E3 2008 Highlights

9. Red Alert 3

Red Alert 3 shifts the focus of the series to sea battles along with an updated graphics engine.

8. Sonic Unleashed

Despite the constant "Anticipation/Disappointment" cycle of the new Sonic games, Sonic Unleashed truly pushes the anticipation portion of the cycle to the limit. We'll see if the disappointment portion reaches the limit as well.

7. Soul Calibur IV

From all over the world they come. In search of vengence, honor, salvation. Driven by the desire to weild the soul swords. But the swords may have met their match...

6. Wolfenstein

The original Wolfentein defined the First Person Shooter genre. Set within a near-fictional, historical WWII setting, players take on the role of the heroic OSA agent BJ Blazkowicz as they are thrust into the unknown and unexpected to battle against combat troops, otherworldly forces, and the dark science created by a supernatural Nazi force hell-bent on world domination.

5. The Force Unleashed

The Force Unleashed hopes to delver an interactive cinematic experience; making gamers feel as though they are in a Star Wars movie. The game uses a combination of physics engines including the Euphoria engine used by GTA IV. The euphoria engine allows the AI torealistically react to events instead of performing a series of recorded animations.

4. Left 4 Dead

Despite the cheesy "For/4" replacement, Valve's new co-op action game already had plenty of people excited, and the new graphics and gameplay updatse revealed at E3 raises the anticipation level even more.

3. Spore

Spore is perhaps the most anticitated game for the casual gamers out there. This September, you will be able to breed your own creature from a single cell to an universal civilization.

2. God of War 3

In a year of sequels, God of War 3 promises to be the finest and truest successor of them all. Although only a cinematic trailer was released, even in these few seconds the level of polish and hard work we've come to expect from the series is shown.

1. Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5, in the style of it's most immediate predecessor, impresses more and more as we learn more. This video revealed at E3 shows that it seems to be going in the same direction.