The ESA is planning to bring more hype to the E3 in 2009, starting with a "huge" event in LA. Plans have been tightly guarded, but Go Nintendo reveals that there will be a big announcement tonight on X-Play, 8PM ET on G4.

X-Play will also cover reviews from three highly-anticipated titles - Dead Space (PS3, Xbox 360), Fable 2, and LittleBigPlanet.

From what we've uncovered so far, E3 2009 will be on the first week of June 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. For the first time, E3 will open its doors to the public in general, but the ESA is planning to limit attendees to 40,000 - that's 30,000 less than those who got in back in 2005.

Right now, I'm just as anxious as you are. We'll all have to sit, wait, and speculate as to the full contents of these announcements.

• E3 will not be closed to the international gaming community