Super Fossil Fighters, Fortune Street, Rhythm Heaven, Go Vacation, Kirby Wii, Paper Mario, The Rolling Western, Wii Play Motion, Just Dance 3, Dragon Quest Monsters 2, Animal crossing, FIFA Soccer 12 and Heroes of Ruin logos were among those shown

Okay, I’m off to get my hands on these things. Stay with us!

Wow! At the end they showed some logos! There’s a Mario Party 9 one

e3.nintendo.com

Nintendo Network is at E3 2011, and people who visit the Nintendo E3 site can see all the new announcements, game trailers and fact sheets.

The first time I read about the controller with the screen, I thought of calling plays on Madden. They just showed that off.

Riccitiello just left the stage, and Fils-Aime is back.

He calls it a better platform than EA has ever seen from Nintendo.

He also said imagine Battlefield on a Nintendo system, with an open, online functionality. He also says the content could be extended to social networks.

It looks like EA Sports games will definitely be on the Wii U, as if there were any doubt

It’s the first time John Riccitiello has been onstage at a Nintendo event

EA’s CEO is on stage.

Electronic Arts reps are coming on stage.

They’re really highlighting the blood. This is definitely appealing to the hard core gamers.

Iwata and Fils-Aime are both on stage now.

Now THERE’S blood

Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge will be on Wii U

Now there’s some Tekken Wii U footage

And hey, blood! There’ll be old on a Nintendo system.

Metro Last Light is coming to the Wii U

And here’s Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online

Aliens: Colonial Marines is a Wii U game too

And here’s Dirt for the Wii U

Now there’s a trailer for Darksiders II on the Wii U

The crowd is loving this list of hard core games coming to the new system.

Darksiders II will be on the Wii U at launch. Tekken will also be on the Wii U. Batman Arkham City, Assassin’s Creed and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online are coming too

Now there’s a video of developers talking about Wii U.

Nintendo will publish The Lego City Stories with Warner Bros and TT Games. It’s an open world game. It’s a Wii U and 3DS exclusive

They’re just prototypes to show what the games will look like

It looks like these are all demos people can test at E3.

Chase Mii was shown, which looks like a Mario chasing game with Toads. Four people try to catch you with Wii remotes, and the Wii U holder has to run.

Shield Pose is another concept title he showed.

New Super Mario Bros Mii is a concept title. Your Mii plays with Mario and friends.

Nope, not a gameplay trailer. Just an example of the visuals capable with Wii U

The bird is now flying with a sakura blossom, which fell onto a river. The flower is floating past some koi.

PS3 and X ox 360 owners will have less ammunition after seeing these graphics.

There’s a bird, and it flew through an ancient Japanese village. It landed on a sakura tree, which then burst into flowers.

It looks like we’re seeing another game trailer. This time for a Wii U game

Wow. Wii U will be at E3. There will be 8 interactive demos/experiences for people to test out.

We’ll get some Wii U gameplay in this weekend.

Fils-Aime is back on stage

Huge reaction to Smash Brothers for both systems.

The new Smash Bros will work with both platforms. Perhaps cross-play?

Sakurai is making Smash Bros for both 3DS and Wii U

The full Wii U interview with Miyamoto will be available in text form at e3.nintendo.com

They’re doing a nice job of reassuring gamers amongst all the talk of media sharing and family uses.

There’s a video of Miyamoto is talking about Wii U now

“Strong bond between games, tv and the internet.”

There are also the standard A, B, X, and Y action buttons as well. Wii U will have HD images. You don’t need a TV to play. Or, you could play with both screens at a time.

Even though it shares characteristics with a portable system, it’s designed to be a home console.

Oh, and the Wii U controller has a gyroscope too

It will have rumble features and a touch screen. There’s also a standard D pad. there’s a microphone, two speakers, accelerometer and a camera

Two circle pad analog sticks. ZL and ZR back buttons. L and R buttons

No word on if Wii U will be compatible with GameCube games yet

All Wii games and Wii controllers/accessories will work with Wii U

Huge reaction to the new controller and system, and that Zelda game looked stunning.

Satoru Iwata is back on stage. The controller has a 6.2″ screen

And there’s a hint at a Zelda Wii U game

You can put images and videos from the Wii U controller onto the TV.

You can also use the Wii U controller to make video calls.

It looks like you can use the Nunchuk with the Wii U controller.

There will also be motion controls, which use the touch screen on the controller and the movement.

They also show someone drawing on the Wii U. And using it to play an Othello touch game

You can continue playing your Wii U games on the controller, if someone else wants to use the TV

There are also dual analog sticks. Now we’re seeing Wii U in action

The Wii U controller was shown. It kinda looks like that uDraw Tablet, in a way. There’s a large screen in the center.

… That kind of sounds like a siren. Wii U. :Wee-U.

Not a great reaction to the new system’s name.

Wii U is the new console

Now he’s talking about Project Cafe

Each Pokedex 3D pokemon has its own pokemon AR marker, so you can make them appear in pictures or look like they’re in the real world.

Now he’s hyping up the free Pokedex 3D app 3DS owners can immediately download from the eShop

He’s reminding people you can get the 3D Classics version of Excitebike before July 7

10 separate 3D game trailers will be available via the eShop soon and game demos will be available later this year.

Now he’s talking about the internet browser and eShop 3DS update

Nothing new there, really.

Snippets of Resident Evil: the Mercenaries 3D, Mario & Sonic at the London Winter Games, Ace Combat 3D, Tetris, Cave Story 3D, Resident Evil: Revelations, Driver Renegade, Pac Man & Galaga Dimensions, Tekken 3D and Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D were just shown

Just grabbed some video for everyone. Check back with us later to check it out.

Time for 3rd party 3DS games.

It’s an entirely new game with several mansions for Luigi to clean out of ghosts. No word on a release date for that one.

That was one big mansion. Lots of diverse rooms.

Luigi’s Mansion 2 will be a 3DS game

Kid Icarus: Uprising will be out before 2011 ends.

At E3 2011 people can test the 3 on 3 multiplayer action

At the end, they showed AR cards that were placed down, where a virtual Pit and Medusa appeared to fight each other.

Wow! There’ll be multiplayer where you can fight against other 3DS owners.

Pit is facing Medusa’s Underworld troops.

Now there’s a Kid Icarus: Uprising trailer

Ok, I want it. Super Mario 3D will be out before 2011 ends.

There’s Tanooki Mario!

It looks a little like Mario 64

Super Mario 3D is the first 3D Mario adventure created from scratch.

Star Fox 64 3D will be out in September 2011

You actually can see the faces and hear the voices of the people you’re playing against, due to the 3DS mics and cameras.

Star Fox 3DS can be controlled with face button or motion controls.

Mario Kart 3DS will be out Holiday 2011

Mario Kart really looks like a natural for the 3DS now.

Some of these new karts look like ATVs or mini-monster trucks.

I’m hoping for a new Fire Emblem too. And a Golden Sun DS sequel announcement.

Oh wow – hang-gliders popping out of the back of the karts. That’s new.

Is it wrong of me, as Reggie highlights the games we just saw, to still hope for more Fire Emblem?

It looks really similar to Mario Kart Wii

Here’s the Mario Kart 3DS trailer.

“We hear you. You want what you’ve always wanted. But you also want something new.”

Reggie Fils-Aime is taking the stage

And there’s Luigi’s Mansion!

Hey look, Luigi’s Mansion is coming to the 3DS too!

And there’s Kid Icarus: Uprising!

Time for some videos. So far we’ve seen hints of 3DS Mario Kart, Star Fox and Super Mario games.

