E3 2009

I got home today surfing the net as usual, suddenly all my bookmarked sites are flooded with news from E3. That was why I wasted my whole evening researching on the latest announcements.

I felt like listing them down because I'm having a massive brain jam after absorbing all that:

1. Sony PSP Go is due this October. Not a PSP-3000 replacement, but rather a smaller PSP with more powerful hardware. 16GB flash memory, bluetooth, slide out controls.

2. Microsoft Zune HD. New Zune with a touch screen and nVidia Tigra chipset (which means next-gen handheld graphics). Many Xbox360 titles will be ported into this beautiful device, eg Halo(!!). Promises to be a strong competitor to iPod touch.

3. Project Natal by Microsoft. Games will be played using a motion capture sensor camera, where you actually need to move your body to play (in other words, like playing the Wii without the controllers).
4. With the announcement of PSP Go, 3 new games were announced exclusively for the new console: Gran Turismo PSP, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and LittleBigPlanet portable.

5. Left4Dead 2 is set to release on November, with new characters, maps and weapons. Not just guns mind you, they have melee weapons now, eg chainsaw, axe, etc. Imagine spluttering zombie blood all over your screen!

6. Modern Warfare 2 (or Call of Duty 6?)is in the works.
7. Assassin's Creed 2, Uncharted 2 and Metal Gear Solid: Rising just to name a few popular franchise titles.


Well there are more. Just google "E3 2009" if you are a gamer freak like me. I hate the companies for keeping them secret just so to accumulate all of them and throw at the consumers at once. It tempts you badly to own them all, but at the same time you know you won't be able to, either because of the lack of money or time to play games.

After all the teasing and temptations, reality sets in. We will all need to wait for the actual launches, and we pray hard for money to pop out from our pockets then.