It’s not unusual for retailers to set placeholder dates for announced games on their pre-order sheets or online stores, but locking down previously unannounced titles is definitely odd. Especially for Walmart, that isn’t a specialty shop like Gamestop. And yet, that’s what happened when some eagle-eyed gamers noticed a Walmart Canada page that had some usual suspects as well as some downright delightful surprises such as Gears of War 5, RAGE 2, Borderlands 3, and Splinter Cell to name a few.
In other words, Walmart might’ve just ruined E3. At least a little. The annual gaming expo that unveils a vast majority the newest gaming hardware and software hasn’t outright announced anything, as per usual, but the fact that the Final Fantasy 7 remake and Just Cause 4 is on this list coincides with the unusual announcement that Square-Enix would be holding a massive show at E3.
All of this adds up.
Walmart CA listings https://t.co/MhwlNGn6s1
Just Cause 4
Splinter Cell
Dragon Quest 2 (PS4/XBO)
LEGO DC Villans
Borderlands 3
Rage 2
Gears of War 5
Forza Horizons 5
Assassin's Creed pic.twitter.com/TF0mxnxkES— Wario64 (@Wario64) May 9, 2018
Even the RAGE account tweeted directly at Walmart while not outright denying that a sequel (which no one really asked for) was coming:
Hey @WalmartCanada here are a few notes. pic.twitter.com/R1od2aTEMC
— RAGE 2 (@rage) May 9, 2018
So if we see trailers for RAGE, the first Splinter Cell game in years, or the unannounced The Division 2, there will be no surprise, because Walmart made them known a month beforehand for some reason. At least you can pre-order now if you’re in Canada?
(Via IGN)