BREAKING MEWS

Well here I am at E3, exhausted after Microsoft's brilliant press conference (I have my new Xbox 360 being sent express post to the lucky winner of last weeks competition). Hopefully the performers of Cirque du Soleil are not too exhausted today when they will be prancing around acting as Dodongos and Buzzblobs with the most realistic of movements, for the inevitable announcement of Zelda Wii at the Nintendo press conference (Do I get a free Wii?).

But there is more amazing news fresh off the floors of E3, coming from the most unlikely of sources, Ubisoft! We spoke one-on-one with a source at Ubisoft about the upcoming title Michael Jackson The Game, and when it came to the timing of the release almost one year after the death of Michael Jackson something surprising came up; delays his death caused within the video game industry. Yes, Michael Jackson was actually working closely with a few game developers before he died, on top of his whirlwind global tour schedule. I do digress...

The latest iteration of the Pokemon series (Black/White) was actually slated for a 2009 release, with the theme song to be performed by Michael Jackon. But with the pop-stars unexpected death almost one year ago today, the game had to be pushed back to 2010 while N*SYNC reformed to perform the song in Jackson's heed.

How is this related to Ubisoft? Only God knows. But at least the news is out there now. I am off to get a coffee and keep you updated on any other E3 news!