In all of the next-gen console hubbab at E3, you may have missed some of these interesting tidbits:
- AOL is launching PlayLink, a new game dashboard that integrates instant messaging with game forums, downloads and matching and more - in other words, they're taking on GameSpy
- Activision bought Red Octane, makers of Guitar Hero and its forthcoming sequel - speaking of which: Guitar Hero 2 will support two players, each with his (or her) own axe to grind
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is due for the PSP on Oct. 17 - this year!
- Rockstar Vienna, the team that ported the Grand Theft Auto games to the Xbox, was shuttered - guess the Rockstar A-Team is working on both the 360 and PS3 versions of the next GTA title
- Namco's answer to GTA, Frame City Killer, has apparently been cancelled
- The GameCube is still getting some first-party love in the form of Super Paper Mario, Donkey Kong Bongo Blast and its own version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - though the Wii version will be widescreen and take advantage of the motion-sensitive remote
- Rare is developing Diddy Kong Racing for the Nintendo DS, due out in late 2006
- The PlayStation 3 dashboard looks (un)remarkably like the PSP's
- A new Sam and Max PC adventure is expected this fall, and it may be released in episodes
- A Sims-esque Desperate Housewives game is in the works - expect it later this year
- The next World of Warcraft playable race has been confirmed: It's the Draenei, and they'll be in the Burning Crusade expansion
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