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"18:55: Welcome to our live blog of Sony&amp;#039;s E3 2009 conference. With the next iteration of the PSP already leaked before the show, will there be many more shocks and surprises from the Japanese gaming giant? Find out in a few minutes time. 19:02: This might start a few minutes late, as journalists are still making their way over from Nintendo&amp;#039;s conference which ended just under an hour ago. 19:10: Now we&amp;#039;re ready. A video showing PSP, PS3, PS2 and PlayStation Network opens the show, followed by a montage of games. 19:13: President and CEO Jack Tretton takes to the stage. &amp;quot;The biggest pressure is trying to show off the 364 games for PlayStation platforms that will be coming out soon.&amp;quot; Not every game will be shown now, obviously! &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;ll see why 2009 will be our best year ever.&amp;quot; 19:16: The PS2 has been selling at $99 dollars, and is still successful, outselling many next generation systems despite being nine years old - &amp;quot;A testiment to our ten-year plan.&amp;quot; It&amp;#039;s not going away either. 100 new titles will be coming to the platform. 19:19: Sales figures for PS3 and PS2 are being discussed - 24 million PlayStation Network accounts so far. 19:20: He says that the PS3 has had a great start. &amp;quot;I assume the reason many here have bags under their eyes is because of InFamous.&amp;quot; Many in the crowd seem to agree. 19:21: Naughty Dog take to the stage. The multiplayer beta of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves begins tonight, and single player footage is shown. Nathan Drake is pool-side, then him and his co-op partner climb up a building before zip-wiring across dense slums. The crowd cheers with every one of Nathan&amp;#039;s quips. 19:24: A helicopter appears and gives the duo a hard time, running across unstable wooden supports alongside a building. Now they are on a rooftop, using cover to avoid fire, then Drake is knocked to the floor with a missile. The amount of detail is staggering, and it&amp;#039;s running at a very smooth frame-rate to boot. 19:25: After clearing a group of enemies, the chopper takes out the floor below as it crashes into the building opposite. The demo ends, the crowd roars. It&amp;#039;s one of the best receptions at E3 so far. 19:26: Tretton returns to the stage and says that it was a year ago when MAG was shown at E3. A dozen members from Zipper appear and say that they will now demonstrate a full 256 player game live on stage, with the screen showing icons representing every one. 19:27: A map shows blue and red dots - blue are visible players, red are those unknown. Now showing a first-person view, the player calls for recon, which gets shot down. Commands can be given, and the onstage team take on a bunker with a tank in-tow. 19:29: The screen shakes regularly as air strikes batter the area, and Drake makes his way to a higher level where he can see players everywhere. Helicopters will provide restart points as the team progresses, while all airstrikes and helicopter attacks will be charged by real players. 19:31: The game will be available on the showfloor, complete with 256 player multiplayer. It will be ready by the end of the year. 19:32: Now the PSP. Now five-years-old, Tretton explains the iterations of brighter screens, Skype and GPS since its launch. There will be new bundles for the PSP 3000, including Final Fantasy Dissidia, Rock Band Unplugged, and a pink Hannah Montana PSP. The audience applause. &amp;quot;Just sold a few right there!&amp;quot; 19:35: Kaz Hirai, president of networked services, is now on stage discussing digital downloads. He said that they did a lot of research and had plenty of feedback in the area. They are presenting a PSP to cater for that. 19:36: It&amp;#039;s the PSP Go, leaked last week. &amp;quot;We have a couple of names for the device. One is the worst kept secret of E3.&amp;quot; Cue audience laughter. 19:38: It will not replace the PSP 3000, but is built for the digital consumer. It&amp;#039;s 50% lighter than the 3000, includes 16GB of flash memory with memory stick expansions, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth. A new program will be launched for the PC called Media Go - it can transfer files to the PSP easier, as well as access and purchase content from the PlayStation Store. 19:39: There will also be a program called Sense Me for the PSP, which will select music based on the listener&amp;#039;s mood. It will launch later this year. 19:40: All games going forward will be available via PlayStation Network and on UMD at retail. It will be available on October 1 in both Europe and the US at $249.99. Expect a UK price announcement later. 