As Apple’s media event quickly approaches, the flurry of rumors continue to pour in. First off, both Steve Jobs and Tim Cook of Apple have been building the hype for their product announcement on Wednesday.

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Apple has begun prepping the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and appears to be placing large banners on the side of the building to mimic the invitations sent out last week.

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As part of a broad report in advance of Apple’s media event scheduled for Wednesday, The Los Angeles Times claims that a team of New York Times employees has been traveling to Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California.

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Several media sources related to gaming, including IGN and Kotaku, have received invitations to Apple’s media event scheduled for next week. According to IGN, representatives of several game makers have also been invited to the event. While the invitations suggest that gaming may be at least something of a focus at the event, it remains unclear it might be related to Apple’s tablet device or simply iPhone OS 4.0, both of which are rumored to be topics of conversation.

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Engadget, Ars Technica, and others are reporting that Apple has issued invitations for a media event scheduled for 10:00 AM Pacific Time on January 27th. The event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, and the invitation’s tag line reads “Come see our latest creation.”

Apple had been rumored earlier this month to have scheduled a media event for that date and location, and the company is widely expected to introduce its highly-anticipated tablet device at the event.

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