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Tomb Raider 2 was an inevitability. Rise of the Tomb Raider wasn't. Apparently they listened to fans worried about the confusion of going back through the numbers. The important thing is that the survival adventure reboot is getting a sequel, and that it looks to focus just as much on Lara's character as the original.

Microsoft seem to have listened to fans this year. For that reason and that reason alone, they've managed to start off E3 with a bang. Is it enough to impress our staff, who were rightly skeptical ahead of launch?

It was something that we'd all half expected, but since it came in the latter half of the show, and because it wasn't given much fanfare, you'd have been forgiven for not instantly recognizing Crackdown. There's not much information on what exactly "it" is yet - it seemed a little like a reboot/remake - but we can say this: it had a cracking trailer.

Perhaps the biggest news out of the Microsoft conference - and the piece of software that'll keep gamer's warm for Christmas and beyond - has to be the announcement of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection. This fantastic set puts together all four of the main Halo titles into one large set, bringing together all of the story, all of the multiplayer and a few extra bonuses as well.