Top Ten Games Expected to Debut at E3 2011

With the biggest annual videogames exhibition less than eight weeks away, the Electronic Theatre team is eagerly preparing to bring you some extensive coverage of the hardware manufacturer presentations, show floor demonstrations and all the additional frivolities that are all part of the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3). And with that, the team decided that this week’s Sunday Special feature would take a look at the Top Ten titles Electronic Theatre expects to make their debut at E3 in 2011.

[zeeshan810]

Hitman 5
GTA 5
Resident Evil 6
Assassins Creed 3
for sure.

[Blad3star]

I really want to see the Chief back in action.

Halo 3 ending was Epic and left you wanting more. Teach was ok but Noble team can never fill the Chiefs shoes.

[guigsy]

Same. As good as Reach is, you feel like something is missing. Bring back the Chief!

[DoomeDx]

I just find it funny.

Bungie:
''Halo 3 is the last one of the series.''
''Halo reach is the last game!''
Let me guess, another halo is coming.

[Just_The_Truth]

honestly i know they will announce Halo 4 b/c if they don't after gears people will sell their Xboxs even though i'll probably come out holiday 2012 and just be a cgi(no gameplay trailer) i'll give people a reason to look forward to something.

[guigsy]

@ wesley

Halo 3 was the last game in that story arc, and Reach was the last game by Bungie. Not that hard to understand.

[multipayer]

I love me some Halo, but I doubt the series is going anywhere great. Like Call of Duty, the soul isn't there anymore. I'd be more excited for Halo 3/Reach getting PC treatment, rather than any new installments.

[TheLastGuardian]

I thought 343's first Halo game was already revealed to be a Halo CE remake.

[OneSneakyMofo]

Bungie was smart to abandon Microsoft when they did. They see the road Microsoft is heading down, and it looks grim. If Microsoft doesn't announce something mind blowingly amazing, you can expect the 360 fanboys to jump ship to the dark side.

On topic:
I'm looking forward Zelda, The Last Guardian, some flagship 3DS games, the NGP, Agent, Diablo 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Battlefield 3, and most of all, Uncharted 3.

[Bathyj]

360 fanboys aren't going to jump ship.

Reason and logic havent made them get a PS3 yet, why would it now?

As long as either Halo or Gears gets one new instalment a year, and they'll ride it to the end.

I'm not trolling, I'm being serious. Seems like the Xbox only gamer has very low expectations now days, so they are easily satisfied.

They dont even need exclusives anymore, they just need to believe they're getting the best multiplats because its has a different shadow or is brighter than the PS3 version, and that XBL is better than PSN because of X-game chat and they're happy.

Of course, they never sound happy, and will mainly talk about PS3 all day, but thats besides the point.

[elpresador]

....was hought back then to possibly tie into Bungie's other series for the Mac, that being MARATHON and Halo some possibly believe to be a prequel series to Marathon.

Of course, MS owns the Halo tag and not Marathon, UNLESS they got it when they had Bungie as a First Party studio but, who knows.

I will say that the next Halo game will probably see the Chief further into the future.

edit: on a side note it would be awesome to get some original xbox games given sequels on the 360 like bloodwake, mechassualt, and crimson skies. Those were awesome azz games and new instalments would be cool AND they would give MS more exclusives as well.

Of course personally I actually play multis as well. I mean the one thing I hate more than ANYTHING are the bad PS3 fans (regular fans I love you guys since you are mature and dont limit yourself and yes, I too have a ps3) who seem to think that multi dont exist and that the ONLY games that should be played or are worth a damn are exclusives. Yes they are nice like UC2 and the like but if you are a true gamer, you wont limit yourself because a game is a multiplat. If you are that way you are not a true gamer and u miss out on awesome games like Arkham Asylum and Assassins Creed series, etc.

[JohnnyBadfinger]

@bathyJ
Funny you make that point... because i think its quite obvious that the PS3 community spend more time talking about the 360 than 360 gamers.

Sure you aint saying anything good about it, but thats beside the point.

Reach by the way was an abomination to the Halo canon. I hated the game and havent touched it since Assassins Creed Brotherhood came out last year.

The reason i havent jumped ship to the PS3 is purely because they refuse to drop the Australian price of the console (Still retails at $500), plus the PS3 caters heavily to the Asian market, and i hate just about all Asian games ever made. And i cant stand the language, i find it painful to listen too. Thats not racist by the way. I like my western videogames.

