If we were to pick just one takeaway from EA's E3 2016 press conference, it's that the publisher is making full use of its Star Wars license, and appears to have at least seven different development studios working on games set in the galaxy far far away.
We got confirmation that Star Wars Battlefront 2 is coming next year from DICE, with support from the new Motive Studios development house. EA also re-confirmed that the new game will indeed feature content from the new Star Wars movies, repeating what was said in its recent earnings call.
EA also announced that the Star Wars title under development at Visceral Games will be coming in 2018 featuring an all original story.
Respawn Entertainment is also currently working on a new 3rd person Star Wars game, but unfortunately no further details were forthcoming.
We also got the news that Burnout developer Criterion Games is working on a new Star Wars game for PlayStation VR, but aside from the briefest of shots from the inside of an X-Wing cockpit details were unfortunately very light.
A significant portion of EA's press conference was devoted to FIFA 2017, which features a single player story mode for the first time in the series history.
We were treated to an extensive trailer featuring the rise of a fictional soccer player rising from amateur through to a professional career in the sport.
Real world managers will also appear in the game for the first time, and Jose Mourinho was on stage with Peter Moore for the announcement.
Gameplay improvements have also been promised, with off-the-ball players behaving more intelligently on the pitch.
EA also used its show this year to announce a new indie partnership program called EA Originals. The program will allow EA to publish smaller titled from independent development studios.
The initiative's first announced title was Fe by Swedish developer Zoink, a platformer that looked like a cross between Journey and Ori and the Blind Forest.
Gameplay from Titanfall 2 was shown for the first time, and a release date of October 28 2016 officially announced after it leaked earlier today. The game will be coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC.
Titanfall 2 will also be receiving a single-player campaign in which your mech appears to act as a companion when you're not actively controlling it. In the trailer we saw it catch the protagonist as he fell, and then flung him to reach a distant platform.
Disappointingly, although Mass Effect: Andromeda has now been under development for what feels like years, EA limited itself to showing off just a trailer for the sci-fi RPG.
EA did however announce that the game will run on DICE's FrostBite engine, and the trailer also hinted that a female protagonist may be the default selection, although in keeping with the series a male protagonist will likely also be an option.
Finally, we also saw a new trailer for upcoming World War 1 first person shooter Battlefield 1 which featured much of the vehicular combat the series is known for.
In the trailer we saw biplane shoot down a zeppelin which crushed a number of buildings as it fell, which is a pretty impressive inclusion if that level of destructibility is present across the entire game.
Overall EA appeared to play it very safe with its press conference this year. We didn't see any big games that weren't already announced, and outside of Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2 the conference was very light on actual gameplay footage.
It was also disappointing to see no live gameplay demonstrations appear at all.
However, it was nice to see EA really make the most of having simultaneous press conferences happening in LA and London. Transitions between the two were remarkably seamless and it was a nice change to have FIFA featuring heavily as a result.
