E3 2010
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The 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 15-17.


Giant Bomb @ E3 '10

PREPARATION

DAY MINUS ONE

DAY ZERO

DAY ONE

DAY TWO

DAY THREE

DEMOS / INTERVIEWS

STAFF TOP PICKS

Press Conferences

You can watch archives of all the conferences .


Microsoft - June 14, 2010 - 10:00am PDT

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Don Mattrick unveils the new Xbox 360.

Electronic Arts - June 14, 2010 - 2:00pm PDT

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Medal of Honor multiplayer demo.

Ubisoft - June 14, 2010 - 5:00pm PDT

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Tetsuya Mizuguchi conducts Child of Eden.

Nintendo - June 15, 2010 - 9:00am PDT

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Shigeru Miyamoto gives a live demo of the new Zelda.

Sony - June 15, 2010 - 12:00pm PDT

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Gabe Newell surprises everyone by announcing Portal 2 for PS3

Konami - June 16, 2010 - 1:00pm PDT

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Naoki Maeda enthusiastically describes DanceMasters.

Games of the Show

The games listed below not only include those playable on the show floor, but any game referenced at the show. This would include video presentations, announcements, advertisements, or any other official reference to the game from its developer, publisher, or platform. They are listed mainly according to the publisher of the game, with a few exceptions where the publisher did not attend the show. An example of this would be a hardware company such as Nintendo or nVidia showing a game not developed or published by them. In several situations, games either changed their title or even their publisher before they were released. For historical accuracy in chronicling E3, such games will be listed with their original names and publishers, and linked to the corresponding page of the final game.


2K Games (Company)

505 Games (Company)

Activision (Company)

Anaconda

Atari (Company)

Atlus (Company)

Bethesda Softworks (Company)

Bigpoint

Capcom (Company)

CDV Software Entertainment

City Interactive

Codemasters (Company)

Crave Entertainment (Company)

D3 Publisher

DTP (Digital Entertainment Pool)

Disney Interactive Studios

DreamCatcher Games

Electronic Arts (Company)

En Masse Entertainment (Company)

Frazer Nash Communications

  • The Heavy

The Games Company

  • Afterfall: Insanity

Gazillion Entertainment (Company)

Hudson Soft

Ignition Entertainment

Just Add Water Developments

  • Gravity Crash Portable

Konami (Company)

Little Worlds Studio (Company)

LucasArts

Majesco Entertainment (Company)

Microsoft

MTV Games (Company)

NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.

Natsume, Inc.

Nexon America, Inc.

Nintendo (Company)

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Nintendo 3DS

O-Games

Paradox Interactive

Perfect World Entertainment Inc.

Sega of America, Inc.

Seven45 Studios (Company)

SNK Playmore

Sony

Sony Online Entertainment

Square Enix (Company)

Taito

Tecmo Koei

THQ (Company)

Trion Worlds (Company)

Turbine

Twisted Pixel

Uber Entertainment, Inc.

Ubisoft

Valve

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

XSEED

Game Critics Awards

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The Game Critics Awards (Concept) are decided by an independent group of North American media outlets. They have selected the most promising games of each Electronic Entertainment Expo since 1998, and have thus become recognized as the most respected "Best of" awards that come out of the annual show. Games qualify for nomination by having hands-on playable versions of the game at the show.

Nominees for the 2010 Game Critics Awards were announced on June 29.


BEST OF SHOW

Nintendo 3DS (Platform) - Nintendo (Company)

BEST ORIGINAL GAME

Dance Central (Game) (X360) - Harmonix & MTV Games (Company) / Microsoft

BEST CONSOLE GAME

Rage (Game) (PS3/X360/PC) - id Software (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)

BEST HANDHELD GAME

God of War: Ghost of Sparta (PSP) - Ready at Dawn / Sony Computer Entertainment

BEST PC GAME

Portal 2 (Game) - Valve

BEST HARDWARE

Nintendo 3DS (Platform) - Nintendo (Company)

BEST ACTION GAME

Rage (Game) (PS3/X360/PC) - id Software (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME

Portal 2 (Game) (PS3/X360/PC/Mac) - Valve

BEST ROLE PLAYING GAME

Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC) - BioWare Austin (Company) / LucasArts & Electronic Arts (Company)

BEST RACING GAME

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (PS3/X360/PC) - Criterion Games (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

BEST FIGHTING GAME

Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3/X360) - Capcom (Company)

BEST SPORTS GAME

NBA Jam (Wii) - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

BEST STRATEGY GAME

Civilization V (PC) - Firaxis / 2K Games (Company)

BEST SOCIAL/CASUAL GAME

Rock Band 3 (Game) (PS3/X360/Wii) - Harmonix & MTV Games (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

BEST MOTION SIMULATION GAME

Dance Central (Game) (X360) - Harmonix & MTV Games (Company) / Microsoft

BEST ONLINE MULTIPLAYER GAME

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (PS3/X360/PC) - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft

SPECIAL COMMENDATION FOR GRAPHICS

Rage (Game) (PS3/X360/PC) - id Software (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)


Exhibitors

Over 250 exhibitors converged on the Los Angeles Convention Center for the sixteenth annual E3.

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E3 2010
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E3 '10,Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010
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