With Coop and Sarah in transit to Los Angeles, it falls to some of us here in the office to cover the pre-E3 events, including today's EA Press Conference. I'll be live-blogging the goings-on as they occur, so make sure to hit refresh every minute or so for the latest out of Los Angeles.

The newest event will appear at the top. All times are Eastern:

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6:16 - And that's it. Well... I'd have to say that after Microsoft bludgeoning our brains with awesome, this was a tad underwhelming. Old Republic stole the show, though. Can't wait to see more.

6:15 - Coruscant in ruins. Massive aerial attack going down. I know it's not in-game, but this game looks fucking boss.

6:13 - And that ship is full of a shit ton of Sith. Here comes the throwdown.

6:11 - That familiar tune. Big shots of Coruscant. Sith cuts down a ton of guards... a bounty hunter sneaks into a window... Jedi drop from the ceiling... and a fucking ship crashes into them all...

6:10 - The very first cinematic of Old Republic.

6:09 - Every character will have voice over. That's pretty impressive.

6:08 - BioWare is back on stage. So many Jedi on stage it's hard not to cringe.

6:07 - Star Wars music... oh, boy... what on Earth could this be?

6:06 - First ever look at the game in motion. Car jacking, big guns, fast cars, hot chicks, tough dudes, cop chases, vast environments, some more hot chicks...

6:05 - A little look at the insanely in-depth character creator.

6:04 - ... Realtime Worlds, the developers behind APB. Nice!

6:03 - EA introduces a new partnership with...

6:02 - Crysis 2 will launch on 360, PS3, and PC (as reported earlier today).

6:01 - Crytek CEO, Cevat Yerli, comes on stage. Guess what he talks about.

6:00 - A new "Brutal Thoughts" where Jack rigs a controller directly to his brain. A brief montage of in-game action. Looks solid.

5:58 - A smidgen of the actors just mentioned. Can't wait for the real trailer. Apparently over 2600 lines of dialogue from Jack Black.

5:57 - Mini teaser of trailer dropping tomorrow.

5:57 - Ozzy himself will be in the game, as the Guardian of Metal.

5:55 - Talks about different metal characters you can try to recruit. Lita Ford, Lemmy, Rob Halford all voice some cool as all hell looking in-game counterparts.

5:53 - Tim Schafer hits the stage to show Brutal Legend. Dude looks like an older version of fat AJ from the Sopranos. Sorry, it's true.

5:51 - If you can make it to a hiding spot (like a brothel) without being seen, you'll lose your wanted level... I mean, you'll lose the Benny Hill trained Nazi guards.

5:50 - You can steal uniforms to sneak around in plain sight.

5:49 - Run and climb wherever you want to go. Including the Eiffel Tower. Very, very Assassin's Creed.

5:49 - Live look at some gameplay.

5:48 - Saboteur trailer... BOOBIES!

5:47 - Tom French, lead designer of The Saboteur, hits the stage.

5:45 - Now I can't get Billy Madison out of my head. Pete S. takes on one of the GST devs.

5:44 - Pete Samprass?! Wow, you're wife is hot.

5:43 - Moore closes out the EA Sports segment with Grand Slam Tennis.

5:43 - First expansion for EA Active will be out this holiday season.

5:42 - 600K units have been sold already. Most succesful launch of any Wii game in history. Really?

5:41 - Some dumb blonde comes on stage. She uses EA Active. Good for her.

5:40 - Peter Moore hypes EA Active. I'll cut him some slack since I'm using the product. And it works. (where's my check?)

5:38 - Madden 10 will have Online Franchise. Manage your franchise from just about anywhere. Fantasy football to the nth degree.

5:37 - Team Builder is available online right now.

5:35 - Anytime/Anyplace. A new feature which is where Create-a-School from NCAA Football (which I wrote about two months ago) finds its home.

5:33 - Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online... play in your browser. Big deal.

5:32 - Um, Pete, without the UFC license, you have nothing. NOTHING! Oh, it's being handled by Tiburon.

5:31 - The next new global franchise is... EA Sports MMA. What the fuck?

5:30 - Apparently strategy is really important in boxing. Whoda thunk?

5:29 - Some Fight Night Round 4 devs come on stage to hype up the game.

5:29 - And here comes Peter Moore.

5:28 - Some weird EA sports thing. Showing regular Joes in the midst of playing real games with real athletes. Little kid on the ice with the Red Wings is my hero.

5:27 - Showing the teaser... you know, the one we've already seen. BioWare loves NIN. Oh, some new shit. "It's not the Geth."... Big ol' incinerator gun/nuke cannon?

5:26 - Xbox 360 and PC early next year.

5:25 - Mass Effect 2 time.

5:24 - Trailer looks way bad ass.

5:24 - hello sex scene.

5:23 -  Brand new, in-game footage. Arrows hitting shields, dragons coming out of fucking nowhere, gross ass boobie caterpillar monster...

5:22 - BioWare comes to the stage to show Dragon Age: Origins.

5:21 - And they're giving away a brand new BMW Thursday. COOP! GET ON THAT SHIT!

5:20 - Driver's seat footage is loud. I don't think I've ever heard an engine this loud while inside the vehicle. OOOh, and a wreck. Pretty impressive. I think.

5:20 - Constantly bumping and grinding levels you up one way, while taking corners properly, and not driving like an asshole, levels you up another way.

5:19 - "How you drive on the track defines who you are." Graphics look decent. Player rivalries and driving styles level you up.

5:18 - Need for Speed: Shift producer comes to the stage. Game is running on a two-year development cycle.

5:16 - Charm Girls trailer. Good lord. I know this isn't marketed at me, but for crying out loud this is retarded.

5:15 - The Wii version, Pajama Party, includes games where girls style virtual hair to see who can come up with the biggest coif. What happened to the EA from last year?

5:14 - Introducing Charm Girls Club. Four new games for the Wii and DS.

5:13 - What's this? A new branding label? EA Girls? For real?

5:11 - Trailer for Littlest Pet Shop Online. Good lord is this the wrong way to start a press conference. "You'll never run out of fun."

5:09 - "Girls spend a lot of time online with their friends." That must mean it's time for Littlest Pet Shop Online. Blech.

5:08 - Chip Lang (Hasbro) comes to the stage... to talk about Littlest Pet Shop. Um, yay?

5:07 - Riccitello says they have 12 new games to show us. What he means by "new" remains to be seen.

5:05 - Sims 3 footage. Nothing all that new considering the game drops tomorrow.

5:03 - John Riccitello comes to the stage.

5:02 - seeing some new footage for the first time. Dante taking on some baddies. Nothing in-game.

5:00 - oh shit. Dante's Inferno.