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Out of the Compound: GR @ E3: Vita is the Spice of Life

Posted on Sunday, May 29 @ 16:55:08 Eastern by Daniel Bischoff

The invitations have been rolling in. Appointments are being finalized. We've got our registrations for every E3 press conference! That means E3 2011 is nearly upon us and more news, more leaks, and even more hype is flowing into the GR compound. We'd be tossing it out by the bucket for fear of drowning in it, but to be honest, we love this stuff! Here's all the E3 buzz that's gone down in the past week:

Nintendo finalized their press briefing schedule and informed us of their live stream. How about reading Game Revolution's liveblog while you watch? It'll be like hanging out with us in the audience! Of course, you won't have to smell all that nerd sweat....

The PlayStation 3 will continue to rack up the sales if it dominates the software market. With PSP Remasters available soon, that should be easy. Will more PSP Remasters get announced at E3? Maybe like Metal Gear Solid: Peace Wakler?

Sony's already lost a reported $170 Million as a result of the PSN hack. Apologies are in order, but E3 2011 is about the future not the past. Does the present count? Sony was hacked again in Thailand and Japan over the past week.

Call of Duty manages to get bigger and bigger every year and Modern Warfare 3 doesn't seem to be any different. A gameplay trailer and a release date made their ways to us this past week but I'll put money on the next Call of Duty showing during Microsoft's press briefing.

Hideo Kojima wasn't exactly beaming about the cancelation of a project he's been working on quite a bit recently. Whatever secret project Kojima was toiling away on, we're not seeing it at E3 2011.

If you're hungry for some classic SEGA gaming... say on a Nintendo handheld, you'll be happy to learn that Sonic Generations and a Shinobi title will be shown off at E3. Of course, they've been shown off a little early by Nintendo Power too.

The PC may have lost one of its biggest exclusives while Microsoft may have gotten a software edge for it's presser at E3. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is heading to the Xbox 360 according to the ESRB. Game Revolution's got the screenshot to boot.

Nothing like a mobile phone with buttons says "gaming." Except, you know Kristen Schaal being goofy and playing games on the Xperia Play. Yeah, that says "gaming," albeit in a different way. While I don't think the Xperia Play will play a huge part in Sony's E3 showing, it'll definitely be at the show.

Speaking of Hideo Kojima, Kojima Productions will be on hand at Konami's Pre-E3 even on June 2nd for some special announcements. Game Revolution will be on hand as well. No special announcements of our own. We're there to support Mr. Kojima!

With Sony's NGP taking up a heaping helping of the spotlight at E3 2011 what about the PlayStation 3? What? Are you kidding?! Who cares about the PlayStation 3 when we know there's a PlayStation 4 on the way!

Templars? Who cares?! Assassins are what's cool. Didn't you know? Of course, Ubisoft already knew this and that's why they've scheduled the full blown Assassin's Creed: Revelations trailer for their press conference at E3 2011.

Call of Duty is known for a few things, mostly shooting and explosions. Modern Warfare 3 will be no different.

Ubisoft might have some other games with them at E3. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier might get some spotlight on the Microsoft stage. Box art for the game with Kinect branding showed up on Xbox.com, which is about as official as you can get.

Gears of War 3 will also be a huge presence during E3 and Microsoft's display of "See we still care about the core players!" making the rounds.

Sony's NGP may have gotten named a little early if the rumors turn out to be true. Proof shots of promotional material surfaced later this weekend to lend substance to the PlayStation Vita.

Oh boy! That's a whole lot of gaming news and we're still 9 days away from the start of E3 2011! I'll be zipping off to Konami's pre-E3 event later this week but until then keep your browser pointed at Game Revolution and your finger on the F5 key for the latest news and media leading up to E3 2011. Looking for a straight shot of E3 buzz? Check out the E3 2011 tag page. Out of the Compound will continue to bring you updates every Sunday between now and June 7th.

ALSO: Don't forget about all the hype we've been covering with our Twitter account. Short of following us on the social networking side of things, you can catch all of that stuff by clicking over the The News tag page.

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