Ubisoft kicked off E3 with a stream that highlighted games like Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Rainbow Six Extraction, and more.
E3 is off to an exciting — if not leaky — start. The first day of the event mostly centered around Ubisoft, which held its annual keynote. The Ubisoft Forward presentation was a digital version of its usual stage show, complete with new announcements and dancing. The biggest games of the show were Rainbow Six Extraction, a new alien co-op shooter, and Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, which leaked before the presentation. The stream revealed release dates on several Ubisoft titles that had previously been delayed due to the pandemic, such as Riders Republic. There was one shocker, too: A new open-world game based on James Cameron’s Avatar. Here’s everything we saw during the show. There was only one genuine surprise during the show. Ubisoft shocked gamers with a first look at an Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, a game based on James Cameron’s infamous film franchise. The gorgeous trailer featured a gigantic open world and plenty of action. Not much is known about the game at the moment, but Ubisoft says the game will launch in 2022 (which sounds ambitious). Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is getting a sequel. Ubisoft revealed Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, which is coming to Nintendo Switch sometime in 2022. The news leaked hours early when a website for the game went live, seemingly by accident. The sequel takes the game to outer space as Mario and his pals jump from planet to planet to save Sparks.
