It's over. It's done. E3 2009 has come and gone, and the worldwide gaming community is left to sift through the announcements, reveals, videos, hype and promises that came out of the yearly gaming expo this past week.

To make it just a wee bit easier, here are all the E3 2009-related news that graced the QJ.NET pages in the past week. This is quite long, so I'll cut this intro short and get right down to the meat. Hit the jump for the QJ.NET E3 2009 Round-up.

The Hoff is back! And blogging. And excited? That's right, no less than the Hoffman himself is talking about the official release of the PAIN: Movie Studio. It's finally arriving on PSN. Check out what he has to say after the jump.

More than two weeks would still have to pass before the Market for Home Computing & Video Games Industry Excellence Awards (MCV Awards) happens, but the event has already sold out. To be attended by over 600 industry executives from all aspects of the gaming industry, the prestigious awards honors excellence across 15 categories.

The event will be held at the London's Brewery venue in Chiswell Street on Thursday April 19th. It will start with pre-event drinks at The King's Head, Chiswell Street from 5 pm, care of Sennheiser and Gem Distribution. At 6pm, a champagne reception sponsored by IGA Worlwide will follow, and then the awards proper happens.

Sounds like a lot of boozing, huh? Well, the event is a celebration, as the industry itself chooses the winners of the awards. MCV Awards recognizes effort, innovation and commercial success. Every major company will be attending the event. Pub landlord at the London's Brewery Al Murray will even be performing, so you can expect more to be there because of them.

There are 17 coveted awards to be competed for by the finalists. The categories include awards for Star Store, Games Publisher, Marketing Team, Sales Team and Game Campaign. The event is sponsored by Xbox 360, Nintendo, Nvidia, Kiss FM, System 3, Mice Domino and GamerTV.

Moving over to the Aussie side of the PAL PlayStation 3 launch, the news reported by The Sydney Morning Herald mentions that Sony's launch of their 60GB PlayStation 3 units just isn't looking that good. But let's cover the really good news first: Australia's first official PlayStation 3 owner is Danny Zarka who received his unit straight from Sony Australia's Michael Ephraim and Myer CEO Bernie Brookes.

However, customers that did line up for their own pre-ordered unit were surprisingly outnumbered by Sony officials, members of the media and even security personnel. Zarka himself was surprised at the weak turn out stating, "I'm surprised there aren't more people here, I thought the place would be packed."

Zarka was one of 40 people who arrived at Myer's Pitt Stop to bring their pre-ordered PS3s home. Surprisingly the turnout was similar in other venues nationwide, despite the special offer for the first 20,000 buyers who will log into the PlayStation Network.

The Sydney Morning Herald also reported that the 500 other retail stores all over Australia were as "virtually deserted" after they opened their doors at the stroke of midnight. Reports have also come in that in order to keep the excitement running, a few camera producers who were supposed to cover the launch asked people to "fake excitement" during the coverage. A local FM station was also reported to have faked cheers to hype up the coverage of the huge event.

Starting today, Sony will be launching a US$ 6 million marketing campaign to emphasize the PlayStation 3's multi-entertainment feature showcase.