E3 2013 has a lot of promise, but which games will rise above the rest?
Hot ticket items and flops flood the busy floor of the Electronic Entertainment Expo each year in Los Angeles, California.
Reveals such as new consoles and iterations in first party games for Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft tend to be the highlight of each E3. Other gaming companies, such as Ubisoft, EA, Capcom, and Square Enix, have booths for their upcoming games also.
Out of all of the game reveals, how can you be sure that you know which ones to look out for? That’s where Hypable comes into play.
From all of the hype building up to big reveals, like Super Smash Bros. 4 and Infamous: Second Son, we were able to pick through what promises to be the best on the show floor.
While most gaming companies choose this time to show off their best and brightest games, Nintendo is choosing to stand out from the crowd by not holding a large press conference at E3 2013. However, they are holding two separate online streams to make up for the time they aren’t taking advantage of during the convention. One of them is for general Nintendo/Wii U games, and the other is for Pokémon X and Y, specifically.
‘Dragon Age III: Inquisition’
We know very little about the next instalment in the fantasy RPG franchise Dragon Age. All we’ve been given is a subtitle, Inquisition, and a promise of a new engine, more customisation, more meaningful choices, and a move towards open world gameplay.
E3 2013 will give us our first solid information about Dragon Age 3, and hopefully a release window and a trailer. Bioware are keen to learn from the mistakes that were made with Dragon Age 2, and with Inquisition already in development for three years, it seems like the game will not be rushed at the very least.
‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the final game in CD Projekt Red’s trilogy of mature RPGs. It’s a series of games that progressed substantially from the first to the second instalment, and it looks as if a similar leap will be made to the third entry. For the first time in the Witcher trilogy, Geralt of Rivia will be able to explore a seamless open world.
CD Projekt Red claim that a new engine will enable them to weave together the non-linear story arcs that The Witcher series is famed for with the new open world. If Wild Hunt can attain the perfect blend between these two elements, it should definitely cause a stir at E3 2013.
‘Watch Dogs’
One of the biggest surprises at last year’s E3 was Watch Dogs a slickly-presented third person shooter with a twist – hacking is at the core of the game. Players can take control of various different devices (traffic lights, phones, streetlights) to manipulate an alternate reality version of Chicago.
At E3 2013, Ubisoft will be looking to Watch Dogs to lead its foray into next-gen gaming. We hope that any new footage we see will build on this promising start, as there truly is the potential for some very interesting new gameplay opportunities.
Now you pick!
Which E3 2013 game are you most excited about that we might’ve not talked about?
Written by: Anna Roberts and Mitchel Clow
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