Mystery of the 7 Games Missing from E3

Krunal | July 16, 2007 | Other | E3 2007 Gaming Tech/Hardware

The Smaller version of E3 came and went, and what we realised was that there were some big name games missing from the event.

In particular there were 7 games that were missing from E3:

GTA IV
Spore
God of War 3
Rainbow Six
Prince of Persia 4
Peter Jackson's Halo
Final Fantasy XIII

Some obviously aren't surprises, but others certainly are.

E3 was smaller and somewhat less important this year. That's not to say publishers didn't come out in spades to show their latest lineups of games. There were a few distinct absentees, all big games that we would have loved to see. Some are obvious and some are speculation, but having these games shown this week would have made our trip down to Santa Monica a little more meaningful.

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Cruxis Mana | July 16, 2007

^{Grand Theft Auto IV was at E3. It wasn't a major show but there was apparently a gameplay video shown.
Final Fantasy XIII was confirmed not to be at E3 weeks before it actually happened so I wouldn't call that a mystery to be honest ...
Peter Jacksons Halo has only recently been announce so there would be no real point in announcing it without screenshots or any information to accompany it all.

... I'm not really bothered about the others though ^^}
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Storm | July 16, 2007

God of War 3? Did they really expect one so soon? Odd how high demand is, heh. Heavenly Sword can fill the God of War gap because of the similar gameplay.

The creators of Spore said that since their game isn't being released this year, they are dropping out of E3 (though they said that at an E3 interview) to leave room for those that are coming out this year.
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Linkin Park Fan | July 16, 2007

Afrika, 8 days, and the two games from team ICO should be on there.
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tekmosis | July 16, 2007

It's pretty much a given that FFXIII wouldn't have any information on it with TGS not too far away. I can see them wanting to give out information there first rather than E3.
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dcbake | July 16, 2007

GTA IV was there just on a smaller scale. I was hoping to see Spore though.
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tidus04 | July 16, 2007

I would have loved news on Final Fantasy XIII but liek said they ruined it before hand by saying that there wont be any ¬¬
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  Sakura | July 16, 2007
  
  Yeah, I was upset about that too. At least we weren't disappointed when it came to the actual show though. ^^;
  
  I'm a bit surprised about God of War 3 not being there. That would have been absolutely amazing!
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imperialcereal | July 16, 2007

I would've liked to see news on Spore, but it looks like I'm just going to have to wait
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Red_Phoenix | July 16, 2007

Well as Said GTA IV was there but there wasn't a real big say so on it.

I would of loved to see the news on Final Fantasy though.
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Revenger of Wastelan | July 16, 2007

There is going to be God of War 3 already? God of War 2 isnt really out. I dont really care about all the rest, maybe Prince of Persia but thats it.
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BANDITO ATTACK | July 17, 2007

I remember when E3 was like the coolest event of the year, and everyone was always super excited to see what was coming out. Not this time.
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Final Blade | July 17, 2007

Are you serious? God of War 3 isn't going to be released nor be in production until after Chains of Olympus is released which is January 21, 08. And even then we won't see this game until mid 2010 at best. Why would you even bring that game up as mystery game? Everyone who plays God of war games knows this.
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Kappa Fushi Returns | July 17, 2007

FFXIII has put me down, was looking forward to some info. on it.
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EdwardTheBard | July 23, 2007

Yes, definitely the lack of information about FFXIII was a let down ..