Gaming News from E3

The annual E3 conference for the video game industry was held in Los Angeles in June. As has been the custom at these kinds of events, lots of manufacturers of hardware, games and accessories announced new product rollouts. Here are some of the highlights, starting with Microsoft's news:

• Microsoft, which made a couple of major announcements, started with the introduction of Kinect, a new motion-sending gaming system. The new system goes on sale in North America on November 4th.
• Microsoft's other announcement on the hardware side was a new smaller Xbox system. It has a 250GB hard drive and retails for $299.

Finally, they previewed several upcoming Xbox 360 games, including "Metal Gear Solid: Rising," "Call of Duty: Black Ops," "Gears of War 3," "Halo: Reach," and "Crytek: Codename Kingdoms."