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For those of you who might have missed some of the announcements and the fabulous first-person PAX 08 coverage by Gamertell’s own Mark Rollins, click through for a link-style recap to all our groovy PAXtastic posts…

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In the wake of changes for the other consoles, Microsoft announced at E3 2008 the new Xbox experiences that will be available to the owners of the console. Changes will bring stuff that the other consoles have to the 360 and will also maximize the console’s personalization possibilities.

One of the things that is going to be available is instant access to more than…

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Although of the official keynotes and press conferences for E3 2008, that doesn’t mean you still can’t enjoy the informational goodness they provided.

Here’s a quick-link list of our coverage of all the the press conferences and two keynote addresses from E3 2008. Enjoy!

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

• Nintendo press conference: [Live Blog] [Recap]
• Sony press conference: [Live Blog] [Recap]
• Ubisoft press conference: [Recap]
• Capcom press conference: [Recap]

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

• E3 Keynote by Gov. Perry: [Recap]
• Take-Two press conference: [Recap]
• “State of the Industry” keynote by ESA CEO Mike Gallagher: [Recap]
• Konami press conference: [Recap]

Don’t miss any of our E3 2008 coverage at E3.Gamertell.com.

• Nintendo announces a ton of Wii games for 2008, 2009
• Repricing of select Greatest Hits PS3 games starts this week
• Big fat PAX 2008 recap

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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Yeah, it’s a bit of a weird choice for a videogame keynote address, but Texas Gov. Rick Perry took the stage and talked today (9:15 a.m. PT, July 16, 2008) at E3 2008.

In his defense, Perry was pretty gushing about the videogame industry in a recent interview with the San Antonio Express-News, giving kind words to the money making power of the industry and expanding demographics of games.

According to the GamePolitics Live Blog (via Twitter so don’t blame me for the clicking), there were approximately 50 people who attended Perry’s keynote. That’s a pretty small crowd for a politician’s speech but likely because he’s not a name in the game industry and there are so many games to play at the Expo.

Even so, here’s bullet point style recap of Perry’s rather upbeat keynote…

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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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Headed up by Sony CEO, Jack Tretton, Sony’ E3 2008 press conference (July 15, 2008) was an on-stage affair with plenty of monitors and montages.

The biggest news was that the company is moving most of its focus to the 80GB PS3 and dropping the price to $399.99. There was also plenty of talk about downloadable content (in terms of videos) through the PS Network on PS3 - starting tonight - that can be transfered to PSP.

Here’s a quick recap of the stuff and goodness that was Sony’s press conference that took place today courtesy of our Live Blog...

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Microsoft had a medium intensity press event this year, at least that’s what I’m calling it. There were no insanely awkward moments like last year’s “Peter Moore sucks at Rock Band “ intro, but the event was full of game demos, trailers, and a couple of rather exciting reveals. For a full blow-by-blow of the event, check out the live blog from yesterday. Right here and now, I’m going to highlight the biggest announcements of the show.

Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Fall Out 3 and Resident Evil 5 playable, dated.
The biggest Xbox 360 guns were out in full force at the show, complete with playable footage and even a very cool atomic age teaser from Fall Out 3. RE 5 will be out in March (on Friday the 13th, no less), Gears 2 and Fable 2 are due out this fall, and both were looking quite spiffy with new trailers and gameplay details to whet gamers’ appetites.

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Haven’t caught all of the Gamertell news this week?  Here’s your chance to catch up on this week’s top 10 articles!

• ThinkGeek June 2008 catalog’s game-related goodies
  “The most recent issue of ThinkGeek catalog has been delivered and, as usual, it features several gamer goodies. Here’s a list of the game-related goodies in the June 2008 ThinkGeek catalog.  …“ MORE »
• Rumor: Sony readying break apart PS3 controller to trump Wii-mote
  “ The videogames media is abuzz with rumors of a new, groundbreaking PS3 controller that will “break apart” into two separate units. Sony hasn’t commented on the news but industry insiders expect an official…“ MORE »
• Nintendo launches legal battle against Nyko over Kama Nunchuk
  “Nintendo has been riding high on Wii’s success but every now and then it has to worry about things like piracy and trademark infringement to protect its position. Currently on its radar is leading Wii-peripheral manufacturer Nyko, which has…“ MORE »
• Gamertell Review: The Incredible Hulk movie
  “Title: The Incredible Hulk Release Date: June, 13, 2008 Publisher (Developer): Marvel Films, Universal Studios Rating: PG-13 Pros: Good acting, plenty of action, lots of Marvel fanboy Easter eggs, great music,…“ MORE »
• Alienware’s Area-51 m15x might not entirely exhaust your wallet
  “Although most Alienware products are financially out-of-bounds for many gamers, there are still a few that are not. Take for instance the new Alienware Area-51 m15x gaming notebook which will not plunge too deep in your pockets with…“ MORE »

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CNet begins its CES gaming wrapup by stating, “CES 2008 wasn’t a very big show for gamers.“ Screw that and your anemic wrapup. I wasn’t even there and I know there were plenty of game related goodies to be viewed this year. Big deal if there weren’t a lot of game developers. This isn’t even their expo.

For my CiN Weekly magazine column that printed this past week (January 16, 2008), I listed many of the more noteworthy game-related announcements from CES 2008. Like most, I included Nyko’s wireless Nunchuck attachment for the Wii (though it was not my top item, like every other friggin’ wrapup), a laptop or two and a monitor mention, but there was much more than that…

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