E3 2008E3 was this week. I'll get over Hellgate London... eventually, especially with all these games shown off at E3. Each game gets its own paragraph. I don't think I'll have pictures for them, since this is not "Games to the Video." I do have trailers for my big favorite on the home page. So if you skip that and go straight to the news, check that out. Better quality videos at Gamespot.com, plus E3 stage shows for most of the games under "E3 videos". I like Gamespot.com for their coverage.

One of the first videos I watched was the Sony Press Conference (the press conferences are usually the first thing I watch because I get an idea on what will be on what console). The conferences weren't very special this year, but Sony was probably the best. They announced the Greatest Hits system in the United States (finally). 30 dollar best selling games. Rock on. They also announced an 80 GB core PS3 system at 400 dollars. To make the money and sales part interesting, they used Little Big Planet, which made me intrigued by the game for the first time. Yeah I saw it before but all of a sudden it sparked interest. We'll see how the reviews role. They also announced games, but I take the games in seperate paragraphs :P

Nintendo was actually the first conference I watched. They announced a few things, such as the Wii Motion Plus attatchment, and it's bundle companion, Wii Resort. The Wii Motion Plus is an attatchment for the Wii controler to make it more precise in its movements. It looks cool. Wii resort is another Wii Sports/Play game to help sell it I suppose. Looked interesting. Game announcemnts were kinda lame. Pokemon (I hate it), Animal Crossing City Folks (I played the previous games for a month and then stopped and never played them again), but then there was a Grand Theft Auto game, China Town. No news on it however. Oh and Shawn White's snowboarding looked kinda fun especially with Shawn White demoing it.

The God of War III trailer was shown. It was a teaser. No gameplay footage, but it confirmed it for the Playstion 3 (who didn't know?). I love God of War, so that's about it. Release date is TBA (To Be Announced). Playstaion 3 for the system.

Darksiders: Wrath of War looks awesome. You play was War, one of the horsemen of the apacolypse. You are framed for a false apacolypse. You lose your powers because of this. But you have a very large sword. Very large. You hit things, including but not limited to, demons, zombies, other evil things, worms (very big worms), etc. You get a horsey too (silly billy, he is a horsemen after all). Yes I'm being cutesy, but this game looks far from cutesy and it looks awesome. Kinda like Devil May Cry gameplay. Actually they compare it to a Zelda type world where it is open to you. Sweet deal. I suggest you watch the E3 stage show of it on Gamespot.com. Release date TBA 2009. Playstaion 3 and Xbox 360 for this one.

Borderlands has 600,000 different guns. Customizable. Also Customizable vehicles. 4 player coop. Basically this game is my alternative to Hellgate London. The story looks good, judging by the trailer. Do I need to say more? Probably but I don't know what else to say. Release date Q1 (first quarter) of 2009. For some reason it says the PC version is Q4 of 2008, but I'm leaning towards Q1 2009. Also will be on PS3 and 360.

Mirror's Edge looks like an awesome, different game. You play in the first person perspective, but it isn't a first person shooter per se. It's like Prince of Persia meets, an FPS. Sounds like a slight learning curve to get used to the controls, but people were having fun playing the game at E3. The trailer is a great thing to watch to learn about the gameplay. There was a story, but I can't remember the specifics. Someone was kidnapped by the government, (I think the main character's, Faith is her name, sister). So you (Faith) have to find her and get her back. While doing gymnastic moves, and stealing weapons by hand. Awesome. Release date is TBA 2008. PS3, 360, PC. yeah I'm getting lazy.

Prince of Persia just looks awesome. The new prince looks sweet, and I love the new art directions. Watch the trailer. You'll see what I mean. Gameplay is the same Prince of Persia/Assassin's Creed gameplay. It just looks awesome. Release date is Q4 2008. Will be released for PS3, 360, and PC.

Resistance 2 continues the story of Resistance Fall of Man. Playstation 3 exclusive. If you didn't know, Fall of Man took place in Europe, but has a different history then the Allies won WWII. Turns out, aliens attacked (I think. Haven't played it yet. Waiting for the Greatest Hits thing to hit because it was on the list of games). So Resistance 2 take place from there , except Nathan, our main character, goes back to the U.S.A. to fight the aliens (I think). Gameplay footage showed a huge monster that Nathan had to fight. It was epic. The game will be released Novemeber 4, 2008. Hoepfully I'll have beaten Fall of Man by then.