The last Asian video i played/bought was Ace Combat 6? i think...only to satisfy my love of fighter jets.

Dont try and tell me Uncharted is the best ,cause your wrong. Dont even try and tell me Killzone is the best, cause your wrong... your own opinions dont make you right...

i rate both those franchises along with the Halo and fable franchises in the mediocre class of videogames... they look pretty but other than that they are pretty shit story and gameplay wise.

My opinions are open to disagreeing but they still standa and are well validated

[Blacktric]

Bathyj talking about logic. Oh the irony. If only he knew that Xbox 360 doesn't just have Halo and Gears and got tons of multiplatform games that'll keep userbase happy...

[ps3destroyer]

funny is that the disagrees came from ps3 fanboys who wanted no new Halo.

[Kingdom Come]

I wouldn't count on seeing GTA V, Rockstar are very independant with their announcements...

[MrBeatdown]

Exactly. Rockstar never shows up at E3. The only Rockstar announcements I can remember were made by Sony (Agent), MS (GTA4), and Nintendo (Chinatown Wars), not by Rockstar themselves. And all those announcements were nothing more than confirmation that the games existed. They were more or less just announced so Sony/MS/Nintendo could brag about their exclusivity.

I doubt anyone is getting anything exclusive from GTA V, so I doubt it will be announced at E3. Rockstar will likely just announce it on their own, whenever they feel like it.

[Lamarthedancer]

Yeah I think all of them will be anounced :)

Just a bit scared for RE6, I hope it's not going to get worse, hopefully they've learnt their lesson from the forced Co-Op. It has to continue Leons/Ada story

[jony_dols]

How about Jill, Barry or Claire?

[Lamarthedancer]

Jill was already in RE5 so she won't be in Claire might and Barry

Barry is more likely though since he was going to be in RE5 as stated in the concept art where he would go with Chris to Africa to fight off the Zombie outbreak there and to find Jill.

But we still need to know how Wesker got the sample off Ada if you've seen the end of RE4 you'll know why and Leon because well he's a fan favorite :)

[jony_dols]

Bring back Brad Vicars!

If I know Capcom (I don't), I could see them pulling off some cheesy, over-the-top explaination to bring him back, after surviving facial penetration from Nemisis's purple member and then the goverments nuke.

Maybe he got a head transplant and hid in a fridge.....

[ProjectVulcan]

Feels like it has been so long since GTA4, 3 years in fact. The longest gap between home console GTA games has never been more than 3.5 years, even when the series jumped to the present generation.

It is a surprise to me then that if GTA5 does not come until early 2012 it will have been nearly 4 years since GTA4. I honestly hope that this extended development time hints at a significant jump in the scope of the environment and the size of Rockstar's ambitions.

Assuming that it will not arrive until then, it is also probably safe to say that this generation will only end up hosting just the two GTA games.

[YodaCracker]

I don't believe it could get much more ambitious than GTA IV. That game is on a whole other level presentation-wise.

[FinalSpartan]

When the legend Master Chief returns holy it will be dark ages for certain people again (PS3). Halo Reach was ok but didnt feel like Halo without Master Chief.

GTA5 Holy this is going to be megaton!! damn going to be killer right there.

HL3 ? where the heck are you :P

But as for Halo 4 in think that should be for next gen though personally. For fresh and huge impact.

[Vherostar]

Top Ten Games Expected to Debut at E3 2011 as wrote by a 360 gamer I mean seriously 2011 the year of the ps3 exclusives and yet this writer amazingly missed off any ps3 exclusive titles. As for Halo we already been told it will be a remake of Combat Evolved why are people still going on about Halo 4?

[vishant101]

those games have debut already

[elpresador]

The CE remake has not been officially announced has it?

[Shackdaddy836]

Would the new respawn entertainment game be up there too or is it too soon??

[Jacobite]

PC I would like to hear, UT4, HL3, Mafia 3,and some real PC love from Devs, for my consoles well there well catered for.

[Vherostar]

UT4 I seriously doubt they still working on UT3 engine and the UT4 engine would already be sent out to devs by now if it was coming out like UT3 engine was released years before UTIII.

[multipayer]

I'd like to hear about Bungie's new multiplat project with Activision, preferably getting the DX11 treatment on PC. :p

[Shackdaddy836]

Usually unreal tournament is epic's kickstart game for each engine iteration so I would expect it.

HL3 - I can only hope :)

[2fk]

BF3 and UC3???

