As in “spilled,” of course. It seems that, with E3 2009 mere hours away, it’s impossible for anybody to keep a secret anymore. If the internet is good at anything besides porn, it’s leaking trade secrets and big company announcements before they were meant to be revealed. It happens a week before any major Apple press conference, and it happens in the lead-up to every Electronic Entertainment Expo. The year’s biggest gaming blow-out is supposed to be a week of jaw-dropping reveals and surprise announcements, but if you follow any of the gaming blogs chances are you already know about some of the biggest announcements already.

(If you haven’t heard the rumors, and don’t want to, put your fingers in your ears and absolutely do not click through to the rest of this story!)

E3 is always a leaky event, but with the steady stream of rumors, moles, and corporate slip-ups, this year’s event seems in desperate need of some Pampers. The avalanche kicked off in style a month back with 1up’s big story about the smaller, slide screen, download-only PSP Go. The Go was just a probable rumor until yesterday, when the June episode of Qore—the Playstation Network’s video magazine—went live early and Gaming Console Network captured video of host Veronica Belmont talking PSP Go specifics (and unannounced games) with a Sony rep, before the episode could be pulled. To Sony’s credit, they acknowledged their oopsie and released hi-res images of the handheld, no doubt to keep the original fuzzy spy shots from being the only thing hypercritical gamers saw before they officially unveil the system on Tuesday.

The PSP Go in all its slidey glory (from gamingconsolenetwork.com)

Other Sony rumors, like the so-called “slim” version of the PS3 or the price cut everyone wants, may not make the press conference, but at this point it’s hard to believe they’re not coming sometime this year. As for games, besides those revealed in the Qore video to be coming to PSP (including Gran Turismo and a new Metal Gear Solid title), the biggest premature reveal has to be the teaser for Project TRICO, the latest from Shadow of the Colossus dev Team ICO. Good news for those who felt the hollow pangs of guilt after watching the trailer, though: Word is, that internal trailer is about a year old, so we might see something more recent at Sony’s conference.

Microsoft has had its share of secret keeping problems as well. Last year, several of their games, pretty much everything about the New Xbox Experience, and Avatars were spoiled before the show. This year, though they’ve managed to stem the leaks a little better than Sony, it seems all but definite that they’ll unveil a motion controller of some kind—most likely the motion-sensing camera (as seen in this post over at Engadget). Game-wise, the biggest reveal at the press conference might just be a new Halo game that isn’t Halo 3: ODST. Just this morning, a rumor dropped over at Kotaku about a Bungie.net forum thread for something called “Halo: Reach,” which has since been pulled off the site. Details are sketchy as of now, but given how bad everyone is at keeping things under wraps these days, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this game (which I can only assume is some kind of teeth brushing mini-game collection) at Microsoft’s press conference tomorrow.

Not a photo from the new Halo game... or is it? (No, it's not)

True to form, Nintendo has had the tightest control over what will be shown at their press conference, but that hasn’t stopped a couple of juicy rumors from hitting the web courtesy of a report from Japanese newspaper Nikkei: 1) That Nintendo plans on releasing sequel Wii Fit Plus this year (feel free to fake surprise here); and 2) that they’ll have a new Mario game ready to go by year’s end. Speculation has been running rampant that Nintendo would reveal a new Mario or Zelda title (possibly both) at this year’s show. If Nikkei is correct, it looks like we’re halfway to a hardcore hat-trick for the Big N, though given the vagueness of the phrase “new entry in the popular Mario game series,” it could just as easily be a new Mario Party or sports game.

What do all these leaks and rumors mean for E3, which is going back to being a big budget megaconference after two years of trying a scaled back approach? Is everyone’s e-Christmas ruined, or will more people tune in to find out whether the teased rumors are true? It seems unlikely that gamers who care enough to follow the latest gossip won’t watch the press conferences. Besides, for as much as we know, there’s probably plenty that we don’t.

With less than a day before Microsoft kicks off E3, we don’t have long to wait until we find out. Stay tuned to PixelVerdict.com for E3 coverage and special podcasts!