Microsoft got to kick off the festivities of the new, slimmer E3. Announcements included Gears of War and Viva Piñata coming to the PC, exclusive online expansions for GTA IV, and details for Call of Duty 4, Resident Evil 5, and Assassin's Creed. There was even an on-stage demonstration of Harmonix's upcoming Rock Band.

Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer is based on both the comic book series as well as Twentieth Century Fox/Marvel Entertainment's movie sequel.

In Undertow you navigate the stormy seas as one of four unique, upgradeable unit types, earning points for adding upgrades by killing enemies, completing objectives, and taking checkpoints. Undertow includes two multiplayer modes for up to 16 players, and a robust 15-level single player and co-op campaign.

Activision announced that legendary guitar hero Slash will provide an original track and appear as a boss battle character in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, delivering wannabe rock stars the chance to shred against the music icon.

Valve's trilogy of episodic single player gaming continues with Ep. Two where, armed with new weaponry and vehicles, Dr. Gordon Freeman must race through a countryside riddled with an increasingly fierce Combine threat. Half-Life 2: The Orange Box also includes Team Fortress 2 as a multiplayer addition, and physics-focused Portal.

The latest issue of OXM has an in-depth article looking at Midway/Epic's upcoming FPS Unreal Tournament 3. BeyondUnreal analyzed that preview coverage revealing that Epic has abandoned its initial idea to make gigantic maps utilizing UE3's streaming technology for up to 64 players, and instead went back to improving the original formula. The article also indicates that the retail game will feature 3 to 4 dozen multiplayer maps, with the single player portion exceeding that tally. The X360 edition will support 4-player co-op and 2-player split-screen in the singleplayer

RE: The Umbrella Chronicles combines first-person, light-gun style combat with interactive pathways, multiple weapons and new enemies to create an entirely new RE experience, revealing the back story behind the fall of the Umbrella Corporation. The latest Famitsu issue confirms that The Umbrella Chronicles will include a 2 player co-op mode.

The Nielsen Company and Sony Computer Entertainment America announced an initiative to develop a measurement system for game network advertising that will help make game software a more competitive advertising platform.

Mass Effect is a science-fiction action-RPG created by BioWare, previously known for Jade Empire, KotoR, and Neverwinter Nights. Mass Effect will deliver an immersive story driven gameplay experience with stunning visual fidelity.

Cabal Online, a 3rd person 3D role playing game that builds on over a decade of experience with massive network traffic management to deliver a New-Age Stylish Action MMORPG, puts gamers in a graphically vivid world of non-stop hack & slash action.

Ben 10: Protector of Earth puts you in the role of Cartoon Network's popular everyday-kid-turned-superhero, Ben Tennyson. Using the power of the Omnitrix, which has embedded itself on Ben's wrist, players will be able to battle as one of five popular alien heroes from the show - soon to be revealed!

Alerts, blue lights and bloody excoriations – humanity need the gods in white, and DreamCatcher is bringing it to North America. In Lifesigns for the NDS, it’s up to you if you save lives. Each second is important – the emergency room is waiting for you!

Mass Effect is a science-fiction action-RPG created by BioWare, previously known for Jade Empire, KotoR, and Neverwinter Nights. Mass Effect will deliver an immersive story driven gameplay experience with stunning visual fidelity.

On your path to become the best-known pilot in space, through a yet unknown universe, you can fight, trade or smuggle to earn respect, wealth and fame. Based on feedback of the previously released demo, JoWood and Provox Games have been working on several improvements and little fixes, to be implemented in the retail game, or downloadable per patch.

Beginning in July, Valve will ship a major update to its online gaming platform Steam, allowing users can set up their own personal Steam pages and profiles, create and join groups, schedule games with friends, review who they've played with, see how well everyone played, chat with groups, chat via voice, and more.

The princess worlds are in peril and only the player can save them in Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey (Wii, PS2, and PC). In Disney Princess: Magical Jewels (NDS), you enter a fun-filled enchanted adventure to regain a kingdom’s magical power, players strive to break the spell that binds the kingdom by recovering the stolen Magical Jewels.

Mass Effect is a science-fiction action-RPG created by BioWare, previously known for Jade Empire, KotoR, and Neverwinter Nights. Mass Effect will deliver an immersive story driven gameplay experience with stunning visual fidelity.

Valve's trilogy of episodic single player gaming continues with Episode Two where, armed with new weaponry and vehicles, Dr. Gordon Freeman must race through a countryside riddled with an increasingly fierce Combine threat. After previously canceling The Black Box, Valve comfirmed that Half-Life 2: The Orange Box will be released on October 9, 2007, at $49.99 for the PC version and $59.99 for the X360 and PS3 editions

Wildlife Park 2: Crazy Zoo is an expansion pack for Deep Silver's zoo tycoon game, adding 30 new species of animal and plants, new stunt, new attractions, and numerous new features.

Deep Silver has released a new patch for B-Alive's zoo management game Wildlife Park2. This v1.23 patch works for the original and its Crazy Zoo addon, improves performance, fixes gfx bugs and adds balance tweaks.

Capcom secured the PlayStation format rights to publish official videogames based on the adrenaline fuelled motor sport, MotoGP. Developed by Milestone, MotoGP '07 will feature all the riders, bikes, teams and tracks from the 2007 season.

Playboy announced the official launch of Playboy Island in Second Life. The Rabbit Head-shaped island will house a virtual Playboy retail store and will also offer Second Life residents the chance to connect with the brand through a variety of events and social opportunities.

Lost Odyssey is the story of Kaim, an immortal character who has lived more than 1,000 years and doesn't remember his past and doesn't know where his future lies. Throughout Kaim's journey, a handful of characters join him on an odyssey to discover their intricate past and destiny, leading players through a dramatic story of massive scale.

Originally slated to be videotaped and aired at a later date DIRECTV announced that the Championship Gaming Series (CGS) will now air live when it begins its exclusive run on DIRECTV's original entertainment channel, The 101.

NCsoft and ArenaNet are working on the first true expansion for the Guild Wars franchise, Guild Wars: Eye of the North, adding eighteen multi-level dungeons to face untold enemies, search for clues about the menace facing the world, and uncover new weapons they can use in the final confrontation.