I was pondering if the Madden 11 demo was worth the 10 hour download (Yes, 10 hours because of my slow Internet connection). Is it a whole lot different than last year's Madden? Or is it just a re-hash of last year's version with updated rosters and visuals? The answer became apparent the first few minutes of playing it.

Despite there being two press shows today from two very competitive gaming companies, the spotlight all but belonged to Nintendo, who not only presented the new 3DS handheld system for the first time, but also showed off dozens of upcoming titles, third-party exclusives, and plenty of unforeseeable surprises in tow. Sony, on the other hand, was able to finally announce some clarification with known projects like The Move--its new motion-sensing controller--and release dates for Gran Turismo 5 and Killzone 3, and a new online service.

E3 is off to a bang this year, starting with Microsoft's Conference. Today, they showed off some of the things they'll be bringing to the XBOX 360: Games, The New Kinect (previously known as Project Natal), and a whole new social media hub aimed more at a casual crowd. They also laid down a new SKU for the 360, surprising everyone with not only its contents, but a quick release date as well.

The show started off with Treyarch, developer of Call of Duty: Black Ops, presenting a demo for the game. Black Ops takes place during the Vietnam War, showing jungle combat, rat tunnels, and explosions. Beautiful, plentiful, deadly explosions. The core of Call of Duty gameplay remains intact: fast action, tense gunplay, and regenerating lifebars in tow. The only thing that seems to be different about how the game plays is the baring-down of its Heads Up Display, there only seems to be information about the user's weapon and how much ammo it has left, as well as small indicators of the next objective. After a fun-looking on-rails sequence in which the player took out enemy camps and weapons from a helicopter, the footage showed a release date: November 9, 2010.

With the summer slowdown of new releases giving a boring, yet wallet-saving, time for gamers and a break for developers around the world, comes perhaps the most important time of the year: The Electronic Entertainment Expo. While we're not exactly privy to all the secrets that developers, publishers, and big names in the field have with the big gaming websites, we're excited all the same. No matter what happens, there will be new games announced, potentially new systems, and plenty of "what the hell" moments to go around for an entire week of fun.

Microsoft will be first up on Sunday, and they are heavily expected to bring the Natal, a control system that uses a camera and motion sensor instead of the standard controller, and make it the star of the show. Their take on the Wii, if you will. When it was announced last year, the project was still under development and there weren't any games officially announced for it. It's safe to expect a release date, plus launch titles to accompany it, and lots of oohs and ahhs from the crowd during their live conference. It would not be a surprise to see the Natal used with many of today's sports games franchises such as Madden or NBA Live, or to see them use it in a first-person shooter.

There isn't a whole lot else the Microsoft could talk about outside of Natal. We all know that Halo: Reach is on the way and looks good from the beta. Gears of War 3 couldn't possibly be more original or jaw-dropping that the first two were, and there will be Fable 3. Microsoft has much deeper pockets than what is expected of them, so it's safe to assume that there will be a lot more surprises coming from them.

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