There were a wide array of fantastic games on display at this year’s E3 event and we thought we’d take a moment to honor the Best of the Rest—those games that deserve recognition as stand-out experiences worth looking forward to in the coming months.
Title: The Sims 4
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Maxis, The Sims Studio
Platforms: PC, Mac
Release Date: 09.02.2014
The latest edition of EA’s digital-denizen simulator features several new enhancements, including deeper personalities for your Sims and more user-friendly creation tools to help craft the perfect suburban palace for your little computer people.
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The Sims 4 Premium Edition (PC)
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Title: Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Publisher: Microsoft Studios
Developer: 343 Industries, Saber Interactive, Certain Affinity
Platforms: Xbox One
Release: 11.11.2014
Relive the adventures of Master Chief on Xbox One, as all four mainline Halo games are brought together in one of the most slickly produced, well thought-out game collections we’ve ever seen.
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Xbox One)
Title: Mortal Kombat X
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Developer: NetherRealm Studios
Platforms: Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC
Release: TBD.2015
Mortal Kombat X promises to build the 2011’s franchise reboot into an even deeper fighting experience, supported by a wider array of characters, interactive stages, and variable styles for every fighter.
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Mortal Kombat X (Xbox One)
Mortal Kombat X (Xbox 360)
Mortal Kombat X (PS4)
Mortal Kombat X (PS3)
Title: Bloodborne
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: From Software, SCE Japan Studio
Platforms: PS4
Release Date: 2015
While Bloodborne features many of the same elements that made players love From Software’s Souls games, it’ll also stand on its own with more action-oriented gameplay and a Victorian-era setting.
Title: Civilization: Beyond Earth
Publisher: 2K Games
Developer: Firaxis Games
Platforms: PC
Release Date: Fall.2014
Not just Civilization in space, Beyond Earth takes advantage of its futuristic setting and lets players decide which direction to lead the human race. You’ve already changed the past, but how will you paint the future?
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Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth (PC)
Title: D4
Publisher: Microsoft Studios
Developer: Access Games
Platforms: Xbox One
Release Date: TBD.2014
It’s almost impossible not to love the quirky nature and cast of D4, a detective story based around time travel that’ll be enjoyable no matter if it’s played with a standard controller or via Kinect-powered motion controls.
Title: Evolve
Publisher: 2K Games
Developer: Turtle Rock Studios
Platforms: Xbox One, PS4, PC
Release Date: 10.21.2014
Evolve, Turtle Rock’s competitive multiplayer shooter about four Hunters trying to take down a huge alien beast, turned heads at E3 by showing off five new playable character classes, as well as the flying, electrified, tentacle-mouthed monster, the Kraken.
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Evolve (PC)
Evolve (Xbox One)
Evolve (PS4)
Title: Homefront: The Revolution
Publisher: Deep Silver
Developer: Crytek UK
Platforms: Xbox One, PS4, PC
Release Date: TBD.2015
Crytek takes a shot at the Homefront franchise, making Revolution what the original should have been: a war of hit-and-run tactics by poorly equipped American guerrilla fighters trying to take back their country.
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Homefront the Revolution (PS4)
Homefront the Revolution (Xbox One)
Title: Splatoon
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Platforms: Wii U
Release Date: Q1.2015
A highly imaginative, charming take on third-person shooters, Splatoon may look cute, but its competitive team-based matches of territorial conquest look to be very addictive.
Title: Sunset Overdrive
Publisher: Microsoft Studios
Developer: Insomniac Games
Platforms: Xbox One
Release Date: 10.28.2014
Insomniac is doing what it does best in Sunset Overdrive, an action game filled with over-the-top weaponry and crazy characters, mixed with a wide variety of ways to traverse the colorful setting of Sunset City.
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