EA Set for Mammoth E3 Showing

World's biggest publisher + world's biggest games show = one metric buttload of gamer happiness.

As the biggest publisher in the industry, EA is always closely watched at trade shows, and never more so than now, as the company prepares its gargantuan line-up for this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Burnout Legends will be just one of the many highly anticipated
games jostling for attention at EA's stand

The roster spans all of the current gaming platforms and touches on all of EA's top franchises, including Need for Speed, Burnout, Madden, Bond, Harry Potter and more. Oddly, FIFA has not been explicitly confirmed, though we assume it will be there in some form.

And those are just the current-gen games. EA has already committed itself to support for Xbox 360, Microsoft's next Xbox, and the company will be showing its next-gen stuff in preparation for the console's launch later this year.

Below is a list of EA's titles that have been confirmed to show up during E3. Expect more to be unveiled when the show begins.

• Batman Begins (PS2, Xbox, GameCube, GBA): Dark Knight's debut
• Battlefield 2 (PC): 64-player modern warfare
• Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (PS2, Xbox): with console-exclusive stuff
• BLACK (PS2, Xbox): new shooter from Burnout creators
• Burnout Revenge (PS2, Xbox): carnage done correctly
• Burnout Legends (PSP): a Best Of game for Sony's portable
• Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire (All): wizarding fun from Hogwarts
• From Russia With Love (PS2, Xbox, GC): Connery's Bond game debut
• Madden NFL 06 (All): 16th instalment of the genre defining football game
• Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (All): comic-themed pugilism
• Medal Of Honor European Assault (PS2, Xbox, GC): more WWII shooting
• NASCAR 06 (PS2, Xbox): racing in circles, American style
• NCAA Football 06 (PlayStation 2, Xbox): college football
• Need for Speed Most Wanted (All): street racing with flair
• The Godfather (PS2, Xbox, PC, PSP, Xbox 360): classic movie gets interactive
• The Sims 2 (All): life-simulator for those willing to give up theirs
• The Sims 2 Nightlife (PC): sexy expansion to The Sims 2
• GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (DS): play as a Bond baddie

Join us next week as we report with hands-on impressions straight from the show floor.

Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games