E3 2006 Preview

The largest video game event of the year, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), is just around the corner! Starting next week, thousands of industry professionals will be jam-packed into the Los Angeles Convention Center showcasing the future of gaming.

There will be loads of new game announcements, truck loads of new game screenshots and trailers, and many demo stations featuring early builds of games to come.

Xbox Core will be attending E3 2006 all next week and will be bringing you the news as it happens. Next week you will find: hands-on previews, new game announcements, trailers, screenshots, and more. Our news section will be loaded to the gills with all the new announcements and media. However, we are making things easy and we will feature an overview each E3 day. These E3 features, starting with this preview and all next week, will give you the big news and quick looks at what is going on. From there, users can dig deeper into our news, previews, and media sections.

Here is a quick look at next week's madness:

AAA, 1st-Party Titles:

Halo 3
It has been announced that Halo 3 will be shown at Microsoft's Xbox Briefing on May 9th. The video is said to be about two minutes long and most likely not actual gameplay, but a teaser trailer. However, more footage may be shown later in the week.

Forza Motorsport 2
Rumors have recently been flying around the Microsoft is working on Forza 2 and it will debut at E3 2006. If this is true, we will bring you the latest.

Gears of War
Cliff Bleszinski will be showing off the much-anticipated Gears of War. We'll bring you the updates and footage, ‘cause we're looking forward to it, too!

Fable 2
Just last month Microsoft acquired Lionhead Studios, the developer of Fable, so we have good reason to believe Fable 2 will make a showing at this E3 in some form.

Other 1st-Party Titles:

Crackdown
Mass Effect
Too Human
Viva Piñata

3rd-Party Titles Sizing Up to Have Impressive Showings Next Week:

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
Call of Duty 3
Dead Rising
F.E.A.R.
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Prey
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Test Drive Unlimited
Saint's Row

This is just a glimpse of what is to come! Be sure to keep checking up with XboxCore.com often everyday all next week. Keep a close eye on our news, media, and previews section for the latest, as it happens.

Article By: VGcore Staff