The DeanBeat: The top 10 games you’ll be itching to play

Next-generation games are getting better, but they’re also getting more creative and surprising. That was my takeaway from the giant Electronic Entertainment Expo video game tradeshow last week in Los Angeles.

The show was thinner than in past years, as some publishers fall by the wayside in the transition from traditional publishing to digital publishing and others focus on fewer, more substantial titles for the next generation. In 2013, 210 exhibitors were at E3, compared to just 193 this year. But more people showed up in 2014, with more than 48,000 attending. This reflects a lot of turmoil in the game business, which is expanding into social, mobile, online, and new platforms. But even with all of that change, I had no trouble coming up with a list of high-quality games.