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The big week is almost upon us, folks: E3 2011. And if this week is any indication of days to come, we'll have a constant flow of news mainlined directly from Los Angeles to your think meat. With that in mind, there are a handful of focal points throughout the week that will assuredly strike you as high priority, and as such, we thought a roadmap guiding you to those particular moments -- whether you're in Shibuya, or Queens, or anywhere else for that matter -- would be of particular use.

After the break you'll find just that: a guide to the biggest presentations of E3 2011. We'll of course be on the ground in LA, keeping you as up to date as our brains and hands will allow. Wondering where to find it all? For E3 specific coverage, head to Joystiq's E3 Hub for all things E-triple.

Prototype 2 is a game about some dude is made of tentacles or something like that. You can check out the general use of tentacles in the trailer below. Tentacle Boy DOES NOT like helicopters, no sir. Also he’s going to have a fight with the protagonist from the previous game for some reason.

Whatever, I still want a decent Hulk game. (And yes, Radical’s Ultimate Destruction was the last good one, but imagine what destruction tech could do now.)(more…)

#dice We've seen a good chunk of Battlefield 3's single-player campaign—at least 12 minutes' worth of it—but what about multiplayer? Isn't that why people play Battlefield games? Well, good thing E3 2011's right around the corner. More »

#thebabyconspiracy Last weekend I spent nearly $100 on new clothing for E3 2011. Now my flight is cancelled, I'm not going, and the only question I have is how are two unborn babies going to come up with the cash to pay me back? More »

#youarenotready Dark Souls is not the sequel to punishing 2009 RPG Demon's Souls. Though it may as well be. More »

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Paramount Digital Entertainment has announced a brand new Star Trek title starring Kirk and Spock as envisioned in J. J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek film. Titled simply Star Trek, the game is under development at Digital Extremes (BioShock 2, Darkness 2) and takes place after the film, tasking Kirk and Spock with taking down "a legendary enemy race bent on conquering the galaxy." The story is being handled by God of War writer Marianne Krawczyk along with the film's writers Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

The development team is "working closely" with Abrams' Bad Robot production company and producer Damon Lindelof, with Paramount promising co-op and "AAA production values, a wide variety of gameplay and all the action you would expect from the hit franchise." Star Trek is slated to materialize on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2012. It will also be on display at E3 next week, and you can bet your space boots we'll be beaming down.

Black Rock Studios' excellent racers, Pure and Split/Second, are sliding to OnLive, the streaming game service announced today. The duo of arcade racing titles will lead the charge for Disney Interactive titles on the service, with LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean up next on the list. And that's not all -- OnLive had a bunch of news to drop just before E3 begins next week.

For starters, the service will be officially launching in the UK at some point this fall. As with the company's North American debut, UK residents are encouraged to sign up for early "Founding Members" access -- the official UK site goes live in the coming days. Additionally, OnLive revealed intentions to make its way to a variety of "Intel-based consumer TVs, Blu-ray players, and set-top boxes" later this year. The first such devices will begin arriving this fall, and will reportedly stretch beyond the company's currently deal with consumer electronics manufacturer Vizio.

Alongside the Intel deal, OnLive plans on launching a "universal wireless controller" that will work with said Intel-based devices. It looks and operates very much like the OnLive MicroConsole controller, and will come with a USB dongle for non-wireless devices. It's said to contain several different radio signals for working with a multitude of devices.

You'll be able to brag to your friends all about how you're playing high-end PC games on your Intel-based TV on a wireless controller right from within games, pushing brag clips to Facebook. Which is to say, yes, OnLive is getting Facebook integration as well, starting June 7. Now, you'll excuse us if we take a moment to catch our breath.

New Balloon Fight
Mario Cafe
Netflix 3DS adds 3D The Last Story
Call of Duty
Skyward Sword delayed
Cafe under $200
3DS
Metroid Pokemans Cafe Cafe is download-only
Xenoblade
New Pikmin My Free Space is Ready Blu-Ray for Cafe
New Wii Sports
Cafe > PS3/Xbox graphically Zelda Collection
Layton 5 on 3DS
Touchscreen controllers!?
3DS price drop
Layton 4 on DS 3DS redesign
Cafe dated
Thrii Fit Memeworthy exec line
For the fourth year in a row (one more and we get bingo-squared!) Joystiq is preceding the E3 Expo with our very own E3 Bingo. We've got one for each hardware company's press conference, loaded up with predictions likely, unlikely, and hastily conceived to fill space. Remember: if you're not playing along, you're just being marketed at!

