Now that the 2005 Game Developer's Conference has ended, all eyes are transfixed on this year's E3 in Los Angeles, California. The largest videogame trade show of the year, E3 is where the major publishers make the majority of their surprise announcements, and although I'll have to wait until mid May to find out the answers to all of my questions, I can at least speculate as to what sort of cool stuff we'll all see and hear, so I present to you some E3 predictions. Am I psychic or just have an inside track? Dial the 1-800 number to find out! Only $4.95 per minute!

Nintendo unveils movies that play on its DS system

Sony's been making a big stink about how its PSP hand held can play movies such as Spiderman 2 and Resident Evil, and Nintendo isn't going to sit idly by and allow its competitor to steal its thunder. At its press conference Mario and Co. will announce that the Nintendo DS is capable of movie playback and unveil a line of kid-friendly films that'll include Finding Nemo, Shrek and/or Shrek 2, and possibly The Incredibles. Oh, and every Pokemon movie ever made.

The odds of this happening are extremely good. Nintendo needs to respond to Sony, and after seeing a Half-Life 2 clip running on the DS at this year's GDC the system is definitely capable of quality video playback...just not PSP quality playback.

Ubisoft will announce a new Splinter Cell

At last year's E3 Ubisoft shocked the world by announcing a new Splinter Cell almost immediately after Pandora Tomorrow had been released. Chaos Theory didn't come out right away (it's scheduled to hit shelves March 28), but seeing a new game before I finished the previous one definitely caught me off guard. Since Ubi's now a major player in the industry, expect it to flex its muscle yet again.

Halo announced for Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS

Ok so this one's a tad bit ridiculous, but after playing the excellent homebrew 2D version of Halo that's available online it's about time it's expanded upon and brought to a portable system. It'd rock for sure, but the chances of this happening are slim to none. However, it's always the most unlikely of announcements that make for the greatest surprises.

The Nintendo press conference will get rowdy

Last year's Nintendo press conference proved that even the most jaded game player is a fan boy on the inside. No matter what Nintendo did the crowd cheered, and when the new Zelda trailer was unveiled the place went nuts! People were crying!

This year, Nintendo will wow the masses with some serious Revolution talk, some tech demos, even more delicious GameCube Zelda footage, and some other neat stuff. Mario 128, anyone?