With E3 starting Monday, GameTrailers TV was nice enough to give us a bit of the show before it happens, with Geoff Keighly claiming "E3 starts now", even though he's not really the person who should make that type of claim. I did see a nice bundle of goodies though.

Joker Playable in Arkham Asylum
Joker's playable in the PlayStation 3 version of
Batman: Arkham Asylum. Yes, we knew this. However, I did not realize just how awesome that would be until the debut of the trailer. Playing as a psychopath definately looks fun, but you'll be playing as more than a psychopath, you'll be playing as Joker.

BOOM!
The first gameplay trailer for
Split/Second was shown tonight and I was left speechless. Showing cars that only Bill Gates can afford racing through a destructive and visually cunning world, the trailer had me reimagining what I just saw over and over again after it ended. The choice of color in the game is another thing that got me. It seems to focus on that bright yellow-ish orange color. It could just be the trailer, though.
Blackrock is a great developer though, and I played the shit out of
PURE, so I'm expecting great things for this game show racer.
Insomniac showed off a small portion of
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time. The main spectacle from this show was Ratchet's new gravity boots which will allow him to travel faster since he can use them any place, any time. They really are fast, that's for sure.

Co-Op in Uncharted 2
New to
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is multiplayer. The first game didn't feature this almost required addition to new games these days. Naughty Dog showed off the cooperative mode in the game, called Warzone. You'll be fighting and seeing the game in a different view while trying to keep the enemies away from whatever treasure it is they're after.
Madden NFL 10 is going to feature online co-op. This is supposedly a big announcement for the series, as you can join up and play games on the same team. That means you can be quarterback and your buddy can be a wide receiver. EA says they have another big announcement regarding online play to come during E3, too. To tell the truth, I was never that big of a
Madden fan, but this next iteration is starting to sound worth it. I'd really like to know what's going on with
Backbreaker though.
One sentence for
Modern Warfare 2: "Multiplayer is fuckin' awesome." Yeah, that's a direct quote from Infinity Ward staff at the GT show.
Gameplay form
Blur and
Lost Planet 2 were both shown.
Blur looks pretty good, but it's not really picking up my excitement as much as
Split/Second is.
Lost Planet 2 looks great without snow all over the game... finally.

Shepard lives!
Mass Effect 2 was shown in gameplay form, finally. I'm pretty sure most of us knew Shepard was alive, thanks to the latest OXM, but nonetheless I was still excited by this trailer. The gameplay looks magnificent and I'm glad to see the game making a return. Definately keeping an eye or two o nthis one.
Finally, Brink was announced from Bethesda and Splash Damage. I'm not too sure what to say about that one.