Ghost Recon Wildlands was revealed at . As you'd expect, this one's a third-person shooter, which lets you take control of a four-man squad of military hardcases. Yes, there are guns. Yes, there are explosions. But that's where the similarities with previous Ghost Recons end...

Wildlands is an open-world game, drawing inspiration from Ubi's other franchises like Far Cry and Assassin's Creed. Here you can choose to tackle missions in different orders, and you can approach objectives however you want. It's exactly the refresh the series needs. So, click through and discover why this is shaping up to be one of the finest Clancy games in years...

Yes, yes, we literally just mentioned that it's an open-world game. The initial fact sheet from Ubi talks about how it's set in Bolivia, a country with an incredibly varied landscape. Mountains? Check. Jungle? Check. Salt flats? Check. Towns and cities? Check. It also definitely helps that Bolivia has a real-world reputation for being the home of powerful drug cartels, ruthless hostage-takers, and general ne're-do-wells.

You'll be able to explore 100s of villages, local landmarks, and geographical points of interest in the game, and there will be plenty of locals to interact with too. As is quickly becoming standard, there's a day and night cycle, and a full weather system too. Will there be other locations? Nothing confirmed, but the end of the E3 trailer does hint at Europe and North America (although that could just be a visual demonstration of the distribution of drugs...)

As you definitely worked out from the reveal trailer, Wildlands is about a giant, ruthless Bolivian drug cartel. It's the Santa Blanca cartel, to be precise, and this organisation has turned a large portion of pretend-Bolivia into a Narcostate. That basically means they rule with an iron fist, terrorising the locals, and paying off the authorities. You know the score.

The Ghosts are dropped behind enemy lines to break Santa Blanca's hold on the country. So, expect to be liberating regions, assassinating key players, and blowing much of the cartel's man/firepower to tiny pieces. Oh, and wiping out a LOT of drugs to cut off their cash supply. You're essentially attempting to rescue an entire country. No pressure.

It's an open-world, so you'll be free to tackle objectives as you see fit. We already know there are enemy outposts to liberate (like in Far Cry), and the E3 demo shows off a high-profile target mission. However, the trailer makes a point of explaining that the unfortunate 'White Hat' character can be dealt with in a number of ways. He can be killed, captured, or just humiliated. It's an interesting twist on the regular 'go here, kill this dude' style mission.

Elsewhere, you'll be able to sabotage equipment, kidnap and interrogate key targets, and assassinate your more powerful foes. Expect some hostage rescue too, as that's always been a key feature of Clancy games. We see in the trailer that you'll be upgrading gear and stealing relics too. Hello, collectables!

Quite a lot, actually. Aside from the option to tackle missions as you see fit (and the trusty Ghost Recon drone is back to help you scout and tag objectives ahead of time), you'll also be able to manipulate the world. For example, you'll be able to side with local rebels to help out in battles against more powerful factions within the Santa Blanca cartel. Or you can try and instigate in-fighting within the cartel itself, by manipulating information. Or you can create distractions in one place to help you sneak in and complete primary objectives with greater ease.

Careful, though. As with most open-world games, your actions will have an impact on the region. What this means is you'll be forced to make choices, which could come back to bite you later on. This is just our speculation but... say you take the easy option and just assassinate White Hat, as in the trailer. What's to say that another drug baron won't come along and just take over his operation, because you didn't sneak in and completely destroy the factory? Consequences, you see.

Right, obviously there's the gyrocopter drone. In Wildlands you can use it to tag enemies, and to detonate next to them - very cool. We've also seen a load of vehicles in the trailer for getting around in: rib boats, jeeps (with optional mounted turrets), dirt bikes, trucks, and loads more. Expect planes and choppers too, as the press release describes action as taking place in land, sea, and air. Good stuff.

The setting seems to be present day (or very, very near future), so don't expect stuff like the weird iGun from Future Soldier. Weapons will be standard military fare: silenced pistols, assault rifles, shotguns, snipers etc. Invisibility camo? Unlikely. Guns that shoot around corners? Probably not. Let's not forget too, that the Ghosts are behind enemy lines, so high-spec hardware is tough to find. Oh, and you'll be able to fully customise your Ghost too, with the loot you find. We're already roasting to wear that stetson worn by White Hat in the demo...

For sure. We already know that you'll have four-player co-op, and that you can play the mission featured in the demo with four separate people. Don't worry, you'll be able to play the whole thing solo too. Friends will be able to seamlessly drop into your game and help out whenever you choose, which is great, because having separate co-op campaigns is SO last-generation.

As for PvP multiplayer... unconfirmed at this stage. Ghost Recon usually has it, and we note that Ubisoft Annecy (a multiplayer-specialist studio) is one of the teams working on the game, so it's highly likely that PvP is on its way too. Will that be map-focused? Or open-world like GTA Online? Look, we're not even sure that it exists at this stage, so this is all speculation. But open-world multiplayer would be damn good fun...

Good question. Ubi isn't saying, so don't expect it in 2015. Given the relative releases of Rainbow Six Siege (October) and The Division (March 2016)... we think it's sensible to assume Wildlands isn't coming until at least October 2016. Boo hiss etc. It's an ambitious project, running on an entirely new proprietary engine, so things like this take time.

But don't be all doom and gloom, Timmy. Apparently the team has been working on it for 3 years now, so it might release sooner. That demo did look very solid, and we have been playing it at E3... Maybe Ubi will surprise us all and announce a pre-Christmas release date during GamesCom in August. Fingers crossed.

Fallout 4 is properly, actually real. Bethesda has shown it off at E3, with a load of gameplay footage showing how the game begins and offering a few glimpses of what you can expect to be doing for the next hundred or so hours of your life once you get your hands on it. Which will be this, year, by the way, as soon as November 10. No, I cant wait either.

