We all know Dead Rising 2 is coming. Capcom has already stated that much. When it’s coming and for what systems are still a mystery, as is how the gameplay will evolve.

Our friends over at The Gaming Life got some inside info about the game, which may see a teaser trailer at this year’s E3″

“The environments for Dead Rising 2 look absolutely beautiful. They put a lot of effort and work into them. The zombies had not been added into the game yet, but the area looked even bigger then the original mall. The setting for it looks a lot like Las Vegas except somehow you are trapped only in a small section of the city with about 4 or 5 casinos, some restaurants, shopping areas and a lot of stores altogether. It looked very much like the strip in Las Vegas, but they didn’t show a whole lot to make an accurate portrayal. That an I know Resident Evil: Apocalypse is set there so I am unsure if they would go this route. All I can say for sure is that the setting was much bigger then the small town mall.”

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At yesterday’s Apple WWDC (that’s Worldwide Developer Conference for the lay person), id Software’s John Carmack demoed the new game engine he’s been working on, dubbed id Tech 5.

Looks pretty damn cool. As per Carmack, more will be shown at E3 on the specific game being developed on this engine for Mac, PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. Sounds like a plan to me.

So we all know that E3 is going to be small this year and very private. With that said, all the big names will be there presenting and showing off what they have in store for the upcoming year.

IGN has a list of who’s attending and what games are confirmed to be shown at this year’s E3. Not too much confirmed yet from anyone. A few notable games on the list so far:

• Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations (Capcom)
• Turok (Disney)
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Lucasarts)
• Unreal Tournament 3 (Midway)
• Little Big Planet (Sony)

Keep checking back as more news comes in about what you can expect from this year’s E3 Expo.

There is a closed beta now open for the new Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising that you can sign up for here. This MMORPG seems to have some nice potential and was something I was very much looking forward to. This looks to set you as a demi-god that rises and forms his/her own band of merry gods to fight classic mythical creatures in a quest for ultimate power. This sounds like a Roman Myth exploding into a video game, I wonder if Kid Icarus will put in a cameo?

From the press release:

Perpetual Entertainment announced today that aspiring heroes can now sign up for an exclusive opportunity - the chance to enter the closed beta playtest of the upcoming Roman mythology-based online game, Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising. With co-publishing partner, Platform Publishing, the San Francisco-based game developer recently launched a signup page where visitors can register for the chance to get access, play and provide feedback on the game during its final testing phase.

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Our very good pals over at GameTactics put in some work to get everyone the press conference schedule for this year’s E3, being held this July. I’m thinking we’re going to see a lot of announcements still, just no massive show floor with banging music and half naked women. Ahhhh the good old days.

From GameTactics:

Here’s the full breakdown schedule as of today, all times are PST:

Tuesday July 10th
8:30PM - Microsoft Press Event

Wednesday July 11th
9:30AM - Nintendo Press Conference
11:30AM - Sony Computer Entertainment Press Conference
2:00PM - EA Press Conference
3:15PM - Activision Press Conference
4:30PM - Midway Press Conference
5:45PM - Konami Press Conference

Thursday July 12th
8:30AM - Take Two Interactive Press Conference
9:00AM - THQ Press Conference
10:30AM - Ubisoft Press Conference
1:00PM - Namco Bandai Press Conference
3:30PM - Disney Interactive Press Conference