There may have been question marks surrounding last week's annual video games expo – E3 in Los Angeles – with some publishers not hosting booths, but gamers need not fear: it was as bombastic as ever and promised much for the year ahead. EA and Activision did not have huge stands, for once, while Nintendo – usually one of the show's biggest exhibitors – had just one game to unveil, but the show was still filled with new hardware, blockbuster sequels and inventive IP. EA held a press conference across two continents, releasing details of Battlefield and Titanfall updates; Activision, too, used E3 to announce the return of the popular platform game Crash Bandicoot; Nintendo's lone project was the enchanting and ambitious open-world game, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. There were original games on display, too. Microsoft announced two new Xbox One machines.