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Gaikai may not be ready for action just yet (the service doesn't have a release date), but the company was more than happy to drop news of a multi-year licensing agreement with Electronic Arts today. The news appears to be delivering on promises that the company's fearless leader, Dave Perry, made back in April of a big E3 announcement. Among the games Gaikai will be bringing to the web-streaming service are The Sims, the Battlefield: Bad Company series, the Dragon Age series, the Mass Effect series, Medal of Honor and Need for Speed.

"Gaikai's innovations open whole new experiences for both current players and new customers looking for the best of interactive entertainment," EA's Richard Hilleman said of the licensing deal. We're open to both "whole new experiences" and "interactive entertainment," so that sounds just fantastic to us.

#screengrab As one E3 ends, planning for another begins. Circle your calendars, kids. If you already have a 2011 calendar, that is. And if you do, well done. You're organised. More »

#nintendo While we've seen pictures of the Nintendo 3DS in black, red and blue, there are two other colours on display on E3's showroom floor: a garish shade of orange, and a garish shade of purple. More »

#e3 Two things described by J.R.R. Tolkein in his Lord of the Rings trilogy haven't been seen yet in video games: Bloody, brutal violence, and the War in the North. An action RPG due out in 2011 will deliver both. More »

#e3 You can't see it any of these screen shots, but the star of God of War is pretty good with a spear and shield, one of the angry Spartan's newest tricks in his new PSP adventure. More »

Peripherals maker Hori is getting ready for Final Fantasy XIV on PS3, and getting ready to upsize your PS3 controlling experience. The company had this "PS3 MMO Controller" on display at its E3 booth, featuring a rather insane-looking tabletop left-hand thing, and a keyboard with PS3 analog stick and face buttons attached.

We say Hori is getting ready for FFXIV, but it's not ready yet. This controller was a "concept model" only, with no information about a release date or price.

EA confirms that Harmonix's next band game will actually see a release down under.

And just like that, E3 2010 has come and gone. To say that Nintendo offered a ton of amazing content would be a gross understatement. While there was a huge wall of great Wii software, it was the 3DS that stole the show. Just so we’re all on the same page, [...]

#fallout Las Vegas, which is in much better condition than Washington following the nuclear holocaust, looks great. All those bright lights make a pleasant change from brown ruins. But man, that Oblivion engine is really showing its age. More »

- returns to turn-based combat - Mario is seen being accompanied by a happy chain chomp, presumably a friend who tags along in this role-playing adventure. - subtle 3D effects - jump underneath a hovering brick, you can see the pieces fly off in all directions - when a wiggling cuts across your path, it appears as if he’s [...]

Atlus continues making boulder moves into the digital distribution space with its E3 2010 reveal of Rock of Ages, a new game from Zeno Clash developer ACE Team. It's scheduled to arrive on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC in spring 2011.

Rock of Ages is essentially a head-to-head, real-time tower defense game in which two players alternate between defending their castles -- separated by a twisting pathway -- and controlling a big-huge boulder rolling towards their opponent's front door. If you're on a roll, your opponent will attempt to slow and divert your boulder by placing towers, fans and units in its path.

As you might expect from ACE Team, the game's art style fluctuates between whimsical and wildly absurd. Levels are derived from four classical art periods and styles, including gothic and renaissance. As Atlus PR manager Aram Jabbari points out, "It's kind of an interesting dichotomy. Blow stuff up with a huge rock and here's a lesson in sophisticated art history."

id Software wows the crowd at the industry's biggest trade show.

#e32010 It's tough to beat the wow factor of the dizzying dictionary of usable words in last year's Scribblenauts for the DS. This year's followup: Super Scribblenauts, doesn't try to outdo that as much as perfect other aspects of the game. More »

#clips Initial estimates had the amount of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico at 25,000 barrels a day. This clip, made using the same engine that powers many of today's biggest games, shows how much oil that really is. More »

Paintball, archery, tennis!

#screengrab Real-world size comparison, sent in by early-bird purchaser DigitalHero. Maybe we should call it the "Xbox 360 Shiny" instead? More »

Our hands-on preview of High Voltage Games' The Grinder brought about a fairly surreal statement on our part. A brief explanation: Players pick up a number of throwable secondary weapons, including your basic frag grenades, as well as weirder fare, such as baby dolls which monsters will swarm on when dropped. Of course, once we'd grabbed a number of these pickups, a completely logical question came to mind:

"What's the button to switch between babies and grenades?"

(A pause.)

"By the way, that was the most ridiculous thing I've ever said."

Okay! So, forget everyone from those twenty-odd Castlevanias from the past three decades. Just take that whole ludicrous timeline and through it right in the garbage. Lords of Shadow is a reboot of the franchise, and with it comes a new Belmont, a new quest (his lost love!) and ... Patrick Stewart.

Get familiar with the rest of the cast in the E3 gallery below and trailer posted after the break.

Games usually make us feel like badasses. Here's a game that makes us feel small.

Beware: this game could be dangerously addictive.