Week In Review: 06/25

by Jeff Marchiafava on Jun 26, 2010 at 05:00 AM

I'm not going to lie, the week after E3 usually stinks for gamers: We at GI are swamped putting together the next massive issue of the magazine, and the rest of the industry has already revealed whatever interesting info they're going to have for the next couple of months. So let's just roll this week in with last week's shenanigans and call it a day, shall we? It's time for a special E3 edition of Week In Review, with so many previews of games you're probably going to vomit!

We rolled out so much exclusive content during E3, we can't possibly cram it all into the regular WIR format. Instead, here are the important places to go to find the information you're looking for:

Game Informer's Best of E3 Awards:
We were lucky enough to play just about every game that was being shown at E3 (and even a couple that were only available behind closed doors), so we feel pretty confident when we say that the games in this feature are truly the best of the best. But that doesn't mean you can't gripe to your heart's content in the comments section!

The Game Informer Show In HD:
Because this E3 was the first since the redesign of the website, we had a lot of first experiences last week. None of them were cooler than doing a live video version of The Game Informer Show every night from the show. We now have recordings of each show up in case you missed them: Episode 1 covers Assassin's Creed multiplayer, Twisted Metal, and Gears of War 3; Episode 2 covers Dead Space 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, and Kinect; and Episode 3 covers Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Portal 2, and Bulletstorm. There were a whole lot of other great titles discussed in those shows too, so watch them now!

Microsoft's Lineup:
This is our hub for Microsoft, where you can check out all of our Microsoft-related coverage from E3. If you have an Xbox 360, browse this section to find out what will make your friends who don't own a 360 jealous. If you're looking for Kinect-specific stories, check out our Kinect hub.

Nintendo's Lineup:
A lot of people are saying Nintendo stole the show. How? By taking the focus off of motion controllers and placing it on a solid lineup of first party titles, and the very cool 3DS. Here's where you'll find all of our Nintendo news from the show. If you just want the scoop on Nintendo's new handheld, check out our 3DS hub.

Sony's Lineup:
I'm not sold on the Move, and I don't have a lot of interest in buying a 3D television, but Sony has a great lineup of exclusive games coming to the PS3. You can read about them all here, or check out our Move hub for more on Sony's foray into motion controllers.

Don't Forget About Infamous 2!
With all of the E3 festivities going on you may have forgotten that last issue's cover story was all about Infamous 2. As such, we've been rolling out a ton of exclusive Infamous 2 features, which didn't stop just because of some little expo in L.A. So be sure to check out our latest features: a time lapse sketch of Cole's new look courtesy of Infamous 2 artist Mike Haney; an in-depth look at the decisions behind the character redesign; a first look at Infamous 2's new city, New Marais; the evolution of Infamous 2's bad guys; revealing info on Cole's new abilities; and a video interview with the guys at Sucker Punch discussing what makes the sequel cool. If that's not enough, we've got more Infamous 2 features on the way!

This is the place where I'd normally list the top news stories from the week. The problem? We ran over 250 stories during E3, which you can browse through at our main E3 hub. Instead of listing them all again, I'm going to point you to the really good stuff.

Here are our top 80 previews from E3, most of which contain hands-on impressions (as evident by how embarrassingly often the term "hands-on" shows up in the titles):

And that catches us up to the present day. Be sure to check out the latest Replay featuring Devil May Cry, and check out what the GI staff and the community are up to in this week's editions of Weekend Warrior and Blog Herding. See you next week, when it's back to business as usual!