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E3 may not officially open until tomorrow, but the hype starts right now. Join Engadget’s own Ben Gilbert and Joystiq Editor in Chief Ludwig Kietzmann as they gab about Microsoft’s upcoming E3 press event. Will Redmond reveal a price? Is the DRM situation as bad as it seems? Will we actually get a good look at some games this time around? Skip on past the break for our pre-show predictions.

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E3 2013 is nearly upon us, and this year’s press briefing lineup is an eensy bit different from past years — most notably, there are four stage presentations on Monday alone, and Nintendo’s sitting this year out. Rather than spreading out the gaming news cavalcade across one and a half days, 2013’s press briefings are all Monday (excepting Nintendo’s live video broadcast on Tuesday morning, of course, which we’ll have available ahead of its 10AM EDT kickoff on Wednesday morning).

The full list for tomorrow’s proceedings follows, including timestamps and links for you to set your alarm clocks and clicking fingers by (respectively):

• 12:30PM to 2:00PM EDT: Microsoft Xbox briefing liveblog
• 4:00PM to 5:00PM EDT: Electronic Arts briefing liveblog
• 6:00PM to 7:00PM EDT: Ubisoft briefing liveblog
• 9:00PM to 12:00AM EDT: Sony PlayStation briefing liveblog

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The annual game industry trade show that’s spawned thousands of memes is just around the corner: E3 2013 kicks off on Monday morning with a quartet of press briefings. In another 72 hours, we’ll have a full day of liveblogs for you that’ll no doubt reveal much more about Microsoft’s and Sony’s intentions with the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, respectively, along with Nintendo’s press not-so-much-a-conference event the following day addressing the Wii U.

Though the latter is a somewhat known quantity at this point, there’s considerable promise of major game announcements and a first look at the much-anticipated next Smash Bros. entry. Microsoft and Sony, on the other hand, have a lot more blank space to fill in. We’re here to explore what we know about all three, but more importantly, to identify what we expect to find out at the big show. Join us past the break and dive into the next wave of the console wars.

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What does the PlayStation 4 look like? We didn’t find out back at Sony’s big New York City reveal gala in February, but it looks like we’re edging ever closer to that moment: June 10th at 6PM PT seems to be exactly when we’ll find out. Hey, wouldn’t you know it, that lines up with Sony’s E3 2013 press conference, which we’ll be liveblogging right here on Engadget. The coincidences simply won’t stop! A new tease video today gives us a few glimpses at what we might see in a few weeks, but for now you’ll have to be sated by looking through individual video frames. Take a look (and then another, and then another) just below the break.

The PlayStation 4 has a projected launch of “Holiday 2013,” and is Sony’s next entry in its long-running PlayStation line of game consoles. The company’s already shown off its new DualShock 4 controller, as well as its PlayStation 4 Eye motion camera (akin to Microsoft’s Kinect), and we expect to see not just the console, but a smattering of other PlayStation-related news at the June 10th press conference. Today’s tease comes just one day before Microsoft’s expected next-gen Xbox reveal event kicks off in Redmond. Oh you guys!

Update: Intrepid commenter GoldenRabbit snatched all the stills from the tease and put them all in one place, right here. Thanks dude!

Update 2: And gaming forum NeoGAF goes even deeper in this thread. We’re pretty sure it’s a game console. Or a fancy scale. Or maybe a panini press?

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If you’re a talented college student hoping to create the next Halo or Call of Duty, you could have a chance to show your chops at this year’s E3. The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the group behind the annual video game conference, has just announced the E3 College Game Competition, where you and your school could be one of five finalists to have a spotlight on the show floor. Around 400 higher education institutions — primarily those that offer video game courses — can each submit one game to represent their school in the competition. Applicants can begin submitting the story and assets of a playable game starting March 15th, with a final deadline of April 19th. The finalists will be contacted on May 10th and the winner will be announced at the show itself. It’s a rare opportunity to rub shoulders with video game VIPs, so we suggest aspiring creators convince their universities to get on board and contact the ESA for all the challenge’s rules and requirements.

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