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New to E3? No problem! Find out all about the biggest gaming event of the year and learn how to E3 on GameSpot.

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What Is E3?

Every year, the largest game developers and publishers gather in Los Angeles for the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, where they preview their upcoming games, make important new announcements, and more! It's where Nintendo is expected to give us a glimpse of its new 3D-equipped handheld system, Microsoft will be showcasing its controllerless experience, and Sony will be demonstrating its motion-sensing hardware. Simply put, E3 is like the Super Bowl of video games.

Now, we've got some bad news, and some great news. The bad news is that E3 is not open to the general public, so don't go packing your bags and looking for airfare. The great news is that GameSpot is here to make sure that you find out about every piece of news, see every major press conference (and then some), get comprehensive previews of all the games, and more!

E3 Show Schedule

This is what E3 2009 looked like.
This is what E3 2009 looked like.
Though E3 doesn't officially begin until June 15, you'll want to tune in to our coverage starting June 13 so you don't miss a single thing. This year, we'll have five full days of live video, continuous updates on every game you'll need to know about this year, and behind-the-scenes demos you can't get anywhere else.

As usual, the biggest part of the show will be the press conferences and our live stage show. For the first time ever, we'll be bringing you live video straight from the show floor for as long as it's open with our interactive LiveCam Tour, and you'll be able to tell us what you want to see and where you want us to go via e-mail. We'll also be bringing you live video coverage of some of the nightly events held during E3 as part of our Tonight On the Spot video series. All total, that's more than 40 hours of live video!

Here's a complete schedule of our live broadcasts. If you ever miss one, don't worry--you can always watch the archived version, though you might miss out on some achievements!

Update: The times for Tonight On the Spot and Tuesday's LiveCam Tour have changed.

Tuesday, June 15
Live E3 Stage Show
2:00 p.m.
LiveCam Tour
12:00 p.m.
Tonight On the Spot
Three shows! 7:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 16
Live E3 Stage Show
10:00 a.m.
LiveCam Tour
10:00 a.m.
Thursday, June 17
Live E3 Stage Show
10:00 a.m.
LiveCam Tour
10:00 a.m.

Please note that all of the times listed above are in Pacific time, and are subject to change. If you live elsewhere in the world, please visit a time-zone converter to get your correct local time.

My E3

With My E3, it's easier than ever to find what you're looking for!
With My E3, it's easier than ever to find what you're looking for!

E3 is the largest gaming event of the year, and literally thousands of new screenshots, videos, and stories appear on GameSpot throughout the course of the week of the show. How then can you keep up with all of that content and get the updates you care about the most? Our new "My E3" page is your answer.

My E3 lets GameSpot members customize their E3 experience in a way that hasn't been done before. Rather than relying on you to sort through every single update that goes up for every single game, you can use the My E3 page to filter out any updates that are not about your favorite games. In other words, My E3 will show you the latest movies, screenshots, and previews only for the games you are following (the action that we used to call "tracking").

Follow That Game!

A follow button in the wild.
A follow button in the wild.

By following your favorite games, you're not only customizing the content you'll see on the My E3 page, but you're also ensuring that you'll get alerts whenever any new updates for those games appear on GameSpot.

As a bonus, any game that GameSpot members follow is also nominated for our Best of E3 Awards! Nonmembers can still nominate their favorite games (they'll see "nominate" buttons rather than "follow" buttons), but to take advantage of the My E3 page, they'll have to sign in or sign up.

After E3 is over, we'll be updating the rest of our site to feature the new follow buttons, and we have big things planned for how e-mail updates and following games in general will work.

Achievements List

As we've done in years past, we're giving out a set of special E3 2010 achievements for consuming our content during the show, so you can show off to your friends that you were there. Only GameSpot members are eligible for these, so make sure you've signed in to the site to unlock them!

Update: Two additional episodes of Tonight On the Spot was added on Tuesday night, and so the requirements for the Night Owl and Special Agent achievements have been updated--watch three episodes of Tonight On the Spot to qualify for them!

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E3 2010 Microsoft Press Conference Attendee
Unlocked by watching the Microsoft press conference live.

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E3 2010 Nintendo Press Conference Attendee
Unlocked by watching the Nintendo press conference live.

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E3 2010 Sony Press Conference Attendee
Unlocked by watching the Sony press conference live.

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E3 2010 Box Seats
Unlocked by watching every single press conference live--not just the big three!

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E3 2010 Early Bird
Unlocked by watching an episode of Tonight On the Spot live.

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E3 2010 Night Owl
Unlocked by watching three episodes of Tonight On the Spot live.

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E3 2010 Groupie
Unlocked by watching one day of GameSpot's E3 stage show live.

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E3 2010 Roadie
Unlocked by watching every day of GameSpot's E3 stage show live.

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E3 2010 Tourist
Unlocked by watching one live broadcast of the LiveCam Tour.