[Kingdom Come]

Debut? BF3 was at GDC...
and UC3 has been shown off already...

[Raendom]

Probably live demonstrations of both of those games at E3 though.

[Lamarthedancer]

Half life 3...please Valve this has went on too long. I don't think they'll make a big fuss over DOTA2 since it's just for the PC so they have to have something else....there could be a hint in Portal 2 since it's near E3.

As for Halo, I don't know why Bungie just didn't take a break and let 343 industries work on the prequels and side games and then when Bungie got some new ideas come back and do Halo 4,5 and 6.

[Winning]

Just want more info on Agent

[Blad3star]

What does Agent have to do with the 360?

[Masterchef2007]

Because its on the PS3. Do you see what he did?

[hellzsupernova]

why do you only want to talk about the 360? the tags for the article include the 3DS nad PS3 so talking about the PS3 is fine. and i agree i want to see more about agent

[starcb26]

Did you even read the title?

[Electroshocked]

Yes, please some info on Agent!

[hudsoniscool]

i believe we will see aliens colonial marines. sega(the publisher) and randy p(head of gearbox the developer) have been going off about how news was comming very soon, so e3 seams perfect.

[Supman]

so these are expected titles?
or......hoped to be revelead titles?
fail article.

[Raven_Nomad]

Personally as a Xbox 360 fan, my hope for this year is Gears 3, Forza 4, Halo CE Remake, but not by 343 as I'm hoping they are working on Halo 4 for next year.

With so many solid third party games this year, it might be a bit of a waste to release too many first party games, they might end up being overlooked entirely.

I'd say with the way the 360 and Kinect are selling right now, just give people enough to keep them relatively happy and then next year bring out the guns.

I'd love to see
Halo 4
Kingdoms
Alan Wake 2
Splinter Cell Conviction 2
Metro 2034
Kameo 2 or
Perfect Dark Zero 2
Project Gotham Racing 5
Left 4 Dead 3

Lineup for next year on the 360, this year at E3 I just hope for maybe one or two surprises for this year and I definitely want to see what Kingdoms is all about, if Crytek can make Crysis 2 look that fantastic on the 360, cant wait to see what they do with an exclusive.

[Dave1351]

dear god theres enough halo games. their going to kill the serious by making too many. example call of duty

[guigsy]

Why do people think Halo is milked? There's been 6 installments over 10 years. God of War has had 5 installments in 5 years but nobody complains about that. As long as each installment is quality and has made some progression then what's the problem?

[Dave1351]

every game is the same with minor improvements in gameplay and graphics

[Aloren]

Well, there are not "too many".
Actually I wouldn't mind to see Halo 4, Halo CE remake, and Halo wars 2 by the end of 2012.

[Bob570]

I want Halo to be left alone. Halo is the reason I am a gamer, it has been a huge part of my life since 2003. I don't want it to die a slow, painful death. Especially since Bungie will no longer be working on the franchise.

I would be ok with remastered versions in the future, but nothing new that will taint the franchise.

[chadmofo]

Why would anybody disagree to that.

[therapist]

new console announcement

Thats all i want

anyone else???

I'm sick of 720p on my 1080p tv
PC is the only next gen there is

please make it not, i want a new xbox or ps4 or apple console, whatever...something

[interrergator]

ya never know right?

[etowntwo]

That would be sweet!!

Every game with full 4xAA, 60fps, 1080p and nex gen graphics.

[Kran]

Would love to see Left 4 Dead 3, Alan Wake 2, Halo 4, Half-Life 3, a new God of War game

[Kran]

Oh and i'd also love to see a Pokemon console game. A good one. Not Battle Revolutions disappointment.

[EazyC]

How dare you respond to your own comment! xD

New L4D and Half Life would be kickass though.

[Soplox]

Yeah man even though I think it will be for the 3DS
but PBR wasn't that bad I still play it. But they sure will announce a new one cuz the gen 5 just came out

[Pintheshadows]

I'd like to see a L4D collection on PS3. Since my 360 got nicked I have craved that game.

[Masterchef2007]

Im sure they will show off more Kinect Games. Gameplay from Kingdoms for sure.

Just a side note. Why are there so many of these types of articles on the 360? Does kinect really worry the hardcore so much that they make these wishlists for more core games? Because from what i have seen theres still a ton of great multiplats to play on the 360.

[elpresador]

are the ps3 fanboys cause any article talking about 360 games you always here them say something like "No newz or n e Xcloosivies all dey got is teh kinect games"

Personally I want motion gaming to die a quick painful death as the money used for it could be used for better things.