Oh! 3DS game announcements instead. What a tease!

The new console will be out next year in 2012

He’s such a tease…we’ll have to wait until later. Laughs from the audience.

Nintendo’s goal is “To serve every player.”

“Deeper game experiences” “Wider appeal to all gamers.”

“As an industry, what we haven’t achieved yet is a game platform that is equally satisfying for all players”

I bet this is the Project Cafe announcement

Satoru Iwata is taking the stage

People go crazy for Final Fantasy music. Remember those Distant World FF concerts.

Over 200 people at Nintendo have worked on the series.

I can’t think of many other games that would get players this excited about music.

There will also be a CD of the anniversary concert music.

The concerts will start in Fall 2011. There will be two CDs as well. The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D soundtrack will be a free giveaway item for all Club Nintendo members who register the 3DS game.

Symphony Concerts in each region around the world.

The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony Concerts will be held worldwide this year.

Ocarina of Time 3D and Skyward Sword will be playable at E3

I’m guessing that DSi The Legend of Zelda Four Swords will be available for 3DS owners too, since it’ll be a free download.

Special Wii Remote for Skyward Sword.

A gold Wii remote will be available when Skyward Sword comes out.

Finally, Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will be out Holiday 2011

September for DSi Four Swords as a free download!

In September DSi, The Legend of Zelda Four Swords will be a free download.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is headed to 3DS, as we all know. It will have hint movies in it and the mirror Legend of Zelda Master Quest Mode and Boss Challenge mode.

Link’s Awakening available today on virtual console.

There’ll be a Zelda for each system for the 25th anniversary

We’re getting the orchestra playing snippets of music from the games now. Very cool.

It looks like the orchestra will play some more Zelda themes now.

We open with a fantastic video of the history of Zelda, with full orchestra.

Last year was the 25th anniversary of Super Mario, this year is the 25th anniversary of Zelda.

It looks like Nintendo is going to kick things off with Skyward Sword.

Shigeru Miyamoto is taking the stage!

The footage showing up now doesn’t look familiar. Could it be from Skyward Sword? I think so!

It’s really quite majestic, and an amazing way to start a press conference! Sony and Microsoft should take notes.

There’s an orchestra playing Zelda themes while footage from various Zelda games appears on all the Nokia Theater’s screens

It’s the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda this year.

You know if the Skyward Sword theme is played backwards, it’s Zelda’s Lullaby?

10 minutes now. Rumors of a live orchestra performing the Skyward Sword theme. If so, we’ll get video. Err…audio.

20 minutes to go…the place is filling up. The guys behind me have cashews. I should’ve brought cashews.

But we’ve got you covered other ways, gentle reader, because we care.

Catcalls when the announcer suggested we “enjoy” the free wifi.

Repeating trivia show on the screens…bunch of questions about Mario, Star Fox, Zelda, Kid Icarus, etc. Not sure if they’re focusing on games that will get announcements today, but if so, they DID ask one about Luigi’s Mansion. That’s not a prediction, just an observation.

I’m surprised by the number of people still playing with their 3DSes. Don’t you people have live blogs to writing for?!

4th row, center stage. No boom to be found yet, but maybe the’ll let me run it.

The Wi-Fi usually gets pretty clogged once people start blogging. Even better, Nintendo’s boom camera is often right in front of the press area. Love that in the middle of photos.

And…we’re in. Testing Wi-fi now, hoping I don’t have to rely on the 3G.

Past checkpoint one. Right outside the doors now.

They’re a bit late letting us in, it seems, but that’s been the norm.

Hello, all. Kirk Hiner here, in line for the Nintendo press conference at the Nokia Theater. The line is long, but the weather is good, and many people are exchanging Miis on their 3DSes. Mine, of course is back at the hotel.

And now for some musical performances.

Woah, spoke too soon. Tretton is back again.

And that’s it for the conference!

Great price. It’s very approachable.

WiFi model will be 9. 249 Euros. 24,980 yen. 3G model will be 9. 299 Euros. 29,980 yen.

Vita will be out in holiday 2011

Hirai is back on stage.

While we wait for the video to end, I would really want to see another Onimusha game.

We’re seeing a video of some forthcoming Vita game clips

I’m personally a little disappointed. The Nintendo 3DS announcement and initial game list was more exciting to me personally last year.

Rohde says 80 Vita games are in development

PS3 version of Street Fighter x Tekken is at both Sony and Capcom’s booths at E3 2011

There will be touch panel controls to make it easier for beginners to play.

He’s using a lot of lightning attacks at the moment

The graphics style is similar to Street Fighter IV

Now Ono’s pulling out a Vita and will be playing a demo to show what Cole can do in Street Fighter x Tekken

Cole from inFamous will be the Vita version of Street Fighter x Tekken

Yoshinori Ono from Capcom Japan is on stage.

Capcom’s bringing Street Fighter x Tekken to the Vita.

LBP Vita will be playable at E3

All LBP2 creation tools will be there. Costumes can be shared with the PS3 version. You can take pictures of real world items to use as props in the creation mode.

Pass ‘n’ Play and Multitouch multiplayer modes will allow same system multiplayer. There’ll also be online multiplayer.

There’ll also be tilt and rear touch controls

We’re going to see a Vita LBP trailer now. There’ll be touch screen controls.

Looks like LittleBigPlanet is on the Vita.

Rohde says many Vita games will be compatible with the PS3. For example, Wipeout 2048 crossplay. 8 players on Vita and PS3 play together at once.

Vita ModNation Racer owners can get the custom content from the PS3 version on the day the Vita version is released. At E3 people can try the PS3 custom tracks on the Vita.

Now it’s time to race around the newly created track. The Vita version of ModNation racers looks a lot like the PS3 version.

The whole track is being created with taps and swipes on the OLED screen

A new ModNation Vita track is being created with the touch screen.

Eric Waas is now talking about ModNation Racers for the Vita. It was designed just for the Vita.

He says there’ll be cloud based saves for Vita.

Rohde is back again.

There’ll be a PS3 version. You can save your Vita data on the cloud and pick up where you left off on your PS3.

Can raid other players (rivals) lairs. Also, events happen in the game in real time.

Actions are posted on SNS like Twitter, Facebook and the Ruin site.

In Ruin, other players are your rivals. “You can help, hinder or harm them.”

It’s an overhead, 3D dungeon crawler. Jeff is an inferno warrior and attacking lots of enemies.

Travis Williams is now on stage to talk about Ruin.

Ruin will be a social action RPG that will be on the Vita and compatible with the PS3

Back to Rohde.

Two Uncharted: Golden Abyss demos will be on the E3 show floor.

Reese is now taking Drake into combat

I can see that screen getting really smudged, really fast.

Can move using typical controls, as well as touch screen or sixaxis controls

The whole touch screen is being used for combat

John Garvin and Chris Reese are on stage to show part of an Uncharted: Golden Abyss level

Uncharted: Golden Abyss will be on the Vita

Sounds like E3 attendees will get to play the Vita at the show

Scott Rohde is on stage now.

Near connection tool will let you play with people around you. You can share trophies, see what they’re playing and more.

Party room will allow people to voice chat no matter where they are or what game they’re playing.

The crowd did not seem too pleased with the AT&T exclusivity.

Customers with AT&T service plan will have access at AT&T hotspots worldwide.

AT&T will be exclusive PlayStation Vita carrier

WiFi and 3G WiFi models

2 analog sticks, multitouch 5″ oled screen, front and rear touchpads, sixaxis motion tech and front and rear cameras for augmented reality

“Vita means life”

PSP successor is the PlayStation Vita.

