E3 Coverage

As the week begins the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) kicks off in Los Angeles. It's only day one and Microsoft and Ubisoft set the stage for a great E3. In recent years the expo has been scaled back due to budget constraints as a direct result of the down economy. This year however, is shaping up to the best E3 in years.

Today's announcements include project natal (now Kinect), Halo Reach, Gears of War 3 and an Xbox 360 S, all coming from Microsoft. While Microsoft had an all-out press conference with highly anticipated reveals Ubisoft was more interesting to me. I was amazed on the French developers focus on using mind and body to be one with the game. Now that Playstation Move and Kinect technologies have come to fruition Ubisoft is changing how we look as games.

Ubisofts focus included not only games but entire platforms for future games to be released. A game called Innergy that plugs directly into any USB drive and tracks your stress levels and has you perform routines that will help you relax and encourage syncing you heart beat to your brain. Other innovations included interactivity with Kinect. Of course the two most anticiapated games demos reveals included Assassins Creed: Brotherhood which will include for the first time multiplayer and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldiers. Both games were shown with in game footage and demoed on the Ubisoft stage.

With day one of press conferences finished, it has set the stage for Tuesday's Sony and Nintendo conference. With what was revealed today by Microsoft, it will be interesting to see what both game makers have in store for us in the future.

Be sure to check out the all E3 coverage on Gameinformer.com or g4tv.com.

Till next time, Level Up!