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E3 2010 Vacationer
Unlocked by watching every live broadcast of the LiveCam Tour.

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E3 2010 Special Agent
Unlocked by watching every press conference, three episodes of Tonight On the Spot, every day of GameSpot's E3 stage show, and every broadcast of the LiveCam Tour all live.

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Glad I'm EST, all of those morning conferences don't start until 1pm or noon for me :D

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Tuesday's Coverage is gonna be busy.

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Just letting everybody know, the broadcast is the same time everywhere, nobody has to wait longer than anyone else..

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I am up for a late night on Tuesday.

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who the **** cares about gamespot achievements?

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I bloody hope this streams perfectly, I've waited to long for this. Plus I'm stayin up until 3am to start watching the MS Press Con. GAME ON GUYS! :)

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Are you haveing a laugh Gamespot now I got to stay up to 06:00 AM and I am watching Sony Press Confrence not the Live cam why are you doing this?

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Well, darn. I'll have to wait till four in the afternoon to see anything interesting... but at least there's TOTS!

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@ Batmanreborn: Lol, I agree! XD

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For some reason the past two years I only got one for the Microsoft show even though I always watch all three.

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well itl be 5:00 pm over here for me

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Says all times are Pacific, just noticed that, well I'm on Eastern time, it'll be 1:00 before the first event.

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I am looking forward to the new Zelda game for the wii and that new natal technology from microsoft and killzone 3 and everything thing else...Heck I want to see everything!!!!!!!!!!.....HURRY UP E3....

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I'm going to be looking for only two things this year. Any info on either Beyond Good and Evil or Half-Life 2 Ep. 3 (or Half-Life 3, which is what it should be after all this time)

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*stares at Sony expectantly*

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do you have to completely watch all the events? or just watch a bit of them to get the awards? Because it is kind of silly to schedule both the stage show and liveCam at the same time every day, how can we watch both shows at the same time? :S

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:)

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why did they schedule the big conferences so earky in the morning?? They should have been in the afternoon!!

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How do we get the emblems for seeing all the livecam tours and the E3 stage shows when on Wednesday and Thursday they have both scheduled at 10? Do we just watch them both in different windows/tabs?

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Does the live count as within the last 12 hours or few hours like last year. Because I earnt the Microsoft one from last year and I swear I wasn't online at the time it was being broadcast but watched it within 12 hours of it being broadcast.

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I live in Egypt and everything starts 10 hours+++ any of the mentioned times. I am gonna miss most of them since they will start too late in the evening :(

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I am totally excited for E3, mainly for the fact that it's my official E3 with GameSpot. :D

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These emblems are for those who won't be there in person. I won't be getting any of these, I'll be too busy running around on the show floor.

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I also want to see new games. We all know what game they will be showing, but the real fun comes from the surprises we get! Kingdom Hearts 3 please!

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If They announce elder scrolls V, i will $&%# my pants.

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I'm going to have to wake up early to catch these conferences... It better be worth it. I'm looking at you Microsoft and Nintendo.

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I won't be able to watch microsoft press conference, i'll lose the Achievement ):

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So, basically just watch everything during E3 :)

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I'm looking to get all of these emblems :D

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Where is NBA 2K11 on the games list??

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I live in the UK and I get home from school just in time to watch Microsoft's press-conference :D

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I hate my job... making me miss E3 live coverage! :x

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I don't have many emblems. But maybe this time I will get a LOT!

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Halo Reach, Brink, Assassins creed and hopefully Elder Scrolls V!

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3D-equipped handheld system.Wow this will be amazing :)

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I can't wait for Epic Mickey, the next Kingdom Hearts, and the FF1 DS remake. So, just to be annoying, is it possible to get both the E3 vacationer and the E3 roadie achievements?

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HALO REACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Are gamespot showing the Natal show?

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awesome E3 is better with GameSpOt :)

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Watching E3 for 5 reasons 1.Assassins Creed :Brotherhood 2.Assassins Creed 3 (Maybe it might be).3:Ubisoft 4.Warriors Legends Of troy 5.COD:Black ops ..(BEST GAME EVER ASSASSINS CREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )

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Can we get Gray Matter (PC and Xbox 360) added to the list? Telltale's upcoming Back to the Future and Jurassic Park reboots, perhaps? I've noticed that PC games are poorly represented here.

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Games are just getting Better and Better! It's really just Amazing what these developers can come up with! I think that we are going to see a lot of fps out there, than ever... Call of Duty started it, and all of these other game developers want a piece of the pie... So, expect FPS's to be around for a Long Time! Also, Why don't they make games a bit more gorry? I mean you see blood from killing people when your hitting them, but a grenade doesn't blow arms or legs off??? Why not add it? It's gunna happen anyways, so Lets Go Infinity Ward!!! Peace! -BeersYourFriend

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I hope my classes in college don't get in the way

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I'm getting every single one. :)

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