Earlier in the week we brought you news that Paramount Digital Entertainment was going to preview a new Star Trek Game at E3. Now, we’ve got the trailer to prove it.

In case you missed the earlier announcement, the game “continue the adventure that J.J. Abrams J.J. Abrams envisioned with Star Trek” and “boasts a stand alone story filled with action-packed combat as Kirk and Spock must work together to stop a legendary enemy race bent on conquering the galaxy.”

“Star Trek challenges the boundaries of co-op gameplay with a galactic adventure that gamers and fans have never experienced,” said Tom Lesinski, President of Paramount Digital Entertainment. “Working closely with the Star Trek filmmaking team throughout development, the game is sure to deliver AAA production values, a wide variety of gameplay and all the action you would expect from the hit franchise. This will be the definitive Star Trek gaming experience.”

The game features an original story by God of War writer Marianne Krawczyk, in collaboration with the writer/producers of the new Star Trek films, Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

Click through to check out the trailer. Expect the new Star Trek game to arrive later this year. Let’s hope the sequel to the movie comes out before this does.

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At the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles late yesterday I spent some time at the Activision booth to learn more about one of my most anticipated upcoming games: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. After being ushered into a small room in the bowels of the Activision booth, the lights dimmed and it began.

First, we were treated to a look at two of the game’s upcoming levels: “Hunter Killer” and “Mind the Gap.” The first took us underwater with the SEALS for some sabotage of a nuclear submarine and then inside the sub for some awesome mano y mano firefight action.

We also got a chance to take a look at what happens when the firefight inside the sub is over and the action moves outside and into a rubber speedboat. Once in the boat we speed through the mayem with missiles and ships exploding all around us. Do we make it to the chopper in time and escape? I’ll leave that to your imaginaton.

Next up was “Mind the Gap” where we join the SAS to infiltrate a stronghold and go house to house in search of the bad guys. The level progreses and we take out most of the hostiles but at the end they try to escape in London’s underground. Of course, we give chase — in two trucks.

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This week Nintendo announced the upcoming release of its new Wii U console but even with that announcement, details on the console itself were still few and far between. But now, more info has begun to emerge as the E3 show is in full swing.

According to BGR iinformants, the new console will support full HD 1080p gaming and sports a custom Radeon HD graphics processor from AMD. In addition, IBM will be supplying Nintendo with a 45nm multi-core processor with embedded DRAM for the console.

There are also four USB ports, an HDMI port, an S-video port and component jacks. It will also feature 802.11n Wi-Fi. And that, for the moment, is pretty much it.

Expect more details of this new console to emerge as E3 progresses. Of course, we may not know it all right away and that’s okay. What’s life without a little mystery, right?

Check out the full press release of the Wii U announcement after the break.

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That’s right boys and girls it’s E3 time again. So, you know what that means, right? It means we will have a bunch of game trailers, videos and more to share over the next couple days.

It also means photos. Lots of photos. We like photos. Photos tell a story. They tell a story of E3 full of exotic booths, exotic games, exotic trips to far off lands and exotic booth babes.

That’s right, the booth babes are back this year and we’ve got pictures to prove it. So, click on through for what will probably be the first of at least a couple more galleries of photos showing off the sights, sounds and even smells of E3 in Los Angeles.

Well, maybe not the smells. That would be a little difficult. Click through for all the excitement.

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Sly Cooper has got to be one of my all-time favorite franchises. Playing Sly Cooper and the Thevius Racoonus back in high school really revitalized my love for gaming in a way that any other title hadn’t in a long, long time.

Replaying all three of the original games remastered for the Playstation 3 was a real treat, especially because I hadn’t gotten a chance to catch Sly 3 when it was on Playstation 2. So when Sony announced that a brand-spankin’ new Sly Cooper game was on the way today at their E3 press conference, the twelve year old in me jumped up and down a little bit.

The fourth game in the Sly Cooper series, titled Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, seems to have retained everything we know and love about the series, with the addition of some slick PS3 graphics. Sly seems to be up to his usual tricks in the teaser trailer, sliding, sneaking, and stealing his way through the city on yet another heist, along with familiar friends Bentley, Murray, and even former enemy-turned-ally Dimitri Lousteau.

Not the biggest announcement from Sony last night, nor an unexpected one, but hey, it’s great to see this franchise finally get a sequel. And coming from the talented people at Sucker Punch, this game is sure to be awesome.

You can watch the trailer for Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time after the jump.

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As E3 continues its week-long gaming announcements and innovation, today was expected to be a pretty big day as Nintendo took the stage to announce some of their big new products.

One of the huge announcements coming from Nintendo today was the announcement of WiiU. What is WiiU? Well it’s a controller and a tablet and a gaming window all rolled into one. The WiiU refers to an iPad-sized tablet with buttons and a viewers so that you can do a number of things from catch a virtual baseball to use the viewer as a scope when playing in a shooter, and even play table-top games without the use of an actual console.

We’re excited to see what the WiiU can bring to the NextGen table, but is this the new console that Nintendo has been teasing about for this event? We don’t think so, because many of the guests in the video package mentioned that their new releases such as Batman Arkham City, Tekken, and a brand new Zelda game yet to be released will be the perfect fit for “the new console”.

So this new WiiU may allow you to continue a game even after someone has changed the channel on the TV, or teach you how to draw, but is it the answer to our NextGen console needs? We don’t think so. We’re hoping to get more details as they arrive this week.