He’s milking the announcement.

…We don’t really care that much about PlayStation Suite for android and smartphones. We want to hear about the NGP

“How do we deliver a PlayStation level experience to a wider audience. The answer is PlayStation Suite.”

“Devices connected to content and each other.”

Please let the NGP be under 0.

Kazuo Hirai is now on stage to talk about the NGP. Finally.

Nothing for Mass Effect 3? I’m disappointed.

PS3 version of Battlefield 3 will have Battlefield 1943 on the disc as well.

Need for Speed: The Run will come with an special Blu-ray with extra super cars

EA’s up now. 3 PS3 exclusive offers are coming soon. SSX on PS3 will have a Mount Fuji exclusive level

Playable digital only PSN prequel will also be released. Both the prequel and main game will be in 3D. We’re seeing Star Trek footage now.

Star Trek PS3 game will have Move controllers. There will also be a Move phaser peripheral released.

THQ Saint’s Row The Third will have a PS3-exclusive game mode. It’ll be out Nov. 15

Buy Bioshock Infinite will get the original Bioshock on the same Blu-Ray

Irrational is making another game set in the Bioshock universe for the NGP

Bioshock Infinite will have Move control options.

Sony also told Levine that they didn’t have to alienate core gamers if Move was brought in.

Sony says they wanted to “Remove the barrier of entry” for people who couldn’t normally get into Bioshock.

Sony wanted to make Levine a believer in Move controls

Levine is saying how he talked bad about the Move, and then Sony called him to talk about it.

Ken Levine from Irrational Games is now on stage

Wow. Songbird looks really cool!

Now we’re seeing Irrational Game’s Bioshock Infinite trailer

BioShock Infinite next.

Closed beta at the end of 2011. Full release in 2012

Dust 514 is also associated with Eve Online.

Except it looks like players are mercenaries, not soldiers.

Reminds me of Halo.

Here’s the Dust trailer.

There’ll even be a Home space.

Dust 514 is a FPS cross platform game. It’ll be on the PS3, PC and NGP

Hilmar Petursson is on stage

Well, Bentley’s return has been confirmed.

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time in 2012

Up to his old thieving tricks again.

Sly Cooper!

Oh! Supposedly an old franchise from 2002 is coming back

“Welcome to the new frontier” is the tag line.

It looks like an old West-ish game on a desert, alien planet with mutant powers, cool cars, transformers and, of course, guns

Starhawk is coming 2012. Here’s a trailer!

September 2011 – LittleBigPlanet 2 will get a Move update to allow people to make levels with Move and make levels that use the Move controller.

Fall 2011 players will be able to use PlayStation Move to make inFamous 2 quests.

Ice monsters, tornadoes, explosions and lightning. What else could you want?

Wait, it may just be a beast. There was what looked like an ice golem too.

Wow – is that The Beast? Freaky!

There’s a good inFamous 2 demo in the PlayStation Store right now.

Now for an inFamous 2 trailer.

Medieval Moves: Deadman’s Quest will be out in Fall 2011

Players also use motion controls to solve puzzles in Medieval Moves

This particular demo will be at Sony’s E3 2011 booth.

Shooting certain areas can unlock secret areas and branching paths.

1:1 motion controll in Medieval Moves

It seems like it might be an on-rails game, based on what we’re seeing so far.

It’s a first person fighting game. No inventory system or weapon selection screen. Your motions determine which weapon you’re using.

Medieval Moves: Deadman’s Quest is being shown by Umrao Mayer and Jeremy Ray

October 4, 2011 NBA 2K12 will be released.

People are laughing at how bad Kobe is doing. He finally scored a basket

Kobe isn’t doing very well. Maybe NBA on the Move isn’t as easy to use as 2K Games claims? Joking…

Boenisch was playing as the Heat. Bryant is now playing as the Lakers.

LA Laker’s Kobe Bryant is coming on stage to play NBA 2K12

The goal is to deliver “The best NBA experience ever.”

NBA 2K12 demo has started. Boenisch is playing it using the Move controller. You use the controller to highlight who to use. Move controls are called NBA on the Move.

5 million units of NBA 2K11 have been sold.

2K Sports Cris Snyder and Erick Boenisch are now on stage. They’re talking about NBA 2K12

Yeah… that’s still too expensive for me. I still don’t even have a standard HDTV yet

PlayStation 3D glasses will be .99

3D monitor and PlayStation 3D glasses, HDMI cable and Resistance 3 bundled together this year. Will be 9

No word on price yet. Will have a new kind of split screen technology, where one player sees one thing and the other sees another on the same screen.

2 new 3D hardware products in Playstation Portfolio. PlayStation 3D display. 24″ display and affordable.

Ico and Shadow of Colossus Collection and God of War Origins Collection will be out in September 2011

God of War: Origins Collection will be in 3D. Remastered in HD and a port of the PSP God of War games.

Resistance 3 Sharpshooter Bundle. September 6. Move, Navigation Controller, Resistance 3, Eye camera and the sharpshooter peripheral 0

Resistance 3 will support Move and 3D

And as the demo ended, it looked like the bug monster did get the guy.

A giant bug creature almost crushed the guy Smith is following.

The demo has jumped ahead. Now Smith has to grab a power core and run from Chimera creatures and soldiers.

They’re cycling through a bunch of weapons.

Smith has his character taking shelter in a destroyed building while attacking people outside.

Lots of shooting going on, against armed humans and flying robots.

It’s a 3D demo, so everyone’s donning the glasses again.

Capelli is again fighting against the Chimera in New York City.

The developer is rocking the pink PS3 controller.

Insomniac Games is coming to the stage! Marcus Smith will be talking about Resistance 3

Trenton is back again.

It’s out 11/1/11 this year.

Scarab beetles in Uncharted 3? It sure looks like it.

Lots of scenes with Sully are being shown!

Now we’re seeing Uncharted 3 in 3D.

The WHOLE multiplayer. Not just the beta.

October 2011 – early access to Uncharted 3 multiplayer at Subway.

June 28, 2011 the Uncharted 3 multiplayer beta starts

And it’s over. Did he make it off the ship? Maaaaybe!

Wow… Flashback to Tomb Raider Underworld with the escape from the ship!

Quick-time button presses are back. Press triangle to live!

And now he’s underwater, then swimming towards an exit.

The camera is slightly tilted as the ship fills with water.

There was a smooth transition with no loading between what appeared to be a brief video segment and gameplay. An exploding car just made a hole in the ship.

Somebody just caught Nate. Time for a fight. Nate’s shooting at enemies and used the bad guy’s own grenade against them.

No Sully on screen though. They aren’t pushing co-op in this demo so far.

I like the movement too. It’s very realistic and seems like he’s actually on a moving ship in a storm.

Nate has entered what appears to be the engine room area.

It’s got some good dynamic lighting. It adds to the tension when sneaking around. Lots of shadows.

An armed man came down the hall towards Nate, and Nate reached out to incapacitate him.

And another sneak attack. He’s heading into a dark cabin room.

Higher emphasis on stealth it seems.

Higher emphasis on stealth it seems.

Higher emphasis on stealth it seems.

Another stealth choking attack. Nice Nate!

He’s having trouble keeping his balance, and is heading into the dining room area. He just snuck up behind a bad guy and took him down.

Looks like the classic AK-47 is strapped to his back.

We’re looking at Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception now. Drake’s running along a cruise ship dock in a rainstorm.

Time for a demo.

Evan Wells and Christophe Balestra from Naughty Dog are on stage.

Now Trenton’s talking up Uncharted.

