Yudo announced today that they will be bringing a trio of band games to the iPhone/iPod Touch. Aero Guitar, Aero Synth and Aero Drum will utilize the iPod like an air guitar. The trio was originally developed as WiiWare and is now available through the iTunes App Store at $2.99 each or $6.99 for the lot. You can also pick up a free version of each that has a single song. [READ MORE]

Need for Speed Undercover has gone gold and is set to hit stores on November 18th in the States and November 21 in Europe. The game's coming out for all systems as well as PC and mobile. The game puts you in the shoes of an undercover cop on a quest to take down an International crime syndicate. Why are they always International? [READ MORE]

EA has managed to get it's hands on the exclusive first appearance of the new Nissan Fairlady 370Z in their upcoming racer Need for Speed Undercover. The designers worked closely with Nissan to accurately replicate the overall look, feel, and performance of the vehicle allowing players a kind of "first look, first feel" of the redesigned fairlady. Car enthusiasts and racing gamers alike can check out the new vechile before it even hits the streets in early 2009. [READ MORE]

The OLD E3 is officially back, will kick off June 2nd and run through June 6th.  Details are sketchy (it's X-Play) but it looks like the old scale of the game is back.  We'll update this as more details (like booth babes) become available.

More details from Newsweek:
 - Attendance will be capped at 40,000 (significantly less than PAX and previous old school E3's)
 - Media days will be Tuesday through Thursday with the doors opening to the masses on Friday
 - Press conferences on Monday and Tuesday (again old school style)

Seems like a nearly perfect mix of press and media, now we just need to see who's going to show up.

One of the things that I've learned about soccer during my recent indoctrination into the sport is that soccer players are very emotional people.  They like to point and shout and scream at the officials (which is mostly justified) and the folks at EA Sports are looking to capture that for FIFA Soccer 09.  Here's the new video that shows what kind of expressions you'll be seeing from players in the game.  My personal favorite is the one where the players try to get a call after getting knocked down as it is such a key part of the sport.

EA has been taking full advantage of the recent casual game craze, and they're releasing several versions of Trivial Pursuit to keep the the large ball of money rolling.  Trivial Pursuit titles will appear on Pogo.com, mobile phones and all current generation consoles (and the PS2), all celebrating the 25th anniversary of the popular board game.  I'm not all that good at regular Trivial Pursuit, but put me behind Star Wars Trivial Pursuit and my epic fanboy knowledge will go undefeated.  Well, maybe John could beat me, but he'll never admit it. [READ MORE]

EA announced yesterday that Trivial Pursuit will be hitting all the major consoles and POGO in Spring of 2009. The game will be celebrating its 25th anniversary and the console version will allow for single and multiplayer modes and customization.  With the success of the Buzz games and Scene It, this seems like they may be a year or so late to the party.  Hopefully they do it right and make it a fun party game. [READ MORE]

One of the biggest downsides of sports games is that the rosters and the player data never really change that much during the season.  Sure you might get a roster update for players who move to different teams before the season starts but player data never changes.  All that changes this year in FIFA Soccer 09 with their Live Season feature which updates player data every week from the six major European soccer leagues.

As the season progresses the game will download player data to your console and you'll be able to see who's hot and who's not.  EA is giving you one of the leagues for free but you'll have to pay for the other five (no pricing info available yet).  I'm sure that not everyone will be happy about having to pay to get the data but if it's cheap enough (under $5 for all the leagues) then I think it might be worth picking up for the hard core soccer fans.  I am a little bummed that there's no data for the MLS teams but then again they are wrapping up their season within the next two months and hopefully EA will add them in time for next year's season.

The iPhone puzzler Enigmo keeps winning awards, and developer Pangea Software wants to raise more awareness with a 7-day promotion.  If you download the game before September 3rd, you'll get a price cut from the standard $9.99 price down to $5.99.  Ten bucks isn't bad, and with VC and XBLA games running in the 10-15 range, the price cut makes the deal all the sweeter. [READ MORE]

EA has just sacrificed your FIFA Soccer 09 roster on the altar of fantasy futbol realism.  A global network of scouts (!) will now monitor every player in the newly-featured Adidas Live Season leagues and, throughout the season, will be piping weekly performance reports to a central EA Sports database of player statistics.  Andrew Wilson, Vice President & Executive Producer for the franchise said, "The game will feel and play differently each week.  With Adidas Live Season, if Ronaldinho has a great match on the weekend, you'll feel the difference when you pick up the controller as his in-game attributes increase."

In related news, EA just pulled a Madden with the Spanish Liga BBVA and Adelante by securing exclusive licensing.  This gives EA Sports sole rights to include every Spanish La Liga club and further shuts out competitors from delivering up-to-date kits, squads, and player likenesses.

FIFA 09 will be available worldwide in 18 languages in 37 countries in October.  (More painful proof that American football is just small potatoes.)  A demo will be made available on September 11th for both Playstation Network and Xbox Live. [READ MORE]

Pangea Software's award winning puzzle game Enigmo has been updated to allow users to download levels that have been created with the Mac or PC version of Enigmo or from Pangea Software's own server. Enigmois a 3D puzzle game in which the player manipulates various streams of flowing liquid so that the droplets can reach their destination. The liquids fall from droppers and bounce off walls. The player's goal is to use different tools: bumpers, sliders, acceleratos, and sponges to divert the flow of the droplets to a goal.
So in summary one of the first ever games on the iPhone and iPod touch are able to access user created content. Awesome. [READ MORE]

I've become a fairly large soccer fan of late.  Between a MLS addicted girlfriend and the amazing UEFA Euro 2008 tournament a few months ago I've had more exposure to the beautiful game than I would care to admit to.  That's why I'm a bit curious as to why EA picked Maurice Edu to be the first MLS athlete to make the cover of a FIFA game.  Sure Toronto isn't the bottom feeder they were last year but surely someone like Landon Donovan or Alejandro Moreno might have been a better pick to be on the cover of FIFA Soccer 09.  Weaker minds might look at the Canadian connection between the developer and the team but whatever the case it's nice to see a MLS face on the cover of the game. [READ MORE]