E3 2019: 10 Biggest Surprises That Blew Us Away
Brilliant, baffling or simply shocking, this year's E3 has offered a lot to digest.
E3 2019 has been mildly underwhelming, and the gap left by Sony's absence has been well and truly felt.
Most of the conferences seemed to have been holding back, waiting for 2020 - the year which will most likely see both Sony and Microsoft release their brand new consoles and, along with them, a whole host of intriguing new games to play.
As such, every conference this year was ripe with CG trailers and vague assurances about gameplay, alongside E3's usual strange conference inclusions, like the game studio centric TV show Mythic Quest, which was (for some reason) announced during Ubisoft's event.
Games like Starfield didn't even make an appearance, and others like Cyberpunk 2077 showed no new gameplay, making E3 a rather lacklustre experience overall.
However, while this may have been the case, there were certainly some surprises that stood out among the relatively low-key event, all of which managed to blow us away. Now, some of them may have admittedly blown us away for just how baffling or odd they were (cough, Commander Keen, cough) but, either way, they were all certainly a shocking to see.
10. The Terminator/Gears Crossover
So, out of all the action movie franchises that could have partnered with the Gears of War series, Microsoft chose... Terminator?
It's an interesting choice to be sure, with the appearance of Terminator: Dark Fate's new killing machine being an odd inclusion to rub shoulders with the various beefy soldiers and similarly large aliens that are mainstays of the series.
Plus, considering how the Terminator franchise hasn't exactly been on top form for a good few years at this point (and also taking into account how the latest movie doesn't seem set to do anything to change that), Microsoft's allowing of such a partnership seems even stranger - meaning that the financial incentives must have been great.
Whatever your opinion on this crossover, this Terminator will be playable in Gears 5, so that's a thing. Oh, and he's showing up in Ghost Recon as well. You can't move for Terminators at E3.