Centre stage at booth 5744, that is.
Accessory manufacturer Snakebyte is working hard to bring its own-brand Move controllers to market, with the company announcing they'll be shown to the public for the first time at E3 in early June.
Hey, listen!
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is ready to eat up your every waking hour after its release in mid-June, so Nintendo has released a stack of new screens to get you in the mood for Hyrule.
Everyone who bought a copy of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters during its first week helped the game to become the fastest-selling entry in EA's long-running golfing series.
Visit Pennsylvania
Last week saw Insomniac Games hold a closed-doors event for gaming media, during which journalists got to take on the company's Move-enabled shooter Resistance 3. The video below shows off the grim-looking level called The Dark Woods of Pennsylvania, and it certainly lives up to its name.
Nintendo fans have a better grasp on handheld gaming than many, but Swindon Museum of Computing in England is about to plot the history of the portable with a new exhibition.
Unlocking the toy box
The official Kinect software development kit is due out later this Spring, and Microsoft has pledged it will allow users to use Kinect features that hackers have so far been denied.
Will we see any at E3?
Despite the disappointment of Kinect support failing to materialise in Fable III, as well as the cancellation of Milo and Kate, Microsoft developer Lionhead is still keen on the sensor, according to the studio's senior designer Mike West.
Rare to lead the charge
E3 is less than two months away, and while we expect to see new Kinect technology we're all waiting to see the new games, of course. Microsoft UK's Neil Thompson has hinted there'll be a range of brand new titles shown off on the big stage in LA in early June.I can guarantee that Rare and all of our other studios are looking at what we’re doing on Kinect and coming up with some amazing new experiences that people will love. That’s what we’re focusing on.Rare manager Scott Henson, as well as pledging the importance of Kinect voice control, has also dropped hints that the studio will be at the frontline of the announcements:
We’ve got E3 coming up, and there’ll be lots of exciting things happening there. As a first party studio, our job is to lead innovation on the platform. We take that seriously, and you’ll see plenty from us in the coming months.Microsoft is understandably cagey about what exactly will be shown in June, but stay tuned to KINECTaku as we'll bring you all the Kinect news as it happens.
Something to get your teeth into
There's a stack of 3DS accessories eager to take your money, and manufacturer Snakebyte has put together a Starter Pack that contains almost everything you'll need to get started with your shiny new machine.
Gnaw, really
PSN time-manipulating platform puzzler Funky Lab Rat has 81 levels to conquer, but if you've successfully passed them all and are itching for more laboratory-escaping gameplay, you might want to fire up the PlayStation Store and take a look at the new DLC.
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