What does it say about me that I feel that I have to lead the blips with the bad news? Nintendo confirmed a new system, and yet I still need to go in with the doom and gloom.

News Blips:

PlayStation Network is down for the fifth day in a row -- Sony is still not forthcoming with details. "I know you are waiting for additional information on when PlayStation Network and Qriocity services will be online," writes Patrick Seybold, Sony's senior director of corporate communications, on the US PlayStation Blog. "Unfortunately, I don't have an update or timeframe to share at this point in time. As we previously noted, this is a time-intensive process and we're working to get them back online quickly." Sony has provided a single provocative explanation: They shut down the system as a response to "an external intrusion." Meanwhile, the Internet will continue to decide how much they hate Sony right now. In my eyes, their only sin is this lack of communication -- hell, the communication director doesn't even say what is going on.

Nintendo makes it official: The company will launch a new console in 2012. A press release on NIntendo.co.jp confirms recent rumors bouncing  around blogs that a new system is right around the corner. A playable version of the hardware will rock journalists at the upcoming E3 in June. None of the information Nintendo included illuminated what will set the system apart, but Iwata did say that his company would "propose a new approach to home video game consoles." That new approach won't be 3D, and it probably won't be motion controls. My guess is that it will involve millions of tiny nanobots who insert themselves into your bloodstream and make you feel a deep need to buy all of Nintendo's games.

Max Payne 3 will follow the titular character on his path from New York cop to bad ass in Brazil. Has someone at Rockstar been reading my diary? 'Cause Max Payne 3's plot sounds awful similar to my life. Eight years after the first game, Max is a booze-soaked pain-killer addict. After being run off the police force, he moves to San Paolo to work in private security. This job turns out to be the perfect outlet for him to work on his bullet-time issues. The narrative will follow the same linear structure of early Payne games. Only with more Portuguese. 'Cause they speak that in Brazil.

James Cameron credits video games with propelling the advancement of 3D technology. James Cameron took time away from filming blue-people sex scenes to speak about 3D displays. The 2011 National Association of Broadcasters Conference invited the director to speak about his visions for the future. He sang the praises of the 3DS, saying that it will act as a gateway experience which will drive the autostereoscopic market forward. "I'd love to do an MMORPG experience inside the Avatar universe and I would like to see it authored in 3D," Cameron said while I rubbed my eyes due to 3D fatigue. [Yahoo]

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