Popdust

✖

E3 2019 Sunday Roundup: Microsoft, Bethesda, and KEANU REEVES

All the E3 2019 Sunday trailers are here, from Keanu Reeves in Cyberpunk 2077 to Elden Scrolls, Halo Infinite, and Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.

E3 2019 is finally here, and that means loads of new trailers and game announcements.

Sunday featured Microsoft pulling out all the stops with the best cameo appearance in E3 history (hint: it's KEANU REEVES) and Bethesda desperately trying to save their failing Fallout 76. Check out all of Sunday's trailers right here in one spot:

Microsoft

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077's presentation easily stole the show on day one. Could there possibly be a better way to end a gorgeous cinematic trailer than by introducing VIDEO GAME KEANU REEVES as a character? Well, yes actually, but that would require getting...They did it. Those absolute mad men. They got the REAL KEANU REEVES to come onstage. This game announcement is a work of art. One might even call it "breathtaking."

Xbox Project Scarlett

Xbox Project Scarlett Console Announcement | Microsoft Xbox E3 2019www.youtube.com

Microsoft's next-gen console, Xbox Project Scarlett, is said to be four times as powerful as the Xbox One. So maybe they should have just called it the Xbox Four?

Halo Infinite

Halo Infinite - "Discover Hope" Cinematic Trailer | E3 2019www.youtube.com

Could Xbox Project Scarlett's biggest launch title be anything other than a new Halo? The Halo games have always been some of the best shooters on the market, and they're probably the only Microsoft exclusive games worth buying an Xbox for.

Elden Ring

Elden Ring - Announcement Trailer | E3 2019www.youtube.com

The rumors were true! Elden Ring is indeed a collaboration between Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin. We look forward to the spooky arm lady killing us over and over again.

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - E3 2019 Trailer | PS4www.youtube.com

Formerly Dragon Ball Project Z, the upcoming DBZ RPG is now titled Kakarot. The cinematics look great so far, and it'll be interesting to see what RPG elements are incorporated into the gameplay.

Gears 5

Gears 5 - Official Escape Announcement Trailer | E3 2019www.youtube.com

Gears 5 doesn't look that different from the previous four Gears of War games, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. If it's not broke, why fix it?

Dying Light 2

Dying Light 2 - Reveal Trailer | E3 2019www.youtube.com

More parkour. More zombie killing. More choices. The first Dying Light was one of 2015's best new IPs, and the sequel already looks promising.

Tales of Arise

Tales of Arise - E3 Announcement Trailer | PS4, X1, PCwww.youtube.com

Tales of games have always been about living your best anime life, and Arise has plenty of anime. There's anime boy with white hair and a fire sword and anime girl with a magic light gun and stilettos. It might be anime trash, but so are we.

Blair Witch

Blair Witch - Official Reveal Trailer | E3 2019www.youtube.com

TheBlair Witch Project is a horror game now. It actually looks pretty spooky.

Crossfire X

CrossfireX - E3 2019 - Announce Trailerwww.youtube.com

Crossfire is a free-to-play FPS that's incredibly popular in Asia. Now it's coming overseas as Crossfire X. Will it take off in the States? Considering the popularity of FTP shooters: probably.

Minecraft Dungeons

Minecraft Dungeons Gameplay Trailer - E3 2019www.youtube.com

Procedurally generated dungeon running games are awesome. Minecraft skins are ugly. So basically, this is just a very ugly dungeon running game. Leave Minecraft skins in Minecraft.

Bethesda

Ghostwire: Tokyo

GhostWire: Tokyo – Official E3 Teaserwww.youtube.com

A new horror game from the devs of The Evil Within, Ghostwire: Tokyo's initial trailer looks intensely unsettling. The realistic design of Tokyo looks great, too.

Deathloop

DEATHLOOP – Official E3 World Premierewww.youtube.com

From the studio behind Dishonored, Deathloop appears to feature an action-based Groundhog Day type premise.

