1. Rainbow Six: Siege - Oh, hell yes. I was hoping to see a glimmer of hope from one of my favorite franchises of all-time, and there it was in all its tactical glory. I'm aware that this game won't happen until Fall 2015 at the earliest (probably later) and will probably be neutered a bit, but any RB6 news is huge to me. After Patriots pretty much disappeared, I needed this. I have my doubts that the multiplayer will work that well, as assclowns will probably just cap the hostage over and over, but if they can make that punitive enough to discourage that crap, this could be greatness. This game flat-out replaced Battlefield: Hardline on my excitement list, especially after EA's horrific E3 showing. There hasn't been a bad RB6 game yet, so I'm Day 1 on this for sure whenever it comes out.
2. GTAV on Xbox One - Patience is a virtue. I passed on buying this for my 360 to wait for this proper version, and it's nice to be rewarded for that. I'll experience it for the first time on next-gen, and it's going to be awesome. I wish R* would similarly bring RDR to the PC for the PC gamers, but that dream is probably dead. I'm sure some form of Red Dead sequel is in the works, though. I'm kind of hoping we hear about that soon, but R* plays it pretty close to the vest and probably won't drop that bomb until next year when it's closer to completion. Still, I'll happily take GTA V for now.
3. Halo Master Chief Collection - Freaking awesome. I absolutely cannot wait to play the original Halo multiplayer instead of the half-assed nonsense we got in the Anniversary edition, and I'm more than willing to play through the original's campaign for about the 1,000th time. Also, I was disappointed enough in Halo 2 to not play much of 3 or any of 4, so I'm looking forward to giving those a shot on X1. My excitement over this year's COD really isn't there this year and Battlefield:Hardline may/may not be worth a damn, so I'm thrilled to have this as a multiplayer gaming option this fall. And even though these aren't "new" games, it's nice to have this on X1.
Honorable mention: The Division - My interest in this is waning a bit. It looks like it will follow the Watch_Dogs hype pattern for me to where I was initially blown away by it, upset at the delays even if they're necessary, disappointed mid-development cycle with the inevitable realization that it's not going to live up to the initial demo, taking a wait-and-see approach until it comes out, and ultimately being pleased with a solid, but less spectacular than hoped product. It still doesn't seem anywhere near ready. It had arguably the coolest trailer of E3, though. I'm just not hopeful of seeing it anytime soon, so I'll probably save my excitement for next E3 on this one.
Honorable mention: Forza Horizon 2 - I actually didn't play the original, but apparently it was great. I really enjoyed Forza 5, and I was happy to fire it up yesterday and finally race around the ring. Still, Forza 5 had its faults. It was WAY too centered around micro-transactions (which I actually wouldn't take huge issue with if it didn't have the "car pack-only" nonsense and you could just buy all cars a la carte), and it was lacking in the "fun" factor. Still, it's a beautiful, technically-sound game, so it serves as a great foundation for Forza Horizon 2. If that game can add some fun and learn some lessons from the microtransaction failures of FM5, it could be something special.
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