From Capcom: "The trio of old school action titles includes Bionic Commando®, Strider® and Mighty Final Fight, all faithfully recreated and available to play in either the original aspect ratio or stretched to fill the handheld’s widescreen display."

Capcom Classics Mini Mix will be value priced at $19.99 SRP and is scheduled for release across North America in Q3 2006.

See more screenshots and read more about the games here.

Ah, the innocent old-school days.

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Watch MTV2's Special "Gears of War: The Race to E3" now.

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Highlights include:
- All-new Metal Gear Solid action game on the PSP system
- Original storyline set in 1970 featuring Big Boss
- Returning cast of characters including Para-Medic, Major Zero, Sigint and more
- Recruit NPCs with different abilities to create a custom fighting force
- Fully voiced cinematics featuring 3D models and original artwork from renowned illustrator Ashley Wood
- New 3D camera optimized for play on the PSP system
- Connect to wireless access points to recruit new comrades – each access point generates a unique group of allies
- Unique new multiplayer modes
- Wide variety of multiplayer-specific environments
- Use your squadron of comrades in online play and recruit new members only available in multiplayer
- New “White Flag” system – choose to surrender and live to fight again or fight to the death until the next game begins
- Trade squad members online with other players

Check out some screenshots here and read the official press release from Konami.

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Check out some pages of the digital comic here.

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From the International Patent Classification web site (European Patent Office): "PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To instruct an operation by the movement of a small controller that is close to the movement of a character by making the controller movable, detecting its movement and outputting a signal, and switch-recognizing the direction of the movement on the basis of the outputted signal. SOLUTION: The controller detects an angular speed by a detection section provided in a connecting section that connects the right and left operating sections of a controller unit 82. For example, rotation in the direction of rolling in relation to the right and left operating buttons 55, 56 of the left operating section is detected as an angular speed in the direction of rotation in the XY plane by the detection section 70 with the Z axis as the central axis. The detection section 70 is comprised of a movement detection section 71 made up of an angular speed sensor 72 and an amplifier 73, and a direction detection section 74 made up of movement direction recognition switches 79, 80. Therefore, movement can be instructed by the movement of the controller without operating the operating buttons 55, 56, etc."

Link to the document here.

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From Team Xternder: "External Xbox 360 air coolers can only cool the temperature of the Xbox 360's outer surface but do not cool the temperature of the CPU/GPU; therefore, making them useless to combat CPU/GPU overheating. The XCM high speed air cooler directly cools the 360 CPU and GPU. Using internal temperature measuring devices, this product monitors the temperature of the 360 CPU and GPU. XCM high speed air cooler's external controller will allow you to control the speed of the fan while it monitors the temperature of the 360 CPU and GPU. AUTO mode will automatically adjust the fan speed depending on the temperature of the CPU and GPU."

See the diagram of the XCM 360 external controls here. Watch Team Xtender's web site for updates.

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Immersion has stepped up with an offer to Sony to put the rumble in the PS3 controller. From GamesIndustry.biz: "For this to happen, Sony would have to drop its current appeal against the 2004 lawsuit that saw it told to pay approximately USD 90 million in damages to Immersion, which had alleged it made illegal use of its "haptic" (rumble) technologies. Immersion president Victor Viegas said he'd "offered them numerous solutions to the problem". "I don't believe it's a very difficult problem to solve, and Immersion has experts that would be happy to solve that problem for them."

[EDIT 5/22/06]: From Microsoft's Peter Moore: “The motion sensing, particularly at the sacrifice of force feedback - I'm not even sure that's a good trade off in itself.” Source: Eurogamer.net

Read more at Gamasutra.

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"The Music category documented a sweeping majority of this young male demographic have moved to the MP3 format, many use iPods. The research also showed that global pop sensations Gorillaz, U2 and Eminem top their playlists. Even though gamers prefer watching DVDs to the box office, FOX's 'X-Men: The Last Stand' was the most anticipated upcoming big screen release, while Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' followed close behind. On the small screen FOX's two rowdy animated families "Family Guy" and "The Simpsons" led with Comedy Central's "South Park". Survey-takers also voted for Google, Apple and Coca Cola as their top brands."

The survey was conducted in March, 2006 through IGN.com.

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From the contest site: "Atari invites all novice designers to create an image of their dream concept car. The winner will have their design driving alongside cars such as the Lamborghini, Ferrari and Aston Martin as a fully functioning 3D vehicle within Test Drive Unlimited. The winner will also receive a financial reward of $2,500."

View the contest details and submissions here.

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