E3 2009

Have you ever wished that you could wave around a magic wand, proclaim "Accio TV remote!" and have your remote control come flying directly into your hand? Or perhaps your little brother is bothering you. How awesome would it be to cry out "Petrificus Totalus" and make him freeze up like a Popsicle? No, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will not let you repair your own glasses with a wave of the Wii Remote and a shout of "Oculus Reparo," but it will come closer to...

It wouldn't be E3 2009 without hundreds of games crammed into the cavernous halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center, but one game that's quietly making precious few appearances is Disciples III: Renaissance. It is the sequel to Strategy First's dark, fantasy-themed turn-based strategy series in development at Russian studio Akella, which now officially owns the Disciples intellectual property. We had a chance to watch both the opening cinematic...

LOS ANGELES--When Microsoft unveiled its motion-sensing camera, Project Natal, at its E3 press event on Monday, it made a point of saying that software developer kits for the device were being sent out that day. Later, in an interview with GameSpot, Microsoft Game Studios head Phil Spencer revealed that the device had been shown to two top developers--Epic Games (Gears of War 2) and Bungie Studios (Halo 3: ODST)--who were experimenting with the technology.

When Sony showed off its own motion-sensing...

The two famous mustachioed Italian brothers have traveled all over Mushroom Kingdom and beyond, but it's likely that they never thought that they'd end up in the tummy of their archnemesis, Bowser. In their latest role-playing adventure, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, they must navigate through the bowels of Bowser, who is congested with goombas--at least from what we could tell of our demo. The game was announced during the...

Set in a postapocalyptic world, Fallen Earth, developed by Icarus Studios, is a massively multiplayer shooter that takes place primarily in and around the Grand Canyon. The developer took the time at its E3 2009 booth to demonstrate a bit more of the game than we had previously seen. Given that much of what was demoed was shown before, please click here to read our previous coverage.

The demo opened with a character-creation tool reminiscent of...