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if last year's e3 was the year of the next-gen console this is the year of the next-gen game last year Sony and Microsoft showed off launch titles and very early previews for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox one a Nintendo well it doesn't matter but this year developers have had much more time to work with these new systems and there's going to be a lot more to play let's start with Microsoft last year the company put more focus on the xbox one's entertainment features and left many of its upcoming games in the backseat this year we can really expect the company to put a focus on its games that in the 399 dollar connect free xbox one or how microsoft plans to compete with the ps4 we've already gotten a brief teaser of the next entry in the Halo series but next week we can expect to see a full look at halo 5 Guardians the first main game in the series since 2012 let's do to hit the xbox one in the fall of 2015 there's also a good chance Microsoft will tease the next gears of war games since the company now owns the rights to the series sony is also going to talk a lot about big name games leaving with a couple of key exclusives Naughty Dog's critically acclaimed Uncharted series continues with uncharted 4 we saw a teaser last year but aside from the title haven't seen much that's likely to change we also make it a better look at the Victorian steampunk action game the order 1866 and the witness a new adventure game for the makers of brave remember those Island puzzles but maybe the biggest question this year's what Nintendo will do to save me you sales to start Nintendo just released mario kart 8 last month and it is dove bomb and next week the company will show off the latest entry in the Super Smash Brothers series a long time staple for Nintendo it's also dedicating a 90 minute presentation to a single 3ds title so we can expect it to be pretty big maybe a new 2d Metroid who knows now let's put exclusives aside this year we're going to learn a lot more about destiny the massively multiplayer first-person shooter designed by the guys who first made halo the studio is confirmed will see a playable competitive multiplayer demo and more details about a summer beta program meanwhile Ubisoft is expected to show off more on Assassin's Creed unity set during the French Revolution and far cry 4 which moves the series from a tropical island to the Himalayas Activision will be showing off the next call of duty game titled advanced warfare while EA is going to give fans more details on the unexpectedly police themed battlefield hardline which will officially be unveiled on Monday also despite being delayed until next the final part of the mostly critically acclaimed series of Batman action games Arkham Knight is still highly anticipated at e3 and finally we've got a lot of franchise installments on the table there's a new Mortal Kombat and a new alien game but probably the most exciting is the new Star Wars Battlefront the game had an awesome teaser at e3 last year and the last main battlefront game came out in 2005 so there's a lot riding on this new entry now putting games aside for a moment this might be the first time in a while we see some major updates in the virtual reality field oculus has been pretty hush-hush since being acquired by Facebook earlier this year it's possible though hardly certain that we'll hear details about a final consumer version of the oculus rift which is expected in 2015 oculus is also branched out from hardware to publishing and it's supposedly working with a number of major developers on dedicated VR games so seeing some new games isn't out of the question either and then there's project Morpheus Sony's virtual reality headset while things still seem to be in the very early stages any details about pricing release date or final design would be welcome additions III is always full of surprises and even without the prospect of a new console will be hoping for big reveals of games we've never heard of and virtual reality that's more than just hype we'll be back starting Monday with a big day of Sony Microsoft and more and until then we'll keep our fingers crossed