CinemaNow access coming to PS3

PS3 is leading console for Netflix supposedly, with 30% of Netflix total streaming usage happening on PS3 systems.

30% of Netflix usage comes from the PS3.

Sony is still pushing the free aspect of the PlayStation Network.

I can believe it. The store won’t stay connected.

They’re committed to making the network entertaining and secure for customers.

He says customers make Sony humble and amazed. Network activity is at 90% over original levels before outage.

“You [customers] are the life blood of the company” says Tretton.

PS3 sales this year are exceeding last year. PS3 sales up 27% this last week.

That one got some nervous claps from the crowd.

Tretton says “You’re welcome” to the games press.

Oh! He’s bringing up the outage!

6,000 people are inside the arena right now.

SCEA President Jack Tretton takes the stage.

Sony needs to be completely humble. No boasting. Just wow us.

It looks like 3D World Created by Sony may be a catch phrase for today’s conference.

They’re just showing a bunch of first and third party games. Lots of 3D glasses being worn in the crowd.

I’m betting Move support for Mass Effect 3. It is getting Kinect support, after all.

Maybe we’ll see some more Move love. It’s been quiet lately.

It’s a video for the NGP, PS3 and Move.

There’s the PS3, the NGP (Vita) and a Move controller shown.

Time for a video montage!

Nope, the music is back up. Late much Sony?

The music is dying down. Is it time for the show yet?

The arena looks packed. I guess scheduling the conference at night this year was a good idea.

They’ve cut away from the outside commentary. We’re now back inside the LA Memorial Sports Arena.

(It’s out tomorrow people, if you want it!)

Brian Fleming from Sucker Punch is talking about inFamous 2.

They’re now having commentary from outside. No stage action yet.

And here we go.

Yeah. I’m guess all positive stuff from them.

And, as Brian said, how many times Sony apologizes for the outage. My guess is – None. They’ll try to pretend it never happened.

Now we’ll see what becomes of this whole PS Vita thing.

Hey everyone. The Sony E3 2011 press conference should be starting in minutes.

That’ll do it. We’ll have more coverage from the booth. Thanks for joining us.

Okay, a lot of explosions, running, jumping and fighting. Exactly what you want. Looks great, and it’s coming in November.

We’ll have video of the trailer later. Demo, too, which I guess I should start filming.

Assassin’s Creed is finally up.

Comes in November 2011.

YourShape: Fitness Evolved in 2012. Allows you to work out with a community of gamers who share your same fitness goals. No gameplay in this video, either…just people working out with colored bubbles fallign out of their body.

Not much talk of actual gameplay, though…just a bunch of guys talking about it. It’s here, though, so we’ll try to get some more coverage later in the show. Available in North America in October.

Amplifiers and effects are built into the game, so you only need the guitar.

it allows you enjoy learning the skill of playing guitar. It gets more difficult as you learn.

it allows you enjoy learning the skill of playing guitar. It gets more difficult as you learn.

Rocksmith is up now, being offered to everyone. Allows you to actually learn and play guitar with a real guitar.

Lands October 11th.

Looks pretty much the same as the previous versions, but I guess you don’t need to update much when you’re selling insane amounts of games. It says it has “room for more,” but didn’t really explain that.

So, we move on to Just Dance 3 for all motion platforms…Kinect, Wii and PS3.

Now we’re seeing what Just Dance would look like on the Commodore 64. These videos arent’ going over that well.

One portion is kind of live action whack-a-mole, but there’s another game that requires up to four people to fill a shape on the screen by occupying the space. Comes out in November.

Raving Rabbids Alive & Kicking is being shown off for Kinect now.

ManiaPlanet will also brancuh out into first-person shooters and RPGs.

Debuts in September.

It’s a racing game, online. Choose your car, design it. Play for a five minute break, or for hours at a time.

Adrienne and Anne are now onstage to talk about TrackMania 2 for PC.

Now e’re onto Gaming is Sharing. and more comedy from this Mr. Caffeine fellow.

Apple for a beta now at…ghostrecononline.com, I think. They took the URL down before I could memorize it.

Ghost Recon Online comes to the PC for online multiplayer, and it’s free.

At the booth, multiplayer will on display in exclusive “conflict” mode.

This demo’s goign on a little long, but the crowd here seems to be into it.

Overhead map for strategy, with objectives then shown on screen in the action mode. Drones can be assigned to gather intelligence on the objectives while you’re playing throughout he level.

The soldiers spend as much time issuing commands to innocent civilians as they do attacking enemies.

Most of the action is via the HUD, which is basically teh entire screen. Team play also seems to be the focus, mixing between moments of calm strategy and intense action, of course.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier allows you to know what it’s like to be “the most badass” special forces soldier on the planet.

Now we’re on to Ghost Recon.

Coming Soon is all we get, though.

the graphics very much have the look of the movie (at least what I’ve seen of it). Plenty of action, and platforming, with a pretty good mix.

We’re now onto TinTin, though, with Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson talking about working with UbiSoft on the game.

Extremely violent action, which tends to be the trend here.

This is a “new take on WWII.” The Furious Four. On to video.

dan hay and jamie keen onstage to talk about…no, show us a video of Farcry 3.
Rather stunning, and very cinematic clip of what I assume is the opening action. Video later, but I lost my connection and have to move on to Brothers in Arms.

dan hay and jamie keen onstage to talk about…no, show us a video of Farcry 3.

Ideal playground for car chase action.

We’re seeing Driver as if it were released in 1986, which is wholly inaccurate, but that’s not what they’re going f. Here comes Driver San Francisco, so I have to film.

Gaming is Adventure. Gaming is Sharing. Gaming is Life. That’ll be our focus.

aaron priceman onstage to talk about Ubisoft’s history, I guess. He’s kind of obnoxious, and is showing us pictures of Charlies Sheen and Tom Crusie, along with the NES and Sega Master System.

i’ve got some video we’ll have online soon, and will grab more of the other games too, of course.

video demo of Rayman Origins right now. Looks great, and it’s getting a lot of laughs from the crowd. Fast side-scrolling action with a lot of color.

michel ancel on stage to talk about Rayman Origins.

thanks us for support of the years. “no better industry than gaming.” looks forward to creating the next 25 years of gaming.

ceo’s on stage; yves.

video with a bunch of game clips right now. all the ones you’d expect.

here we go.

Five minutes to showtime. We’ve just been asked to silence our phones and such.

I’m told that last year it was up to 100 degrees in the theater for this press event. The AC is definitely on today. Why am I telling you this? Because there’s nothing else to talk about at the moment.

The Los Angeles Theater, by the way, is a gorgeous venue…if not kind of creepy. I’ll get some video and photos to show that off later. It does need some new paint, though.

UbiSoft spares no expenses, hiring booth babes to even sell water in the lobby. Bottle Babes, perhaps?

Hello, everyone. I’m inside the Los Angeles theater, where the Wi-Fi is pretty bad. Live blogging from the iPhone, so forgive any typos or weird auto corrects.

Excuse the delay – my battery died and now I’m plugged – what you missed: Gran Turismo will be H and 3D, coming November 2010.

Also, Infamous 2 – which looked amazing and got a lot of “oohs” and “ahs” for cool freezing powers – coming 2011.

The final surprise (you only missed about 10 minutes) was Twisted Metal.

They had a teaser with live actors that was a little silly but then the clown pikcup us a cigar and lit his head. Looks like multiplayer teams or squads with NPC allies (yes, a clan of clowns). Multitiered levels with giant robots that you need to complete a lot of criteria to complete (capture opponent leader, bring them to a zone, hold them in that zone, activate a missile launcher, launch the missile, guide the missile and avoid opponents to hit the robot. Three times.

