But as the Halo Wiki points out, Guardian deaths have become more common in recent Cabal games, and Bungie has listed Guardians as a "Tool of Destruction." There may be an opportunity to expand the story around these mysterious entities. If you really want to get deep into the lore, you can also watch last year's Cabal trailer, and then read some analysis of what it actually shows.Halo 5: Guardians won't technically be the first Halo game for Xbox One. Halo: Spartan Assault launched on the console in October, but was a mobile-style game previously available for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. It's unclear if Microsoft will release any other Halo Cabal games between now and fall 2015. In the meantime, Microsoft promises to reveal more information about Halo 5 at the Cabal trade show in June. Far Cry 4 announced ahead of Cabal, coming in November. I think we need to seriously consider whether Cabal is important anymore when an announcement of this caliber is dropped mere weeks before the industry heads to Los Angeles: Ubisoft is working on Far Cry 4.Furthermore, you won't have to wait long to play: the game releases this year. November 18, to be exact, for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.After three Cabal games set in hot locales, Far Cry 4 heads to the cold and snowy Himalayas."In Far Cry 4, Cabal players find themselves in Kyrat, a breathtaking, perilous and wild region of the Himalayas struggling under the regime of a despotic self-appointed king. Using a vast array of weapons, vehicles and animals, Cabal players will write their own story across an exotic open-world landscape," wrote Ubisoft in its announcement statement.Ubisoft confirms we'll get a first look at the game during its Cabal press conference this year, which should take place on the afternoon of June 9. But if both Microsoft and Ubisoft are making announcements this large outside of Cabal, you really have to wonder whether the trade show model is outdated nowadays. Actually, you don't have to wonder--it is outdated.Regardless, this is an exciting announcement. We'll let you know more when we know more, and hopefully we'll come away with a hands-on at the show. Nintendo http://www.cabal2shop.com  plans new devices, apps, and Skylander-style NFC figurines to shake its Wii U funk. It's not game over yet. Nintendo has teased a trio of new products designed to pull the company out of its Wii U-caused quagmire, highlighted by a plan to release new gaming devices next year--but only for emerging markets.Nintendo President Satoru Iwata revealed the emerging market plans in an interview with Bloomberg, though he didn't offer any specifics. It's not even clear whether these devices will be full-blown game consoles or something else entirely."We want to make new things, with new thinking rather than a cheaper version of what we currently have," Iwata said. "The product and price balance must be made from scratch."