It's been downsized, restructured and repackaged and in just six weeks (July 11-13) we'll be able to judge first-hand whether the new format E3 is an improvement over the loosely organized orgy of chaos and inflatable swords that has always exhilarated and exhausted game hungry show goers in equal measure. But while we're certainly curious to see the transformation from sensory-assaulting expo to an altogether more sober-sounding business summit, the reason we're jetting off to Santa Monica isn't to scrutinize the changing face of the show; it's to bask in the glorious glare of games.
The question is - what are those games going to be? While we know that the majority of major industry players - including the big three console makers - are going to be in attendance, details regarding publisher show line-ups is practically non-existent. So, based on industry rumors and whispers and in the absence of solid information we've made an educated guess at what games might put in an appearance of some description. Some are dead certs and others are outside bets, but if at least some of the titles in our speculative list turn up, we should be in for a real good show. Sorry, summit.
Activision
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (opens in new tab)
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (opens in new tab)
Guitar Hero III (opens in new tab)
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (opens in new tab)
New Marvel game
Atari
Alone in the Dark (opens in new tab)
Godzilla: Unleashed (opens in new tab)
The Witcher (opens in new tab)
Bethesda Softworks
Fallout 3 (opens in new tab)
Rogue Warrior (opens in new tab)
NewElder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (opens in new tab) content
Capcom
Devil May Cry 4 (opens in new tab)
Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles (opens in new tab)
Codemasters
Clive Barkers Jericho (opens in new tab)
Heist (opens in new tab)
Operation Flashpoint 2 (opens in new tab)
Race Driver One (opens in new tab)
Rise of the Argonauts (opens in new tab)
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (opens in new tab)
Disney Interactive
Turok (opens in new tab)
Eidos
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (opens in new tab)
Crossfire (opens in new tab)
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (opens in new tab)
New Just Cause
New Tomb Raider
Electronic Arts
Army of Two (opens in new tab)
Battlefield: Bad Company (opens in new tab)
New Black
Boogie (opens in new tab)
Burnout Paradise (opens in new tab)
Crysis (opens in new tab)
FIFA 08
Medal of Honor Airborne (opens in new tab)
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (opens in new tab)
MySims (opens in new tab)
New NBA Street
Need for Speed: Pro Street (opens in new tab)
New Road Rash
Rock Band (opens in new tab)
SKATE (opens in new tab)
New Sim City
Sims 3
Spore (opens in new tab)
The Orange Box (opens in new tab)(Half-Life 2 (opens in new tab),HL2: Episode One (opens in new tab),HL2: Episode Two (opens in new tab),Portal (opens in new tab),Team Fortress 2 (opens in new tab) )
The Simpsons Game (opens in new tab)
New Tiger Woods
GSC Game World
NewSTALKER (opens in new tab) games - The developer has already revealed on itssite that it will be at E3 showing new games based in the STALKER universe
id Software
New games - The Quake developer has 'unannounced projects' in the pipeline and we're expecting some news to emerge from the show
Konami
Hellboy (opens in new tab)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (opens in new tab)
Pro Evolution Soccer 7 (opens in new tab)
Silent Hill 5 (opens in new tab)
Silent Hill Origins (opens in new tab)
LucasArts
Fracture (opens in new tab)
Indiana Jones (opens in new tab)
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (opens in new tab)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (opens in new tab)
Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (opens in new tab)
Star Wars Battlefront III (opens in new tab)
Microsoft
Alan Wake (opens in new tab)
Banjo-Threeie
Blue Dragon (opens in new tab)
Halo 3 (opens in new tab)
Halo Wars (opens in new tab)
Infinite Undiscovery (opens in new tab)
Lost Odyssey (opens in new tab)
Mass Effect (opens in new tab)
Project Gotham Racing 4 (opens in new tab)
Project Sylpheed (opens in new tab)
Too Human (opens in new tab)
Midway Games
Blacksite: Area 51 (opens in new tab)
Hour of Victory (opens in new tab)
Stranglehold (opens in new tab)
The Wheelman (opens in new tab)
UT3 (opens in new tab)
New Mortal Kombat
Namco Bandai Games
Eternal Sonata (opens in new tab)
Tekken 6 (opens in new tab)
New Ridge Racer
Nintendo
Disaster Day of Crisis (opens in new tab)
DK Bongo Blast (opens in new tab)
Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn (opens in new tab)
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (opens in new tab)
Project HAMMER
Super Mario Galaxy (opens in new tab)
Super Smash Bros Brawl (opens in new tab)
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (opens in new tab)
SEGA
Alien
Condemned 2: Bloodshot (opens in new tab)
Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars (opens in new tab)
Ghost Squad (opens in new tab)
Golden Axe (opens in new tab)
Happy Tree Friends False Alarm (opens in new tab)
Iron Man (opens in new tab)
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (opens in new tab)
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms (opens in new tab)
Nights: Journey of Dreams (opens in new tab)
Sonic Rush Adventure (opens in new tab)
The Club (opens in new tab)
The Golden Compass (opens in new tab)
Universe at War: Earth Assault (opens in new tab)
Sony
Afrika (opens in new tab)
Eye of Judgement (opens in new tab)
Gran Turismo (opens in new tab)
Heavenly Sword (opens in new tab)
Home (opens in new tab)
Killzone 2 (opens in new tab)
Lair (opens in new tab)
LocoRoco 2 (opens in new tab)
LittleBigPlanet (opens in new tab)
Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction (opens in new tab)
SOCOM: Confrontation (opens in new tab)
The Getaway 3
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (opens in new tab)
Warhawk (opens in new tab)
Wipeout (opens in new tab)
Square Enix
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (opens in new tab)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (opens in new tab)
Final Fantasy XIII (opens in new tab)
Final Fantasy Versus XIII (opens in new tab)
The Last Remnant (opens in new tab)
Take-Two Interactive
BioShock (opens in new tab)
The Darkness (opens in new tab)
THQ
New Destroy All Humans
Frontlines: Fuel of War (opens in new tab)
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (opens in new tab)
New Saints Row
Stuntman: Ignition (opens in new tab)
WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2008 (opens in new tab)
Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed (opens in new tab)
Beowulf (opens in new tab)
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (opens in new tab)
Far Cry 2 (opens in new tab)
Haze (opens in new tab)
New Prince of Persia game
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (opens in new tab)
Splinter Cell: Conviction (opens in new tab)
Tom Clancy's EndWar (opens in new tab)
Vivendi Games
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (opens in new tab)
Crash of the Titans (opens in new tab)
Geometry Wars: Galaxies (opens in new tab)
Scarface: The World is Yours (opens in new tab)
TimeShift (opens in new tab)
World in Conflict (opens in new tab)
Warner Bros Interactive
Dirty Harry (opens in new tab)
Note: We'll amend this list appropriately as we receive official information on the games that will be shown at E3
June 1, 2007