It’s being billed “mini-E3″ by the press but the actual news ought to be just as big as any previous E3 show. The real announcements and strategic moves occur in the big 3 keynote speeches by Microsoft, Sony & Nintendo.

• Tuesday, July 10 - Microsoft Keynote - 10:00 PM CST
• Wednesday, July 11 - Nintendo Keynote - 11:00 AM CST
• Wednesday, July 11 - Sony Keynote - 1:00 PM CST

The “mini” part of this year’s E3 is really the show floor display. The above listed press conferences will be just as important for the industry as ever before. We’ll likely hear news of cheaper hardware and see the major software releases for the rest of the year and into early 2008.

Sell-out gaming network G4 will actually air each of the above press conferences live. They also appear to have quite extensive coverage of the entire show.