Nintendo's New Wii U Console Gets A Touchscreen Controller

E3 is bringing us all sorts for cool new gadgets to play with, and this time it's Nintendo's turn to announce a new gaming console. The Wii U will be Nintendo's next gaming console and it's not alone. Get ready for the first ever 6.2" touchscreen console controller that lets you take your gaming away from your TV and onto the controller's 6.2" touchscreen. Nintendo has said that the Wii U's controller want designed to be a portable gaming console like the PS Vita for example. The Wii U will wirelessly stream full HD media and games onto the 6.2" touchscreen controller without lag. It's got a built-in front-facing camera that will let you video chat from anywhere as long as you're on the same network with the Wii U. The Wii U's touchscreen controller features twin analog sticks, a D-pad, four shoulder buttons, speakers, accelerometers for motion control, a sensor strip, vibration feedback and a mic. The best thing about the Wii U's "portable" touchscreen controller is that you don't even need to have a TV in order to game and fully use the Wii U console. I'm sold.

The Nintendo Wii U will also be compatible with all existing original Wii accessories and games. Together with an innovative new touchscreen controller, the Wii U packs a whole new and powerful GPU for better graphics matching current-gen gaming consoles and performance and can transmit full HD 1080p video over HDMI. The Wii U is expected to be released in 2012. More details to come.

Sony Announces PlayStation Vita Portable Gaming Console

Sony has officially announced its latest portable gaming console at E3 today called the PlayStation Vita, or PS Vita for short. Sony's PS Vita will be available worldwide for the holiday season in a WiFi-only model for $249 as well as a 3G + WiFi model for $299. The PS Vita packs a high-resolution 5" OLED multitouch touchscreen at 960x544, one of the best displays on portable devices. Full feature specs:

• 5" OLED screen with multitouch capabilities
• 960 x 544 Resolution
• Front and rear facing cameras
• Rear touch pad with multitouch capabilities
• Wi-Fi or 3G + Wi-Fi (3G on AT&T)
• Bluetooth
• Flash Card Media
• Six-axis motion sensing (three-axis gyroscope,
  three-axis accelerometer)
• ARM Cortex A9 CPU (4-core)
• GPS for location services

Battery specs have not been released weirdly enough.

Along with the release of the PlayStation Vita, a few game titles all taking advantage of the Vita's touch and motion controls are being developed such as LittleBigPlanet, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, new ModNation Racers, Ruin and Street Fighter x Tekken. 

Battlefield 3 In Stores October 25, Beta September

Battlefield 3 will be released on Xbox 360, PS3, Pc on October 25 with PC being there main platform. EA announced today that the games beta will be available in September, but you get a VIP pass into it if you picked up last year's Medal Of Honor.

Microsoft Keynote Round Up, More More Kinect

Earlier this morning there was a game list leaked from E3. Microsoft keynote followed exactly what games that where on the leaked list. Many things are happening and many new things are coming. Here is just some of the information covered at the Microsoft Keynote. Below is information from joystiq.

Halo 4 was annocuned.

Kinect Sports is coming back for Season 2.

Dance Central 2 was announced with new catalog of tunes.

Kinect Fun Labs which is a big collection of mini games to have fun with.

Kinect Disneyland Adeventures will allow you to explore Disney parks from your living room and have plenty of mini-games.

Forza 4 will arive October 11 with kinect head-tracking.

Mincraft coming to Xbox 360 and Kinect this winter.

Fable: The Journey will feature Kinect-based journey.

Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary.

UFC fights that you will be able to watch from your Xbox.

Xbox Live launching streaming televison service in the fall.

Xbox getting Kinect powered dashboard update.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Kinect Support.

Four EA Sports Games in 2011 to Feature Kinect.

Mass Effect 3 gets Kinect support with voice recognition.

Black Ops Escalation Map Pack Coming To PS3 On June 10

Activision has confirmed that PS3 gamers will be able to download the Escalation map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops on June 10 for $14.99. The Escalation map pack includes 5 all-new multiplayer maps including - Hotel, Convoy, Zoo and Stockpile and Call of the Dead.