2010. A great year for gaming. Great titles were released, and announced. Red Dead Redemption, Halo: Reach, Black Ops, AC Brotherhood, Final Fantasy XIII, etc. Another great thing that made 2010 a good year for the gaming industry was the introduction of motion gaming from Microsoft and Sony. First I'll start with E3 2010. Nintendo had the best conference, with the unveiling of the 3DS, Sony close behind with the unveiling of Move and Playstation Plus. Microsoft, was sadly last in my opinion, because the best thing they had going for them at their conference was Kinect, and even so, the conference was still terrible. Sony announced various Move deals. PS3 320GB Move Bundle, Move Starter Pack, and various other items related to the Move released separately (i.e.: Navigation Controller, Charging Station, etc.) A lot of gamers have said some things about Move. It looks like a girl's sex toy, it's a Wii rip off, blah blah blah. Okay first of all, learn to be mature. Second of all, the only thing it resembles with the Wii is the controllers. The Playstation Eye is a lot more accurate and precise with motion tracking than compared to the Wii sensor that goes on your TV. Sony also announced that 3D games and blu-ray would now be playable on the PS3, with a 3DHDTV. Now onto Kinect. Originally called Project Natal, it was renamed Kinect and completely unveiled at E3 2010. Kinect does offer some great opportunities, however, I think Kinect will just be casual gaming. Not much else. Although, I've yet to try Move or Kinect, I know I would probably love both. Finally, the 3DS. I expected this to be the worst handheld of all time, but wow. Honestly, this was one of the biggest gaming surprises ever. Just about no details were in the air on the 3DS before E3. As Nintendo unveiled the 3DS and had their conference, there were some other great things. A lot of great games were announced for the 3DS, specifically the Ocarina of Time 3D Remake, and the sequel to Kid Icarus, previously nicknamed Project Sora (I thought it was another Kingdom Hearts game to be honest, but a KH game for the 3DS was announced though), Kid Icarus: Uprising. Another huge announcement Nintendo showed off at the conference was the unveiling of the new Zelda title called tLoZ: Skyward Sword. However, it's not just Twilight Princess's Wii controls all over again. This is the Zelda game Wii fans have been waiting for. Skyward Sword was announced to be able to work with Wii Motion Plus. Around the time E3 was going on, the Supreme Court was debating on whether or not to pass a law to make selling mature rated games to minors illegal. Much controversy from gamers, and politicians a like has risen from this, and a decision still has not been made. After the E3 hype died down, some rumors spread about a possible Android Playstation Phone. Then, Gamescom came around the corner, and the best thing that happened was when Resistance 3 was announced. Resistance: Fall of Man was the PS3's best launch game. I hate shooters, but regardless, I will be buying this game. After Gamescom ended, in September, Sony's Playstation Move went public. Reviews were generally positive, and the Move had some good launch games, but the one people are most looking forward to is Little Big Planet 2 or Killzone 3. Tokyo Game Show went down around the same time Move launched, and more 3DS details were announced and such. A sequel to Dissidia: Final Fantasy was announced, as well as some other Square-Enix titles. Versus XIII and Agito XIII also finally got trailers and more details. Then, Nintendo's 3DS conference happened, and the 3DS was given a price and release date. The 3DS will launch in Japan in February, and in North America sometime in March for around $250-300. Tokyo Game Show came and went, and then rumors and pictures of the PSP2 and the Playstation Phone had surfaced. The PSP2 has been speculated to release around Q4 2011, same goes for the Playstation Phone. This is just about everything you'll find interesting that happened in the gaming world in 2010, in case anyone somehow managed to miss the whole year.
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