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Recap of E3 2010 Press Conferences

E3 2010 is now over! We know more what games are coming out in 2010/2011 and we have seen gameplay of the games we are all looking forward to. There has been many big surprises, as well as disappointments. In this post I am going to quickly go through my highlights of the three main press conferences as well as other game highlights of this year.

Microsoft

The first press conference of E3, delivered on what we expected and already knew. The only stand out, which was unexpected was the deal with ESPN. ESPN matches will be shown through your Xbox 360, in SD and HD. Its for Gold members only, but the biggest surprise was that there is no additional charge!

We got the demos we expected from Call of Duty, Gears of War 3, Fable 3 and Metal Gear Solid Rising. The renamed Project Natal, Kinect, was shown again with new games, which all seem to be very similar games to what we saw on the EyeToy for PS2, many years ago. Microsoft also announced Video Chat, which was expected since it is a video camera.

The finally bit of news was the re-design of the Xbox 360, called the slim. It was leaked before the event. Its alot smaller, black, but looks worse than the original 360, if thats even possible! It has built in WiFi N, which is nice and a 250GB HDD. Sadly, its still Microsoft's proprietary HDD, instead of a laptop drive which the PS3 uses.

Nintendo

Nintendo had far the best press conference of E3!

They showed off the Nindeo 3DS, a 3D DS without the need for glasses! It even has a 3D camera. It has a very strong game line-up as well; Kid Icarus: Uprising, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D, Assassin's Creed, Resident Evil, Super Street Fighter 4 3D Edition, DJ Hero, Mario Kart 3DS, Star Fox 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time!

There was two stand out game demos as well. The new Zelda coming to Wii, which will use the Wii-Mote to control the sword and shield. By far the biggest news and excitement from the entire E3 was the announcement of Goldeneye! Finally a remake of the greatest game of all time is coming to Wii. Goldeneye 007 was originally on the N64, due to its incredible FPS gameplay and mulitplayer, it has gone down in history as one of the best games of all time. Years of licensing issues, Nintendo has finally brought it back. This game alone may force me to buy a Wii!

Sony

Sony had a game conference. Mainly showing off big titles, pushing the PSP more and showing the games which will use PlayStation Move.

The demos of PlayStation Move has re-estiblished my view good about the Wii-Mote (buttons and an actual controller) and using cameras to track the controller to give far better control and the use of the Z-Axis, since the Wii can only use the X & Y Axis.

Killzone 3, Medal of Honor and Dead Space 2 were all demoed, which looked amazing. The rebirth of Twisted Metal hits the PS3. Gran Turismo 5 has finally got a date, November 2010, and it looks brilliant, could be the best looking game of 2010! Before E3, Valve announced that Portal 2 will be delayed till 2011, but they said to look out at E3 for their big announcement. Well, we got it, and it was a huge disappointment. Portal 2 is coming to PS3.