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UPDATE: Portfoli.com and Riccitiello have confirmed that it is indeed KOTOR and it is an MMO. The folks over at Portfolio.com dug up a bit of interesting information in an interview with John Riccitiello, chief executive at EA, this week during E3. Riccitiello stated that: "We've got two of the most compelling MMOs in the industry in development...And the one that people are dying for us to talk to them about -- in partnership with Lucas, coming out of BioWare, which is, I think, quite possibly the most anticipated game, full stop, for the industry at the point when we get closer to telling you about it." Well anyone with half a video game brain can put two and two together. LucasArts, the studio behind anything Star Wars, and BioWare , the studio behind the Knights of the Old Republic series coming together to create an MMO. What could it be? Fans of the KOTOR series have been yearning for a new game since the second ended and an MMO would bring the game back in style....

When the devs of The Conduit said they were working on bringing some of the graphical eye candy PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers have been enjoying, I was skeptical. It may not be PS3 or Xbox 360 good, but they have done a decent job. But don't take my word for it . Here are some trailers.

Kotaku and Joystiq have the scoop about a hint in the future of the Pikmin fanchise, quoting Miyamoto at Nintendo's 2008 E3 Developer Roundtable as saying a new Pikmin is in the works. Miyamoto's translator confirms him saying "We're making Pikmin". You would think a title like Pikmin would have been announced with a little more hype surrounding it but it could just be it is a long ways off.

I finally saw footage of Dark Void and I must say, I was pleasently surprised. The gameplay looks solid and entertaining with a very unique vertical element. Kind of reminds me of a Gears of War with a jet pack. Capcom could have a hit on their hands.

If you are like me, you love to play games cooperatively with your friends. Call of Duty gameplay has always been chaotic and adding your friends to the mix doesn't change that. In fact, it looks to add to the chaos. See for yourself!

Metal Gear Online Expansion First expansion, Gene Expansion, will be released July 17. Konami is planning to do a worldwide tournement. Castlevania Trailer was shown for Castlevania: Order of Ecclessia (2D Castlevania). Also, a trailer for Castlevania Judgement was shown. Game will have 14 playable characters. Silent Hill Homecoming Starts out showing the trailer (coming soon). When the trailer ended, they went strait into a demonstration. The game will feature a free-look camera, Havoc physics engine and a quick inventory system. Gun play will be handled by an over the shoulder camera but you can look around the environment in first person. A dialog tree system will be used to interact with other characters in the game. Some of the choices you make can have a direct effect on gameplay. A boss battle is shown where you have to destroy hanging meat sacks. (Try to keep you mind out of the gutter). Destroy enough meat sacks and the boss battle moves on to the next stage of the fight. Rock...

Platinum Games' Mad World looks to blow all other hardcore games on the wii out of the water. Check out the newest E3 2008 trailer!

Many people have been clamoring to find out what themes will look like on the upcoming dashboard update for the Xbox 360. Well have no fear, GamePlay Unlimited is on the case. Xbox Live's Major Nelson just made a post on his blog showing what the themes will look like (image below) as well as having a few more in-depth images on his Flickr site . Check them out below! The first image is a theme on the new system, the second is the marketplace, and the third is downloads.

Tired of all this new media yet? Didn't think so. Check out the newest trailer and a few screens for the upcoming Killzone 2!

At the Activision press conference (which began at 7 PST NOT 8:45 PST like G4 and IGN listed, which means we missed it) the next Activision games were unveiled. Check out various trailers from the event: Wolfenstein Guitar Hero World Tour 007 Quantum of Solace More to come later! Check out GameTrailers for a ton of Guitar Hero World Tour walkthroughs.

Well, we are thoroughly perplexed. A few days ago the Bungie opening paged teased us with a countdown timer and mix of random sayings that appeared to be shaping up to be a big announcement. Today if you check the site , a letter is up from Harold Ryan (Studio Manager and CEO) saying that: "We were looking forward to sharing that (reveal of something exciting) with our fan community during the week of E3. However, these plans were just changed by our publishers." Is this true or just another type of viral marketing? For now it seems as if something came up at the last minute (maybe a surprise announcement of Final Fantasy XIII on 360 took up their time slot?) and we will have to wait a bit longer to discover the nature of Bungie's next project.

Lost Planet Movie David Hayter is on the stage along with Capcom. Capcom talks about the Lost Planet movie. Possible release in 2011. ...time passes and they are still talking about the movie. We know Capcom is excited but this is getting dull. And, that was it. Hopefully that was not the most exciting thing Capcom has to offer at E3. UPDATE: Because Capcom's Press Conference was not all that exciting, I'm going to include some trailers they released for some of their upcoming games. First up, Street Fighter 4, a game that has fans divided on the art direction. Personally, I think it looks cool. Here is the latest trailer. (Note: GameTrailers says the trailer is partially incomplete and they will be getting the full trailer from Capcom soon.) Next, Residents Evil 5 co-op interview.