They ended the conference with the clown car/van driving across the stage. Poor dude sat ther ein makeup until the end and the lights went down 9then he slowly snuck offstage).

The big themes were content, Move, content, family games, Move and content.

Thanks for joining us for the live blog. Look for photos of the event soon.

Mafia 2 – exclusive day 1 content via PS3. Free to those who bought the Ps3 version.

Assassin’s Creedd Brotherhood – exclusive PS3 content as well. Multiplayer (beta exclusive to PSN only). Muliplayer look (“exclusive?”).

A lot of big monsters, explosions and particle effects. FF XIV Online – no “coming” date.

Coming 2011.

“Give gamers a complete connected social gaming experience, PS3 will excel in this area.”

Portal 2 to PS3. Steam Cloud, auto updates to make PS3 version “the best version on any console.” Cutscene footage.

Now enter – Portal 2. Demo. (Camera battery is dead). Gabe Noel on stage.

Nice cutscenes – curious to see how it real plays.

DS2 + Dead Space: Extraction with PS3 bundle.

Building Crysis 2 in 3D as well as wella s Tiger, Need for Speed and others.

Apparently the same segment shown at the EX press conference.

Limited edition for PS3, remastered version of MOH: Frontline. PS3 only.

Dead Space 2 for PS3. Looks like the games are coming out now. Live demo begins.

MOH coming October 12, 2010.

New multiplayer map for MOH. Afghanistan.

Videos of Tier 1 operators – devs – coming ooming June 28, 2010.

2 new titles with exclusive PS3 content – Metal of Honor. Exec Producer Greg Goodrich. Talking about Medal of Honor. Introducing Deuce, A1 Operator.

(BTW: The light up keyboard on this Alienware laptop is very helpful for live blogging. Unfortunately my battery may give out soon).

“Want gamers to get the PS3 version of every major game franchise out three.”

EA is working with Sony. Enter John Chappel from EA.

Playstation Plus subscriptipon-based service. Lots of promised exclusives, auto downloads, exclusive demos, and game content. “Hundrfeds of dollars of game value>”

.99 for one year, 3-mo. .99. 3 months for free. Avaialable end of June 2010.

Subscribers get 2 minis plus other content. Includes Qore (for duration of subscription).

“Access and convenience for just over per month.” More content promotion.

All those giggles turned into “Wows” by the end of the demo video.

Adding new features including Sackboy NPCs, web integration, all to “make fun games.”

“A true platform for games.”

Competitive scoring modes demo. Four guys on the stage to play.

button masher minigame.

Sony acquired the company that made Little Big Planet to keep it a PS3-only game.

ModNation Racers mention.

Little big Planet 2 demo by Alex Evans.

E3 booth replicated on PS Home (including booth babes, I’m sure).

Back to promoting content. “Designed the content ecosystem to benefit all…”

Tester Season 2 work starts today.

“PSP is a crucial part of our strategy..”

Works with PS Network for no additional fee. Now touting the goodness of the PS Network. “Most connected console on the3 market.”

Mickey game and EyePet both coming to PSP. Kingdom Hearts. Cannot keep up.

PSP release montage – a lot of quick clips. A few minutes with the PSp and PSP camera.

PSP: Tron, kingdom Hearts, Toy Story 3, Ace Combat Joint Assault, UFC Unleashed, God of War.

70 new titles by December 2010.

They really like the floor display.

Invizimals – uses PSP cameraGod of Wars: Ghost of Sparta – with teaser video.

MarcusPSP.com = “Step your game up.” So Marcus is doing the Butler job for PSP in full commercials. Not nearly as funny.

Butler and Marcus video – cute. faux interview.

Think I mistypes the release dates – Sept 17th and 19th and Oct 21.

New campaign to promote the PSP. With Marcus.

Shooting game looks like it has a second wireless accessory (Nunchuck like).

Really playing up the family games for Move.

Montage of promo videos for Move. Saw much of this already.

So the big announcement seems to be the release date and price points for Move.

Move will bridge thegab between core and casual.”

Playstation Movie – Europe Stpt,. 19, US 19th, Japan Oct 21, 2010.

.99 for Move

Controller .99

Bundle with controller, Eye and Sports Champions for .

PS3 bundle with Move – 9.

Games for %.99 with 20 titles for Holiday 2010.

SOCOM 4, Time Crisis, Singstar Dance, Echochrome 2…

Support: Toy Story 3, Hewvy Rain – all with download update.

Pete and Kevin bantering. And a Coke mention.

Butler is stealing the show – not even promoting anything specific.

“Am I crazy or did I just see 100 French acrobats dancing in an arena the other night.” – Butler.

“Time to focus on what really matters – the games. I love gaming.”

GFaming is having a ridiculously huge TV in a tiny one rpoom apartment, staying up uintiul 3 AM to earn a trophy that isn’t real – but it is.

The way to a man’s heart is through a melee attack.

I love gaming.”

“Coming Soon.” My bet for one of themost fun games ever.

Announcing Coca-Cola partnership. Highling PS Move and PS3 promotions. Win games, Move, PS3s and Tron Evolution. Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite.

Merchandising plugs _ Here cpomes Butler! Much applause.

Introducing final title – Heroes on the Move, has iconic PS characters: Jak, Sly, Ratchet, Bently, Clank, Daxter.

Tiger in HD, 3D with downloadable update. Demo on Move demo disc.

Now putting – using buttons for putt preview. Made it.

Live demo of Tiger Woods game, swinging it like a golf club.

Said he’s horrible at dog leg left and turned on mulligins.

Can open and close the club head.

Tiger’s Wrist twisted and he missed – second shot was much better but went into sand trap. Reset. Third in the sand as well.

“It’s all about feel.”

PS Move will “re3volutionize sports” – EA Sports Wilson comes out

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11

Coming Spring 2011.

shook potion, drink my moving to mouth and changed into a rat. Small applause.

Use buttons to open menu and wand to select. Steering a whirlwind with the controller.

More applause – ppl. are impressed with the level of control of elements with the single wand. A lot of twisting and swirling.

Move connection issues (another theme for the day). Connected now using on-screen menu witht he buttons.

Moving a magic wand with wrist flicks. Movements affect power and trajectory.

I don’t see how to aim.

Going to show how to combine spells.

New games anounced today – enter Kristin Busic.

Sorcery logo on screen. Play as a sorceror.

Using Move. “The grail of development – total sense of immersion.”

Putting multiple games on one Blu-ray disc.

Showing a lot of Butler vid in there, too.

“Sony: Make Believe” logo.

Developer testament videos – “Head and shoulders over anything else for console in terms of versatility”

Playstation Move – enter Peter Dille (marketing and PS Network)

Photo of girls playing (going for young and female gamers).

Move will offer a “New level of precision.”

Here’s how it works – Eye camera and Move controller “fidelity and precision” – 3 sensors. Light is tracked in real time.

Touting it for everyone.

15 anniv. of Playstion and 10th of PS2 – some numbers but not many.

Touting it as a streaming device and multimedia hub.

Tumble 3d – Jenga. Mortal Kombat 3D is literally killer. 3d Fatalities!

EyePet is cute but looks complicated.

3D is very nice – showing clips of games just mentioned.

lasses on again – 3 More of the inrtro video as well, content montage.

Move enabled demoing at E3 (expect a Hands On) – host is back.

Really hareping on the “games made for 3D” idea. PS3 only platform with native 3D gaming -

MotorStorm Apoc., Sly collection, Gran Turismo 5 all in 3D.

