The 7 biggest announcements from the first two days of E3 2018

Bethesda doubled down on its popular Elder Scrolls series with a slew of new games.

— "Elder Scrolls Blades" is a first-person RPG designed for mobile devices like the iPhone, but Bethesda says it will also be bringing this game to every platform imaginable, including consoles, PC, and even mobile and high-end virtual reality systems. The game will be free and arrives this fall.

— "The Elder Scrolls Online" is getting two new expansions called "Wolf Hunter" and "Murkmire."

— Bethesda is giving its Elder Scrolls card game, "Elder Scrolls Legends," a big visual update, and will release the game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch this fall.

— And, of course, what fans were waiting and hoping for: A true sequel to "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim," called "The Elder Scrolls VI."

Fans have been playing Halo games for almost two decades now — the first Halo arrived in 2001 — but there hasn't been a new game in the series since Halo 5 in 2015.

We don't know much about this new Halo game, but Xbox chief Phil Spencer says it will be the biggest Halo adventure yet, and it looks like it will feature all the mainstays fans love: Beautiful environments, space marines fighting aliens, vehicles to get around, and of course, the longtime series protagonist Master Chief.

Despite its strange name, tons of people are excited for "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice." It's made by From Software, the Japanese game company responsible for some of the most popular action games in the last two decades, including the "Dark Souls" series and the excellent PS4 exclusive "Bloodborne."

"Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice" is thankfully reminiscent of the "Dark Souls" games in terms of combat, but the game provides extra mobility options so you can swing around the world with a grappling hook, ninja-style.

The release date for "Kingdom Hearts 3" was actually announced on Saturday night, but a full trailer for the game was featured at Microsoft's Xbox press conference, and fans went wild for it.

The new Kingdom Hearts game is coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on January 29, 2019, and will feature all-new areas inspired by Disney films such as "Frozen," "Tangled," "Toy Story," and more.

— "Gears Pop!" is a cute mobile game where all the characters from the Gears of War series are replaced by adorable Funko Pop-style figurines.

— "Gears Tactics" is a turn-based strategy game similar to the "XCOM" series.

— "Gears of War 5" is an all-new game in the popular series, featuring top-of-the-line visuals and cinematics and the same great action fans know and love.

About five years ago, Poland-based developer CD Projekt Red unveiled a trailer for its next game, "Cyberpunk 2077," and then went dark.

Five years later, at E3 2018, we still don't have a firm release date, but we did get a gorgeous new trailer. And the company even hid a message inside the trailer to explain that being an independent studio, and one's own publisher, means "Cyberpunk 2077" won't be rushed out, even though the studio is much closer to shipping: "Quality is the only thing that drives us," the company said.

— Microsoft announced five new internal game studios. The company created an all-new game studio, called The Initiative, and announced acquisitions of four different other studios: Undead Labs ("State of Decay", Playground Games ("Forza Horizon"), Ninja Theory ("Hellblade"), and Compulsion Games ("We Happy Few").

— Devolver Digital held another wacky press conference at E3 this year, where it lampooned gamers, other game companies, and things like lootboxes and cryptocurrencies. The biggest game announcement from Devolver though was a slow-motion shooter coming to PC and Nintendo Switch called "My Friend Pedro," which looks like Max Payne had a baby with Deadpool and put that character into an action-based 2D-sidescroller.

— Electronic Arts held its press conference on Saturday, where it unveiled (among other titles) "Battlefield V," two new Star Wars games, and the Destiny-like sci-fi shooter from BioWare called "Anthem," which arrives February 2019.

— "Jump Force" is an all-new game that mashes together several different popular anime into a single game, including characters from "Dragonball Z" and "Naruto."

— "Dying Light 2" for Xbox One features parkour, Paris, and lots of zombies.

— A new "Battletoads" game is coming in 2019.

— The beautiful-looking game "Cuphead" is getting an expansion in 2019.

— The action-packed "Devil May Cry 5" is coming to consoles in spring 2019.

— "Shadow of the Tomb Raider," the third entry in the recent reimagining of Lara Croft, will arrive September 14, 2018.

— "Forza Horizon 4" is a gorgeous-looking game for car fans, whether you like racing or just exploring the great outdoors. This one's set in Britain, and features changing seasons that all players experience together. It drops on October 2, 2018.

— The post-apocalyptic first-person shooter "Metro Exodus" is coming out February 22, 2019.

— "Crackdown 3," which features futuristic cops and Terry Crews, will arrive on Xbox One in February 2019.