After last year’s snoozer of a show, E3 2013 felt electric. Energized by the upcoming PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the video game industry seems to have snapped from its slumber and given us a long list of games to get excited about. I played and saw more than 30 games over three days and found about half of them to be noteworthy. Here are 15 of the best games from E3 2013.
Best of E3 2013: 15 Games to Look Forward To
Favorite picks from gaming's most exciting show in years.
New PlayStation, New Xbox, New Games
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Best of E3 2013
- New PlayStation, New Xbox, New Games
- Most Ambitious: Destiny
- Most Intriguing Narrative: Transistor
- Most Likely to Make You Faint: Outlast
- Best Example of Next-Gen Graphics: Ryse: Son of Rome
- Most Welcome Respite: Hohokum
- Most Surprisingly Awesome: Fist of Awesome
- Most Clever Spin-Off: Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
- Best Remake: Shadow Warrior
- Best Soundtrack: Ducktales Remastered
- Unlikeliest Resurrection: Dead Rising 3
- Best Use of a Tablet: The Division
- Most Clever Use of the Wii U GamePad: Game & Wario
- Best (Dog) in Show: Riley from Call of Duty: Ghosts
- Non-Playable Game of Show: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
- Playable Game of Show: Dark Souls II