Ubisoft presented games like Rayman Raving Rabbids TV, Brother in Arms: Hell Highway and Far Cry 2 in the first half the show but we missed the first part. Here is what we saw. (We will add content from the first half the show later. Chances are, that is what you are interested in anyways.) UPDATE: Here is some of what we missed: Raymon Raving Rabbids TV Demo of Rayman Raving Rabbids TV using the balance board on the Wii. Brother in Arms: Hell Highway Game will be released this September. Trailer was shown. Tom Clancy It is the 10th Anniversary. There has been 55 million units sold worldwide. Endwar trailer shown. Far Cry 2 Lead designer talks about the game and then demos the game. (footage coming soon) UPDATE: Here is an interview with the developers. Enjoy Games For Girls Special line of games targeted at girls. Introduction of the new girls sports line for DS, Ener-G. Shaun White Snowboarding Demonstration A few members from the dev team demoed the upcom...

Alas, the last of the big three. The Sony press conference has concluded, check this story for the complete wrap-up of all the events and announcements! Resistance 2 Shown After a bit of information about Sony and it's future, Resistance 2 takes the stage and looks epic. Much bigger scale than the first. New trailer also shown, stay tuned to GPU later for videos! Little Big Planet Up Next Now from Resistance to Little Big Planet, the games keep rolling. A special level was created for the conference to help illustrate a few key points. Sack Boy is customized with a Celtics jersey and they are running through a special level that is basically an amazing powerpoint presentation. PS3 Greatest Hits Announced Retailing for $29.99, Resistance: Fall of Man, Motorstorm, Warhawk, Call of Duty 3, Fight Night, Need for Speed Carbon, Rainbow 6 Vegas, Ninja Gaiden, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and more are coming to the program later this year. PS2 Getting Lego Batman B...

Welcome again to our semi-live blogging of the E3 events. The Nintendo press event is now over, check out the shorts below for information on what was announced! Shaun White Snowboarding The newest snowboarding game for the Wii, Shaun White Snowboarding, was demoed and will be out by the end of this year. New Zelda and Mario in the Works Nintendo's development teams are hard at work on more Mario and Zelda for the Wii. Animal Crossing: City Folk Announced for Wii The Wii version of the next Animal Crossing game, "City Folk" comes to the Wii in late 2008. The game aims to give a more realistic feel in the characters and cities. There are auction houses, academies, fashion stores, and hair dressers. In communication you can write letters to other players and have them sent to mobile phones or computers. Also Wii Speak microphone was announced. It allows more than one person in a room talk to other players around the world. You can also visit others' towns and make new f...

GamePlay Unlimited has you covered for today's many showings at E3 2008. Here is a quick schedule of events: (All times CST) Nintendo Press Briefing - 11:00am Sony Press Briefing - 1:30pm Ubisoft Press Briefing - 4:30pm Capcom Press Briefing - 6:30pm Activision Press Briefing -10:45pm Demo Showings 4:00pm - Resident Evil 5 4:30pm - Fallout 3 5:00pm - Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway 5:30pm - Killzone 2 6:00pm - Mirror's Edge 6:30pm - EndWar 7:00pm - Motorstorm 7:30pm - Gears of War 2 GamePlay Unlimited will have coverage of all the news and events today, so stay tuned for another day of videos, screenshots, and big announcements!

UPDATE: Video walkthrough of new dashboard. As many of you heard Microsoft has a dashboard update planned for the 360 to add the avatars and help reduce some clutter. You can see the re-invention of the dashboard below. The main question everyone had been asking was what would happen to the blade system. A quote from Marc Whitten on Major Nelson's blog cause a bit more confusion; "For everyone who loves the blades interface, it’s not going away; they are now built directly in to the new Xbox guide. Every feature and option is available right from the guide. You can even access your full games library at all times. No matter where you are (in dash or in game), immediately call up your games played list and directly launch a game. " This made it seem like the blade system would remain, but few could figure out how, until now. An image of what will happen when you press the guide button after the fall update has been uncovered via Kotaku , and as you can see ...

Check out the E3 2008 Halo Wars Trailer.

The EA press conference has ended. Here is the re-cap. Sims 3 Coming in 2009 The Sims 3 has been announced for 2009. Now the Sims will have many more personality traits to make each character unique. Dead Space Coming October 21st Following an extensive demo, the team behind Dead Space announced an October 21st release date. Bioware Debuts Dragon Age The team behind Mass Effect has debuted their latest creation, Dragon Age: Origins. Trailer coming soon!. Left 4 Dead Shipping November 4th The zombie co-op shooter Left 4 Dead will ship November 4th on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Rage Shown from id Software Hopefully we can get a video up soon (up now), G4 could not show the footage for some odd reason. Rage is a new game from the team behind DOOM. Mirror's Edge Previewed A demo of Mirror's Edge was shown along with this trailer: Gameplay Demo:

Here are the first of the demo videos from Microsoft's E3 conference. Enjoy! Fallout 3 Resident Evil 5 Gears of War 2 Final Fantasy XIII More to come, stay tuned to GPU!