E3 is over after a short three days but there was a lot of things revealed and announced for the upcoming holiday season and the early 2009 season. It’s all about the games that are coming out and currently in development. Here’s a list of some of my favorite demos and presentations I got to see.

Prince of Persia (Ubisoft)
This will be the first Prince of Persia game for the new generation of consoles and the look and style of the game is stunning. The art direction is incredible. The game was demoed at the Ubisoft press conference and the level that was shown included a battle, a couple of deaths, and exploration of one of the many areas in the game. It was one of the most talked about games of the week.

Street Fighter IV (Capcom)
Street Fighter is probably the most recognizable fighting game in history (next to Mortal Kombat) and the new generation version of the game will excite not only hardcore gaming fans but the nostalgic video game fan as well.  I actually got to play some of the new Street Fighter IV. I played as Chun Li, one of my favorites, against another guy playing as Ryu. The animation and cel-shaded characters look great, even though it is 2D; it’s 2D for the new generation of consoles. Oh yeah, I did win a round in my match.

NBA 2K9 (2K Sports)
The NBA 2K series has been the winning basketball game for the last few years and it looks like that trend is going to continue. In the demo I saw, there didn’t seem to be any major changes, but why fix something that isn’t broke? The folks at EA Sports, 2K Sports main competition, announced Dynamic  DNA for its NBA Live series which is a big step for the franchise. We’re not sure if NBA 2K9 will offer anything that big.

Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos)
The folks at Eidos invited me to check out the new Tomb Raider title and of course I obliged. I was showed two levels one of them was a purely underwater. Lara Croft has some scuba gear that lets her stay underwater for quite a long time plus some cool underwater weapons that shred incoming sharks. The other level consisted of a puzzle where some of Lara’s new moves were showcased and also gave an idea of what kind of puzzles will be featured and the type creatures you will face.

Borderlands (2K Games)
Even though I’m tired of a lot of the first person shooting games that are out there, Borderlands looks like it’ll be one I have to get. The game takes place on some forbidden planet and is like a mix between Halo and the Mad Max films. The designers of the game say that there are currently over 650,000 weapons that are playable in the game – they only planned 500,000 but may get up to one million. This could be another hit for 2K Games.

Till next year….