This is a brand new E3 2008 interview with Heavy Rain game director, David Cage. A lot of exclusive new details of the game are revealed, as well as discussion of how the previous game, Farenheit (Indigo Prophecy in the US), is related to Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer.

The Game Critics have announced their E3 2008 awards for this year and there are some pretty interesting winners, with Fallout 3 taking the "Best of Show" award, Mirror's Edge taking "Best Original Game", and LittleBigPlanet getting the "Best Console Game" award. To view all of their awards, hit the source. If you wanna check out the nominees, click here.

"We'd like to provide a quick update on Life with PlayStation for PLAYSTATION 3. We know many of you are eager to try out the new service for yourself, but you’ll have to hold tight. Due to a few procedural matters, the new service will make its way to PlayStation fans in August.

Rest assured, Life with PlayStation will be a service that introduces a new way to interact with your PS3. By bringing information from around the world into your living room, Life with PlayStation will offer a var..."

"Yahtzee gives a rundown on the biggest titles and announcements from E3 2008

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"You can keep E3 and you can keep LA, I won't be going back to either one anytime soon. Hopefully, the rest of the industry will follow my lead. Now, if you move the show to Vegas and bring back the booth babes then I'll book my flight right now. At least if the show floor sucks I can go blow my life savings on Keno!"

IGN sat down with Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's Executive Vice President of sales and marketing, who is also the annoying lady that spoke at the E3 2008 Press Conference, and she answered questions about why Nintendo seemed to focus on casual games at E3, why they didn't show off more hardcore games at E3, and if Nintendo will be at the Tokyo Game Show, as well as other shows. To read the full interview, hit the link.

"In a recent interview, Microsoft’s Senior Vice President of Interactive Entertainment, Don Mattrick, responded to Bungie’s public disagreement with the company’s decision to put off their E3 Halo announcement. Mattrick was quoted saying:

“One of the things that we decided, when you have the number one game in the world as we have in Halo, it’s a safe prediction that if we do a separate event for Halo, that it’ll be well-attended, well covered …”"

A few days ago it was revealed that Nintendo of America have no idea what Fatal Frame IV is, despite the game being released on Wii in Japan soon.
So perhaps the game won't be published by Nintendo in America? It seems Tecmo feels otherwise... Tecmo told fans to direct all questions regarding FFIV (and it's absence from E3) to Nintendo of America. That might be a little hard though, if NoA reps don't know what the game even is!

""Bungie is always concerned first and foremost with our fans. Whenever we are prevented from exceeding their positive expectations it is not a laughing matter.""

"Reports have surfaced online that a representative from the Entertainment Software Association has commented that E3 will have at least one more showing next year, though no solid details have been given. We contacted the ESA to confirm these details but a representative was not available. Instead, we contacted the Los Angeles Convention Center and spoke with a booking agent to see what sort of events were taking place next year in July. At the time this article was written, the ESA has not y..."

"Best Nintendo DS Game:
- Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
- Chrono Trigger
- Sonic Chronicles - Winner
- Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
- Rhythm Heaven

Best Action-Adventure:
- Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
- Prince of Persia - Winner
- LittleBigPlanet
- Mirror's Edge
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Best Puzzle Game:
- de Blob - Winner
- Flock!
- levelHead
- NeoPets Puzzle Adventure
- PuzzleQuest: Galactrix

Best One to Watch:
- Darksiders
- Dark Void
- Bayonetta - Winner
..."

"The only thing there was more of at E3 than games were complaints about E3's new, tidy, business-like format. Everyone from company execs to game developers to the working press seemed to have something unhappy to say about the show. Coasting right there along with the complaints was a building buzz that next year's E3 was going to have to undergo some mammoth changes. Just how mammoth? According to a number of well connected sources I spoke with during the show, there's considerable thought ..."

"E3 2008 was on the whole a rather lame affair. A lot of what was shown was great of course, but given the number of brilliant-looking games currently teetering perilously close to release, we got a miserable amount of content in terms of new unveilings. You've no doubt by now read a lot of articles questioning the future relevence of the show, and those articles have a good point, but we want to take a more positive angle on the whole situation.

