E3 2012 wrap-up

Greetings from -- actually, scratch that, we're all back home now, but we had a blast spending the week in sunny, smoggy downtown Los Angeles -- even if this year's Electronics Entertainment Expo wasn't exactly the most exciting in recent memory. After all, neither Sony nor Microsoft gave us much in the way of new hardware, and Nintendo, the one member of the big three with a new console for 2012, didn't show off much that we hadn't already seen. We did, however, get our hands on a fair share of hardware and we're generally impressed by some software innovation, like Microsoft's SmartGlass. If you happened to miss something during the gaming news deluge (not to mention the fact that Computex happened to be going on at the same time), feel free to catch up on our coverage after the break.

Hands-ons:

• PowerA unveils MOGA Bluetooth controller for Android devices, we go hands-on

• Microsoft SmartGlass hands-on

• Nintendo Wii U and games hands-on (video)

• GAEMS G155 Sentry suitcase for Xbox 360 hands-on

• Mad Catz unleashes the Wii U accessories at E3, we go hands-on

• ROCCAT's Lua and Kone XTD gaming mice shown off at E3, we go hands-on

• NBA Baller Beats adds a real basketball to your Kinect arsenal, we attempt to go hands-on (video)

• SteelSeries shows off new WoW wireless mouse, cache of corded rodents and a headset at E3

• Nintendo Wii U Pro Controller hands-on (video)

• Snakebyte tablet gaming controller for Android and iOS hands-on

• OnLive Multiview on an LG Google TV, eyes-on (video)

• Killer Wireless-N 1202 WiFi / Bluetooth cards in Alienware gaming laptops eyes-on

• Cronus adapter lets you play Xbox 360 with a PS3 controller and vice versa (video)

• DICE+ wants to team with screens and usher in an era of powered board games (hands-on)

• PDP Afterglow 2.0 controllers and stereo wireless headset hands-on

• Crytek's CryEngine 3 makes it easier than ever for devs to build games as pretty as Crysis

• Sony PlayStation Pulse Wireless Stereo Headset Elite Edition hands-on

• SOEmote tracks our face, transplants our expressions onto an Everquest II persona (faces-on)

• Astro Gaming A50 wireless surround sound headset hands-on (video)

• Razer rolls out Taipan ambidextrous gaming mouse, we go hands-on

• Razer unveils Artemis prototype controller for MechWarrior Online, we go eyes-on

News:

• Nintendo shows final Wii U Gamepad, TV remote app (update: video)

• Wii U unlocks the key to the Miiverse, Nintendo promises mobile integration to come

• SOEmote brings your facial expressions to EverQuest II, lets fellow gamers know when you stub your toe

• Nintendo's pre-E3 press conference video is now available -- relive the magic again and again

• Microsoft: Xbox is now the top-selling console worldwide

• Nyko, NVIDIA out pair of PlayPad controllers for TegraZone gaming

• Xbox 360 video gets 35 new content providers, 24/7 live ESPN video

• Xbox 360 software at E3: FIFA 2013 / Madden 2013 gaining Kinect voice commands; Halo 4, Fable, Forza Horizon and Gears of War showcased

• Microsoft enhances Xbox Live Bing Search with genre navigation, extends support to 12 additional countries

• Microsoft announces Xbox Music, coming to 360, PCs, tablets and phones

• Microsoft's SmartGlass gets official: app brings AirPlay-esque streams to Android, iOS and Windows Phone

• Nike allies with Xbox 360 for Nike+ Kinect Training: real-time feedback, training reminders through your phone

• Internet Explorer coming to Xbox 360 this year, Kinect / voice integration and all

• Sony is bringing Hulu Plus, Crackle to PlayStation Vita

• Sony announces white PS Vita bundle with Assassin's Creed III: Liberation

• HTC officially a maker of PlayStation certified handsets, PlayStation Suite is now PlayStation Mobile

• Sony's Wonderbook is PS Move-augmented reading, launches with J.K. Rowling's 'Book of Spells'

• Sony reveals $40 PlayStation Move Racing Wheel for LittleBigPlanet Karting and more

• Astro Gaming's A50 wireless headset: the A40 and Mixamp 5.8 become one for $300

• Nyko's Power Grip Pro gets cozy with the Nintendo 3DS, comfortably extends mobile gaming sessions

• Peter Molyneux reveals first game from his new studio: Curiosity coming to iOS and PC

• OnLive's E3 blowout includes new games, easy in-browser access, MultiView and LG's Google TV

• Nintendo Wii U will offer Netflix, Hulu Plus, YouTube and Amazon Video, second-screen experiences promised

• Nintendo: two Wii U Gamepads will work on one system (update 2: but at a cost - and now with video)

• Nintendo confirms Wii U shipping 'this holiday'

• Nyko Free Fighter joystick brings flexible controls, arcade flair to the PS3

• One day, Portal 2 in motion DLC will come to PS3, it's such a shame the same will never happen to Xbox

• Microsoft's Marc Whitten: SmartGlass is the 'enabling technology' of IE on Xbox 360

Everything else:

• Nintendo pre-E3 press conference liveblog!

• Live from Microsoft's E3 2012 keynote!

• Live from Sony's E3 2012 keynote!

• Xbox SmartGlass: did Microsoft just render the Wii U controller obsolete?

• Engadget and Joystiq's pre-event broadcast from E3 - Sony

• Live from Nintendo's E3 2012 keynote!

• Editorial: Engadget on Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo's E3 Keynotes

• A conversation with Microsoft's Marc Whitten on SmartGlass and the quest for a better living room

• Epic senior technical artist Alan Willard talks Unreal Engine 4 for next-gen consoles

• E3 2012: not quite ready to go mobile