The Electronic Entertainment Expo (or E3) is the world's premiere trade event exclusively dedicated to showcasing interactive entertainment related products. E3 2006 will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from May 10 – 12. Conferences are held May 9 – 11 and the show floor is open May 10 – 12.

The worldwide annual showcase for the computer and video game industry, E3 draws tens of thousands of professionals to experience the future of interactive entertainment. The most influential people leading the most innovative companies in the business attend E3 to showcase and see groundbreaking new technologies and never-before-seen products for computers, video game consoles, handheld systems and the Internet.

This year's event will focus on the next-generation of console systems including the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3 from Sony Computer Entertainment and Microsoft's Xbox 360. GameShark.com will be offer pre-show coverage of all the press events and then move onto the show itself which opens officially on May 10th.

You can begin your own personal journey into the oddesy that is E3 2006 by visiting our E3 Expo 2006 Channel which will be updated regularly 24 hours a day until the show closes on May 12th. Don't worry -- our coverage won't end there -- we'll be bringing you features well into next week, so stick with GameShark and enjoy all that E3 has to offer. - James Fudge, GameShark.com.