the mouse and keyboard from Warren Spector. While light on hard details like release dates, overall the show presented a diverse array of games that spanned gameplay genre and developer pedigree. Above is information on everything we took in, and below are some select notes on titles that looked particularly promising.
Ark Survival Evolved showed off a Primitive Plus mod, coming late July to players. The mod will apparently be good for roleplaying, playing on a high technology tier, creating your own storefronts. The team presenting mentioned that the goal is to create a pack of creatures, play with them, raise babies, and level them up. Players will be able to go through lifecycles from babies to adults, and the team snuck in some cheeky additions like a mate button and a poop button. (Our Sam Machkovech likened it to "Ultima Online but with DINOSAURS!")
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