But the gaming giant spent more time showcasing Halo: Master Chief Collection, a bundle featuring Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 4. Xbox kicked off E3 with a quick teaser to Halo 5: Guardians, an epic sci-fi shooter due out next year for Xbox One.
Some of the explosive first-party titles worth highlighting - that is, exclusive games that can only be played on one machine or another - dominated much of E3 chatter earlier in the week. If last year's show was all about the hardware - primarily, the heated battle for the family room between Sony's PlayStation 4 (PS4) and Microsoft's Xbox One - E3 2014 focused almost exclusively on the games. More than 50,000 attendees from nearly 100 countries packed into the Los Angeles Convention Center to lay their hands on video games, consoles, gaming PCs and accessories scheduled to make their debuts in the next year or two.Īs you might expect, there's a lot to see and play on the showroom floor, behind closed doors and at parties - and only three days in which to do it - but now that the thumb swelling has subsided (somewhat), the following are a few notable Teen- and Mature-rated blockbuster action game highlights from this year's show. Such is the dilemma at E3, the world's biggest video game expo held each June in Los Angeles. Watch Video: E3 wrapup: Four video games to watch
