In ten days this colourful version of the Citizen Game website will be a year old. Instead of saving up to buy it a birthday present, I'm cutting it loose here to spend the cash on booze, meat & totty.

This past year we've brought you hundreds of news pieces, thousands of minutes of audio, reviews across all consoles, live updates from 3 countries and a dash of video when we had the time. However the times are changing, and we've learned from our mistakes. It's time for Citizen Game v2.

Citizen Game v2
The entire new site will have a renewed focus on meaningful original updates. I could write a huge chunk about the reasoning why, but the internet generally prefers information in bullets;

- 100% New Website
We're not re-skinning or editing this site, so say your goodbyes. The new site is built from the ground up to be more accessible, fun to use and stable.

- New Focus: Gamers
If there's one thing many of us learned this year it's how single-focused and PR controller game journalism has become. We'll be taking a step back and talking from a purely gamer focused angle. In the living-rooms, shops and arcades of the UK & Ireland.

- No Original News Bullitens
We'll be taking feeds from other sites and posting editorials that reference news, but no more 'hot off the press' news from Citizen Game. Kotaku, Joystiq and the rest are doing that well enough on their own.

- Editorial Section & More Reviews
Huge push on original written content from talented writers.

- Twitter & Facebook Integration
Much like the new 360 Dashboard, we're enabling loads of external applications to access Citizen Game.

- New Podcast
The Citizen Game podcast will be back with the presenters you know and love, extra guests, special new features, and all together more clean and produced feel.

- New Location
CG is moving to the heart of the games press in Europe; London. Expect us to be taking advantage of this with new members, contributors and access to content. Loads of eating pies and drinking shite (but cheaper) beer too.

- More Trips
This summer Citizen Game will be visiting the Eurogamer Expo & Cologne Game Convention.

- Video
Taking center stage is a short weekly video cast, alongside special features and coverage from around London.

So...When?
The new website is already deep into construction but I'll be bust with this London relocation, so don't expect it up for a number of weeks. We're taking a Valve angle on this, 'Done When It's Done', and if any of you make a boycott group against the new site I will hunt you the fuck down!

From all of us here at Citizen Game, our deepest thanks to those of you who have registered, commented or even talked about the website. We're had huge support from gamers and industry players alike, and we hope to repay your kindness with a brand spanking new online playground for you to waste hours on.

The CG Team

I've had a couple of busy months recently with two house-moves (one of which is international), but from time to time I've been dropping into the world of Dragonica, a free-to-play MMO from the curiously named and Irish based loc-team gPotato. I'll be honest, with the exception of EVE Online my opinion of most FTP MMO's is not shining. Many of them are like walking into a chatroom with 100 teenage girls mid-conversation, confusing and not worth the effort.

However Dragonica has charmed with me with its fun and addictive gameplay over the course of the closed beta, and since it's now open your free to experience it yourself. Visit the official site at http://en.dragonica.gpotato.eu/

We took it easy over e3 here at Citizen Game. Most of the mainstream press had a handle on what was going on, but some games seem to have been buried under the torrent of news. Thats the reason we're posting this fantastic 10 minute segment of Just Cause 2 courtesy of Giant Bomb.

Check out tomorrows jam-packed post-e3 podcast to get our reaction on all the stories coming out of LA Convention Center.

 
It's been a crazy first day at e3 2009 with loads of news from Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft and their various partners. While we compile some of the more worthy talking points, check out this video with what must have been one of the least expected sequels to come out this calander year.

 
I can almost here the sound of the frantic re-writing of Sony's e3 press conferance. GamersConsoleNetwork scooped this bad boy when the latest episode of Qore was leaked onto the the interwebs earlier today. It's full of PR bullshit nonsence, so in case you tune out while watching the video here are the details:

PSP Go! PR Translation:
- New Gran Turismo
- New MGS Title
- 16GB Flash Memory
- Slide down controlle
- No Dual Analogue Sticks - Instead a weird area for the Start/Select buttons.
- Bluetooth Support
- SMALLER!