Giant Gaming Show Starts Today With PlayStation and XBox Events

At this year's E3 game aggregation, wherever press and fans get 1st appearance at coming games and hardware, a brand new generation are ushered in as attendees go active with the most recent systems from PlayStation four and Xbox One. beginning nowadays, the large la play show kicks off with press conferences from Microsoft and Sony. For the remainder of the week, the show floor are open as play firms reveal new titles and brag new play consoles.

For those of you not there to press buttons and flick screens head to head, ABC's News has you coated. we'll be live blogging the week-long show right here, providing updates from the press conferences and from the ground. it'll commence nowadays at 9:30 a.m. platinum / 12:30 p.m. ET with the Microsoft Xbox announcement.

We prompt keeping a watch on our live diary, however till then here's what news you'll expect to return out of the show.

Sony's PlayStation 4
Sony is about to tug the veil off of the PS4, revealing the console's style when saying the system in Feb and teasing bits and items of the black box's look last month. Expect a unharness date and value purpose for the system, hopefully under the a lot of bemoaned 2006 PlayStation three launch value of $599 for a system with 60GB of storage.

Also seemingly to be mentioned are additional on the twin Shock's social "share" button and what which will mean with regard to Sony's partnership with Facebook and UStream. Fans of Wii U's GamePad bit screen are keen to be told additional regarding the compatibility of the notation Vita with the PS4, and also the ability to stream games round the home for mobile play.

Details on games like "Gran Turismo six," "Killzone: Shadow Fall", "Destiny" (from the manufacturers of "Halo") and maybe consequent entry within the "Uncharted" series area unit expected to be showcased likewise.

Microsoft's Xbox One With Kinect
After last month's temporary unveiling event, gamers were left with an honest sympathize with what the system can do and the way it'll plan to become the all-in-one amusement system. At E3, expect additional demonstrations of the play power of the device, when such a TV-focused presentation in could. we tend to additionally expect a unharness date and value purpose.

Microsoft ought to be sharing details a couple of next-gen "Halo" and additional of the fifteen Xbox One exclusive game titles secure last month.

Don't expect to listen to from Microsoft execs on DRM protected games, one-on-one interviews with executives are off.

Nintendo's WiiU and 3DS
Games, games, games – that is what it's getting to be regarding for Nintendo. once it involves Wii U, we have seen little or no from Nintendo's biggest franchises within the time since last year's E3. "Nintendo Direct" live-streams over the primary 1/2 2013 declared associate exclusive Sonic game, a "Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker" remake, and plenty of "Pikmin 3" delays. could 17th's Nintendo Direct complete with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime promising a glance a brand new "Super Smash Bros" and a brand new "Mario Kart" return E3.

A new, non-side-scrolling Mario game is additionally expected to be declared. we tend to might even be stunned by a brand new Star Fox, Metroid, Pokemon or Zelda.

Meanwhile, 3DS has seen a substantial bump in must-have titles. "Luigi's Mansion," new "Link to the Past" sequel, "Donkey Kong Returns 3D."

Don't expect new hardware from Nintendo, the Wii U is a smaller amount than a year recent. additionally do not expect a lot of third-party game support, although Semitic deity has declared that they're really acting on Wii U games when confusion last month that they were dodging the system for future comes.