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Microsoft's pre-E3 conference has revealed a number of new details about the Xbox 360 console, including the fact that the system will be backwards compatible and the arrival of Square Enix' first product for a Microsoft console.

Following Perrin Kaplan's comments in the New York Times last week, details of the Nintendo Revolution console have now been aired on the official Nintendo website, with confirmation of a console that's only slightly bigger than three stacked DVD cases, backwards-compatible, wireless online out of the box, quiet and quick to start up and due out in 2006.

Having spent the best part of the last quarter of a century fighting off the alien hordes, today was the day the tables were finally turned and we got to see the war on humanity through bug eyes, and we have two things to report: firstly, having big bulbous eyes doesn't mean you see anything bigger (or, you know, have automatic zoom functions/night vision or anything useful like that), and secondly, yes they can see in colour. If Eurogamer designed aliens they'd have 360-degree vision that doubled up as heat-seeking missile launchers, with missiles that ate their foes. Slowly.

"Anti Social, Anti Normal, Anti Bond, Anti Hero...It's a bitter, cold winter."

E3's actually quite predictable in a lot of ways you know. And not just in the sense that everything you saw last year will be back either in "a more advanced stage of development" or with a number 2 or 3 on the end. Or a 360. No. It's predictable in lots of other ways too. Here are some of them.

Take-Two has delayed the release of Red Dead Revolver (PS2/Xbox) and Rockstar North's The Warriors (PS2), and indicated that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) may not appear at E3 this year after all.

It's been more than 25 years since The Warriors - Walter Hill's gritty gangland tale of honour, betrayal, and big hair - first hit cinema screens. And almost as long, or at least it feels that way, since Rockstar first announced its videogame version of the movie.

Thanks to the mighty success of San Andreas, it often feels like there's not a publisher out there these days who hasn't got a third-person gangland adventure on the go. But there's one such title we're really looking forward to, and not least because it's being brought to us by your actual Rockstar.

CAPSLOCK of America has joined the back of the line of people trooping into our little content system with a list of games scrawled on a piece of paper. [SEGA -slightly worried Ed] plans to show off two next-gen titles - Condemned (Monolith's gritty game about hunting down serial killers) and Full Auto (its "Burnout with POP's rewind function" racer) - and both will be playable at the show.

For a while back there it looked as if Interview With a Made Man might never get, well, made, what with developer Acclaim going under, but now not only is the game back on track and confirmed for PC, PS2 and Xbox - it's also about to get a world premiere at E3.

As hinted at a few months back, top PC real-time strategy game Age of Empires is to get an outing on the Nintendo DS, complete with plenty of new features including a turn-based battle system.

Namco has confirmed support for Xbox 360 by announcing its first game for the console, an action adventure entitled Frame City Killer.

This page will be updated throughout the evening of May 12th BST, transitioning into May 13th, during the early hours of which the Xbox 360 MTV special airs in the US. Keep refreshing. If you've just arrived, read from the lowest update upward. New stuff will be added near the top.

Missing Jean-Michel Jarre? Like watching trippy explosions of colour and light, but too young/broke/sensible to take drugs?

There are quite literally signs in Los Angeles this weekend that Sony plans to unveil PlayStation 3 at its press conference tomorrow prior to E3.

Microsoft's Peter Moore has indicated in one of a number of promotional Xbox 360 videos doing the rounds that all three of the company's key UK first party titles, which he identifies as Project Gotham Racing 3 from Bizarre Creations and Kameo: Elements of Power and Perfect Dark Zero from Rare, will be part of the console's "launch portfolio".

2K Games (which is Take-Two wearing a special hat) has announced Snow, a real-time strategy game based around building up a criminal empire.

Both of the top spots in the UK software charts this week are occupied by Star Wars titles, with The Collective's Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith knocking last week's No.1, Lego Star Wars, down a single place to No.2.

Details of the new Unreal Tournament title have been revealed in the latest issue of US magazine Computer Gaming World.

Unreal Tournament developer Epic Games has unveiled more details of the next instalment in the series - explaining why it might not be called UT 2006.

Midway has confirmed that the latest PC instalment in the UT series will launch next year, revealing that it will carry the title of Unreal Tournament: 2007 - despite rumours to the contrary.

Ah, Lara - how we've missed her athletic exploring and ancient artefact-appropriating antics. But now Eidos has found time in its busy schedule of being taken over by SCi to reveal a few more details about her next adventure.

Lara Croft's looking very different these days. More human. And she's running around environments much closer in theme and design to those that inspired her huge following in the first place.

An official statement from legendary developer id Software has warned both print and online media that the company will refuse to work with any publication which reproduces a number of leaked images of forthcoming PC first person shooter Quake 4.

Id Software has indicated that Quake IV, currently in development at Raven Software under Id's supervision, will not appear at this year's QuakeCon event, despite some apparent expectation to the contrary.

Going to E3 next week? Then be sure to take your DS, says Nintendo, cos they'll be offering free content to everyone who turns up.

Square-Enix has confirmed to Eurogamer that Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, the feature film sequel to the hit 1997 game, is slated for a European release by the end of the year.

UK developer Blitz has released some screenshots for Possession, its forthcoming survival horror effort for PC and next-generation consoles.

Electronic Arts has announced that Need for Speed Most Wanted is currently in development for PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, GBA, PSP and PC.

A report from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer this week claims that Bungie is gearing up for development of a third instalment in the Halo first-person shooter series with a serious recruitment drive.