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MMA was definitely out in force this year at E3.  The big hitters were obviously UFC Undisputed: 2010, which had a massive octagon shaped booth complete with UFC ring girls and EA MMA, which was both as impressive as THQ's offering and very similar to it. Slightly lost in all of this was one other title, Supremacy MMA, which was not on the show floor.  We got a chance to take a look at this much more arcadey take on MMA from Kung fu factory walked out intrigued about their interpretation of one the fastest growing sports in America.

Pirates of the Caribbean have a lot of things going against them in theory.  First off, there has never been a truly great pirate game, so there is hardly any template of what to do to succeed in the genre. Additionally, all of the past games have been movie games, which automatically puts them on a deadline and hinders development.  However, after taking a look at the latest title, Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned in the series, it looks like Disney interactive may have found the magic formula to make the first great pirate game.

In todays video game environment, it seems as if there are very few niches which have not been fully explored.  With that in mind, it seems surprising that there have not been very many paintball games ever made.  Paintball seems to have all the makings of a solid videogame: it not only has a solid fan real-life fan base but it also has a pre-defined group of gamers who would be receptive to it in shooter fans.  In spite of this, really the only paintball games which have been released have been from the Greg Hastings Paintball series.  While at E3, we got a chance to check out the latest title in the series, Greg Hastings Paintball 2, and walked away rather impressed by what Majesco has done in the first iteration of the game for next-gen consoles.