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For those who didn’t see the Nintendo E3 press conference which has just recently finished, here’s a quick recap at what happened throughout the show:

Shaun White Snowboarding:
9.05AM: Snowboarding game using the Wiimote and balance board demonstrated by Shaun White.

Animal Crossing Wii Demo:
9.25AM: A demo of Animal Crossing shown, confirmed release date this year. Wiispeak is announced, microphone for Wii and use in Animal Crossing.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Rayman Raving Rabbits TV, Call of Duty: World at War Trailers Displayed:
9.37AM: All above shown, trailers etc.

Guitar Hero, Spore - DS:
9.41AM: Guitar Hero On Tour DS Displayed
9.42AM: Spore Creatures DS Displayed

GTA On the DS:
9.43AM: GTA on the DS officially announced to arrive this Winter.

Wii Motion Plus Announced:
9.47AM: An addition to the current Wiimote, an add-on which increases sensitivity etc on the Wiimote.
9.48AM: Wii Sports Resort Announced, comes with the new Wii Motion Plus add-on.
9.50AM: Wii Sports Resort Demoed with the new Wii Motion Plus.
9.55AM: Wii Music Demoed, use the Balance board, Wiimote + Nunchuck to represent musical instruments and play them through the Wii in real time.

Recap of the presentation:
10:10AM: End of the conference.

We were really impressed with the game ‘Shaun White Snowboarding’, it’s a great use of the current Wii balance board. Wii Music looked fun, we’re sure we’ll have a good laugh with it!

UPDATE: Click here to find out what really happened at this years Playstation E3.

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So we’ve just been talking with a Sony Playstation rep regarding the upcoming Playstation E3 conference which is being held later on today.

According to the rep, Sony have some interesting things to unveil at the show. The first thing which caught our attention was 4 new PS3 exclusive games which are to be released later on in the year and early 2009. These 4 new games will be shown as well as the following games which have been officially confirmed by Sony:

Killzone 2 (PS3)
LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
MotorStorm Pacific Rift (PS3)
PixelJunk Eden (PS3)
Resistance 2 (PS3)
SIREN: Blood Curse Episode #1 (PSN)
SOCOM: Confrontation (PS3)
Buzz! Master Quiz
Buzz! Quiz TV

We’re guessing that one of the 4 games to be announced by Sony later on today will be God of War 3. For the others, we’re unsure.

The Sony rep said that Home has a few more features/additions and these will also be demonstrated. What these features are exactly, we don’t know.

A new Playstation controller is also supposed to be in the making. Apparently it has a much longer battery life (not that the current controllers don’t have a long battery life!), will be lighter than the current DualShock3, and of course will include rumble. A wireless headset is also said to be included in future PS3 packages and we’re told that we could be seeing a new PS3 bundle in time for Christmas. With Resistance 2 being released in November, there’s a very good chance that Resistance 2 could be part of the new PS3 bundle.

A new PS3 firmware is supposed to be demonstrated, displaying “In game mic chat”. A few more “surprises” will be detailed later today, we’re not told what, so we’ll just have to sit back and wait.

As this is not officially confirmed by Sony, we’re currently calling all this a rumour for now - we’ll see it all happen later on today.

Insomniac have created another great looking Resistance 2 trailer getting us ready for the game release in November 08.

This trailer will be one of the videos used today at Sony press conference - E3. Check it out:

Okay so it’s day 1 of E3, and we’re going to be keeping you up to date with all the interesting announcements which are made from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.

Today, Microsoft officially announced that the 20GB Xbox 360 will be sold at $299 per unit. Here’s what Microsoft had to say:

We know consumers need more and more space to store the amazing digital content Xbox 360 offers, and we’re giving it to them at no extra charge. No one device offers the depth and breadth of entertainment that Xbox 360 can deliver, and now you’ll have three times the storage to manage all that great content.

As well as this Microsoft have said they will be releasing a 60GB Xbox 360 for the same price as the old 20GB - $349.

Hold up, if you live outside North America - don’t get too excited:

The 60GB Xbox 360 and the 20GB clearance sale are for the US only. We have not announced any changes in Xbox 360 offerings or pricing in Europe.

It’ll be interesting how Sony responds; tomorrow.