Oh man was that a lot of gaming. John, Devin and I just spent the last week deep in the bowels of the massive gaming convention that is E3. We went to the press conferences, played the demos, and livestreamed the show floor thanks to Ustream and John and Jon from TechCrunch TV. It was a bit overwhelming, and, as viewers of our livestream quickly realized, gaming isn’t exactly our niche. But we trudged on, forced to play unreleased games, eat free food and hit on booth babes.
Nintendo and Sony brought their A Games this year with the Wii U and the PS Vita. Both will no doubt be hits in their respective markets. The Wii U will finally usher Nintendo into the age of HD while freeing gaming from a dedicated TV. The Sony PlayStation Vita is a wonder of technology. The graphics pumped out of the small handheld are simply astounding, but the novel control schemes of the back buttons, touchscreen and gyroscope opens up portable gaming to newfound experiences. Oh, yeah, Microsoft added Bing to Kinect proving you can’t win E3 every year.
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Best Of Show:
The Big Three’s Press Conferences:
- We’re Live At Microsoft’s E3 2011 Press Conference!
- We’re Live At Sony’s Massive E3 2011 Press Conference!
- Live From Nintendo’s E3 2011 Keynote! It’s New Wii Time!
Microsoft:
- Microsoft Finally Announces Serious Kinect Games For Serious Gamers — Star Wars, Mass Effect 3, Even Minecraft
- New Xbox Experience Streamlines The Entire UI, Adds Youtube, Live TV and Bing
- Live: Meet The New Xbox 360 Games For 2011
- Kinect Brings Disneyland To Your Living Room
- Kinect Fun Labs: Try Out Crazy Kinect Experiments
- Halo 4, Kinect Star Wars, Dance Central 2 (And More) Outed In Xbox Website Slip-Up
Sony:
- SCEA’s Jack Tretton Talks About PSN Outage: “I Apologize”
- Sony: “30% Of Netflix Traffic Comes From Playstation”
- Sony Announces New 3D Monitor And Glasses In $500 PS3 Gaming Bundle
- Sony Officially Announces Playstation Vita Handheld (With AT&T Partnership) UPDATE: Pricing!
- Videos And Gallery: Our Hands-Ons With The PS Vita
- Phaser Attachment For Playstation Move: It Doesn’t Get Much Nerdier
Nintendo:
- Nintendo Announces The Wii U, A Unique Controller/Console Combo
- The Nintendo Wii U Won E3 2011
- The Nintendo Wii U Completes The Traditional Nintendo Circle Of Life
- Videos And Gallery: Nintendo’s Booth, Wii U, And New 3DS Games
Trailers:
- The Star Wars: The Old Republic E3 Opening Cinematics
- Microsoft Finally Announces Serious Kinect Games For Serious Gamers — Star Wars, Mass Effect 3, Even Minecraft
- E3: Super Mario 3DS Trailer
- 15 Minutes Of Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Gameplay
Hands-on:
- Videos And Gallery: Our Hands-Ons With The PS Vita
- Videos And Gallery: Nintendo’s Booth, Wii U, And New 3DS Games
- 15 Minutes Of Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Gameplay
- OnLive Brings Proper Gaming To Tablets, HDTVs And We Go Hands-On At E3 2011
- Video: Hands-on With The Hyperkin Supaboy
- Mad Catz And Tritton Say Their Warhead Is The Ultimate Wireless 360 Headset
- The JDome: An Immersive Gameplay Experience
- A Visit To The Indie Games Pavilion At E3
- Nyko Zoom Makes Your Kinect Work In Small Rooms
- Razer’s Old Republic Mouse, Headset, And Keyboard Are Sithy (With Hands-On)
- Calibur11′s Base Vault Makes Modding Your Xbox 360, PS3 Easy-Peasy
- Hands-On With The Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY At E3 2011
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