Sony Won E3?

Did Sony win this years E3 expo?

Looks like it, unless Nintendo has something really spectacular on show tonight. The highlights from the Sony press conference are below.

First the new next generation hand-held system was announced by Sony, it will be called the Playstation Vita. Looks really incredible with a host of games and is set for launch in December with a price of $249 for WiFi model and $299 for WiFi+3G model. Looks set to be a big hit when it launches and oh cross-platform PS3 and PS Vita compatibility. Montage of games below-

The games that were showcased for vita and the PS3–

1. Uncharted: Golden Abyss for PS Vita–

2. Uncharted: Drake’s Deception gameplay-

3. Street Fighter X Tekken PS Vita gameplay trailer-

4. Resistance 3 gameplay demo-

5. Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time Trailer-

6. Infamous 2, launched today-

7.  StarHawk new 3rd person shooter-

8. Bioshock: Infinite with Playstation Move support and new Bisoshock project for PS Vita–

9. Last but not the least, Sony announced that ICO and Shadow of the Colossus would be available in October remastered in HD and 3D compatible. Sony also announced a new 24″ made for PS3 3D enabled TV and it can project 2 screens while playing in split-screen, it does not get any better than this.

So what do you guys think of Sony’s press conference? Though it was brilliant, I felt the should have thrown light on

The Last Guardian and The Agent from Rockstar.

Highlights Ubisoft E3 2011 Press Conference

Ubisoft celebrated 25 years since the company started at this years ongoing E3 conference.

The Games-

1. Assassin’s Creed Revelations Trailer, a superb cinematic effort. Who’s up for an Assassins Creed film?

Gameplay demo: Assassin’s Creed Revelations –

2. Far Cry 3, looks really good-

3. Brothers in Arms: Furious 4, a brand new take on Wold War 2 and the Brothers In Arms Franchise.

4. The gameplay trailer for Ghost Recon Future Soldier–

5. Rayman Origins–

6. More related to the world of film, The Adventures of Tintin directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson and Kathleen Kennedy, The Adventures of Tintin: The Game will provide Tintin fans, both young and old, the opportunity to dive into the world of Tintin and relive key adventures from the series.

Looks set to be a good film to game adaption, that might actually work.

7.  Driver: San Francisco, a reboot of a very old and popular franchise, looks exciting.

EA Games Press Conference E3 2011 Highlights

Here are the highlights from EA‘s press conference-

1. Mass Effect 3 Gameplay Trailer-

2. Need for Speed: The Run Gameplay demo-

3.  Star Wars: The Old Republic Trailer, which is set to be one of the most epic games of all time-

4. FIFA 12 Trailer-

5. Kingdoms of Amalur a new IP, gameplay looks a lot out of God Of War with spells.

6. OverStrike a new ip from Sucker Punch Productionsand its multiplatform for the first time.

7. Battlefield 3 gameplay demo-

Microsoft Press Conference E3 2011 Highlights

Hey you all. Since E3 is ongoing currently I would like to present the highlights from each major conference.

The first one was by Microsoft and it started at around 9:30 AM local time. This year from what I saw Microsoft was more inclined towards the Kinect and other services rather than on game, still a few exclusives were shown and the whole future Kinect experience looks promising. And something that everyone was waiting for, Halo 4.

1. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 gameplay demo-

2. Halo 4– Master Chief is back with an all new trilogy

3. Ryse, the new upcoming game from Crytek which is set in ancient Rome and is controlled with Kinect-

4. Fable: The Journey Kinect controlled gameplay demo-

5. Forza 4 Trailer, another kinect enabled game. Out October 11th-

6. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary edition, full HD upgrade and multiplayer and all the previous maps.

7. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Kinect enabled and all future Tom Clancy Games to be so as well.

8. Mass Effect 3 gameplay demo with Kinect. Looks set to be a good strategic fit with Kinect.

9. New Tomb Raider Reboot gameplay demo-

10. EA sports president Peter Moore has announced that this year’s editions of FIFA, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, and Madden will all support Kinect.

11. Xbox live getting voice commands, Bing and YouTube–

During the Microsoft live press conference today it was announced that the Xbox Live dashboard will be getting an update, complete with a redesign that resembles the recently revealed Windows 8. The new version of the software will feature voice commands via Kinect, Microsoft’s search engine Bing and Youtube. There will also be a new live TV feature that will allow you to watch TV through your Xbox so as to not interrupt the entertainment experience. Partnerships with international television providers like SkyTV in the UK were also announced.

12. Minecraft is coming to the Xbox 360 exclusively this fall.

13. Last but surely not the least the latest gameplay footage from Gears Of War 3, Ice T was also present to present the demo on stage-