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• EA to show successor of FarCry at E3
  Thursday 4 May 2006 – 09:34
  Electronic Arts (EA) today announced that it will demonstrate more than a dozen of upcoming game titles at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The lineup does not only feature the '07 version of EA Sports titles, but also a new first person shooter from Crytek and a sequel to the Command & Conquer series.
• Lights, camera, Orc: World of Warcraft movie in development
  Tuesday 9 May 2006 – 10:36
  Millions of World of Warcraft fans will finally get their own movie. Blizzard Entertainment and Legendary Pictures have announced an upcoming live-action movie based on WoW. Almost no other details have been released, with Blizzard Entertainment saying that further details about the director and cast, "will be revealed in the months ahead."
• Microsoft: Xbox Live "way ahead of Sony"
  Thursday 11 May 2006 – 12:46
  Todd Holmdahl, corporate vice president at Microsoft's Xbox and Gaming Platform Group, is one of the more influential figures within software giant's growing gaming business. Inside Microsoft's mammoth booth at E3's exhibit floor, Holmdahl spoke with TwitchGuru about the next generation console and its competition.
• TG Daily Video: eFocus Part 1
  Wednesday 10 May 2006 – 04:21
  At every E3, Pepcom organizes an off-site preview of the actual tradeshow and conference. Called "eFocus," the show isn't affiliated with the convention, but some of the same companies attending E3 also show up at eFocus. At this press-only event, a few dozen companies compete for attention and you'll see in our videos what we found to be most interesting.
• Game developer Mad Doc demos Star Trek: Legacy
  Saturday 20 May 2006 – 11:06
  Star Trek fans have been waiting patiently for a serious space combat game adaption, but their wait may soon be over: Mad Doc Software, under Bethesda Softworks, recently revealed first details about what appears to become a Trek game to watch out for - Star Trek: Legacy. TG Daily got first look and a chance to capture first sequences on video.

• Hello Los Angeles! Pictures from the frontline, plus a timetable of the week ahead*
  Monday 8 May 2006 – 11:54
  E3 2006 is upon us, and although the show floor won't open to even the press until Wednesday morning the fun is essentially in full swing from the get go with backdoor meetings and glitzy press conferences filling out our schedules.
• E3 2006 Preview: The showdown between consoles and PCs*
  Saturday 6 May 2006 – 05:08
  We kick off our week-long, in-depth coverage from the Electronic Entertainment Expo, with a close look to the key issues impacting the gaming industry this year. Are consoles taking over, or will the latest models be too expensive? Are shooters migrating to consoles, while PC games morph into an unexplored phenomenon? And are you ready to take a break from gaming, for a quick commercial message?
• Analysis: Sony's high-stakes, high-definition gamble on PlayStation 3*
  Tuesday 9 May 2006 – 11:32
  Sony's PlayStation 3 has come out swinging, literally, with the first testers swinging the company's new 4D controller console from side to side. There's no doubt it's the high-resolution system we have all been expecting. Whether that translates into a high- quality system remains to be proven, as Sony has big hurdles to overcome.