[barb_wire]

Agent - wasn't it announced in 2008? Here we are in 2011 and we still know nothing, other than it set in the 70's..

[Relientk77]

Hope Assassins Creed III will, AC 2 and Brotherhood are amazing

I would really appreciate some damn RPGs too

Cough Sony get on those RPGs cough

[hellzsupernova]

war in the north looks pretty good, and diablo 3 maybe coming to consoles. War in the Norht is being done by the same people who done Baulders gate on consoles and that was really fun

[Chevalier]

I can confirm that Assassin Creed will DEFINITELY show up at E3 with a 100% guarantee. Why? It's already listed for preorder for the fall at EB games. Just showed up early last week actually. So for fans of Assassin Creed fans, don't even doubt it, it'll be be here in the fall.

[tdogchristy90]

I'm curious about ac3. They talk about ac being a trilogy. If ac3 is going to be announced then that means the conclusion of the current story. I have no doubt they'll continue making other ac games but I'd love to see a finale to the current story. It's the last series I need to finish. Please give us a great conclusion Ubisoft!

[EazyC]

New Rainbow Six with mucho customization, por favor!

(Added Spanish is non-relevant FYI)

[etowntwo]

Hell yeah!!!!

[Hatiko]

I think RE6 will be unveiled at captivate in april. Other than that, good list, obviously there are more things that people want to see but we may not actually get to see like Alan Wake 2 and Agent.

[Vinushka]

Just give me a remake of the greatest game of all time known as Jak and Daxter.

That is all I need to see at E3.

[MiyagiSPG]

Where is kingdom Hearts 3!!!

[BizDaWolf]

halo 4 is going to be on M$ new next gen thats what i think

[the_union_of_PS360]

is it even cooler if i say $ony

[zeal0us]

Project Gotham Racing 5
I don't really play that many racing games,sadly

Assassin’s Creed III
Never played the 1st/2nd one so won't comment

Super Mario 3DS....
bowser done kidnap princess preach yes again but this time he wanted daisy as well. What do bowser being doing to them while mario trying rescue them....

Resident Evil 6
I want to run and gun, I'm tire of standing still and shooting :(

Hitman Game
Never played a hitman before so I won't comment

New Hideo Kojima Title
Guess I better hurry and buy my ps3, highly doubt it will hit 360 seeing as Hideo has a strong dislike for 360 : (

Grand Theft Auto V
oh here goes another game for Jack Thompson to talk about, excluding that I wouldn't mind playing a new gta

Bungie Game
Doing good with Reach, a new product wouldn't hurt so I'm game

Ninja Gaiden 3
third time the charm hopefully the game camera is fix for christ sake and don't get me started on the difficulty lol

343 Industries First Halo Title
as much I would like to see this happen think this one won't happen or won't be the way as we would think it would be

[TheLastGuardian2010]

This is a more fair break down. Instead of being biased towards one console (like the article above), I would've just aimed at paticular studios and what I expect they would reveal.

So for example-

Crytek
-Show first footage of Kingdoms
-Crytek UK Shows next project
-Crytek does short presentation of CryEngine 3

Rockstar
-Will reveal GTA V, OR show another trailer for Agent. I'm leaning more towards GTA V due to the fact that there contract expires in 2013 for making future GTA games. Plus they will be at E3 this year, they are usually never at E3 so I'm guessing they'll show off SOMETHING...

Lionhead
-Peter Molynuex will either show next project or show of Fable 4

IO Interactive
-Hitman V, Hitman V, Hitman V, Hitman V. It's obvious, and very expected. I'm thinking it'll be a reboot of the franchise.

Bungie
-Show off next ip. Most likely a short teaser trailer.

343 Industries.
-They might show off Halo 4, but for some reason I doubt it.

Naughty Dog
-Show of new Uncharted 3 trailer, and gameplay walkthrough

Sucker Punch
-Reveals Sly 4 officially.

Square
-Will show off new Versus trailer, and gameplay footage. No trailer once again.

Quantic Dreams
-David Cage will show next 2 projects. Both will be multiplatform, and both will be tba 2012.

Insomniac
-Will show off new multiplat ip

Gurilla Games
-Will show off new ip.

Lightbox
-Will show off Starhawk trailer and gameplay footage. Announced BEFORE e3 though.

Bioware
-Will show footage of Mass Effect 3, and possibly reveal there next ip.

