Or, brilliantly, you can export videos to your PS3's XMB menu as MPEG-4 video (despite rumours suggesting the feature had been removed). From there you can use it like a normal file - watch it on your PS3, put it on PC, transfer it to your PSP... whatever you like.

You can access PlayTV from your PSP via Remote Play, too, allowing you to watch live TV or stored videos through your portable.

“I cannot tell,” said the exec was asked specifically if the new Team ICO game will be shown at Tokyo Game Show this year.

“But I can say that they’ve been working very hard since the release of Shadow of the Colossus.

“Soon you’ll see.”

A demo for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2009 is now available on Xbox LIve. I'm currently downloading the large 1008.70 MB file (85% complete) and I will post with my impressions after giving it a go for a few hours.

This is my first Tiger Woods since getting an HDTV...oh, boy, oh boy. I sure hope I don't hurt Tiger's knee too badly.

The download is also available on the PS3's PSN for download.

UPDATE

The first thing that sticks out with '09 is that skills/attributes are powered up not by purchasing them after each round, but dynamically, based upon how you play. And, in fact, if you play poorly, your skill level goes down. At any time not playing a round, you can choose "Custom Drills" which will help you earn skill points.

For example, the demo asks that you play three holes so that it can determine your skill level. Me, being awesome, got a birdie and two pars (I laid up on the par 4 because there was not enough of a landing area for a 3 wood). It rewarded me with improvement in my power, accuracy, short game, and putting. The game then suggested that I do a custom power drill in order to add 0.60 points to my power score. It's like a Tiger RPG. Coolio!

More golfing...

EA's Godfather II is expanding upon the GTA-esque open world, mission-based gameplay by adding a Real Time Strategy (RTS) element to it.

Here is an explanation:

To help players manage their empire, The Godfather II introduces “The Don’s View” – an innovative strategy meta-game that allows players to oversee the entire world as they grow the family business. Using the Don’s View, players will be able to build, defend and expand their crime rings, while keeping an eye on the movements and plans of the rival families.

This sounds like a great addition, although I'm skeptical if it's one of those, "just because you can doesn't mean you should," sort of things.

The original Godfather game was quite fun, so hopefully this one will be as well. The game is due out in February of '09, but there is a, "premiere exclusively on GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley on Friday, August 15th on Spike TV."

More...

It was fairly difficult coming up with a top five list of E3 2008 highlights and not because there was so much to choose from. In fact, it was the opposite. This year's E3 was terribly underwhelming with no big announcements from any of the major players.

That being said, we have managed to pull five noteworthy happenings out of the rotting compost pile that was E3 2008. Keep in mind, these are what we think are valuable and may not be what the "mainstream" values, that is, more FPSes with better graphics than before. Oy.

1. Pikmin coming to the Wii - Finally, the perfect platform for the perfect game. Serenity now!

2. Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsber Duels - When the Wii was announced, with its motion sensing controller, all I could think about were lightsabers and Harry Potter wands. The latter has proven quite satsifying. Soon, we'll see if the former is as awesome as in my daydreams.

3. Tecmo Bowl Kickoff for the DS - I have never hidden my love for Tecmo Bowl...here and here. This new version, for the DS, will have more customizable options, but the same gameplay those of us of a certain age both know and love.

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"Dogs and cats living together!" My love for Ghostbusters runs deep. Debuting in 1984, it hit as I was turning 8 years old and then, as VCRs started to gain popularity, it was a staple of my household. That being said, even if the game isn't that great, I will love it.

5. Resident Evil 5 Screenshots - Normally, I'm not a sucker for screenshots, however, due to my love of Resident Evil games, and the fact that we've been waiting for RE5 since 1978, seeing a whole new slew of pictures makes me happy.

So there they are. The five announcements from E3 2008 that we here at Lunabean find the most intriguing.

Don't worry, craptastic is a good thing. It's a term I reserve for things like the "American Idol" Ford commercials, the new NBC show, "Wipeout" (I just can't get enough of people bouncing off of huge red rubber ball), and the comic strip "Ziggy".

And, in this case, you have Marky Mark (who I actually think is a quality actor) in shoot-em-up-fest, "Max Payne". I wonder if Marky Mark will have bullet time?

This weekend, it seemed I could not escape Harry Potter. Between the ABC Family marathon of movies 1 - 4 and the Order of the Phoenix now on HBO, I definitely got my fill. Or so I thought!

Today, the trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: The Videogame hit the web and, despite its lack of depth, I am more excited than Dobby the house elf drunk on butterbeer.

The game debuts in November for all systems and we'll definitely have a Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Walkthrough and Strategy Guide soon thereafter.

I really don't think I could have been any happier this morning to have opened my email to the announcement that the "Top Gun Anthem" will be available as a free download for Guitar Hero III, starting July 3rd.

You see, I was a mere 10 years old when Top Gun debuted, which resulted in two things: One, that I was going to become a fighter pilot no matter what (that really didn't work out once I discovered I was scared of flying), and two, that I whipped out my casio keyboard and learned how to play the Top Gun Anthem by ear (not an epic feat). I played and played that anthem thinking I was the coolest 10 year old around.

The download is available on both the X360 and PS3, staring July 3rd, just in time for the fourth of July.

3/4 of a mile. Call the ball!