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
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
Snakebyte tablet gaming controller for Android and iOS hands-on
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
Nintendo's pre-E3 press conference video is now available -- relive the magic again and again
Nyko, NVIDIA out pair of PlayPad controllers for TegraZone gaming
Xbox 360 video gets 35 new content providers, 24/7 live ESPN video
Microsoft announces Xbox Music, coming to 360, PCs, tablets and phones
Internet Explorer coming to Xbox 360 this year, Kinect / voice integration and all
Sony announces white PS Vita bundle with Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
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: two Wii U Gamepads will work on one system (update 2: but at a cost - and now with video)
Nyko Free Fighter joystick brings flexible controls, arcade flair to the PS3
Microsoft's Marc Whitten: SmartGlass is the 'enabling technology' of IE on Xbox 360
Everything else:
Xbox SmartGlass: did Microsoft just render the Wii U controller obsolete?
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