Resistance Retribution also looks good. It is a Resistance game for the PSP. It apparently answers some questions left over from Fall of Man. It looks pretty fun. I'll see what the reviews say about the controls, but the PSP has had luck with shooters in the past. Expect it Q2 2009.

InFamous is a sandbox super hero game. The hero gets his powers from the city's electricity grid after a horrible accident leaving several dead, except him. Basically it's GTA with super hero powers. I'm not sure about driving cars, but this guy can climb buildings, light poles, blow up cars, and so several other things. You can choose to be good or evil in this game. There's boss fights. Apparently you are not the only one with powers, and they are not good people. It looks good. I'll look at the reviews before I buy, maybe. Expect it to come out Q2 of 2009 for the Playstation 3 only.

Fallout 3 is pretty much Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, with guns. It's in a post apactolyptic world (Washington D.C. actually), and you get lots of guns. You can even make your own guns out of things you find. Maybe this will fill the Hellgate London hole in my heart. Who knows? Anyways, it's from the guys that brought us Oblivion, so expect some awesome things. It's said to be coming out Q4 2008 for PS3. PC, 360.

MAG. It's a short word. It's actually an acronyme. "Massive Action Game." Yeah the name is cheesy, but you can't get intrigued by it. A game to call itself that has got to live up to the name. Sounds like it might. 256 players online. We're talking massive battles. You might ask, "Well that's insane! I mean all those people just shooting at each other!? It'll be chaos!." The developers actually thought this one through. They have devised a plan to have 8 team squads with one player being a leader of a squad. That way you have micromanagement, but have a large scale battle. Sweet. Anyways, the release date is To Be Announced and is for the PS3 only.

Starwars: Force Unleashed is a bridge between episodes 3 and 4. Darth Vader (I'm not a big Star Wars fan so let me be if spell his name wrong) has an unknown apprentice. Turns out the force is indeed with him. Like I said I'm not a big fan of the Star Wars Series, but this game looks sweet. The Force is the big part of the game. You can throw bodies, smash glass, throw basically anything really. You get your lightsaber. You also get to play as Vader. Good deal. It comes out for PS2 PSP X360 DS WII, and PS3. The PS3 and 360 versions will have better physics and graphics, while the Wii, PS2, and PSP versions will have extra levels (and the Wii's motion controls for the Wii of course). Not sure about the DS. Anywayas that's suppose to hit September 16, 2008.

Left 4 Dead is a game developed by Valve, and uses the Counter Strike Source engine. I'm started to see the dated graphics of that engine. Anyways that's not the point. It's a survival horror game. You can have 4 player coop. Lots of Zombies. The cool part is that you can play as either humans or the zombies. Yeah. There's no real story. Basicaly just a few compaigns that you go through. Anyways, that is suppose to be released November 4, 2008 on PC and Xbox 360.

Crysis Warhead is basically Crysis except it follows Psycho, one of my favorite characters from Crysis. He disappeared in the first one and showed up way later. This is his story of when he disappeared. Like I said, basically just Crysis except a different charater. I like it. Supposed to be released September 16, 2008. PC only dudez.

Castlevania Judgement is a different kind of Castlevania. It's a fighting game. Of course it uses characters from the Castlevania series. There's so many, why not make a fighting game? So they did. The cool part about this game is that in each level there are enemies (such as skeletons) that attack you or your opponent at random. Cool. Expect this one Q4 of 2008 for the Wii. I forgot to mention the Wii controls. Gamespot said the controls worked well in the demo they played.

Castlevania Order of Ecclesia is yet another Castlevania game for the DS. Yes still 2D. This time though, they used darker graphics. Gamespot said it was sweet. I didn't see any gameplay videos though. So yeah. It says 2008 for the release date. For DS only.

Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers. Yeah. That's an actually game. Was released in Japan and is coming to the U.S. I checked out the title for obvious reasons. Bikini and Zombie slayers. Then I actually read about it. Then I'm like, This game sounds fun actually. It's an action title. Seems that two sisters were hanging out in their apartment, one showering, and one watching TV, when a zombie outbreak hits. So the one in the shower puts on as little as possible to go fight zombies as quickly as possible. There's lots of blood. You know me and blood. I love God of War for blood. So when they mentioned lots of blood and for the Wii I was like, "Awesome!" So yeah. Q1 2009 for the Wii. :)

That's E3 2008. My favs anyways. I might add something next week, because I'm going out of town. Anyways later.