19:42: The Video Store, previously only available for the PS3, will soon be coming to PSP. 19:45: Kazunouri Tamauchi of Polyphony Digital is now on stage to show off Gran Turismo for PSP. He says that it will run at 60 frames-per-second, and will be a full GT game with 800 cars and 35 tracks. Standard races, time trials, mission mode, licences will all return. 19:46: Four player local multiplayer and car sharing will be possible only for the PSP version. There will be a large focus on sharing and playing with others in this handheld version. It will be out on October 1 alongside the PSP Go. 19:50: Hideo Kojima appears on stage now to talk about Metal Gear Solid with a translator in-tow. &amp;quot;After the presentation of PSP Go, the PSP is getting hotter, and Snake is coming back on that PSP.&amp;quot; It&amp;#039;ll be called Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. 19:52: Set in the 70s, it&amp;#039;s set ten years after MGS3. Kojima will be writing, producing, and the MGS4 team will be working on it. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not a spin-off. It&amp;#039;s not a side story.&amp;quot; It will make full-use of PSP features also. 19:53: A trailer plays, describing the era of Cold War between East and West. It looks to be the origin story of Outer Heaven, with the gameplay seeming just like console MGS - full 3D gameplay, with Snake climbing across rooftops and breaking necks. It&amp;#039;s the &amp;quot;missing link&amp;quot; in the series. 19:57: Four Snakes appear side-by-side, while a towering machine stands over them. Looks like it will have co-op. After the credits, Snake climbs into a box, only for another to climb in with him. The audience laughs. It&amp;#039;s coming 2010. 19:59: Tretton returns to the stage - Resident Evil Portable will be coming to the PSP for the first time. No details aside from that. A montage trailer of games then plays, showing Little Big Planet, Jak And Daxter, Final Fantasy Dissidia, Monster Hunter, PixelJunk Monsters and Soul Calibur. 20:04: &amp;quot;PlayStation Network comes to E3 with momentum on its side,&amp;quot; says Tretton. 475 million pieces of content have so far been downloaded, with the WiFi in both PSP and PS3 paving the way. 20:04: 50 PSone classics will come this year - Final Fantasy VII will be available today. The audience goes nuts! 20:06: PlayStation Home is the next talking point. 85% of people who tried it came back, stocking 100 virtual items per month. A dozen publishers will bring spaces and content to it in the coming year, including InFamous and Guitar Hero. 20:08: &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;ve heard from us time and time again that this year will be about content on the PS3,&amp;quot; explains Tretton, followed by a video montage for games on the platform. Uncharted 2, Madden, Final Fantasy XIII, Batman Arkham Asylum, Brutal Legend, Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma and Heavy Rain all feature. 20:12: Lost Planet 2 - shipping 2010. 20:14: Rockstar Games now mentioned, saying that its biggest franchises started on PlayStation. Their next project, Agent, will be a PS3 exclusive. It&amp;#039;ll have &amp;quot;the same must have value&amp;quot; as GTA. 20:16: Two members of Ubisoft take to the stage to show off Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed 2 live. Starting where the last one left off, this time it shows a different time period - the Italian Renaissance. They say that the beautiful open cities and vast crowds will provide the perfect setting for a sequel. 20:18: The &amp;quot;hero&amp;quot;, Ezio, can now use a flying contraction by Di Vinci, zooming around the city, which can be used in missions where the only way to reach targets is from the sky. He will also be given more assassination techniques, such as the double-handed blade and the ability to use smoke bombs. The PSP version will unlock additional moves in the PS3 version of the game. 20:21: Both AC2 and PSP Bloodline will be out by the end of the year. 20:22: Square-Enix now present a trailer. It&amp;#039;s Final Fantasy XIII with full English voices. The transition between FMV and real-time gameplay is seemless, showing off some action-heavy moments as well as the new battle system. It looks amazing! 20:25: A Spring 2010 release date has been confirmed - and here comes the first Final Fantasy XIV footage. Exclusive to PS3 and out 2010 also. 20:27: The game will be online and looks to be a more traditional FF, with airships and plenty of swords and magic. