E3 2007: Media & Business Sumit

E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) was scaled-down this year from the usually chaotic, massive tradeshow to a much more exclusive series of press events. Nintendo announced three new peripherals for the Wii Console: the Wii Balance Board (comes with Wii Fitness exercise software), Wii Zapper (a gun shell for the Wii Remote) and Wii Wheel (to be released with Mario Kart Wii). Microsoft presented new trailers for HALO 3 and HALO WARS, even a limited edition HALO-themed XBOX 360 Console was previewed. Microsoft's XBOX 360 Elite release in the UK and Europe was announced for August 24th. Sony revealed its plans for phasing-out the 60GB model of the PlayStation 3 Console in the US (the new 80GB version was launched in the USA on Monday). And a new slimmer, more compact version of the Sony PSP console with TV-output was also announced, due for release in September