Game Trailers Trivia 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which game's 2014 reveal trailer showed a man waking up with no memory and a number tattooed on his arm, set to Shirley Bassey's 'History Repeating'?
- The Witcher 3
- Dragon Age: Inquisition (Correct answer)
- Fallout 4
- The Division
Correct answer: Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon Age: Inquisition's 'The Breach' reveal trailer used 'History Repeating' to introduce the amnesiac Inquisitor premise.
Question 2: What was the actual release date revealed at the end of the long-awaited 'Cyberpunk 2077' trailer at E3 2019?
- April 16, 2020 (Correct answer)
- November 19, 2020
- December 10, 2020
- September 17, 2020
Correct answer: April 16, 2020
The E3 2019 Cyberpunk 2077 trailer concluded with a release date of April 16, 2020—a date later delayed twice before the game released in December 2020.
Question 3: In the 'Battlefield 1' reveal trailer, what song played over footage of WWI combat that made the tone immediately distinct from previous entries?
- Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes (Correct answer)
- Thunder by Imagine Dragons
- In the Hall of the Mountain King by Grieg
- The Trooper by Iron Maiden
Correct answer: Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes
EA DICE used a slowed, distorted version of 'Seven Nation Army' to give the Battlefield 1 reveal an unexpectedly gritty and emotional WWI feel.
Question 4: Which director appeared on stage at Sony's PlayStation 5 showcase to personally present the first gameplay trailer for 'Returnal'?
- Hideo Kojima
- Hidetaka Miyazaki
- Yoko Taro
- Harry Krueger (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Harry Krueger
Harry Krueger, Game Director at Housemarque, presented the Returnal PS5 showcase trailer and explained its roguelike mechanics.
Question 5: The debut trailer for 'Anthem' at E3 2017 was notable primarily because it was the first public look at which engine powering the game?
- Unreal Engine 5
- Frostbite (Correct answer)
- Snowdrop
- Creation Engine 2
Correct answer: Frostbite
Anthem's E3 2017 debut showed off BioWare's use of the Frostbite engine, traditionally associated with DICE's Battlefield games.
Question 6: What hidden message was discovered in the source code of the teaser website launched alongside the first 'Death Stranding' trailer?
- 'What are you doing here?' hidden in HTML comments (Correct answer)
- Coordinates to Hideo Kojima's Tokyo office
- A base64-encoded phone number that played a voice message
- A countdown to the actual release date
Correct answer: 'What are you doing here?' hidden in HTML comments
Fans who inspected the Death Stranding teaser site's HTML found the phrase 'What are you doing here?' hidden in the source code, a meta nod to the game's mysterious nature.
Question 7: Which long-running franchise shocked fans when its 2023 reveal trailer ended with the tagline 'It's not just a sequel—it's a revolution,' unveiling a fully open world?
- Street Fighter 6 (Correct answer)
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Like a Dragon: Ishin!
- Tekken 8
Correct answer: Street Fighter 6
Street Fighter 6's reveal trailer positioned the game as a genre-redefining entry, introducing the World Tour open-world mode alongside the classic fighting gameplay.
Game Trailers Trivia 3
Which game's 2014 reveal trailer showed a man waking up with no memory and a number tattooed on his arm, set to Shirley Bassey's 'History Repeating'?