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The largest gaming companies buy  whole rooms and great deal of real estate of the show floors to set up great big displays for their up and coming projects.  This is the one of the only places in the world where you can try out prototype games, accessories and even see consoles before they are officially released.   Everything there is brand spanking new and competition is fierce between who will steal the show.    Giving all other companies a run for their money is Nintendo.  The father company of portable gaming has just officially announced its next big thing, the Nintendo 3DS.  Named after the new display that uses stereophonic display to simulate an actual 3D environment with depth, this new system is packed full of features.  It will support DS games and will have a new media for its new games.  The system also has 2 cameras built in to take 3D pictures and another to video conference or for other gaming needs.  Many people are excited about all the Nintendo have put into this next gen hand held and I am also stoked about all the remakes or re-releases like Star Fox and Zelda: Ocarina of time, which will now have that spiffy new 3D feature.  The graphics are said to compare to the Game cube or Wii, so expect better intros and animation.  Xbox, though not a new system, is releasing the 360 Slim.  Showing to be a more Sexy and compact version of the 360, this new design includes built in wireless N wifi and a 250 gig hard drive.   The best part is that it was being shipped out as it was announced and at the same price of the original 360.  Gamestops are coping with the surge of requests for the systems, but most consumers just have to wait for theirs.  Trade ins are also available to upgrade from the now classic to the new slim.  Those lucky enough to be at the press conference, where treated to a nice surprise as it was announced that they should expect their shiny new console in the mail, for free.  Feel free to write your career counselor a nasty note for telling you that video games will never pay off . In a heated battle, Xbox and Playstation are both trying to convince us to get off the couch.  With Nintendo’s success and boarding of the market, the other major plays have started producing their own motion controllers.  Playstation is producing Move, a system using a camera and 2 motion tracking wands to create a larger field of motion and sensitivity.  Sony claims to be a more accurate representation of control, including the Z axis and important things like arms and necks to their characters.  Microsoft has produced what we once new as Natal, now renamed Kinect, as their motion controller.  It doesn’t have a wand or any other controller, but is said to control games with voice and facial recognition.  Xbox start game, Xbox load save, is what Microsoft is planning for starters with Kinect.  Already having games like Kinectimals, where you train a tiger cub using voice and physical commands, and its own version of sports, Xbox will be ready to Kinect in November.   All the new hardware maybe a spectacle, but it’s all the new software that is the show stopper.  People love playing demos and the only thing better is an exclusive demo.  At E3 people play games that are shrouded in rumor and which journalists trade body parts for glimpses of information.  The lines for the 3DS wrapped around the building and even celebrities like Steven Spielberg queued up to see what it was like to have 3D in your palm.  Another show stopper was a playable demo of Halo: Reach, Showing us that Reach will take us to alien worlds and into orbital dog fights.

A new Zelda is being released for the Wii called Skyward Sword.  With Hyrule’s hero Link, now right handed, returning to continue the tale.  Donkey Kong and Kirby are also due for a return and plenty of other sequels to satisfy any gamers’ addictions.  Another great part of E3 is seeing all the independent games in their infancy before they are mutated and changed forever by publishers.  El Shaddai, is one of those visually epic games that comes around every once in a while.  Heavily religious and portraying Lucifer as a good guy, I plan on seeing a few pieces of this game’s story and mechanics cut on the editing table.

Invizimals takes the monster collecting genre a step further and places them in your world.  It set to use a camera accessory for the PSP and use the newly emerging augmented reality type game play as a stage.  What does that mean?  Point PSP at flat open surface, then place a square card on said surface, watch your monster emerge and battle other monsters all through your PSP screen using your table as a battle ground.  The game will also “hide” the beasties around your home or office and use the “hot or cold” method to assist you in catching them, fun!

Spanning 3 days and the entire Los Angeles Convention Center there is more than I care to cram into a single post but coverage is popping up  all over the net and even talk shows like Jimmy Fallon are spreading the gaming gospel and letting people know about the video game Mecca that is E3.

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• Where can I register for a badge?
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• How much is registration?
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  • $30 for 2 days
  • $35 for the weekend
• If I bought my pass online, what do I need to bring with me?
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