E3 2008 is now over. I was planning to do a day-by-day summary of all the news from E3, but hey, there is always next year! Instead, I will give you a quick round up off all the news from E3.

The Press Conferences

Microsoft

  • Revamp of Xbox dashboard, as well as Xbox live which now has avatars (copy off Wii)
  • Netflicks partnered with Live to add more movies to the store.
  • Lips, new karaoke game (again, another copy, off PS3 this time)
  • Final Fantasy XIII announced for Xbox 360
  • Fallout 3 gameplay footage
  • Gears of War 2 dated, 7 November 2008
  • Resident Evil 5 dated, 13 March 2009
  • Fable II dated, October 2008
  • Also announced, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Rock Band 2, Viva Pinata 2, Portal 2 and Geometry Wars 2

Sony

  • New Bundles - PS2 with  Lego Batman including DC New Frontier DVD announced for $149 and Silver PSP, Ratchet & Clank - Size Matters, National Treasure 2 UMD, 1 GB Memory Stick and a voucher for Encochrome for $199.
  • PS3 80GB Core Model for $399
  • 130 PS2 titles announced for 2008
  • New PSN games, Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty, Siren, Eden and Fat Princess. $14.99 each.
  • Gran Turismo TV announced
  • New footage of Resistance 2
  • Resistance Retribution announced for PSP
  • More footage of Home
  • Also, Infamous, Valkyria Chronicles, DC Universe Online, Patapon 2, LocoRoco 2 and God of War 3 announced!
  • The biggest title of the whole of E3 has to be Sony’s exclusive title. MAG (Massive Action Game), is a new FPS which is very similar to Battlefield, however the online battles can have up to 256 players! The 128 players on each side are broken up into 8 player squads. There is no other game like this. On PC the biggest online match you can have is 64 players, on Xbox 360 it is 16.
  • Movies & TV Shows can now be bought from PS Store.

Nintendo

  • Animal Crossing: City Folks annoucned which will use the new Wii Speak feature.
  • Wii Motion Plus announced
  • Pokemon Ranger and GTA: Chinatown Wars announced for DS
  • Wii Sports Resort and Wii Music announced

Game Highlights

  • Halo Wars
  • Socom: US Navy Seals Confrontation
  • Motor Storm: Pacific Rift
  • Far Cry 2
  • Left 4 Dead
  • Lord of the Rings Conquest
  • Gears of War 2
  • MAG (Massive Action Game)
  • Resistance 2
  • Resistance Retribution
  • Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty
  • Fallout 3
  • Prince of Persia
  • Killzone 2
  • Little Big Planet
  • Tom Clancy End War
  • Crysis Warhead
  • Fable 2
  • Resident Evil 5

E3 2008 has been great for Sony, excellent titles announced and Resistence 2 and MAG look great! Microsoft & Nintendo have had a poor showing, even GameSpot UK have said about how poor Microsoft was. Personally, I looking forward to seeing more of Killzone 2, Resistence 2, Gears 2, Crysis Warhead, Ressitance Retribution, SOCOM and Lord of the Rings.