We’ve got too much stuff to do to be everywhere so as we did for Ubisoft and Microsoft, we also skipped the Sony press conference as well. Heck, we just wanted them to apologize for all the PSN problems lately and tell us a solution had been found to actually secure their network.

As we knew that probably wasn’t going to happen it didn’t seem like a press event we absolutely had to attend. Not when we could do the same as before and rely on our friends at Geek Week for some help. Although, we did already bring you the news of the new Sony Vita.

Here’s the rest of the highlights from the Sony press conference last night:

• Sony previews MORTAL KOMBAT, UNCHARTED 3, and RACHET & CLANK: ALL 4 ONE in 3D

• Gameplay of UNCHARTED 3 is demoed, and a 3D trailer is shown

• RESISTANCE 3 is demoed in 3D; on September 6, Sony will offer a $150 sharpshooter bundle for RESISTANCE 3, which includes the game, a gun, and a Move kit

• GOD OF WAR: ORIGINS COLLECTIONS announced, with 3D support

• Sony is developing a special 24″ television with two-player splitscreen technology that will allow players wearing special glasses to play two-player games on one screen

• Kobe Bryant does a Move demo of NBA 2K12; the game is due out October 4

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It was no secret that Sony would be bringing along their newest portable console to this year’s E3, and last night we finally got some details on the much-anticipated follow-up to the Playstation Portable. This new device, formerly known as the NGP, was revealed, newly dubbed as the PS Vita.

The PS Vita sports some impressive hardware features, including dual analog sticks and touch screens, one in front and one in the back. It also has an OLED screen, GPS, and six axis motion sensors. The device features the standard d-pad and familiar Playstation four button placement above the analog sticks.

If you’re in the US, the PS Vita will cost you $249 for the Wi-Fi and $299 for the 3G/Wi-Fi model, available on AT&T. These points price the PS Vita right alongside the Nintendo 3DS, and we can expect to see the device released by the end of the year.

While Sony gave audiences a lot of details on the PS Vita itself, not much was said in the way of games we can expect to see on the platform. The fact that the Uncharted franchise was to appear on the Vita was no surprise, but it was still a treat to see the way the game will mix traditional thumbpad gameplay with the PS Vita’s touch features.

At a press confrence late yesterday game publisher Ubisoft’s made several announcements sure to please fanboys and girls everywhere. As we were otherwise occupied (ok, distracted by shiny Apple goodness) we didn’t make it to the press event.

Fortunately, our pals at Geek Week were there to bail us out yet again (we oe them a beer). Here’s the highlights of the Ubisoft announcements for your reading pleasure:

• RAYMAN ORIGINS announced and demoed; lots of variety, including platforming, chasing, and boss fights

• DRIVER: SAN FRANCISCO previewed

• BROTHERS IN ARMS: FURIOUS 4 footage shown, which features Stitch, Crockett, Chok, and Montana killing Nazis in a bar

• GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER demoed; beta open for GHOST RECON ONLINE, free PC service

• TRACKMANIA 2 footage previewed; it is all in-game footage that has been created by players; the game is due out in September

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As if we weren’t excited enough for Bioshock Infinite after what we were shown at PAX East, Irrational Games showed off a new trailer at E3 yesterday.

While short and a bit frenetic, the trailer gives us a taste of everything Bioshock Infinite has to offer, from the weapons and powers you’ll be wielding, the chaos and violence consuming the city of Colombia, and the fraught relationship between you and Caroline.

After the trailer was shown, Irrational Games’ Ken Levine announced that Bioshock Infinite will have some Playstation Move support, though he did not say how. He also revealed that a Bioshock game is in the works for the recently revealed PS Vita.

Bioshock Infinite will be released on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC sometime next year. You can watch the trailer after the jump.

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Brace yourselves for the onslaught of gaming trailers this week. It’s E3 time so it is inevitable. This one is for Ubisoft’s upcoming title Assassin’s Creed: Revelations.

In Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, master assassin Ezio Auditore walks in the footsteps of his legendary mentor, Altaïr, on a journey of discovery and, well, revelation. It is a perilous path – one that will take Ezio to Constantinople, the heart of the Ottoman Empire, where a growing army of Templars threatens to destabilize the region.

The latest chapter in the Assassin’s Creed saga includes new gameplay which allows players to manipulate the construct of Desmond’s memories and the Animus to decipher the mysteries of his past and gain insight into the future. Sounds cool.

We’ll try to get an in person look at his game on the E3 show floor this week. AThe game itself will be available this November for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

Check out the brand new trailer after the jump.

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Even if you can’t be at E3 this year, don’t worry. It’s Monday and we’re not even there yet either. Oh the benefits (and hindrances) of working on a site that doesn’t just cover games. We’ve also got Apple’s WWDC announcements today and a bunch of other stuff for a Monday.

But getting back to Microsoft, our pals over at Geek Week have put together a nice list of the highlights of this year’s Microsoft News briefing at E3. And being the nice guys that we are, we’ve gone ahead and listed it right here for your use and enjoyment (with a few added bits and comments as wel).

Also, be sure to click through for the Halo 4 trailer as well! Okay, here’s the highlights’ of what Microsoft announced this morning:

• PGA, MADDEN, and FIFA will support the Kinect later this year – Nice

• MASS EFFECT 3 will support Kinect voice recognition; you will be able to speak the dialogue choices and voice combat commands to party members

• GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER will utilize Kinect for weapon customization

• YouTube, Bing, and live television are coming to Xbox Live

• Announcement of remastered HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED ANNIVERSARY

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