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Best of E3 Nominees Announced

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Game Critic Judges

The list for the “Best Of” Titles were announced today and the winners will be announced on Tuesday, June 23.
(Drum Roll)(In Announcers Voice) For your viewing pleasure (Continued Drum Roll)(Dead Silence except for the continuing drum roll, as the crowd waits in anticipation) your 2009 BEST OF FINALISTS!!!!! (Crowd goes crazy, just like in my dreams when I hit a grandslam to lead the Phillies to a World Series Title over the Yankees by the score of 100-0. Ok, Ok.. Here is your damn list!

Best of Show
- Br�tal Legend (Double Fine Productions/EAP for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Mass Effect 2 (BioWare/Electronic Arts for Xbox 360, PC)
- Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision for PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
- Splinter Cell Conviction (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for Xbox 360)
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog/SCEA for PS3)

Best Original Game
- Alan Wake (Remedy/MGS for Xbox 360)
- Bayonetta (Platinum Games/Sega for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Br�tal Legend (Double Fine Productions/EAP for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Heavy Rain (Quantic Dream/SCEE for PS3)
- Scribblenauts (5TH Cell/WBIE for Nintendo DS)

Best Console Game
- Br�tal Legend (Double Fine Productions/EAP for PS3, Xbox 360)
- God of War 3 (Sony Santa Monica/SCEA for PS3)
- Mass Effect 2 (BioWare/Electronic Arts for Xbox 360)
- Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog/SCEA for PS3)

Best Handheld Game
- Gran Turismo (Polyphony Digital/SCEJ for PSP)
- LittleBigPlanet (SCE Studio Cambridge/Media Molecule/SCEE for PSP)
- Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Alphadream/Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Scribblenauts (5TH Cell/WBIE for Nintendo DS)
- The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo for Nintendo DS)

Best PC Game
- DC Universe Online (Sony Online Austin/SOE)
- Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare/EA)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve/EAP)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin/LucasArts)
- Supreme Commander 2 (Gas Powered Games/Square Enix)

Best Hardware
- DJ Hero Controller (Freestyle Games/Red Octane/Activision)
- “Project Natal” (Microsoft)
- PSP Go (Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Tony Hawk Ride Skateboard (Robomodo/Activision)
- Wii MotionPlus (Nintendo)

Best Action Game
- BioShock 2 (2K Marin/2K Games for PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
- Halo 3 ODST (Bungie/MGS for Xbox 360)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve/EAP for Xbox 360, PC)
- Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision for PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
- Singularity (Raven/Activision for PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

Best Action/Adventure Game
- Bayonetta (Platinum Games/Sega for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Br�tal Legend (Double Fine Productions/EAP for PS3, Xbox 360)
- God of War 3 (Sony Santa Monica/SCEA for PS3)
- Splinter Cell Conviction (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft for Xbox 360)
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog/SCEA for PS3)

Best Role Playing Game
- Alpha Protocol (Obsidian/Sega for PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
- Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare/EA for PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Alphadream/Nintendo for Nintendo DS)
- Mass Effect 2 (BioWare/EA for Xbox 360, PC)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin/LucasArts for PC)

Best Racing Game
- Blur (Bizzare Creations/Activision for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC)
- Forza Motorsport 3 (Turn 10/MGS for Xbox 360)
- ModNation Racers (United Front/SCEA for PS3)
- Need for Speed Shift (Slightly Mad/EA Games for PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
- Split/Second (Black Rock/Disney Interactive for PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

Best Fighting Game
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (Foundation 9/Capcom for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny (Project Soul/Namco-Bandai Games for PSP)
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars (Eighting/Capcom for Wii)
- Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai for PS3, Xbox 360)
- The King of Fighters XII (SNK Playmore for PS3, Xbox 360)

Best Sports Game
- Fight Night Round 4 (EA Canada/EA Sports for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Madden NFL 10 (EA Tiburon/EA Sports for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
- NHL 10 (EA Canada/EA Sports for PS3, Xbox 360)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (EA Tiburon/EA Sports for Wii)
- Tony Hawk Ride (Robomodo/Activision for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)

Best Strategy Game
- League of Legends: Clash of Fates (Riot Games for PC)
- Order of War (Wargaming.net/Square Enix for PC)
- R.U.S.E. (Eugen Systems/Ubisoft for PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
- Supreme Commander 2 (Gas Powered Games/Square Enix for Xbox 360, PC)

Best Social/Casual Game
- DJ Hero (Freestyle/Red Octane/Activision for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
- Guitar Hero 5 (Neversoft/Red Octane/Activision for All Systems)
- Scribblenauts (5TH Cell/WBIE for Nintendo DS)
- The Beatles Rock Band (Harmonix/MTV Games/EAP for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
- Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo for Wii)

Best Online Multiplayer Game
- Halo 3 ODST (Bungie/MGS for Xbox 360)
- Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve/EAP for Xbox 360, PC)
- MAG (Zipper Interactive/SCEA for PS3)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin/LucasArts for PC)
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog/SCEA for PS3)

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Sony PSP Go Digital Copy Program

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
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Sony will be offering an upgrade program for those who would like to play their current PSP games on the PSP Go.  As you will tell in the following quote Sony isn’t sure what it will be yet or for how long.

“We’re in the midst of putting together a goodwill program,” Koller explained, referring to some sort of plan where gamers could get digital copies of their UMD games. “We’ll be unveiling that soon [because] we actually think there’s a significant group that will be upgrading from the 1000…So we’re looking at a goodwill program — a short term goodwill program that would continue for years afterward.”

Koller did mention how Sony has the blue ray upgrade for movies.  Hope it would be like that as you need to trade your movies in for the blue ray.

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New PSP is Go

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Sony announced, just prior to the beginning of this year’s E3, the PSP GO, shown below. The PSP Go does not feature a UMD drive as previous PSPs, but will be able to store downloadable media on 16 GB of internal flash memory. It will also support Bluetooth and wireless connectivity and be 15% lighter and 43% smaller than the original PSP-3000 (43% lighter and 56% smaller than the PSP-1000).

The PSP Go features a 3.8″ LCD (compared to 4.3″ on previous PSP models) and is similar to the iPod Touch (at 3.5″) The PSP Go will offer 16 GB of built-in flash memory, with additional space able to be added through a Memory Stick Micro slot. There is no UMD drive on the PSP Go. At the time of the initial leak through Qore, no methods were announced of transferring UMD content to the PSP Go.

Controls for the PSP Go have changed slightly in design and placement from its predecessor. PSP Go features the standard PlayStation control scheme (four-button directional pad, four action buttons (cross [commonly referred to as X], circle, square, triangle), a single Thumbstick next to the directional buttons, L and R buttons, Start and Select buttons, and a PlayStation logo button to the left of the screen.

In addition to wireless support, the PSP Go adds Bluetooth capability. In addition to support for standard Bluetooth headsets, John Koller also specifies the ability to tether the PSP Go to a Bluetooth-enabled cell phone.

On the leaked Qore video, Koller specifically mentions PSP versions of LittleBigPlanet, Jak and Daxter, Gran Turismo, and “a new Metal Gear Solid.” Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier had been previously announced and a PSP version of Gran Turismo was originally shown off at the 2004 E3 Expo.

Koller also emphasizes casual games in the interview, implying that Sony would like to see the PSP platform become home to shorter, simpler “pick up and play” games that can be downloaded from PlayStation Store.

Koller mentions that the existing interoperability between the PlayStation 3 and the PSP hardware lines will be carried over to the PSP Go.

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