2K Games
-Will show of Darkness 2, The Line, and possibly reveal Mafia 3?

Bethesda
-They'll show RAGE, more Skyrim, and Prey 2.

Activison
-Will deftintly reveal Modern Warfare 3 here no doubt.
-Show more Prototype 2, give official date

Visceral
-Will reveal there next ip
-Could possibly show teaser for Dead Space 3

Level 5
-Will announce Ni No Kuni localization

Valve
-I honestly doubt they'll show anything. I could see a David Jaffe time of announcement were Gabe trolls us and shows a Half Life Episode 3 teaser.

Irrational Games
-They'll show off Infinite, possibly new trailer and gameplay walkthrough. I expect it to win a few awards at e3 like Bioshock did.

Slant Six
-Will show next ip

Kojima
-Might show off next ip, and more of Rising.

Grasshopper Manufacture
-Show more off there next ip

Sony
-Will show more of The Last Guardian, though a 2012 US date will be given

Media Molecule
-Possibly show LBP 3, or perhaps a new ip

Obsidian
-Show of future projects

Rocksteady
-Will give live demonstration of Arkham City

Sure I'm missing tons of other studios, and there projects. But regardless. This seems like a more FAIR list, and WAY less biased...

[Electroshocked]

Agent and it would be great if they announced Sly 4.

[TheDivine]

Lost Odyssey 2 and Alan Wake 2 are the most anticipated games for me. If LO2 was announced id shit a brick and cry for joy at the same time.

[Azianphil88]

Agent

[Soplox]

Wii HD - Nintendo you know its time
Killer Instinc - C'mon RARE look MK9
Kingdom Hearts III - *CROSS FINGERS*

[The_Zeitgeist]

Square should do a reboot of the Parasite Eve series.

[undercovrr]

I'm a huge halo fan...but seriously, I've had my fill. Halo 3 was great, and Halo reach was awesome. But please..for the love of god....enough Halo. I'm satisfied with how the story was handled, and I don't think more could be done...Prequels are not needed IMO after Reach, and the need for a sequel isn't either.

[HarryB]

Counter Strike 2: I know something you guys don't.

Modern warfare 3 : Raven software makers of soldiers of fortune, Its not mw3 its Soldiers of fortune 3, again I know something you guys don't.

Respawn entertainment aka old infinity ward. I am expecting this for sure.

GTA 5: is not in LA, its in england or a country like england (european). Once again. I know something you don't know and the clues are in your faces.

Hitman 5 will have vehicles, it will be like gta but the story line will be alot more involved, alot more choices, and different ways and outcomes now. Alot less run and gun. Players play like real hitmen.

[hennessey86]

gta5 will be a wiihd exclusive, the next cod will be medievil warfare with kill streaks including riding shotgun on a dragon with a bow and arrow

[jden28]

I would love to see:

1. Agent
2. Splinter cell 2
3. Kingdoms
4. Uncharted 3
5. New Rare games(KI2, Kameo2,PDZ2...new IP)
6. New nintendo IP
7. Wii...3DS remakes imagine mario galaxy2 in tru 3D
8. Halo Wars2 (some of us loved it)
9. Lost Odyssey 2
10. Insomniac multiplat IP

P.S. Nintendo probably won't release 2 new hardwares in the same year...but if any company would dare do that it would be them...I just doubt that we'll see a console announcement from them till next year...and I expect Sega to continue to tease us and lead us all on with new Shenmue tidbits...

[BigBacon87]

Super big MEH to that list of 10 games. That being said Ninja Gaiden 3 is far more interesting than anything Halo. As always it looks like the PS3 exclusives will be my most anticipated. GTA sucks ass end of story. Assassin's Creed is good, but not great. So far this years E3 looks kinda bunk but maybe I will get a nice suprise in the form of a new Paperboy with Move/Wii-mote controls.

[Psychotica]

Paperboy??? I wouldn't play that if it was free.

[BigBacon87]

Somebody mentioned wanting to see Killer Instinct 2. You win the big prize. I would cream in every person in this forums pants.

[midgard227]

halo is over rated, i played them all and the series is getting stale, when u release a game almost every year it loses its vibe. i wish halo could be good again but i think for the people who only havve 360's they should want more than just a gears and halo every oother year, u shud want something new. but o well, leasts theres only 3 gears games.....4 now....3 in one gen is still alot

[femshep]

Def God of war 4

cause trilogies always have 4 in them

[BeastlyRig]

hopefully something from valve!!