With the summer comes free time. Free time means a lot of video games for some people. Unlike for the movie industry, the summertime is not a big time for video game releases. However, there is one unprecedented event in gaming that happens every summer: E3 (The Electronics Entertainment Expo). E3 is the pinnacle of the future in video games. Held every summer at the Los Angeles Convention Center, E3 is the meeting place for all of the big game developers to show off what they have planned for the next year in gaming. This is the most exciting time of the year for gamers besides when the games themselves are actually released. Thousands of gamers flock to the convention center to gain exclusive access and first looks at new software and video game trailers and demos. Some of the most anticipated titles of the next year were revealed at E3 this year, including Modern Warfare 3, Halo 4, Dead Island, Skyrim, Battlefield 3 and hundreds of other new games of all calibers. From multi-million dollar blockbusters, to the new thing in indie games, E3 has it all.

Every year video games are becoming ever more popular. While attendence at professional sports events are declining, the population of competitive gamers is growing rapidly. E3 is the testament to the expansion of gaming over the years. Gaming isn’t just limited to consoles like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. In fact, non-console games make the most money. These non-console games can be on a cell phone, an iPod, and can even include things like Facebook games. As its name suggests, everything involving electronic entertainment is at E3.