I see that GameSpot and IGN have already started their E3 2004 pre-show previews. Come on guys, it's April 30, and the show starts May 12. A bit early, no?

	EA To Support DS, PSP During its financial results conference call yesterday, EA reiterated its plans to support the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP. EA CEO Larry Probst mentioned that he expects the PSP to be as big as the Game Boy at some point in the future, and that his company will launch four to six PSP games during its 2005 fiscal year. As EA's fiscal year ends March 31, this means we'll see those games during the first three months of the year.
	OutRun 2 Speeds To Xbox Sega Europe today confirmed that an Xbox version of OutRun 2 is in development. In addition to the features of the Sega-AM2 arcade original, the Xbox version will support Live online play, a new single-player mission mode and unlockable content. No release date was announced.
	Crash 'n Burn Details, Trailer It looks like I totally forgot to mention the announcement of this game last week but here's a story to make up for it as there are more details on Crash 'n Burn, a new racing game from Eidos. Up to 16 players can race through the streets of Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York and while winning is your first priority you're encouraged to run your opponents off the road, totally destroying their cars. We have a new pre-rendered trailer on FileShack. Crash 'n Burn will be released this holiday season.
	Samurai Warriors Xbox Bound Omega Force's tactical action game Samurai Warriors will be released on the Xbox, Koei has announced. It will feature the same content as the PlayStation 2 version which ships next week, but Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound support will be added and there will be more units on screen thanks to the extra processing power. The Xbox version will be released some time this summer.
	Guilty Gear X2 Xbox Heads Stateside Majeso announced that it plans to release the Xbox version of Guilty Gear X2 #Reload in North America this summer. The game will feature Xbox Live support for head-to-head play and real-time rankings, and at $19.95 it won't quite break the bank.
	Sega's E3 Announcement Announcement Sega has invited the gaming press to an event on the first day of E3, saying only that their major announcement will be "BIG news you'd NEVER guess". Of course everyone is buzzing about the possibility of Dreamcast 2. It seems unlikely but who knows. Any thoughts by you guys? We'll know what it is in thirteen days.
	Weekly Bungie Update The Bungie.net forums are the location for this week's Halo 2 update. You can read about work on animations, the HUD and AI, performance fixes and bump-maps.
	Misc. Q&As/Interviews GameSpot has a Q&A with The URBZ producer Sinjin Bain while GamePro talks Jak 3 with Naughty Dog's Andrew Gavin and Evan Wells. Both Game Informer and 1UP have Mortal Kombat: Deception Q&As. IGN has a Tales of Symphonia Q&A with localization producer Nao Higo.
	Misc. Media/Previews
	A Pikmin 2 preview has been posted on IGN, offering hands-on impressions as well as movies. IGN also has The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords screenshots and Tales of Symphonia media.
	IGN has Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose media as well as Spy Fiction screenshots while GameSpot provides a trailer of that game. On 1UP you can find some Shining Tears details and screenshots and The Magic Box has shots from Sly 2: Band of Thieves.
	1UP goes hands-on with Sudeki while IGN has Chronicles of Riddick impressions.
	GameSpot has impressions of The Punisher as well as Dead to Rights 2. IGN also has a Dead to Rights 2 preview as well as Van Helsing impressions along with a an ESPN NFL 2005 first look with impressions, screenshots and movies. Game Informer has a Street Racing Syndicate preview with screenshots. On FileShack we have two Burnout 3 movies.