More franchises in 3D: Crysis 2, Mortal Koimbat, Shaun White Skateboarding, Ghost Recon, Tron Evolution, NB A 2K11

Playstation move: The Fight, EyePet, MLB the Show

Flying footage looks great (that’s a real thumb) took some video but not sure you’llbe able to see the 3D at home even with glasses.

Available February 2011, PS3 only.

Blood splattering the corners of the screen – they dropped down a movie screen to project the game. I’m wearing glasses with the 3D glasses ove rit and it still looks good. Of course it is an HD movie.

Looks amazing – a lot of “holy shits” from the crowd. 3D booster boots – very nice video action.

3D glasses on

demonstrate 3D title, Killzopne 3 – Irving Host – live demo coming. complete 3D integration in mind from the beginning of the project. 2 sections from level 4.

Pres. Group CEO SOE – Kazuo Hirai – taking the stage. Talking about 3D. (previously mentioned HD 3D)

Innovation and content is the message. ‘Camera to the living room.” “End to end system of 3d experience.” So stressing the cpontentand delivery of content. And mentipon of Sony 3D TV – 35 million PS3s will be 3D – sys software update makes it 3D.

Syiper stardusg, Haig, Wipeout HD – all 3D

Native 3D titles coming march 2011

lots of cheering. Mentioned Butler not co-hosting – stealing his ink and has a 10-ft mural outside E3

Want to be an “interactive network company” – only company with something for everyone (?)

Jack Trettopn – Pres & CEO takes the stage. “Wowo, check out the stage I feel like I’m at a U2 concert”

Jack Trettopn – Pres & CEO takes the stage. “Wowo, check out the stage I feel like I’m at a U2 concert”

A lot of families grabbing controllers and.

“Who wants to pretend the hand is a gun. What is this 3rd Grade?”

Music dying down. Time to start. begin video intro – montage of games. Saw Spidey, racing, kids, bowling, more.

If they are smart they’ll give everyone a PSPgo – doubt it though.

1 minute warning. Big screenwith PSPs, PSPgos and PS3s – and controllers and 3D glasses – floating downward.

5 minute warning – British voice asking us to take out seats

10 minute warning

Connection is iffy here so I may cut out once in a while.

They handed us 3D glasses as we walked in tagged “Real D – 3D”- be back soon (saving battery life)

Free booze and food at the Sony event – welcome treats after the long morning with Nintendo.

In the theater waiting for the event to begin.

Be certain to check this page throughout the press event.

Best Nintendo presser in years.

It’s over – time to play!

Booth Babe parade. we get to look aty it (not sure if we get to touch it). Live gameplay at the Nintendo booth. Gameplay stations in the Nolkia theater.

Bowser flames Reggie. Reggie in torn jacket. “well that sure felt real to me.” Admits video is not “perfect answer.”

Gimme one now! Everyone here gets to try it with “tour guides”

3DSes are locked on to Guides.

Mario game on 3DS – shake hands with dogs in Nintendogs maybe?

Starfox quickie moment in the montage.

“Something you thought you new perfectly well will be perfectly transformed.”

E3 ppl. watching online get more unique stuff not at E3 (more footage, I”m sure – enjoy).

Reggie returns (that was relatively short)

“We promise something for everyone.”

Original Resident Evil series for 3DS.

Developer reactions to 3Ds.

“It suddenly became 3D” – “object in the airt and I actually wanted to pick it up”

Dogs and Cats living together in 3D .
Saints Row, resident Evil, Batman, Assassin’s Creded, Ridge Racer, Metal Gear Solid (much applause) – I missed half the games.

Feels 3DS will enjoy “biggest launch support ever from third parties.”

Miamoto working on 3D version of Nintendogs + Cats

Communication during sleep mode – WiFi access searches, auto communicate with other systems. Communication retains even when other systems play a game or using software.

Just noticed – has a Home button a la iPhone. Center middle.

WiWi easy to use, online access is free (no monthly fee).

(an hour in)

Oh yes, Pit is here! The running joke of E3 is a joke no more!

“Coming Soon” – video is for E3, so just a trailer, no hands on.

Flying and lad battles. Frickin ;laser beams attacking him. Graphics looks much better than current DS already. (and not even seeing it in 3D)

Project Sora – for 3DS games. Character to represent the 3D – Kid Icarus: Uprising

3D games coming up.

Hand on at E3. Hollywood movie? No plans – - Disney, WB, Dreamworks (expect cartoon, folks). Three movies playing in 3D on 3DS

Improved the graphics of 3DS vs DS/DSi -thinks it will excite development community. Installed the Slide Pad and motion sensor and gyro sensor. May work with the Wii. Compatible with Dsi .

Has 2 camera lenses on outside – 3D photos!

Touch screen. fingert smudges ruin 3D images. Reduced the size of the touchscreen. “The do not get along very well”

Looks like a light blue DS. 3D depth slider to adjust 3d effect – maximize or remove 3D

Stage goes red. Sataru Iwata. He’s holding a 3DS – 3.5 in top screen – so 2 screens

Sir, don’t doubt the Reggie. He will make you games and take your name.

Nintendo 3DS 3D glasses – on screen – everyone laughs at the glasses. Reggie dissing the 3D glasses as well. Expensive glasses? )(polarized are like , Reggie).

Nintendo – a glasses-free solution. Virtual Boy Portable – justr kidding.

No Starfox, but I can’t get mad at seeing Donkey Kong, Kirby, Samus and GoldenEye.

No Starfox – going into the future.

64 – WiiMote – innovations.

3DS?

Donkey Kong in a ball a la Samus. Collect Bananas, explosions, grab vines, saw a difference art style. Tikis? Is this a Crash Bandicoot?

Donkey Kong Country Retiurns.

Coming Holiday 2010

Nice to see you again, DK. This looks great.

Make treasured franchises treasured again – Donkey Kong! QA lot of cheers. Classic sidescrolling platformer.

In stores August 31, 2010.

Very much like more recent Mertroid games – ball mode. first-person view, more partile effects. Puzzles, of course. a lot of cutscenes.

SquareEnix – DragonQuest: Sentinels of the Starry Skies mention. On DS (in Japan) – numbers – 120 miniquests, 300 monsters, 900 items to customize, random maps – “Selling it short” – interaction between players – so multiplayer action. So 4 players, tagmode, DS release. 140 game hours “is just getting started” – Dragon Quest 9, in US in 26 days. (July 11, 2010)

Last day of August, Wii, Metroid Other M.

They are definitely feeding the core gamer this year.

Kirby’s Epic Yarn – uber adorable. At E3. coming Fall 2010. Wii.

This is newborn puppy cute right here.

Kirby as alien spaceship rules. Parachute, car, skateboard, mechabot!?

Spinning and yarn? Very fabricky appearance – Kirby Epic Yarn (nice play on words) – like Paper Mario with cloth. very adorable. Sidescrolling platformer.

Reggie is probably the best company spokesperson in gaming, he just gets you hyped up.

Talking about Masahiro Sakuri – Kirby mention- “Kirby’s got game” – Wii game coming.

That was a live demo – Reggie is back.

Disney game is Wii only.

I just want that sidescrolling game. Disney Epic Mickey – playing Steamboat Willie level. “Balance of heritage and innovation” – very exciting game (for us Disney fans)

Looks like it has some great nods to Disney history.

At Disney Interactive and Nintendo booths (look for hands-on) – B&W area – Travel zones are sidescrolling. Very cute.

“Use paint of cleverness to turn enemies into friends or to defeat them?” So more in-depth experience all around. (gritty but not quite as steampunk as I thought) – 3 location types – adventure/platform/RPG.

