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Live: Electronic Arts E3 2013 Conference

Microtransaction stations! Live coverage from 9pm BST / 10pm CEST.

It's a strange year for Electronic Arts. The arrival of new consoles is a long-awaited transition for a lot of consumers that it will be keen to capitalise on with games like Battlefield 4 and FIFA 14, but at the same time the company is currently without a CEO and public opinion among gamers is very low. Perhaps its E3 press conference, held at the Shrine Auditorium in LA, will be an opportunity to change that. I did say perhaps. It starts at 1pm PST, which is 9pm BST / 10pm CEST.

You'll be able to follow it live here, both on video and with Eurogamer writers on both sides of the Alantic. Together, we can find out what it means to be "more human".

Our live coverage of this event has finished.

Robert Purchese

Judging by BioWare team tweets, we will be seeing Dragon Age 3 today. How different will this Frostbite 3-powered game look to the previous incarnations?

Robert Purchese

Robert Purchese

Let's hope it looks better than that. "ENCHANTMENT."

Robert Purchese

Of course EA's Peter Moore isn't evil...

Robert Purchese

Robert Purchese

Robert Purchese

EA is without a figurehead at the moment following John Riccitiello's relatively recent departure.

Robert Purchese

Is it finally time for a new Mirror's Edge? Will people buy it this time?

Robert Purchese

Robert Purchese

If you do a QR scan on Faith's tattoo, you get a link to the Ticketmaster website.

Christian Donlan

Robert Purchese

Will we see a new, next-generation Mass Effect game? Chawncy, Chawncy is that you?

Robert Purchese

Yes there's a new generation of FIFA to look forward to, and it should be better looking than ever.

Robert Purchese

Robert Purchese

Good evening everyone. I shall be enjoying this next part of E3 with a slice of gala pie, a small glass of Sauvignon blanc and a tangerine. How about you?

Ellie Gibson

Hello all! Continued apologies for patchy service. It's probably DDOS, although we also fiddled with the heating about an hour ago.

Christian Donlan

@Ceelion - any chance it was Fruit Loops Dreams by Shonen Knife?

Christian Donlan

Apparently several seats at the EA show have been reserved for LucasArts/Disney execs. Is a Star Wars announcement due?

Robert Purchese

Moore Moore Moore! How do you like it?

Ellie Gibson

Peter Moore! COO! (Also his job title.)

Christian Donlan

Suit's a bit shiny, P-Mo. Nice how it matches your beard though.

Ellie Gibson

Robert Purchese

Hmmm.

Christian Donlan

Show us a Hardnut and all is forgiven.

Christian Donlan

This looks marvellous. Not even being sarcastic. More disco balls in games I say.

Ellie Gibson

Squint and this is almost Bulletstorm.

Christian Donlan

PopCap used to be teams of four or five people working on a project for years. I suspect that's not how this one got made.

Christian Donlan

Peggle 2. It's an ARPG.

Christian Donlan

Not really.

Christian Donlan

Robert Purchese

It's Vince Zampella! Or, by his superhero name, The Plaintiff.

Christian Donlan

Oh it's this guy and this game again. I was so hoping to see more of both.

Ellie Gibson

Titanfall looks more like the new PvZ game than I was expecting.

Christian Donlan

Would the ultimate evolution of a tank need two legs?

Christian Donlan

Robert Purchese

I miss Ratchet and Clank.

Ellie Gibson

If Zampella leaves the stage in an ejector seat, I will buy his game.

Christian Donlan

Funny old spacecatmonkey and his weird metal baby. They were great.

Ellie Gibson

Show us some ducks or we won't understand any of this tech stuff.

Christian Donlan

It takes a lot of guts to say "Gaming on consoles will never be the same again" while standing in front of three giant screens displaying a car, a football stadium and a war.

Ellie Gibson

Dear EA, you have left someone's mic on backstage. I suggest none of you go to the toilet right now.

Ellie Gibson

But has it got drivatars?

Ellie Gibson

Alldrive. Man, there goes my favourite baby name.

Christian Donlan

Robert Purchese

That was a rare observance of the right-of-way bit of the driving test in a racing game.

Christian Donlan

Robert Purchese

Robert Purchese

People are conserving their applause for Mirror's Edge.

Christian Donlan

Robert Purchese

Lovely speech delivered with all the enthusiasm of a man planning a trip to Argos.

Ellie Gibson

It's Jesse from Breaking Bad!

Robert Purchese

This movie is headed right for the till area of an off license.

Christian Donlan

This trailer would be much better if the music was Madness' I Like Driving in my Car.

Ellie Gibson

It's BioWare, now lead by one of Dr Ray's failed clones.

Christian Donlan

It's Dragon Age 3!

Christian Donlan

"I bought it in Primrose Hill, from a bloke, from Brazil."

Ellie Gibson

Winter is coming! Again!

Ellie Gibson

Please let there be a Madden movie.

Christian Donlan

It's Andrew Wilson. Hopefully with some stock tips.

Christian Donlan

One Eurogamer staff member who shall remain nameless just announced he is "*****ing himself" over that Dragon Age trailer.

Ellie Gibson

EA loves the sports. Sports sports sporty sports. Come on then, show us your sports.

