Industry and multi-console news:

• If you're reading this before 6:00 PM EST, remember that the GTA4 trailer hits today at that time. If you're reading this after, desperately scramble for a server hosting the trailer that isn't being hammered into the dirt.
• In the meantime, you can read a Wired article about the rise and current fall of Rockstar and Take Two.
• Jack Thompson has revised his counterclaim against Take Two, removing all the allegations of racketeering. Thus, also removed was any mention of Spong or Kotaku or Penny Arcade or any of the other supposed "co-conspirators."
• The former head of Max Payne developer Remedy has opened a new studio.
• Vivendi and Sony are being sued by a woman whose infant suffered an epileptic seizure while playing Spyro. If only there was some sort of seizure warning that's been included in every video game ever made for the last 20 years.
• Paul WS Anderson says he's not off the Castlevania project, contrary to earlier reports, but there is a current scheduling conflict between it and Death Race that they are trying to resolve.
• Insert Credit has an editorial about the sudden surge in use of the term "SKU" among the gamer press and fan community. I don't agree with it though. SKU has caught on because it's a handy term, especially when describing one of several types of bundles as we've seen with recent console releases. Not everyone uses it just to sound like an "industry insider."
• IGN names the 25 most awesome video game box covers.
• Fora.tv has a 90 minute discussion between Will Wright and Brian Eno from last year about generative design.
• GameFly has finally opened an east coast distrobution center.

PC news:

• EA has already announced a second Command & Conquer patch. Hooray for PC gaming!

Nintendo news:

• Nintendo has been declared the "anchor exhibitor" at this year's E for All Expo in October.
• Sega of America's president and COO has said that Shigeru Miyamoto will offer "very heavy supervision" of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.
• A magazine scan shows the first images of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2 and holy crap those kids are approaching Nomura levels of accessorizing.
• Chiptune musician Herbert Weixelbaum has a lengthy page comparing the sound output of various Game Boy models.
• What you're missing out by not living in Japan: DS games that teach you how to walk beautifully. Actually, as silly as it sounds, I wish some American women would take lessons in walking beautifully so they'd stop clomping around like gorillas. Pro tip: If you walk across the room and vases threaten to rattle off their shelves, you're not distributing your weight properly.
• Norwegian Cruise Lines will be installing Wiis on all their cruise ships over the next month.
• Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles will run in 480p and 16:9.
• Final Fight and Street Fighter II Turbo have appeared on the ESRB database for the Wii, indicating their future inclusion in the Virtual Console.

Sony news:

• A Sony FCC filing related to Bluetooth antenna changes also makes mention of an 80 gig PS3.
• Eidos says they're holding off on their major PS3 titles until next year, saying the installed base won't be high enough this year.
• Konami has confirmed that the Metal Gear voice cast is returning for MGS4, with the actors for Snake, Raiden, Otacon, Campbell and Meryl reprising their roles.
• You can also hear an interview with David Hayter, who voices Snake, at the most recent Kojima Productions podcast.
• You finally have someone to blame: The PS3's designer says that Ken Kutaragi insisted on the Spider-Man font for the Playstation 3 logo.

Microsoft news:

• Hey, remember Microsoft's other "big announcement?" Turns out it was a browser for Windows Mobile! lol, prankd guys!
• A patch for Worms is coming that will fix some bugs and exploits.
• Microsoft and Epic have announced the first Gears of War Live tournament.
• The first Bullet Witch downloadable content is available. Let's not all rush at once, now.
• The Blue Dragon TV series may be Akira Toriyama's final anime.