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Nokia is still pushing the N-Gage platform although now it's crossing over to the mainstream mobile phone line up. The booth itself was actually very nicely done with nice plush chairs. Or at least, the chairs looked nice and plush.


There were clearly other attendees who need a rest more than I did.

Continuing through the various halls, I walked by the Rainbow Six: Las Vegas. The game actually looked very promising. It merged the true tactics of the Rainbow Six line with the next-generation graphics of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. This is definitely a game to keep an eye on.


I skimmed by Sega's booth, but I didn't see anything too interesting.

Microsoft

I wasn't expecting much when I made it to the Microsoft booth. Test Drive Unlimited was actually looking very good in motion. I had not had a chance to pick up the demo from Xbox Live Marketplace, and was pleasantly surprised. Despite some lackluster screenshots, the game looked much better than Project Gotham Racing 3.

One thing Microsoft has definitely done right with the Xbox 360 is making sure games really captivate the gamer. Just look at these two:


I'm actually completely serious. Most of the gamers playing the Xbox 360 stuff were absolutely engrossed with the gaming action. A bomb could go off next to them, and I'm not sure they would divert their attention from the game.


Square Enix's booth was obviously popular with most of the attention going to the upcoming Final Fantasy XII. Apparently photography wasn't allowed. After claiming that I had no clue how to use my camera by taking a blurry shot without a flash, I went ahead and took a shot of the full size replica of the armor used in Final Fantasy XII. That would definitely make for a cool costume..