Sony PSP Go: Pre-E3 Rumor Round-Up

Topic: E3 News Coverage

It's no secret that Sony's new PSP Go is one of the most hotly anticipated new reveals of E3 2009. Everyone and their mother is looking forward to getting their hands on this hot new gadget, and we at I4U News are no exception. While Sony won't be officially revealing the PSP Go until Tuesday, a whole mess of info on the new gaming handset has already hit the Internet. Here's a brief summary.

Posted on Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Microsoft Press Conference at E3 2009 at 10:30am Live Video Stream

Topic: E3 News Coverage

Microsoft has the habit to be the first company to hold a press-conference at the trade-shows. Microsoft traditionally opens CES, and today they are on at 10:30am at the E3 2009 to hold their press-conference.
Besides new software and service for the Xbox including Zune media service, Microsoft is rumored to a show a motion controller possibly named Xbox Fluid. Read more

Posted on Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

THQ Debuts Pixar Cars Game at E3

Topic: E3 News Coverage

THQ and Disney Interactive Studios will be debuting a new racing game based on the Pixar Cars franchise. The game is called Cars Race-O-Rama and it will ship in the fall of 2009 for the Wii, Xbox, PS3, PSP, PS2, and DS.

The game lets players join Lightning McQueen and chick hicks in Radiator Springs to prepare student racers to compete in Race-O-Rama. The game offers players 12 new playable characters and an improved Lightning McQueen with special racing kits for different race environments including off-road. Read more

Posted on Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:50:12 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

E3 Booth Babes expected to be back at E3 2009

Topic: E3 News Coverage

E3 2009 will start tomorrow and all reports point towards an E3 that returns to what it once was back in 2006, well at least close to that.
Reuters runs a story today dubbed "E3 seen returning to glitz". Right after E3 2008, the word about a bigger more flashy E3 made its rounds. Tomorrow we will see how colorful and sexy the show floors will be.
Update: E3 2009 Booth Babe Photos

Of course Booth babes are just the dressing. The announcements made at the E3 will be what counts at the end. We already know that Sony will unveil the new Sony PSP Go and we expect big things from Microsoft and also Nintendo. Read more

Posted on Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:04:38 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Game On video Game Storage Solution

Topic: E3 News Coverage

Anyone who owns a game console knows that one of the biggest challenges is keeping things organized. The console has lots of wires that can be messy not to mention finding a place to store the controllers in a cramped entertainment system and storing the games away.

Cambre Products has a new storage solution for game consoles called the Game On that is a wall mountable storage solution allowing the game console, controllers and several games to be stored out of the way. Read more

Posted on Mon, 1 Jun 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

SplitFish to Show Frevolution X Controller at E3

Topic: E3 News Coverage

SplitFish has been making some very interesting controllers for the console gamer for several years now. The company has announced that it will be showcasing its latest line of controllers at E3 starting soon. The new controller being shown off is the Frevolution X system set to launch this fall.

The new Frevolution X system will include the Dual SFX FragPro controller that improves on the slick FragFX controller for the PS3. The FragFX controller is a wireless split controller that puts an optical laser mouse in one hand and a nunchuk style motion controller in the other. Read more

Posted on Mon, 1 Jun 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Sony PSP Go leaks on Video

Topic: E3 News Coverage

The rumored new UMD-less Sony PSP Go has leaked on a video before the E3 2009.
Engadget picked up the video that apparently leaked on Playstation forums.

The new Sony PSP Go really has this slide out controllers making it more compact than the currently available Sony PSP. Read more

Posted on Sat, 30 May 2009 12:31:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Eidos E3 Line-Up Revealed

Topic: E3 News Coverage

Gather 'round, friends, for some nourishing nuggets of E3 news. Eidos has just issued a press release that contains their E3 line-up for 2009. Batman: Arkham Asylum, Mini Ninjas, and Just Cause 2 will all be unveiled to the world next week at the expo. Three games isn't a huge line-up for a big name like Eidos, but at least two of these games are very highly anticipated sequels.

Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3) is something every Batfan has been salivating over since we got our first glimpses of it months ago. From the screenshots we've seen, this new game looks absolutely fantastic, with graphics that should test the PS3 to the limits of its capabilities. Arkham Asylum will have both a single-player storyline, as well as multiplayer maps (you can play the Joker!). We don't know just what parts of the game Eidos will be showing off at E3, but hopefully we'll get to see a few big walkthroughs.

Posted on Fri, 29 May 2009 13:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Activision E3 Line-Up.

Topic: E3 News Coverage

So, we already know that Activision is going to be unveiling the new Tony Hawk game at E3 this year. Now the rest of their line-up has been announced, and we've got a whole list of upcoming titles to geek out over. In addition to the badass skateboard controller, we've got;

Posted on Thu, 28 May 2009 16:10:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Xbox 360: Record Growth in 2009.

Topic: E3 News Coverage

Microsoft just announced that their Xbox 360 console has seen more growth in 2009 than any other console. Since January, 360 sales have increased by an astonishing 28%. More than 30 million 360's have been sold worldwide, and that number is only expected to increase. Hardware sales aren't the only area Microsoft is cleaning up in; their Xbox LIVE community now numbers over 20 million.

Xbox LIVE has grown 136% since November, and it's rapidly becoming one of the largest entertainment providers out there. Right now, LIVE is larger than any satellite TV provider, and they expect to outgrow the world's largest cable provider before 2010. Things are going very well for Team Xbox. So what does that mean for you?

Posted on Thu, 28 May 2009 12:33:27 CDT | by Robert Evans

PS3 'Slim' and PSP-Go a Reality.

Topic: E3 News Coverage

Few things are quite as sweet as rumor becoming reality. Remember those leaked photos of the PS3 'Slim' that hit the Internet a couple of weeks back? Well, we finally have some fairly solid confirmation that they are, in fact, real. Shortly after the pictures ran, several tech websites that showed the picture received cease-and-desist notices.

The notices stated that the pictures contained 'confidential information', which is confirmation that they're real pictures of something secret. That's not all we've got, though. Ars Technica received word from a mole that in the past has been "100% accurate". The mole stated that the PS3 Slim is in development, although it will not be released at E3 as we'd previously thought.

Posted on Thu, 28 May 2009 11:50:00 CDT | by Robert Evans