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s one that didn&amp;#039;t leak out, eh?&amp;quot; says Tretton. 20:29: Now comes word of a &amp;quot;new motion controller&amp;quot;, talking about the EyeToy. Out come two developers, with a motion controller in-tow. It has buttons and a light on the end that the EyeToy can track. He uses an RPG as a demonstration. 20:30: Time for a live demo, in which a room shows a TV that replaces whatever is in the players hand with the item, such as a tennis racket and a baseball bat. It is very accurate and can track very fast movements - 1:1 motion tracking. The crowd laugh at a stop sign and a fan is swung around. It also has a pointer with a flashlight and gun being shown. 20:34: Then the demo switches to first-person, with the player moving around and firing across the room. A whip and mace can be swung about. Next, a desk appears as Tretton picks up two motion controllers - one in each hand, and can pick up blocks and construct objects. &amp;quot;The potential is limitless here.&amp;quot; 20:36: Tretton is now writing on a board. &amp;quot;The pencil tip is being tracked at sub-millimetre accuracy.&amp;quot; The analog trigger can also thicken spray paint on a wall. Next, he uses one controller to lay dominoes and the other to knock them over. After an example RTS game shows units being selected, he then moves into first-person on the field. The demo flicks from example to example, and the accuracy is very, very impressive! 20:38: The two controllers are now being used for a fighting game, where players can hold a sword and shield to beat a doll. Then Tretton throws stars at on-coming enemies. Finally, he shows off the archery mechanic, hitting an enemy in the head, knocking him off his feet. &amp;quot;Expect a spring 2010 launch,&amp;quot; says Tretton. 20:39: Now it&amp;#039;s the turn of Little Big Planet - coming soon will be Disney Sackboy costumes, including Jack Sparrow and Mr Incredible. 20:42: United Front Games presents ModNation Racers, the next in the &amp;#039;Play Create Share&amp;#039; brand. Players can download and rate cars and characters, including a &amp;#039;Monkey Butler&amp;#039; made for the demo. 20:43: Not unlike Little Big Planet, the visuals are cartoon-y but with a realistic feel. It has real-time physics, and looks a lot faster than Mario Kart, but still has its own share of weapons and jumps. 20:46: Using the track builder, they then make a track on the fly by racing. A kart drives across a green, with the right stick controlling elevation. When the loop is complete, it instantly restarts for play. Back in the editor, mountains and water are added on the fly, followed by trees and dirt around the edge of the opening corner. 20:49: Houses and more trees spring out of the edges, weapon pick-ups are added onto the track, the sun angle is changed, and sheep are littered all over the side to the applause of the audience. They then jump straight in. It all looks easy and effective to create a full-blown track. Tracks can be shared, downloaded and remixed - more details will be available soon. It will come out in 2010. 20:52: The next game is The Last Guardian - the sequel to Shadow Of The Colossus and Ico. The trailer is almost the same as the one leaked last week - shot for shot - but the beast has less feathers, taking on a more rat-like appearance. The boy also has more detail. 20:55: It is longer, however, showing some stealth sections against leaping across bridges, the boy and beast are sleeping next to each other. The audience applauds. 20:57: Polyphony Digital&amp;#039;s Gran Turismo 5 is shown in trailer form. It features WRC and Nascar licences, fully animated pits and more cars on track. 20:59: God Of War III will be the final title in the trilogy, with Kratos extracting revenge on Zeus and all of Olympus. Tretton says that it is one of the most anticipated games of this generation. Kratos batters a group of armoured skeletons, pushes open a towering door, uses a winged beast to get between platforms, comes outside to fight more enemies in front of a Titan that showers the arena with fireballs. Needless to stay, it looks stunning! 21:03: After slaying a minotaur and a horned beast, the demo is cut short. &amp;quot;It will be on the show floor with an extra 20 minutes.&amp;quot; It is coming March 2010. 21:08: Trettan rounds off the conference by saying that 2009 has their biggest line-up yet, hoping that when &amp;quot;you think gaming, you think PlayStation&amp;quot;. 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