Diablo III is the new fantasy/horror action role playing game from Blizzard who also brought us a couple other little games like Starcraft and World of Warcraft. The game has already became the more pre-ordered PC game of all time on Amazon.com. There is some story about some black soulstone and you have to save the world from becoming hell on earth blah blah blah. Listen, you get to kill demons and slash your way through the devil in online battles that also give you the ability to swap skills, use magic and buy stuff through a real world money auction. Sounds like fun right? Now leave us alone, we have to level up our wizard! ($60)

There also seems to be a lot more fluid fighting mechanics allowing you to stream kills ala Arkham City giving the game a more frenetic pace which will help out tremendously when you are fighting against numerous soldiers with muskets and getting into bigger battles than we have ever seen in the Assassin’s Creed Series. With E3 just around the corner expect some more news on Assassin’s Creed 3 very soon.

Yes, while details are limited to what appeared on the front page, the cat’s out of the bag: Halo 4 is being announced, the first non-Bungie entry in the main series. There’s also a “remastered” version of the original Halo for “a new generation.” Isn’t it a little early for that?!

There were a few more titles, but the videos and data have been taken down. Don’t worry, it’ll all be up again by lunchtime.

I’m guessing we’ll have more impressions, videos, and maybe a hands-on within a couple hours, so stay tuned.

The Playstation Vita, on the other hand, isn’t even trying to be a breakthrough device. It’s simply an extremely powerful and versatile portable gaming system. While I have my reservations about the system, Sony convinced me today that it’s going to at least fulfill its own mission. And the price? Mwah, I kiss my fingers. Perfection.

Sony has been under fire these last two months, and they’ve learned from both the PS3′s launch and the PSP Go. People are tired of paying Sony prices, even for good devices. I bet the $250 price was only finalized in the last month, when someone with sense in their head said that if this handheld is priced over $300, it’s going to be strike three for Sony.

So even though this thing probably costs around $300 just to put together and package (big OLED touchscreen, mega-compact construction, custom processor and GPU), they’re doing the right thing by sucking it up and taking a hit with every sale. That’s the price of expanding your market when you have aggressive and powerful opponents. Sony has finally shown that they can actually learn from their misfortunes and their customers’ criticisms. Sometimes.

The screen is gorgeous, the games look insane, and now Sony fanboys have a legitimate reason to stay Sony fanboys. It isn’t my style of gaming, but I have no problem saying they did this one right. Assuming the battery lasts more than an hour.

Of course E3 is still fun. Hell, it’s probably one of the most fun trade shows of the year. It’s wall-to-wall video games. Stick around if you must, but once you see the Wii U, you may as well head home because that’s the best as it gets here this year.

The Wii U really is a big step down video game’s evolutionary path. There’s still a traditional console that sits under your TV. That isn’t gone yet. It’s the Wii U controller, with its 6-inch touchscreen and accelerometers, that pushes the system into the future.

The Wii U is a next gen WIi in every way. The graphics are HD, the motion controls seem improved and the color touchscreen acts as a secondary screen with seamless endless uses. Nintendo demoed a dozen and a half use cases today during its presser. It can be scope for a shooting gallery, a tee for golfing, a video chat screen, inventory screen in Zelda (or other games). Clearly it’s going to open up a whole new world for developers and gamers alike.

What interests me the most, however, is that this controller can replace a TV screen altogether. It’s not a portable; the controller still needs to be in range of the base unit. Say you’re playing Mario and the wife wants to watch Army Wives. No worries, the Wii U will simply move the action to the controller’s screen, seemingly without any hassle or lag.

Nintendo plans on releasing the Wii U in 2012, which leaves plenty of time for further refinement. A full demo wasn’t available here at E3, but rather tech demos like they had last year for the 3DS. These demos still use the novel controller, but they are nothing more than proof of concepts. In fact a few feel like they’re probably used to sell developers on the system, too. No matter, they’re visual proof that Nintendo Wii U is real and as awesome as it sounds.

The Wii opened up gaming to non-gamers. I don’t feel like the Wii U has the same sort of magical ability. The Wii U seems like for Wii gamers, not non-gamers in general. However, thanks to the backwards compatibility with current Wii controllers the system shouldn’t have the same sort of learning curve and there easy for those familiar with the Wii to pick up and enjoy right away.

Nintendo will likely slowly releases more tidbits of Wii U info until its 2012 release; they’re not going to let you forget about the console. No one here at E3 has forgot about it. It’s easily the best thing at E3 this year.