Paul Hunter

If you’re like me and absolutely love Japanese video games, the next few months are going to be very exciting! We’ve got three incredible “made in Japan” games—Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold, Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX, and Rodea the Sky Soldier—arriving on our shores soon, and each come with pre-order bonuses you won’t want to miss!

Sports fans—it’s time to get pumped up for another exciting season of EA Sports’ action! Beginning this August, EA is going for another “hat trick” with the next entries of their industry-leading sports games, Madden NFL 16, NHL 16 and FIFA 16. By pre-ordering these upcoming titles, not only will you be first in line to play, but you’ll also score some incredible bonuses. Come check them out!

2K Games’ top-rated NBA video game simulation franchise is once again hitting the courts this fall, with NBA 2K16 arriving on both next-generation consoles (PS4/Xbox One), and prior generation consoles (PS3/Xbox 360). While the official street date is Tuesday, September 29th, if you pre-order the game online or in-store at Best Buy you can get your hands on the game the Friday before launch―a whopping four days early. Now that’s awesome!

  Microsoft had a phenomenal E3 press conference this year, and one of the most exciting moments came when they announced the new Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller, releasing this October. This high quality, performance-grade controller is specifically designed to give competitive gamers ultimate freedom to customize and personalize it to their individual play style. If you’re wanting to get an edge on the competition, this new controller will help you play like a pro!

Summer has officially arrived, which typically means the release schedule for video games lightens up, and this year is no exception. For gamers, this can actually be the perfect opportunity to catch up on recently released games! Of course, there are still exciting games coming out this month that you’ll want to keep on your radar, such as God of War III: Remastered, EA Sports Rory McIlroy PGA Tour, Godzilla the Game, and more.

GungHo Online Entertainment’s Puzzle & Dragons, a bona fide runaway success on mobile platforms, has arrived on Nintendo 3DS—and along with it comes a second, all-new adventure starring Mario! If you enjoy puzzle games with light role-playing game elements then you won’t want to miss out on this two-in-one game bundle, Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition.

In Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, get set to explore the largest and most modern open-world city ever created for an Assassin’s Creed game. The setting is London in the year 1868, towards the end of the Industrial Revolution, a time period marked by rapid technological progress—and a massive widening gap between the working class and the rich. With tensions rising, it’s time to unite the London underworld against their corrupt elite oppressors, Assassin’s Creed style!

Excited for next year’s hugely anticipated launch of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End? To help prepare you for the next entry in Sony’s groundbreaking adventure series, this fall on PS4 you can play remastered releases of the first three games in the series with Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection!      

My last booth visit at E3 2015 was with Turtle Beach to check out all their latest innovations in gaming audio headsets and equipment. As a gamer, having a good pair of headphones is vitally important. The strength of Turtle Beach is that they offer a range of products in all price ranges, so you can pick the pair best suited to your needs. My meeting with them also helped me discover an innovative new project they are working on, which could revolutionize how we listen to television.

Perhaps no other game at E3 2015 made quite the big splash that EA’s Star Wars Battlefront did, appearing at both Sony’s and EA’s press conferences, and the game was playable in both of their booths (in massive displays I might add). The lines were huge at the EA booth, but I managed to get in and try out the game’s epic 40-person battle mode. While in the EA area, I hopped on over to the Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 VIP section to get hands-on time with the next entry of this hilarious, yet deep first-person shooter franchise!