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So we decided to do a quick podcast from the day of E3 news. Joining me are Matt and Dave, both of whom are at E3. We talk about what each has seen so far and get into the news of the day.

Dave is convinced I'm going to pay for the PSN Plus and Matt is on the grind for stuff to review. It's a solid hour of E3 news. We're hoping to do another Wednesday night.

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After reading through a couple press releases, I found something very interesting in the PlayStation Plus press release. At the bottom of this press release it says:

"PlayStation users can purchase PlayStation Plus membership through PlayStation Store on PS3 only. Users need to install PS3 system software version 3.40, which will be released on June 22nd, to enjoy PlayStation Plus."

So it looks like PS3 owners will be receiving a new PS3 firmware update June 22nd. It would also make sense that this would be the update which would include cross-game chat.

On Sony's official Netherlands website, this is written:

"Cross-game Voice Chat: invite your friends to chat online no matter what game you're all playing, even if they aren't members of PlayStation Plus."

UPDATE: It seems as if Sony has removed this. I personally think Sony did this on purpose just to get the news out there. I thought it was weird when it was the only English part of the page. Read more for picture proof for all of the doubters out there.

Dave went live from E3 using his cell phone earlier today, just after the Sony press conference. This is the quick show he did. Be sure to hit play on the status bar instead of the one on the video window.

See what he had to say about Portal 2, Sony's new PSN pay service, and everything else E3. Expect more of these as the show continues through the week.

Sony has just announced the highly anticipated PlayStation Plus. They revealed that it will cost $49.99 for a year subscription, or $17.99 for three months. Along with announcing the price, they confirmed that it will launch with three months free to give PS3 owners an idea of what this service will offer. For more details along with the exact release date of the service, Read more.

This is what they played on the stage during Microsoft's E3 presentation. I had to cheat a little on the compression, so the video isn't exactly the quality it was when I recorded it.