Game Critics Announce Best of E3 2010 Awards

Every year, a group of journalists and critics from 31 media outlets doggedly plays more games than humanly possible to suss out the cream of the crop from E3. It’s grueling work. Seriously.

E310: Simply the Meh-st, or Stuff We Saw That We’re Skeptical About

Every year, the Electronics Entertainment Expo becomes the epicenter for all things video game. With new services, new consoles and new games announced by the boatload, E3 holds tons of dizzying highs for gaming enthusiasts. In fact, we wrote about a few. What sometimes gets lost in all the buzz, though, is all the worrisome [...]

E310: PlayStation Move Pwns Microsoft Kinect

Let’s get this out of the way – Sony will dominate the next generation motion control wars.

E310 Exclusive: First Look At Star Wars: Trench Run 2.0

THQ Wireless and Infrared 5 are set to unleash a new force in an upcoming update to Star Wars: Trench Run for the iPhone. In an exclusive demo, Infrared 5 shows us Trench Run 2.0 with Brass Monkey SDK integration. Brass Monkey is a patent pending technology from Infrared 5 that connects multiple devices over [...]

E310: The New Xbox 360 S Can’t RROD

While the new Xbox 360 S technically cannot RROD, it doesn’t mean it’s incapable of breaking down. The slimmed down version is ~17% smaller than the previous generation Xbox 360. Overall dimensions and weight are as follows:

E310: Xbox 360 S vs PlayStation 3

On Monday, Microsoft revealed a radically different, slimmed down “whisper quiet” Xbox 360. How does the new Xbox 360 S stack up compared to Sony’s almost 1-year-old PS3 Slim?

E310: Death Match: PlayStation Plus x Xbox Live Gold

Since the PS3’s launch in 2006, Sony has touted the value of the third generation console’s bevy of free features compared to that of Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold subscription membership. Well, that doesn’t matter anymore now that Sony has their own paid subscription model that is set to roll out on June 29.

E310: In Which Wil Wheaton Spends The Day With Us

While running from our Square Enix meeting to LucasArts (since, you know, we don’t have the luxury or budget to send more than two people to the largest video games expo in North America, so we literally have to run from meeting to meeting), Evan and I ran into Wil Wheaton. Actually, I didn’t even [...]

E310: Hands-on With Xbox Live On Windows Phone 7

On the last day of E3, the Windows Phone 7 team decided to show off their upcoming ‘wares. Behind closed doors, I got a sneak peek at a small portion of the functionality that the Xbox Live team has implemented in Microsoft’s upcoming mobile OS relaunch. Samsung built the dev sled for my demo and [...]

Hands-on with the Kinect

The big story on Day One of E3 2010 was the Xbox 360′s motion capture gaming device, the Kinect.  Eager crowds jammed their faces up to a row of Plexiglas chambers, as demo guys showed off new titles for this ground-breaking entertainment experience.

E310: TRON:Evolution Trailer

Evan I won’t be getting our hands on TRON until later today but here’s the latest trailer to whet your appetite. The Disney booth is pretty amazing and we’ll have photos to share shortly. It should be noted that this trailer doesn’t show any actual gameplay.