You see, there is a great big hope on the ho..."

It's no secret that most of the internet was disappointed with Nintendo's E3 Media Briefing. In a talk with business newssite Forbes, Iwata openly apologizes to the core gamer expecting him to drop the bomb at E3, and reaffirms that Nintendo is not ignoring core gamers. He notes that the big titles need a long time to develop, and at their present state were not ready to be shown at last week's media briefing.

"Among the many news items in today's E3 2008 Sony Press Conference was the announcement that it will be introducing a new $399 80GB PlayStation 3. On stage, Sony Computer Entertainment America President Jack Tretton was upbeat about the console, saying it offered "twice the storage for the same price."

While such a proposition was attractive, Tretton also raised some questions by saying the console will have "the same functionalities" as the 40GB. That model has been the subject of critic..."

E3 is now over, many are happy, many a sad, and many are just confused as to why certain people came/items were on display. Kotaku have however, decided to list the things that they don't ever want to see at another E3, and I must say I do agree with (some of) them. In short they are:

1. Nintendo (yes the entire company)
2. Talky-Talky
3. Duffy
4. Tell Us, Damnit
5. Navel-Gazing
6. Killzone 2
7. Over-Excitment
8. Posts about stuff we never want to see at E3 again

Fatal Frame IV's Japanese release is just two weeks away, so one would asume that the game will be released in America sometimes at the end of the year.
Well it looks like that might not be the case...
During E3, GoNintendo.com asked Nintendo of America about Fatal Frame IV ... and they hadn't even heard of the game!
Yes, despite Nintendo being the publishers of the game (and despite a trailer being released at E3), not one person in Nintendo's E3 meeting room had a clue what series GoNi...

According to the article, the casual games are going a little too far. Nintendo always has a fun, casual game to play. There's Nintendogs, Brain Age games, Wii Sports, and tons of others! After awhile, E3 2008 bestows its greatness upon us and what games do we get? Another Wii Sports game and a music game without an air guitar. Do you agree with the article, have the casual games gone too far?

Announced during E3 2008, WiiMotionPlus allows you to have more control in a game; any move you make with your hand will affect the game.

Game Informer recently interviewed third-party devs about the WiiMotionPlus; they feel annoyed and betrayed by the device. None of them knew about it until E3, along with everyone else; as a result no games will be able to support it for six to nine months.

Your first chance to snag this control-enhancing device will be in a bundle. The bundle will c...

A lot of people have were disappointed with E3 this year, even game publishers didn't like it! Edge Online thinks the problem with E3 is that it's trying to be too many things (social event, etc) and they give their opinion on what needs to be done to E3 so that it stays alive.

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Now that all the hullabaloo of E3 is over, Disco Stu gives a sober appraisal of what Nintendo offered at LA last week. What does the new voice option for the Wii really mean? Can we expect 3rd party studios to finally implement some decent controls with the new Wii motion attachment? And what of those Zelda Wii rumours?...

""Miyamoto as he realizes Xbox's Avatars are a total rip off of the Miis. ""

A brand new trailer for the PS3's upcoming survival-horror Siren: Blood Curse has been revealed ... and it sure is creepy!

If you've been missing the eerie zombie-horror that old Resident Evil games used to have, it looks like Siren will certainly make up for it -



Siren: Blood Curse is set for release on July 24th.
Go here to read Eurogamer's favorable review of the game.

And the E3 news keeps rolling in...
Here is the trailer for the upcoming Tomb Raider Underworld. It doesn't reveal much about the game, but it's damn pretty to watch ...



And just for kicks, here is the trailer in reverse.

"Another year, another grueling E3 experience for all involved. As press, we have to be in constant motion, reading, writing and presenting all the information that's blasted at our eyes and ears. As readers, you're tasked with digesting an ocean of content in 72 constantly updated hours. It's a hell of a ride and we're glad to be at the end, especially given the rather dismal nature of this year's show."