With publishers showing so many games in such close proximity, the Electronic Entertainment Expo is a great place to discover the directions that developers are taking the entire industry for the next year and beyond. Inside are eight trends that GamesBeat's writers noticed during the annual trade show.
When we're in Los Angeles for E3, we've always got our eyes out for special and noteworthy works. When we're not doing that, we give out these E3 2012 non-award awards. Grossest quote? We have that. Most charming booth babe? Yep. Year of the Bow Award for the Most Bows? You'll have to click to find out.
The Electronic Entertainment Expo isn't just a place for publishers and developers to show off their newest games and technology to journalists and peers; it's also an opportunity for them to litter the gigantic Los Angeles Convention Center with enormous banners that shill their upcoming releases, as seen in this gallery.
Ubisoft, stop your search now. Aisha Tyler is your one true conference host, the presenter to rule them all. And these are just some of the awesome -- and way, WAY off-script -- things she said.