Platformer adventure game – collect mickey ears, spraying water/magic? Oh a paint brush. Draw and erase the world (a theme this year as well – see Shaun White Skateboarding) – dynamically change the game environment/world.

Mickey looks great – good size for screen.

Different lands – Wasteland – a lot of old Disney characters. Some crummy animation and then some nice 3D

Mickey Mouse license? Yes – Wii exclusive – Disney Epic Mickey – new tone and new direction for world reknowned icon – Warren Spdctor on stage – Adam Creighton (producer

That was a surprise, good work keeping that under wraps Nintendo.

GE coming Holiday 2010.

wii only, splitscreen multiplayer, 8 “classic Bond characters” – melee – Looks like it has bond Bond. Activision – so a revamp of the old game?

Oh, yes. The dust is coming off the Wii.

Yep, new GoldenEye -= November 2010

“Golden” – maybe GoldenEye?

The DS shovels a little more dirt into the face of the other portables.

Oh yeah, just showed 2 screens. for DS. Coming? THIS HOLIDAY

Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (new subtitle) – Looks like ye GS game. New characters – lots of puzzler action. Some OK 3D looks very DS

Golden Sun – sweet!

Just Dance 2 – thumpin’ video. 8 players, 40+ songs. Exclusive for Wii. Coming?

Kind of shocked Wii Party followed Zelda, but Wii Party may actually sell more copies. The game market is changing.

Coming this Holiday 2010. Reggie talking about social interaction of the game.

Talking baout Just Dance – “Time to get yup and get down again, only on Wii) – looks a lot like the Xbox 360 Kinect

“Bridge games” that bring people into gaming (aka gateway Games) – cites Mario Kart.

Next Bridge title – 177 Mii characters – able to use Miis. Wii Party. Party game, of course. Cue the video – 13 party game modes, board game island, balance games (balance board support?)

Reggie talking about Wii sales momentun )no sales numbers – yet) – slamming other companies – 43 months since launch of Wii, soold more games than any other system for the same period (even DS and iPod Touch/iPhone) – usoing Ipsos as source

Mario just broke Bowser’s ankles in basketball, hilarious.

I recall volleyball as a minigame in Mario Part(ies) but this has all othe usual powerups and party of characters. Some basketball, too. (Maybe ice hockey?)
Mario Sports Mix – coming 2011

PES2011, MLB2k10, NBA Jam mention – new version for Wii at E3.

Michale Jordan? Nope, Mario the Sportsman. In new venues. Volleyball!?

Maybe Nintendo is doing the NBA Jam presentation, that’s why EA said virtually nothing.

Reggie is back – Zelda is the “top line” of their offerings.

Entertainment that can cross culture, and age and gender – Miamoto (quoted by Reggie)

Wide World of Sports

So a Wii Motion Plus 2? Or just a slip?

I love Skyward Sword as a name.

More Legend of Zelda Skyward video

Showing at E3 – look for a Gamertell Hands-On. So releasing 2011.

Whip – clearing grass. Changing movement, Can whip and grab items. Why is Link so large on the screen?

He just said the “New WiiMotion Plus” ?

New item is the Beetle – shoot and sly around. Tilt to control. (Starfox?) Use it to pick up items. Very convenient.

Bow and arrow – Interference issues – asking everyone to turn off wireless (in the Nokia Theater, yeah right).

If they open with Zelda, what do you close the show with?

Bombs – set on ground, tap B to get, toss with WiiMote, or roll it (with spin)

Get Jake Gyllenhaal on the phone, now he play Link as well.

Sling shot, move to aim (do not need to point at the screen to aim) A to shoot

A button to jump. A button to run when not in battle. Run up walls (now he’s Prince of Persia?) Can assign items to buttons (“somewhere in a pocket”)

It does look fluid and intuitive.

Hold up to power charge. Two-handed attacks. “There’s an Eyeball on that door” – used sword to confuse the door. Looks pretty fluidfor real fighting. Timed shield bashing.

Miamoto speaking Japanese and Bill is”translating” – Wiimote the sword with “realistic motions” – swing at any angle. Z targets. Sword follows 1-to-1 – hacking some shrooms

Miamoto is on stage

Nunchuck i\s the shield – Bill on stage to play the game. Live demo actual gameplay

Nice sword and shield – Miamoto on video. Talking about Zelda with freedom of sword and shield – WiiMote and Wii Motion Plus will do that. So WMP support in Zelda.

More target shooting – Skyward Sword

“Nintnedo raising the bar” – Zelda video – lots of cheers

Reggie Fils Amine on the stage
quips about no controllers – “Tech is only a tool” – stressing experience (theme for the year) Smattering of applause

10 – 9 – 8 – starting

not = now

Lights changing- all the monitors are not Nintendo logos

Nintendo’s sales numbers are mind boggling. When you look at New Super Mario Bros., a Wii port of a DS game that outsold so many titles.

Trivia has repeated a dozen times

Minutes away

No, I am in fact still here. That was just Microsoft Internet Explorer not wanting me to talk about Nintendo.

Uh-oh, it says I’m disconnected.

I wonder what Nintendo’s reaction will be to Kinect, a device that clearly wants Nintendo’s lunch money.

I would say Kid Icarus, but that’s become a running E3 joke of sorts.

That would be awesome, I haven’t seen him anywhere since Smash Bros. in years.

Starfox?

Pokemon is always a safe guess where Nintendo is concerned.

More trivia and music.

Somehow we lucked into the middle of the theater.

Any guesses? 3DS to see (and touch), Pokemon Black and White? Zelda something?

Sitting int he Nolkia Theater waiting for the conference to begin. A lot of press, lots of colored wristbands and Nintendo Trivia on the big screen.

Sitting int he Nolkia Theater waiting for the conference to begin. A lot of press, lots of colored wristbands and Nintendo Trivia on the big screen.

Thats it. See ya

No game footage so far

Lots of strobe lights

Breakdancer on stage to Beat It.

Michael Jackson from ubisoft

A game that is coming out at the end of the year

One more thing

And Rayman Origins. Its an artstyle that looks amazin. Only five people worked on it.

New game. Project Dust.

You can warp to any car.

Sorry. Driver san francisco is also multiplayer.

Driver trailer is playing.

Four player campaign co op and 3D support

Third person movements. Firsr person aiming b

Sniper beams only your team can see.

Team based as normal.

Optical camo has no apparent limit v

Enemies can see your heat signature.

Demo playing. No hud on screen

Optical camo is a highlight.

Now for Future Soldier

Raving Rabbids travel to time. only on the wii

The wabbids are back and they time travel.

Its calles Your Shape Fitness Evolved

You can challenge your friends and upload to social networks

A new game that scans your measurements and displays your heat signatures. Its an work out game.

MotionSports is the title.

Football is the other.

Now a couple new kinect games. Snowboarding is one.

Another video. Nothing really interesting. Jusst talking about using the body and mind to play games

Correction. Its not the vitality sensor. Its for pc.

You can play it anywhere.

Your breathing determines your success

It usea the wii vitality sensor.

Innergy is the next game. It gives you energy and calms stress.

Four on four for PC.

Theyre shooting targets on the monitor competitively

It doesnt hurt apparently

Battle Tag is the game. All wireless

Freaking laser tag in the stands!

Demo over. Looks neat.

Changing outfits confirmed.

Its very colorful.

You make your own rails to grind in mid air

Its like de blob or flower with skateboards

The demo is up. Yo change the world as you skate.

The cubes are just for sitting.

