Another year, another crowded conference hall with announcements on the most up-to-date video game hardware and software.

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, is traditionally held every June in Los Angeles, and is generally considered the largest and most important video game convention in the world. Every E3, new gaming technology is announced, be it upcoming games, or hardware like Microsoft’s Kinect and Sony’s Move.

Starting today, and running through Thursday, fellow A&E writer Allison Gilvezan and I will join video game publishers, developers and journalists from around the world at the Los Angeles Convention Center for a taste of what the future holds for gaming.

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And even with the almost guaranteed awkwardness and lame jokes that accompany the conference every year, the announcements surrounding Microsoft and Sony’s newly revealed consoles, the Xbox One and Playstation 4, are sure to impact both hardcore video game fans’ and casual tech lovers’ living rooms for the foreseeable future.

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So tune into both my Twitter page (@co_reid) and Allison’s Twitter (@AllisonGilvezan) using the hashtag #E3dailybruin2013 for live updates, as well as http://dailybruin.com/category/blogs/spotlight/ for the Daily Bruin’s in-depth coverage of E3 2013.