I made 5 predictions for June’s gaming showcases. Here’s what I got right

At the start of June, I wrote about some of the announcements I’d like to see the video game industry make over the course of the month’s showcases. Now, we’re on the other end of reveal-filled events from Summer Game Fest, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, and Ubisoft, and looking back, I had a surprisingly high hit rate. Some leaks turned out to be true, while one pipe dream prediction did come to fruition. Now that the biggest video game showcases of the summer are over, I’m practicing a bit of humility by looking back at what I predicted to see just how right or wrong I was. While I was spot on about three picks, I made two big whiffs.

The re-emergence of Metroid Prime 4: Correct

I had hoped that this summer would finally be the one where we saw Metroid Prime 4 in action; thankfully, that ended up happening. To conclude the latest Nintendo Direct, Retro Studios gave us our first glimpse of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. The short but incredibly dense reveal trailer lived up to my expectations. It not only confirmed the title and release window but gave a look at gameplay as well. This first look indicates that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will be one of the most graphically impressive Nintendo Switch games to date.

The gameplay looks faithful to older entries in the series but also seems like it can offer up some firefights on par with contemporary first-person shooters. While I was wrong in thinking that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond would be Nintendo’s big fall game, I don’t mind waiting because it looks so promising and titles like The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom will come out this fall instead.

Bioshock 4 finally gets unveiled: Incorrect

2K teased that it would “reveal the next iteration in one of 2K’s biggest and most beloved franchises” at Summer Game Fest this year, and I got my hopes up that the game in question would be Bioshock 4. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case, as Firaxis and 2K revealed Sid Meier’s Civilization VII instead. While I recognized that was possible