From The Escapist's
article:
"This year for E3, much like last year, we dispensed with categorization and just went straight for the
thirty best things we saw. These are our winners - the things we think are the best of show."
The article's not clear, but they've selected 15 of those 30 for this article (the 30 were listed
here). In the final cut, Elite's on page
15 of 15, for what that's worth.
EDIT: STOP PRESS!!!
Star Citizen was in the
30 cut, but not in the final 15 selected. Now that's worth reporting

.