Nintendo will hold its media event at 9AM PST (12PM EST) on Tuesday, June 7. It's just revealing its crazy new console. Totally boring! You need something like, say, a downloadable bingo card (JPG), to liven the proceedings up.

#e32011preview What's an action game? It's Zelda. It's Uncharted. It's Kirby, and it's Tomb Raider. More »

Steam support ICO PS3 date
PSP Remasters
"PS Vita"
PlanetSide Next
GIF-worthy goof PSP Go officially gone
New God of War
Last Guardian date Ninja Gaiden 3 Move
NGP worldwide before 2012
Hey, it's Kevin Butler!
Have A Free
One On Us! PS3 price drop
Blah blah "3D"
PSN-related awkwardness NGP > $300 (at least one model)
SO MUCH UNCHARTED 3
NGP/PS3 connectivity
New PS3 hardware bundle
Move moves down in price Uncharted NGP
PlayStation Suite

NGP seen playing PS3 PSN games
NGP AR demo For the fourth year in a row (one more and we get bingo-squared!) Joystiq is preceding the E3 Expo with our very own E3 Bingo. We've got one for each hardware company's press conference, loaded up with predictions likely, unlikely, and hastily conceived to fill space. Remember: if you're not playing along, you're just being marketed at!

Sony's E3 conference takes place June 6 at 5PM PST (8PM EST). While we're liveblogging, why don't you follow along with some evening bingo? That's like regular bingo, but maybe you have a drink or something, we don't know. Download a copy (JPG) and play along!

I thought the artwork looked a little bit different when I posted earlier today, but with the art comparison, it’s much easier to see the differences. Looks like Link has had some minor tweaks over the year.

#ubisoft A new interpretation of the classic Rainbow Six, the tough-as-nails tactical shooter that asked gamers to carefully plan out the nuance of a breach like a choreographed dance, is in the works, a source familiar with the unannounced Ubisoft shooter tell Kotaku. More »

Friends list increase
Handheld Zune game device
Dance Central 2 Timed exclusive LA Noire stuff
Kinect bundle price drop
Kinectimals sequel Halo CE remake
Hello Skype!
MGS Rising goes exclusive
Fusion games 3D talk
Milo reappears
X marks the free space!
Gears Kinect game
New Conker More Primetime 'Core' Kinect shooter
New Alan Wake Faceplates are back!
New console Kinect update MW3 DLC XBL X-Clusive Cloud saving New bundle
Fable 4

For the fourth year in a row (one more and we get bingo-squared!) Joystiq is preceding the E3 Expo with our very own E3 Bingo. We've got one for each hardware company's press conference, loaded up with predictions likely, unlikely, and hastily conceived to fill space. Remember: if you're not playing along, you're just being marketed at!

Microsoft's E3 press event kicks off the week on Monday, June 6 at 10AM PST (1PM EST). Without a Cirque du Soleil spectabacle, you'll have to extract all your MS E3 enjoyment from this show. We suggest bingo! Download a card (JPG) and play along.

Share the E3 experience with your friends with Twitter and Facebook integration!

Other than the message imparted by the terrifying baby head we got in the mail, we haven't heard too much (useful) about Gearbox Software's Aliens: Colonial Marines lately. It looks like that's about to change, as Gearbox and Sega today revealed plans to blow out the game at E3 next week, and announced a new "Spring 2012" launch window.

If that weren't enough, a bit of the game's scope is explained in the announcement, which depicts a recon mission into the "ostensibly abandoned" U.S.S. Sulaco of Aliens fame. A fancy new teaser has also arrived, which we've dropped just below the break.

#handson Until now we've seen and heard about Lord of the Rings: War in the North as a game about a fellowship of three. But there is a fourth. More »

Get the details on the extensive coverage of E3 2011 on SpikeTV and GameTrailers.com!