E3 2000 (Concept)

E3 2000

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The 2000 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 11-13.

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Overview

West Hall

E3 2000 was the largest show thus far in many respects. The Dreamcast (Platform) was in full swing, allbeit without the support of Electronic Arts (Company). Sony had just released the PlayStation 2 (Platform) in Japan (Location) and brought a parade of titles to show to the western audience. Nintendo (Company) discussed their future with the GameCube (Platform), announcing it would release in the Fall of 2001. And then there was Microsoft, announcing that they too would be joining the console party by releasing the Xbox (Platform) in 2001. Microsoft had a large theater set up in their booth where attendees could get a glimpse at the raw power of the new console.

The overwhelming hot topic of E3 2000 was the Metal Gear Solid 2 presentation on the video wall at Konami's booth. It was the talk of the show and had everyone stunned. Nintendo turned heads with Conker's Bad Fur Day, which shown in a part of their booth that consisted of an open bar and I.D. checking bouncer. Other noteworthy titles included Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Game), Neverwinter Nights, Diablo II (Game), Warcraft III, Tekken Tag Tournament (Game), The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Chrono Cross (Game), and a little game called Halo for the PC (Platform) and Mac (Platform).

Games of the Show

South Hall

The games listed below not only include those playable on the show floor, but any game referenced at the show. This would include video presentations, announcements, advertisements, or any other official reference to the game from its developer, publisher, or platform. They are listed mainly according to the publisher of the game, with a few exceptions where the publisher did not attend the show. An example of this would be a hardware company such as Nintendo or nVidia showing a game not developed or published by them. In several situtations, games either changed their title or even their publisher before they were released. For historical accuracy in chronicling E3, such games will be listed with their original names and publishers, and linked to the corresponding page of the final game.

3dfx

Voodoo 5500

Acclaim

Acclaim - ECW

Activision (Company)

Activision - Spider-Man

Agetec

Atlus (Company)

Bandai

Bethesda Softworks (Company)

Bioware

Blizzard

Bungie (Company)

Capcom (Company)

Capcom Booth

Codemasters (Company)

Crave

Eidos

Eidos Booth

Electronic Arts (Company)

EA Booth

Enix

Fox Interactive (Company)

Funcom

Anarchy Online (Game)

Infogrames

Interplay

Koei

Konami (Company)

Konami - MGS2

LucasArts

Microsoft

Microsoft - Xbox

Midway

Midway Booth

Namco (Company)

Natsume (Company)

Nintendo (Company)

Nintendo

nVidia

GeForce 2 GTS

Red Storm

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear

Rockstar Games (Company)

Sega (Company)

Sega

Sierra (Company)

Sony

Sony Booth

Sony Online Entertainment

SOE - EverQuest

Southpeak Interactive

The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling

Squaresoft (Company)

Squaresoft Booth

Tecmo (Company)

THQ (Company)

THQ - WWF's Mick Foley

Ubisoft

Ubisoft Booth

Working Designs (Company)

Game Critics Awards

The Best of E3

The Game Critics Awards (Concept) are decided by an independent group of North American media outlets. They have selected the most promising games of each Electronic Entertainment Expo since 1998, and have thus become recognized as the most respected "Best of" awards that come out of the annual show. Games qualify for nomination by having hands-on playable versions of the game at the show.

BEST OF SHOW