Doom Eternal

DOOM Eternal – Official E3 Story Trailerwww.youtube.com

The Doom franchise has always been about shredding demons to pieces. Doom Eternal seems to deliver on that front.

Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Wolfenstein: Youngblood – Official E3 2019 Trailerwww.youtube.com

It's always nice to kill Nazis. A new Wolfenstein means more Nazi killing. Nice.

Commander Keen

Commander Keen — Official E3 Announce Trailerwww.youtube.com

Probably Sunday's weirdest reveal, the '80s PC game Commander Keen is being revived as a free-to-play mobile game. Just...why?

Fallout 76 Wastelanders

Fallout 76 Wastelanders Official Reveal Trailer - E3 2019www.youtube.com

The newest expansion for the disastrous Fallout 76 MMO brings...NPCs? Yes, seriously, the characters populating the world—a core element of every other MMO in history—are just now being added over six months after launch. There's also going to be a battle royale mode, because of course there is.

Why is Keanu Reeves the Only Good Celebrity?

It's time to hold all our celebrities to the Keanu Reeves standard of excellence.

Keanu Reeves

Photo by David Fisher/Shutterstock

Everyone loves Keanu Reeves, and it's not hard to figure out why.

He's kind––he once bought an ice cream cone he didn't even want just so he could sign the receipt paper for a young fan. He's generous––he quietly donates millions of dollars to philanthropic causes and famously gave away the majority of his Matrixpaycheck to ensure the special effects team got paid what he thought they deserved. He's also apparently single, which makes him available.

But the craziest thing about Keanu Reeves' amazingness is that he's really not so "amazing" at all; he's just a genuinely decent person, which makes him stand out amidst the wasteland of egoism, greed, and selfishness that makes up most of celebrity culture. Keanu Reeves' behavior shouldn't be an exception amongst celebrity millionaires. It should be the baseline.

Many people were shocked when the #MeToo movement first swept through Hollywood, outing influential, powerful people, one after another, as sexual predators. But perhaps we should have seen it coming. Our celebrity culture revolves around putting people on pedestals solely based on how much we like their movies or music or physical appearances. We prop them up like gods, ignoring rumors about their entitlement, their meanness, and their sexism until the allegations pile up too high to ignore, and even then we defend them. We give them millions of dollars in ticket sales and downloads and merchandise, knowing full well that they treat the people around them like crap when the cameras aren't rolling. And then we're surprised when these terrible people do terrible things.

Even worse, we regard someone like Keanu Reeves as "special" for doing the things everyone else should be doing in the first place. While it's admirable that Keanu Reeves relinquishes so much out of his paychecks to make sure various behind-the-scenes teams get paid more, we should be asking why these other people who are so integral to the production of any movie––stunt teams, costume departments, camera crews, etc.––are so underpaid in the first place, especially when the leading actors get paid so much.

Why do so many actors who publicly speak out against various inequalities also tacitly accept working on sets where they get paid so much more than everyone else around them? Shouldn't more celebrities be putting their money where their mouths are and taking action like Keanu? Even celebrity charity donations tend to take place in front of cameras. Imagine if the wealthiest 1% of Americans just quietly donated because they wanted to make the world a better place––like Keanu Reeves does––rather than seeking good publicity.

That's not to say there are no other decent, kind, and charitable celebrities. They just seem few and far between. Out of all the popular celebrities today, how many would we be truly shocked to hear accused of assault? We can't continue to allow and even celebrate consistent patterns of narcissistic behavior and then feign shock when that person's behavior escalates. Why do we continue to prop up the likes of Justin Bieber? Kanye West? Chris Brown? And why should all the goodness in Hollywood fall solely on Keanu Reeves' shoulders? It's time to hold all our celebrities to the Keanu Reeves standard of excellence.

From Your Site Articles

Dangers of Method Acting: Stars Who Lost Themselves In Roles - Popdust ›