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Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010
Official Logo of the E3 Expo 2010
StatusActive
GenreMulti-genre
VenueLos Angeles Convention Center
Location(s)Los Angeles
CountryUnited States
InauguratedJune 15, 2010
Most recentJune 17, 2010
Organized byEntertainment Software Association
Filing statusNon-profit
WebsiteOfficial Site

The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010, commonly known as E3 2010, will be the 16th Electronic Entertainment Expo held. The event is set to take place on June 15, 16, and 17 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. E3 is an annual trade show for the computer and video games industry presented by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). It is used by many video game developers to present their upcoming games and game-related hardware.

Layout

E3 2010 will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center with the show occupying the South and West Halls as well as the first floor.

West Hall

Sony Computer Entertainment and Nintendo will have booths which are directly opposite of each other. Other notable developers and publishers located on this floor are Atlus, Atari, Bethesda, Sony Online Entertainment and Capcom.

South Hall

The hall has three types of booths the large booths, medium booths and small booths. The large booths are occupied by Square Enix, MTV Games, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Disney Interactive Studios and Electronic Arts. The medium booths are occupied by Sega, Konami, THQ, Warner Bros. Interactive and Take-Two Interactive. The small booths are occupied by Namco Bandai and Tecmo Koei.[1]

Notable games to be displayed at E3 2010

The current list of games that have been confirmed to be present at E3 2010:[2]

2K Games

Activision

Bethesda

Capcom

Disney

EA

Konami

LucasArts

Microsoft

MTV Games

Namco Bandai

Nintendo

Square Enix

Sony

SNK

THQ

Tecmo Koei

Ubisoft

Warner Bros.

Valve

Notable exhibitors list

The current list of notable exhibitors, most notably Atari who pulled out of E3 2009 at the last minute, as of January 16, 2010: [14]

Press conferences

  • Microsoft
Microsoft will be holding its press conference on June 13 and 14, 2010 before the start of the actual E3 event. It will be divided into two parts with the first part concentrating on Project Natal to be held on June 13, 2010 and the Xbox 360 Media Briefing to be held on June 14, 2010.[15]
  • Nintendo
Nintendo has confirmed that their press conference will take place on June 15, 2010.[16] It has also been confirmed that Nintendo will showcase their newly announced Nintendo 3DS, a handheld gaming console that is the successor to its current Nintendo DS series of handhelds. Nintendo has confirmed that the Nintendo 3DS will be playable. [17] In addition, Nintendo plans to showcase software for the Wii Vitality Sensor[18], as well as the latest game in the Legend of Zelda series, which will be compatible with Wii MotionPlus.[8] Nintendo also hopes to have Pikmin 3 on display at their press conference, but there has yet to be confirmation.[19]
  • Sony
Sony will be holding its press conference on June 15, 2010.[20] Sony plans to further showcase the PlayStation Move and its compatible games as well as announce the worldwide release of firmware for the PS3 to fully support 3D gaming and movies. President of Sony Computer Entertainment, Jack Tretton, has said that they "will absolutely bring the heat, there's a lot to talk about".[21]

Pre-E3 Hype

  • Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Chief Executive Officer, John Riccitiello, has billed E3 2010 as being the "Biggest and Best Ever [E3 Expo]". He also adds that “All the best games and all the best developers will be together in LA to unveil new titles and celebrate the creativity and new technology that makes gaming so much fun.”[22]

See also

References

  1. ^ Brian Ashcraft (May 12, 2010). "Waggles At Twenty Paces". Kotaku. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hilary Goldstein (May 5, 2010). "E3 2010: The Big Games List". IGN. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Readers' Choice Most Anticipated Games of E3". Gamespot. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  4. ^ Split-Screen (February 27, 2010). "Epic Games President: "No Unreal, Working on Gears", E3 to be "Really Exciting for Epic Fans"". Split-Screen. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  5. ^ "Readers' Choice Most Anticipated Games of E3". GameSpot. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference IGN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Michael McWhertor (May 5, 2010). "What Does The Future Hold For Pac-Man?". Kotaku. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Zelda Wii: Expect Surprises At E3 2010". Official Nintendo Magazine (UK). November 18, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  9. ^ Mike Fahey (April 29, 2010). "Free Realms Makes It To The PlayStation 3 For E3". Kotaku. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  10. ^ Brian Crecente (May 4, 2010). "God of War Returns to the PSP". Kotaku. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  11. ^ Alice Liang (May 10, 2010). "Little Big Planet 2 Music Announcements At E3". 1up.com. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
  12. ^ JC Fletcher (February 17, 2010). "THQ CEO: Saints Row and Red Faction at E3, De Blob going multiplatform". Joystiq. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
  13. ^ Luke Plunkett (March 12, 2010). "Portal 2 Hijacks Blue Screen of Death At GDC Awards". Kotaku. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
  14. ^ "E3 Exhibitor List". Entertainment Software Association. June 15–17, 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2009.
  15. ^ Stephen Totilo (March 25, 2010). "Project Natal "World Premiere" Starts This Year's E3 On A Sunday". Kotaku. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  16. ^ GoNintendo (April 27, 2010). "Nintendo's E3 media briefing - date confirmed, time still a mystery". GoNintendo. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
  17. ^ Brian Ashcraft (March 23, 2010). "Nintendo Announces New Hardware, The Nintendo 3DS". Kotaku. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
  18. ^ Stephen Totilo (November 17, 2009). "Nintendo Dissatisfied With Sales Of Some Games, Dates Vitality Sensor Showcase". Kotaku. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  19. ^ Darren Calvert (June 3, 2009). "Miyamoto: Why Pikmin 3 Was Absent From E3 This Year". Nintendo Life. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  20. ^ Brian Crecente (April 6, 2010). "Second Out of the E3 Press Conference Gate: Sony!". Kotaku. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  21. ^ Jim Reilly (April 6, 2010). "E3 2010: Sony Confirms Press Conference Plans". IGN. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  22. ^ Dave Cook (May 7, 2010). "EA: "Biggest And Best E3 Ever"". NowGamer. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
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