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GAMES

FEATURE

GAME of the SHOW

PAUL:

For me, there wasn't one game that stood out more than the

others that I played, so consequently I couldn't make up my mind.

Instead, this year I'm picking a few. These are representative of my

personal favourite gaming highlights of E3 2017. In no particular order

then:

Far Cry 5, CoD: World War II

, the campaign level of

Star Wars:

Battlefront II

and

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.

ALESHA:

Despite Paul talking it up after last year's E3, I still didn't

know much about

Sea of Thieves

until I played it at this year's show.

Not sure if that worked in my favour, but I came away from this year's

show yearning for an eye patch – and that wasn't just thanks to the

Californian sun. It might have a lot to do with the lovely Xbox crew I

played with, but if you've got the right – and appropriately crazy - crew,

this one is a must.

FOOD BLOG

PAUL:

There's precious little time to eat

when you're chasing appointments at E3,

but one of the highlights could be found at

the Microsoft media morning. Here, seeking

shelter beneath a silver-plated food dome,

were egg and cheese

breakfast burritos.

My final tally for the

morning? Seven.

ALESHA:

Ubisoft's

melt-in-your-mouth

cupcakes at their press

conference were like

swallowing clouds.

FOOD OF THE SHOW

PAUL:

I'm calling it, here. It's a tough choice - some of the 17

hamburgers we destroyed in LA were truly monumental – but I

think this one belongs to the parmesan-crumbed eggplant sliders

housed on certain buffet tables at the PlayStation pre-media

briefing party, washed down with a cold bottle of Heineken. A

perfect accompaniment to said sliders were the sautéed brussel

sprouts, sprinkled with crushed almonds.

MOST

OVERUSED

SAYINGS

Most ambitious game yet

This year we're really hitting our straps

Customisation

BITS

AND

PIECES

THINGS WE HEARD

Did Vikings have jet packs?

It smells like America!

We haven't seen him since

Monday – maybe he's dead?

I don't even like video games.

Fitness is the

last thing on

your mind at E3,

but with all the

walking involved

across the show

floor, we decided

to count the

steps between

the South and

the West halls.

longest

line at

Super Mario

Odyssey

NINTENDO

BEST BOOTH