E3 may be miniaturized, and your chances of seeing something unexpected may be close to none, but the big publishers are keeping the channel plenty full.  Sites like TIGSource and even Joystiq do their best to bring some indie news from E3, but if I were a smaller developer, I think I’d wait until the inevitable lull afterwards (unless you’re in the unenviable position of fighting for retailer shelf space).  This E3 is a fight between the giants.

That said, anything catch your eye?  I found the first gameplay footage of Halo Wars interesting– it looks surprisingly like a whole ton of people playing Halo 2.  It has that pleasant feeling of seeing something in a new context, like seeing Overlords float around in the ill-fated Starcraft: Ghost.

Beyond that, there’s a ton of eye candy, which might be expected to dominate in a show like this.  Halo 3’s single player campaign looks a lot better than the multiplayer.  Killzone 2 does indeed look quite nice, and might move some PS3s.  Microsoft’s new RPG looks very pretty, Assassin’s Creed still looks good, and on and on– devs are really hitting their stride on the new hardware.

There’s no way any one person can keep up on all of this coverage, so be sure to mention anything that strikes you as worth seeing!

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