Microsoft E309 Press Conference Report Is Up!

I've written my impressions of the amazing Microsoft E309 Press Conference held earlier today over on ButtonSmasher.

Click this link to go and have a read, but please let me know what you think about the new announcements coming out of the Microsoft camp.

Tweeting Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference

Just a quick heads up to say that I will be tweeting the upcoming Microsoft E3 Press Conference over on my Twitter account here.

I will also be writing up a full report on the press conference, but if you want my live analysis then my Twitter account is the place to go. My detailed analysis will appear over on ButtonSmasher later today, and I'll be doing the same with Nintendo's and Sony's press conferences tomorrow.

The press conference kicks off at 6.30pm UK time, so if you wish to watch it there's a bunch of live feed links here.

New Dead Rising 2 Trailer

I've already hinted that I'm going to miss Frank West (he's covered wars you know!), but I think the alleged 7,000 zombies in the new trailer above more than makes up for any awfully named character (Chuck Greene? What were Capcom thinking).

Unfortunately that's all we'll be getting of Dead Rising 2 for the moment; because all this swine flu malarkey has caused Capcom to scale back its E3 attendence and their Japanese demonstrators won't be coming along to enjoy the show and, thus, let us enjoy any new Dead Rising 2 information.

With all the other amazing things that will be coming out of E3 I'm sure I'll be able to survive, but you can't help feeling that E3 2009 has already disappointed us before it has even begun.

E3 2009 Is Almost Here!

(Image courtesy of Kotaku)

E3 doesn't technically kick off until Tuesday, but some of the press conferences start tomorrow. I'll be blogging about the newly revived conference all week, although it will mostly be done over at ButtonSmasher.

I will be posting bits and bobs here as well, largely those things that don't fit into ButtonSmasher, so keep checking both blogs if you want to read my angle on new games and announcements.

I've already kicked off the fun with a post on the new PSP Go, but I'm sure E3 will have more than its fair share of surprises for us.

Screw all the haters - I love this time of year!

Sonic The Hedgehog Comes To The iPhone - Is Your Finger Up To The Task?

You would have to be a bit of a poor retro gamer if you have never played the original Sonic game, but you can now try out the 150th port (obviously an exaggeration, but you'd be surprised at how many systems the game can be played on) of Sonic the Hedgehog through the iPhone.

All seven zones are packed in, along with the special stages, but you may be wondering how the game controls on a touch screen phone. The controls are handled through on-screen controls (you can see the d-pad and 'A' button on the screenshot above), which already sounds a little off-putting. Speed, of course, is crucial to any Sonic game; so if the controls aren't up to handling Sonic and his little red shoes, and the precise jumps required, then it's not going to be very fun.

I really do appreciate old games being ported to platforms like the iPhone - in turn making them available to the masses, or at least those with enough money to be able to afford an iPhone or the ridiculous contract fees - but if the game is nigh on impossible to play then you quickly find yourself being unimpressed. A game like Peggle may be a perfect fit for the iPhone, but there are others that just aren't suitable for the phones control scheme.

Since there's currently no demo I'd exercise caution in buying this port, but if money is no barrier then you can pick it up for £3.49 on the App Store right now.