Ellie Gibson

This gentleman sounds a bit cross. I suggest a nice sit down with a mug of Horlicks and The Archers omnibus.

Ellie Gibson

Which of these two men is the sportsman?

Christian Donlan

I'm going to ask all my interviewees about dribbling from now on.

Christian Donlan

THEY ARE REDEFINING DRIBBLING.

Christian Donlan

REDEFINING THE DRIBBLE.

Ellie Gibson

DRIBBLE. REDEFINED. Welcome to the future.

Ellie Gibson

Next-gen games: the moment they announce all last-gen games were basically terrible.

Christian Donlan

That graphic is how a renaissance artist would have depicted sainthood.

Christian Donlan

Maybe they really have redefined dribbling.

Christian Donlan

Onto Madden. They've given players the ability to think intelligently.

Christian Donlan

The day I care about EA Sports will be the day they start doing games about badminton.

Ellie Gibson

This year, John Madden goes in search of an heir.

Christian Donlan

BTW, it looks like Dragon Age Inquisition is coming to current gen as well.

Christian Donlan

Breaking news: this year's Madden game will have a new cover.

Ellie Gibson

We are - ha ha - far from the Madden crowd in this country.

Christian Donlan

Sure, Christian, but it certainly is a Hardy perennial.

Ellie Gibson

A poetic look at Fifa there. And now it's Drake.

Christian Donlan

Wherever Drake goes, people want to talk soccer.

Christian Donlan

He is connected to Fifa.

Christian Donlan

Sir, if you really want to broaden your mind through travel, come to Catford. I do not wish to talk soccer or play FIFA.

Ellie Gibson

Is he still going out with Rihanna?

Christian Donlan

Not Matt Bilbey.

Christian Donlan

New innovation: pro instincts! More intelligent decisions for players.

Christian Donlan

MASSIVE GAMEPLAY INNOVATIONS. Square balls?

Ellie Gibson

Messi explodes out of every step apparently.

Christian Donlan

Probably not a feeture. Ha ha.

Christian Donlan

I'm going to leave UFC to the expert - Ellie?

Christian Donlan

Please tell me they're actually going to box.

Ellie Gibson

I think it stands for Ultimate Focaccia Challenge?

Ellie Gibson

Andrew Wilson looks like the lead character model in an NCIS video game tie-in.

Christian Donlan

US spin-off of The Great British Bake-Off. Mary Berry goes round the mid-west checking for soggy bottoms.

Ellie Gibson

HE DOES NOT CARE WHAT COLOUR YOU ARE. I like that he had to make that clear.

Ellie Gibson

Now you get to feel what it's like when that cage door slams closed behind you.

Christian Donlan

EA are pioneers.

Christian Donlan

It's a hamster simulator.

Christian Donlan

"you want to know what it feels like to be punched in the face." SIM CITY.

Christian Donlan

Rule of trailers - historical opening means they haven't got much material.

Christian Donlan

It's about time we had a trailer of some boxing with all spit going everywhere in slo-mo.

Ellie Gibson

Sorry, a-bout.

Ellie Gibson

Emotion, immersion, and being connected.

Christian Donlan

E3 2013 is all about Shanghai so far.

Christian Donlan

Commander mode - a top-down view for tablets, by the looks of it.

Christian Donlan

I'm pretty sure he said "Camaros" there, Christian - didn't he?

Robert Purchese

Nothing says "I'm pumped" like a middle-aged executive on stage at a games conference saying "I'm pumped".

Ellie Gibson

This looks like the metropolis level we saw in the alpha multiplayer screenshots earlier, albeit with textures this time.

Robert Purchese

Jetski up steps: Monty invented that move.

Christian Donlan

Robert Purchese

Fun fact: an estimated 42 per cent of Sweden's population watch the Eurovision song contest every year.

Ellie Gibson

War has never been so polite. "Nice!" "Thank you!"

Christian Donlan

Cripes.

Christian Donlan

That means that if all 64 people on this stage are Swedish, 27 of them watched Denmark's Emmelie De Forest sweep to victory with her song Only Teardrops last month. Weeping bitter tears of enmity themselves, no doubt.

Ellie Gibson

NOW: Mirror's Edge 2?

Christian Donlan

Robert Purchese

Kicking people, sliding across floors. It's like she was never away.

Christian Donlan

Coming when it's ready. That means it's going to clash with Half-Life 3?

Christian Donlan

New Mirror's Edge! In which our heroine must escape from the video for Kylie's Can't Get You Outta My Head.

Ellie Gibson

Robert Purchese

Rather combat heavy for Mirror's Edge, but it's still nice to see all that white paint.

Christian Donlan

Seriously P-Mo, that suit. Bit too Roy Walker.

Ellie Gibson

Robert Purchese

And to play us out, the worst piece of music ever written.

Christian Donlan

Right! Onto Ubisoft!

Christian Donlan

Imagine the tension in Yves Guillemot's dressing room right now. He's splashing on some cologne, perhaps a little too much. "Doucement," says his wife, lighting a Gitane as she reclines on the chaise longue, "doucement." See you at 11pm.

Ellie Gibson

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