Konami scores big at E3

Taking home a load of 'best of show' awards this E3 was Konami. The longtime Japanese publisher brought a stellar lineup into the show and the press at large- they took note.

E3: Call of Duty Black Ops 2 trailer

The newest look at Treyarch's upcoming Call of Duty sequel shows a little more of the near-future setting and a lot more of why people love this series.

E3: Bag up your Skylanders with Power A

The peripheral maker Power A has just announced a new line of branded controllers and storage cases for Activision's mega-popular Skylanders. 

E3: Slacker Radio comes to Xbox 360

Microsoft's Xbox 360 is rapidly expanding it's entertainment possibilities thanks to the additions of Internet Explorer and SmartGlass (among other things), now you can add Slacker Radio to the mix.

DealNews infographic details gamer-spending

Not something that gets all that much play (except when it's excessively good/bad), the new graphic released by DealNews nonetheless has some very interesting tidbits about the spending habits of certain players. You will be surprised by some of this.

E3 '12: Dishonored looks like a stunner

The E3 gameplay trailer for Bethesda's Dishonored is blood-soaked revenge paired with a haunting score.

Skylanders is your 2012 best seller

Clocking in at number one on the best seller chart for both the portable and home console arena's, the Skylanders franchise moves on to E3 on a high.

Spike TV's E3 coverage is serious

Serious as in 17 freakin' hours of coverage spread across the web and the channel itself.

And just to whet your gaming news appetite, the network has just released a short rundown of just some of the stuff that you can expect to see from the biggest videogame event of the year.

Spike TV looks at E3 & Spidey in All Access Weekly

All Access Weekly is a short look at the happenings and goings on in the various world of geekery and pop culture. This week's episode takes a look at E3 and that ever so Amazing Spider-Man with writer Dan Slott.

Halo 4 Anyone?

The long awaited fate of the Chief will have to wait one more year- the game doesn't release till Holiday 2012.

Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary

A 'remastered' Halo has been one of the worst kept secrets this past year, but now it's official:

Rise of Nightmares for Kinect gets a Trailer

SEGA's Rise of Nightmares for the Xbox Kinect brings the 'mature' to the peripheral.



What is it about old music and horror?

Nintendo Officially Announces the Next Wii- The Wii U

No, I didn't make up that name- and yes, that is one big honkin' control pad.

Release after the break-

E3 '10 -- Goldeneye Wii Trailer

One of my favorite things from the show so far:

Video Games | GoldenEye 007 | E3 2010: Debut Trailer

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

The only things I'm not crazy about are that (1) it's for the Wii and the graphics suffer for that, and (2) it's Daniel Craig Bond. I like Daniel and the last two movies were great, but this is a Pierce Brosnan Bond game/movie. That's how I remember it. Can's help it.

E3 '10 -- Sony

So what was Sony showing off at it's e3 pressy?

How about a brand new Twisted Metal? It was actually the last thing they showed but I think it's the first on everybody's minds- the graphics actually aren't all the impressive but I'm going to guess that's because it's still go a little to go in development world.

You can check out the trailer here.

Sony also played up the Move- no surprise there -as well as talking about the new inFAMOUS, Little BIG Planet 2, Portal 2 (!), and the new Sly Cooper Collection (think GoW collection, but with no new game coming behind it). They also intro'd Playstation Plus- which is the long dreaded PSN pay service. If you're not looking to get 'inside stuff' though, don't sweat it- you'll do just fine without Plus.

Read on for the official word and a bunch of other stuff. No PSP2 though : (

E3 '10 -- Nintendo

Nintendo's press event was the star of the show so far. What swept me off my feet? 3DS. Period.

The successor to the DS is beautiful, it has a larger top screen that can display three-dimensional imagery that can be graduated to suit your preferrence, a bottom touch screen, a camera that can take 3-D pics, can play 3-D movies (no word on implementation yet) and a lineup of games that, if most are available at launch, might just be the most impressive launch lineup in history. Take a look at just a few of them:

• Kid Icarus (!)
• Mario Kart
• Pilotwings (!)
• Star Fox
• Paper Mario
• Resident Evil Revelations
• Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater (!)
• Super Street fighter IV
• Madden
• Assassins Creed

And that wasn't all from the Big N. There's a brand new Zelda, a new 2-D Kirby, Donkey Kong Country (!), and (drumroll) Goldeneye!

Read on true believer...

E3 '10 -- Microsoft Press Conference

There were a few surprises today at the MS Brief. The chief among them being that 'Natal' is now 'Kinect', and that the speculated Xbox 360 'lite' is a reality. The lite has all the stuff that the regular 360 has, but it adds built in wi-fi (you're probably saying something like: the 360 should have had this since the start- but what's nice here is that it's wireless 'N'. Very nice indeed.), a built-in HD, and a special port for the aforementioned Kinect. Regular 360's will need a seperate power adapter for the camera system.

Two cool things here: it's going to cost the same as the current Elite unit, aaaand it'll be in stores at the end of the week.

There's tons of stuff after the break about the briefing with plenty about Kinect- enjoy

Devil's Third

Okay... Devil's Third - I think you're going to be hearing a lot about it in the next few days.

The video premiered on GameTrailers TV last night as a surprise announcement because of the man involved in development. You might know the name- Tomonobu Itagaki ring a bell?

Yep, the former head of all things Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive is back. And from the looks of this thing, he's outdone himself...

Video Games | Devil's Third | E3 2010: Exclusive Debut Trailer

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

I'm sure we'll find out a bit more at e3- can't. wait.

Killzone 3 In-Game Action

The first totally in-game trailer for K3 has arrived for your viewing pleasure and it looks really good. But what it does not look like is the trailer for K2, remember the one that knocked everybody on their ass because it looked all CG but Sony said it was what the game would actually look like? And then it didn't? And nobody was all that surprised?

You know, Killzone 2 was a great game, was really a lot of fun, and looked awesome- but didn't have anywhere near the level of detail that the teaser did. What's nice to see is that the same mistake wasn't repeated here. K3 has some very slick graphics. Can you tell this is all in-game stuff? Yep. Is that a bad thing? Nope.

 Enjoy.

The Dreamcast Returns on LIVE and PSN This Fall

Yep, that's right, Sega is bringing back one of it's most beloved consoles of all time in a virtual way. Starting with the re-releases of two of the biggest games for the DC, Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi, you'll start to see some of your old fave's pop up on both LIVE and the PSN.

At this point I'm a little unclear on whether there will be a dedicated Dreamcast 'storefront', a la the Virtual Console on the Wii, or if the games will simply be listed along with all of the other DLC on the services.

Either way, this is a great idea by Sega. With many of their newer games not getting a great reception at the sales counters,  offering classic titles may get quite a few more folks to bite- even if it is just for the nostalgia. Or just for the Trophy's and/or Achievements. Every game will be updated to include support for Sony and Microsoft's respective forms of digital crack.

Official stuff after the break.