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This month’s issue of Nintendo Power cover story reveals that Sonic the Hedgehog is back.  According to the magazines, Sonic and the Black Knight will be released exclusively for the Wii.

If the magazine’s cover art and teaser text is true, Sonic will be wielding a broadsword in his new adventure: “Big Blue swings cold steel in his big new adventure.” No other…

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It’s the end of the week and E3 2008 has officially ended and now it’s time to sit back, relax, and take in all the announcements made by the big three: Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft. 

Click through for an in-depth breakdown of the good and the bad of each company’s press conference. Clearly, Microsoft was this year’s winner but read on to find out where the other two companies fell flat

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During last night’s E3 2008 Nintendo Developer Roundtable where games like Animal Crossing, Wii Music and Wii Sports Resort were being presented, a sudden and off-topic question informed all of the return of a familiar title.  During the presentation, an audience member had to have his or her Pikmin fix, and asked if another game would eventually be made.  To the surprise of many, Shigeru Miyamoto, casually confirmed that a new Pikmin game is being made…

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Resident Evil 5 has been shaping up to be one of the most anticipated and controversial title within the franchise.  Due to Capcom’s brilliant idea of discussing a movie for an entire hour during their press conference we were left with no new information on RE5.  But Capcom wasn’t going to completely pull a fast one the folks at E3 as they released a new trailer, some co-op gameplay footage, and some info surrounding the control scheme.

The plot surrounding the game is still pretty vague as of this moment but here’s what we know:  The game will take place ten years after the events in RE  and Chris Redfield is the…

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If I could use a phrase to describe Konami’s press conference (2:30 p.m. PT, Wednesday, July 16, 2008) it would be, ” It started with a bang and ended with a thud.” 

Konami already had a solid lineup to unveil to the masses with two new Castlevania games and Silent Hill: Homecoming and were well on their way to being the bright spot when it came to third party pressers for the event.  The conference began with news about Metal Gear Online and the new Elebits for the DS. 

From that point on we got some great information, gameplay and demos from the Castlevania and Silent Hill franchises and then not so much.  Rock Revolution premiered last as Senior Product Manager, Lauren Facadomo, brought her all-girl cover band to play The Ramones, Blitzkrieg Pop.  Talk about bad Joey, Dee Dee, and Johnny Ramon are all spinning in their graves right now.  It only got worst from there.

Click for the bullet-point recap of the conference…

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Take- Two’s press conference (10:45 a.m. PT, July 16, 2008) was shaping up to be an exciting start to day three of E3 considering they weren’t going to talk about a movie for an hour (I’m looking at you Capcom).  With the announcement of the Grand Theft Auto series coming to the Nintendo DS, it seemed as though Take-Two would have more information unveil about this and maybe some other games that are under development for the company. 

All-in-all the conference ended up being a yawn fest.  Some of the highlights from the show included the kid friendly Dora the Explorer games and new clips surrounding 2K’s NBA and NHL franchises. 

Click through for a recap of the conference…

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Capcom officially ended the second day of press conferences for E3 2008 (4:30 p.m. PT, Tuesday, July 15, 2008) by going in a completely different direction.  Rather than showing the audience some screenshots of their new title Flock or discussing the gameplay and the controversy surrounding Resident Evil 5, they instead decided to premier the mini trailer of Lost Planet: The Movie and talk about it. 

After showing the CG’ed trailer the company rolled out some of the people working on the film to discuss it which included, Avi Arad (producer of the first two Spider-Man films) and (the voice of Solid Snake himself, and writer/co-writer of the first two X-men film) David Hayter.

Most of the conference ended up being a…

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On the heels of Disney revealing its lineup for E3 this year, Konami has unveiled its lineup for E3 2008.  Konami’s lineup has something for everybody including music, dance, and sports titles to go along with the storied franchises of Castlevania and Silent Hill. 

Highlighting Konami’s booth will be the hands on time people can spend playing Rock Revolution and the announcement that Castlevania will be making its next gen debut on the Wii. 

Not all the games below are family-friendly but are still widely anticipated gamers young and old.  Some of the more anticipated titles include, Castlevania: Judgement, Silent Hill: Homecoming and…

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