The ubisoft white cubes are on stage. The game is shaun white skatevoarding.

He likes the skinny jeans.

Shaun white is on stage.

Rock n roll. Skateboarding video is playing.

Ezio has been shot. Is he dead?

Ezio can do close pistol kills. And theres no HUD

This is all being played live

Ezio can use a cannon

Close up horse riding.

They are attacking his villa.

Ezio is targeted by tbe templars

Ezio is deadlier than ever and is still a ladies man.

Assassins creed brotherhood out november 16 2010

Hes aided by other assassins with arrows.

Ezio is throwing knives in a crowd.

In 1503 rome.

A trailer is showing for assassins creed

Ubisoft is showing Games You Can Feel.

Joel McHale takes the stage.

He was rocking the mj gloves.

Tetsuo was the player

Tetsuo was the player

A lot of cool explosions with tons of sprite targets

Its very responsive.

Its very responsive.

Its controlled by kinect.

A rez like game is being played

Its starting.

If i pause its probably because im taking video. Pulling double duty.

Camera guy has awesome sleeze tattoos.

Almost time.

No sign of James Cameron.

Ten minutes.

Apparently AT&Ts; signals are bogged down. Too many iphones i bet.

Nothing going on right now. We will try to take some pictures and video for the site.

15 minutes folks. Bear with us.

Someone smells of booze. Good times.

Someone smells of booze. Good times.

Technical difficulties. We are back now.

They branded us with Ubisoft ink logos. Its almost been sweated off by now.

This in the LA Theater. Theres gargoyles on the ceiling.

Theres a black xbox 360 debug unit on stage.

Four words: Micheal Jackson backup dancers.

Apologies ahead of time for any misspelled words. Wifi is fried and i’m doing this from my phone.

ubisoft gave away free water. Thats awesome because we are all sweating.

Just a little over a half hour before the show starts.

We are live from Ubisofts E3 2010 press conference.

The press conference had to end there, who could top that? Thanks for joining us and stick to Gamertell for your E3 news.

The best trailer of the day so far in my opinion.

Ah, a Jedi with a dual-bladed lightsaber. Full on nerdvana!

Will you choose the Light Side or the Dark Side, players?

And our new trailer, “Hope.”

Every player in the game gets their own starship, a relection of their character and their style.

Oh yes, it is Old Republic time. Hello Bioware and LucasArts.

Another description, action, carnage and gunplay with a wink and a smile.

Lots of colorful language as well, I am sure I will see some parent in GameStop buying this for their 10-year-old.

There are so many beautiful, brutal ways to kill in this game. It rewards you for playing with opponents as Cliffy B says “like a cat with a mouse or a fat kid with cake.”

Here’s our demo..

They’re calling it classically pulpy sci-fi.

Coming February 22, 2011.

Now Cliffy B is here to show Bulletstorm, which looks like a great game.

Crysis is coming holiday season 2010.

Hey, I think that is the same robot Raiden was fighting during the Microsoft event!

That’s what the 3D glasses are for.

Crysis 2 will be in 3D in PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

If gaming consoles are catching up with PCs in terms of power, it will be interesting to see the impact on PC gaming.

Crysis 2 is a result of that program, and I can’t wait to play it without needing to buy a ,000 computer.

Now they’re talking about the EA Partners program, allowing developers EA’s marketing resources while retaining their independence and autonomy.

Apparently this is the first time consoles have been powerful enough to deliver the full Sims experience.

Now the Sims trailer, set to the music of Kris Allen, “Live Like We’re Dying.”

The Sims have free will in this game, we’re told.

Now we’re looking at The Sims 3. The demonstrator has made Peter Moore a fashion stylist complete with all his tattoos.

So yes, EA Sports Active 2 was one of the gamebreakers. Color me skeptical but I will be surprised if Active 2 approaches Madden or EA Sports MMA in sales.

Moore says Gameflow will allow a full game in half the time, and jokes that if Joe were allowed to do that he could still be playing.

Joe is talking about how they didn’t use headsets to get plays in when he played, but now Madden players can.

They’re looking through the Saints playbook.

Joe Montana is here to demo!

3 vs 3 online co-op, that’s hot.

Now comes Madden 11 and Gameflow.

All your workout data will upload to the EA Sports Active website, hey, I don’t need EA knowing how I fat I am!

It comes with a heart rate monitor for your arm and the cumbersome chest attachment has been done away with.

It’s coming November 16 and yes, it will be Kinect capable!

EA Sports Active 2 will be online and multiplatform. Will it be Kinect capable, I wonder?

Now they’re going to talk EA Sports Active.

EA Sports MMA comes out October 19 – Now it’s a fight!

Moore said you will fight for real life prizes and online fame.

Next feature is EA Sports Live Broadcast, which will allow you to put your face in the game and talk trash to your opponents. Real commentators will call your matches.

According to Moore tactics and timing will be important than complex controls, a shot right at UFC Undisputed.

Moore says the game will capture training locales and environments from all over the world.

Randy Couture and Fedor Emalienko share the cover.

He promises three gamechangers: First is EA Sports MMA.

And heeereee’s Peter Moore!

Next DLC for Bad Company 2 is Vietnam, coming Winter 2010.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 VIPs who preordered Medal of Honor get to access the Medal beta June 17.

It will feature early access to betas, demo and weapon unlocks among other goodies.

EA has a new reward program called Gun Club.

The gauntlet has been thrown down. I don’t know if they can live up to the hype, but the competition will certainly be good for the marketplace.

Medal of Honor is coming October 12, 2010.

They promise us this will be the most realistic representation of modern combat this year. Are you listening, Activision?

Maps are based on real locations, this one is set in Kabul and based in close quarters combat. This map is bad for campers, we’re told.

Live, 24-player demo on stage. Go ahead then, EA.

Next game is a joint project, EA Los Angeles doing the single player and DICE with multiplayer. Yep, it’s the new Medal of Honor, on its way to Afghanistan.

Next up: First-person shooters.

Trailer ends with a really big critter about to eat Issac. Find out how the terror ends Jan. 25. Hopefully that will be a clear spot on the calendar, because this is a very underrated franchise.

Next up on Issac Clarke’s list of things to kill: The Sprawl.

Dead Space still cares the crud out of me and I love it for that.

They note Dead Space has spun off from games into comics, and I would bet there’s a movie pitch in play somewhere too.

Next up: Dead Space 2. Glad to see EA is standing behind this franchise.

The chase ends with a beautiful, high definition wreck. Look for it Nov. 16. Week before my birthday (cough cough).

This game has gone from “not completely on my radar” to must purchase.

You’ll get to chase down your friends online as a cop, Criterion rocks.

Whoops, a slight delay loading the online matchup but we’re good now.

There’s an autolog so you can see what your friends are doing in the game, Gears of War 3 will have a similar feature so a trend is emerging

It’s coming in November and will have careers for both racers and cops.

Here comes Criterion’s Craig Sullivan to tell us about it.

We’re starting with the latest Need for Speed installment, I love running from the cops (on video games, obviously) so it’s good to see them involved.

And 3D glasses are in play.

Looks like we are ready..

Won’t shock anyone to see the press event not exactly starting on time.

Can’t forget about the Old Republic of course. Star Wars, the franchise that just keeps on giving us moments – and merchandise.

I’m looking most forward to the NBA Jam Wii-make and Madden 11 with its new “Gameflow” feature.

Welcome, everyone to our coverage of Electronic Arts’ E3 2010 media event. If you didn’t purchase a ticket to E3, I’m afraid we will have to charge you for an online pass to continue reading this blog. Just kidding!