With last week's E3 gaming expo having gone down a treat over in LA, the web is abuzz with plenty of excellent in-depth coverage. Here's a short summary of the most interesting and comprehensive sources of news, comment and highlights on this world-famous gaming industry expo.
First and foremost, the E3 official website is handy for some general orientation and overviews of what was happening last week. While that site is good for industry insiders who want to know who was there and what was exhibited, E3's official highlights page contains links to some of the more high-profile events of general interest also for non-industry specialists. There's press conferences from all the big players (Nintendo, Ubisoft, Xbox360, Sony etc), as well as key round-tables and noteworthy speakers. Perhaps most interesting for gamers themselves will be the many demos of up-and-coming technologies and games planned for future release, with hotly anticipated releases such as the next instalments of Halo and Call of Duty being up there.
Moving on from there, Guardian tech has some decent in-depth analysis of trends and lessons from E3, with a special focus on the prominence of the shooter genre, the return of big-name franchises (Donkey Kong for example) and also on motion sensor technology - as in Microsoft Kinect.
Meanwhile, Gamespot, has much extensive coverage to choose from, including daily summaries and excellent video highlights of key interviews and developments. So, if you weren't one of the 45,600 people that were lucky enough to attend this year, there's now a better chance than ever for you to catch up on what went on at this year's E3 - as well as to check out some of the schedule for next year (see Gamespot for more) and start planning your visit...
Dejan Levi
