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A recap of the third day's headlines from the Los Angeles games trade show, as reported by our sister mag MCV

Sony will launch a new 80GB SKU in Europe and PAL territories on August 27th. The company will phase out the 40GB model, and the new higher capacity machine will cost 299 – or €399 in wider Europe. SCEE president David Reeves told an exclusively invited PAL crowd in Santa …

After Microsoft’s news explosion on Monday and Sony and Nintendo’s holler-inducing announcements the next morning, Wednesday at E3 was always set up to be a comparatively hushed affair. Take Two kicked off the day, with John Riccitiello’s sparring partner, Straus Zelnick, proclaiming that the success of Bioshock and GTA IV …

Take Two today revealed that the PS3 version of Bioshock will offer its own downloadable content called ‘Challenge Rooms’. The rooms were created by Bioshock developers 2K Boston and were described as being more puzzle-focused than the original game. Bioshock is due for release on PS3 in October.

New UK studio headed up by former Splash Damage MD debuts with Activision/Raven/id contract

Take Two confirmed that post-apocalyptic shooter Borderlands will be released on 360, PS3 and PC next year – and revealed the first detail sot he game. Speaking at the publisher’s E3 press conference this morning, president of developer Gearbox Randy Pitchford surprised the crowd by claiming that the title contained …

Take Two executive chairman Strauss Zelnick warned his rivals that the company’s success in 2008 was just an hors d’oeuvre” at the firm’s press conference in LA this morning. However Zelnick didn’t mention EA’s acquisition bid for the company in his opening speech – but there’s still time for him …

Whether it was the wide-smiled docile tones of Cammie Dunaway, the emphatic wide-chinned confidence of Reggie Fils-Aime or the imperial confidence of Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s confident strides across the E3 stage were a total un-surprise considering the manner in which it is bossing today’s games industry . A quick recap …

It’s fair to say that most people weren’t really too sure what to expect from Sony this E3. The heavily rumoured , and indeed more-or-less-already confirmed God of War III was a given, but still succeeded in raising the pulse upon its unveiling at Sony’s conference . Arguably more exciting …

With Sony’s latest PS3 firmware now out in the wild and seemingly hurting no-one (unlike its direct predecessor ), Jak and Daxter developer Naughty Dog has told Joystiq that a patch which enables Trophy support in its successful PS3 title Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune will be out next month. The studio’s …