G4 Will Air Twenty-Three Hours Of E3 Coverage

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By Mack Rawden
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I don’t like video games. I’ve only ever really been emotionally invested in four of them (Mike Tyson’s TKO Punch-Out, Super Mario Brothers I, Goldeneye and Elevator Action), but one thing I can appreciate is dedication to a cause. For example: here at TV Blend, I cover television related news as exhaustively and thoroughly as I can. Over at cable channel G4, they do the same thing with video games. In between repeats of Ninja Warrior, they hammer home all relevant news, and as video games go, few things are more relevant than the annual E3 trade show.

The festival, basically a Comic Con for gamers, runs during the second week of June, and this year G4 will expand its coverage of the event to include twenty-three hours of features. Both X-Play and Attack Of The Show will broadcast live from the festivities. In addition, the coverage will feature demos and highlights from Madden NFL 12, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Saints Row: The Third, Bioshock Infinite, Gears Of War 3 and many more.

It’ll all kick off on Monday, June 6th at 3EST and run through Thursday the 9th. In between, there will be interviews from numerous game designers, executives and gaming-involved celebrities including Ice-T, Dwight Howard, Curt Schilling, and The Miz. Here’s a look at the schedule below…

Monday, June 6“E3 2011 Live” kicks off at 3pm ET and runs through 10:00pm ET. Day includes live hands on demo of Modern Warfare 3, commercial free coverage of the Ubisoft & Sony press conferences, plus world premieres for Gears of War 3, Saints Row: The Third, Dead Island, and Prototype 2.Tuesday, June 7Day begins with live coverage from Nintendo followed by a commercial free presentation of the Microsoft press conference at 11:00am ET and runs through 9:30pm ET.Wednesday, June 8“E3 2011 Live” focuses on exclusive hands-on demos and interviews from the G4 stage at the convention center. Coverage begins at 6pm ET and runs through 9pm ET, with a special E3-themed episode of "Web Soup" at 9pm ET.Thursday, June 9“E3 2011 Live” focuses on exclusive hands-on demos and interviews from the G4 stage at the convention center. Coverage begins at 6pm ET and runs through 9pm ET.

For a more exhaustive list of features, as well as live streams during the actual event, head on over to G4TV.

Mack Rawden
Mack Rawden
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Mack Rawden is the Editor-In-Chief of CinemaBlend. He first started working at the publication as a writer back in 2007 and has held various jobs at the site in the time since including Managing Editor, Pop Culture Editor and Staff Writer. He now splits his time between working on CinemaBlend’s user experience, helping to plan the site’s editorial direction and writing passionate articles about niche entertainment topics he’s into. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in English (go Hoosiers!) and has been interviewed and quoted in a variety of publications including Digiday. Enthusiastic about Clue, case-of-the-week mysteries, a great wrestling promo and cookies at Disney World. Less enthusiastic about the pricing structure of cable, loud noises and Tuesdays.