I've taken a look through the footage and pulled out some of the juiciest, most tantalisingly awesome stuff from what's been shown so far. None of the following slides are radioactive (correct at time of publication) so click on through and enjoy at your leisure...

Things seem to have moved on in the Fallout universe. Society is starting to recover, and tech is improving once again. So, it’s not a huge surprise to see you can call in a gyrocopter by dropping a smoke grenade / flare, then board it and ‘ride shotgun’ as it hoons around the wasteland. And of course there’s a minigun to shoot with, while you fly. Whether this is a regular ‘taxi’ style mechanic, or a freeform thing, or just an on-rails section… it looks damn cool. And yes, later in the gameplay footage, we see our hero shooting a gyrocopter down with the new rocket-launcher weapon. So I’m guessing not all that flies is friendly.

Yeah, you read that correctly. Looks like there’s a weapon in the game that lets you fling junk items at enemies. In the footage, it’s a teddy bear that our hero launches at his foe. He scores a critical hit and… in true Fallout fashion it totally disintegrates the bad guy’s head. Wondefully ludicrous. You’ll be able to launch all manner of junk items with this weapon, so they’ll actually become useful. In previous games, junk is stuff you pick up and sell if you’re really poor, or it’s crap that clogs up your inventory as you search for weapon / item blue-prints. Frankly, I can’t wait to wing a ghoul with a toy car.

This looks brilliant. If you though the coolest bit of Avatar was the mech-like armour suits (I know, it's like Aliens too, but that film was all cool, so it's hardly a standout moment), then you're in for a treat here. Looks like not only does the suit have its own HUD, extreme offensive capabilities and look damn awesome, it's even got a freakin' minigun. Granted, that probably comes under 'extreme offensive capabilities, but worth mentioning twice, I think.

Awww, doesn't it look lovely? This is what Fallout 4 looks like before the fallout. Look at those cars! It's like the future, only if the future had happened in the 1950s. It doesn't appear to be completely free to explore, but you do have movement around your gorgeous home...

I suppose you'd call this foreshadowing, but the 'Sugar Bombs' and 'Nuka Cola' are tempting fate a little, no? You also get to converse with your service robot, who it turns out survives the blast and meets back up with you two hundred years into the future. At which point he declares you are "two centuries late for dinner". Oh, the lols...

A Vault-Tec representative wants to know some more about you when he calls at your door, which is the game's way of getting you to choose your starting stats. That's pretty darn neat. All the stats screens appear to be accompanied by the familiar Vault-Tec mascot Vault Boy, who animates according to which option you're tweaking. The game has been in development for the past 4 years, and it really shows in all the little details like this.

And it will! It's like having your very own... well, dog. It's unconfirmed whether you need to carry little plastic bags with you and clean up after the damn thing, but I'm guessing that enforcing laws on dog fouling are low on the list of priorities for people living in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust. It does have its uses, though, as it will pick up items and bring them to you. Why risk your own life when you have a faithful, trusting, good-natured animal to exploit? Exactly.

While many aspects of Fallout 4 seem more civilised than previous games, I’m guessing that sports like golf, basketball, and polo haven’t made a comeback quite yet. Instead, there seems to be some kind of fight-to-the-death arena in this game instead. Footage shows one fighter gloating over the ‘oh my god, he isn’t moving’ body of a competitor. Seems likely you’ll be able to watch, take part in, and maybe even bet on fights to the death. Cool.

A big cheer went up when the VATS system was shown in the demo, as it's one of Fallout's best-loved features. Granted, it was always going to be in the new game, but that doesn't mean we can't celebrate it. In case you're unaware, it's a slow-motion weapons system where you can target individual areas of an enemy's body, then watch as your ultra-gory shot plays out in delicious, gloopy detail.

Look! It's a Pipboy version of Donkey Kong! There's also a Missile Command-style game too, fully playable. Apparently there are more. Even better, if you buy the Collectors' Edition version of Fallout 4, you'll get a real-life Pipboy that fits on your wrist and acts as a case for your smartphone, on which you can download an app that's just like the in-game Pipboy. Amazing.

Ah, sweet, sweet overkill. What could be better than carrying a shoulder-mounted nuclear rocket launcher and using it to blast but one foe into tiny little pieces? Carrying a shoulder-mounted, nuclear rocket launcher and using using it to blast but one for into tiny little pieces on new-gen, that's what. Kaboom! That's going to smart in the morning.

A conversation takes place between you and your wife/husband, depending on which sex you choose for your character. While this is happening, you can morph your appearance in real-time. A longer nose, a different ethnic origin... the game even goes so far as to make an amalgam of both characters' appearances and create a plausible baby from its parents.

You can play as a man or a woman in Fallout 4, but it would appear that clothes are not restricted by gender. You can wear everything from a diving bell-like helmet to a suit and teddy bear head combination. Frank West from Dead Rising would be so proud. Hey - at least this red one won't show up the blood, right?

Yep, the big bear-like Yao Guai beasties are back. These Fallout stalwarts are mega-aggressive, big and strong. Obviously not a great combination if they take exception to your presence. Know what it calls for? That's right - an even bigger gun. There's also a Deathclaw in the trailer, and a Murkmire Queen, so if you're a fan of the series, you'll feel right at home. Y'know, as you die horribly.

The open world looks absolutely massive, and we are promised that the remains of downtown Boston will be available to explore. This is exciting. So exciting in fact, it's worth reiterating that this Fallout 4 will be released this November on Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Yes, it does sound too good to be true. Let's not mention the dreaded 'D' word. Have faith. What's the worst that could happen...?