CES 2011's Gaming Showcase Preview

10:06 PM PST 1/4/2011 by John Gaudiosi

Nintendo returns after 16-year absence; Microsoft pushes Kinect of Xbox; Sony brings 'MLB11: The Show.'

LAS VEGAS -- More than 140,000 people are expected to make the annual trek to Las Vegas this week for the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show. The world's largest consumer technology trade show will feature the hottest innovations in gaming hardware, peripherals and software, along with new TVs, PCs, smartphones and tablet devices that will play games.