E3 2011 wrap-up: Wii U, PS Vita, and an entire lot of motion gaming

This year’s Electronics Entertainment Expo was pretty amazing, featuring a lot of fresh new hardware and a few… innovative titles for serious consoles. Sony renamed its NGP to PlayStation Vita, while Nintendo unveiled its Wii successor, designated only by one more vowel: U. Despite the (now much more) goofy name, the Wii U stole the show, its 6.2-inch touchscreen controller opening the door to a global of probably awesome games — and to what is going to surely be an entire new generation of shovelware. The show should be would becould very well be over, however the our coverage still burns — similar to our hearts after one last night at Daikokuya.

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Sony

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Major announcements

Microsoft’s new Xbox 360 UI has Bing voice search across Hulu, Netflix, YouTube, and live TV

Sony introduces PlayStation-brand 3D monitor and 3D glasses, bundle available for $499

Sony’s PlayStation Vita official: $249 for WiFi, $299 for 3G

The Wii U, Nintendo’s next console

The Wii U controller, revealed!

Impressions

0 Sony’s PlayStation Vita: first hands-on impressions 0

1 Nintendo Wii U controller, first hands-on! 1

2 Kinect Star Wars hands-on: Engadget and Joystiq get involved with the Force 2

3 Hyperkin SupaBoy portable SNES console hands-on 3

4 Minecraft Pocket Edition on Xperia Play hands-on 4

5 Forza Motorsport CSR and CSR Elite wheel and pedals hands-on 5

6 Xbox 360 Wireless Speed Wheel hands-on 6

But that’s only the start! Be sure you look at our 7 E3 2011 event page 7 for the entire suite of reports.

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