….yeah, so I rode in to Fort Mercer, and pulled my repeater carbine, and started unlo…… HEY EVERYBODY! Welcome to the second installment of The Weekly Gamer Podcast! This week Dan and I bring you some of the pre-E3 news that we’ve run across to get you prepped for next weeks E3, as well as MANY deals that will be hitting this weekend, as well next week for E3. Check out the games coming out next week, and contrary to what you may have heard from Dan, I have NOT purchased Let’s Play Ballerina. lol Anyway, enjoy the ‘cast, and catch you all next week for the special “The Weekly Gamer revisits E3, 2010″. Peace! Dave
News of the Week
- Red Dead Redemption sells 5 Million units
- Medal of Honor multiplayer beta to kick off on July 5th
- Dreamcast games making a digital comeback
- Sony confirms PS4 viral video is a fake
- Xbox World 360 issues apology over Bleszinski quote
Quick Fire
- NCAA 11 Touts new dynasty online features
- Different bonus packs for pre-order of Fallout: New Vegas
- 3D games are now available for the PS3
- Portal 2 delayed until 2011
- New DS Kingdom hearts confirmed, to be shown at E3
- Back to the Future and Jurassic Park games coming from TellTale
- CNN investigates why video game movies suck
- DJ Hero 2 announced, coming this fall
- video games live on PBS this July
- Class action lawsuit against Square-Enix about Final Fantasy Freezing
- Tony Hawk Shred to include snowboarding
- Windows: games on demand to have 100 new titles by the end of 2010
- Rock Band 3: 5 minute video, keyboard, full functioning guitar reveiled
- Splatterhouse E3 trailer is gory
- Mafia 2 Demo coming this August
- Heres how you look playing the Natal
- Crysis 2 trailer
- Atlus, Trine Developer partnering on unannounced new title for 2011
- Max Payne 3 and LA Noire delayed
- New Red Dead Redemption Co-op DLC coming at the end of this month, and it is free!
- Why Final Fantasy 14 will fail
This Week’s Game Specials
- The Edler Scrolls 3: Morrowind GOTY Edition – 75% off on Steam ($5)
- The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion GOTY Edition – 66% off on Steam ($8.50)
- Team Fortress 2 – 50% off on Steam ($9.99)
- Metro 2033 – 50% off on Steam ($24.99)
- Fallout 3: GOTY Edition – 50% off on Steam ($24.99)
- Eversion – 10% off on Steam ($4.49)
- Numen: Contest of Heroes- 10% off on Steam ($26.99)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – $15.54 at walmart.com
- Starting on the 14th of June, these titles will be available in the the Deal of the Week section of Xbox Live. You MUST be a Gold Member to access this area.
- Shadow Complex – 560 points – 53% off
- Trials HD – 560 points – 53% off
- Marvel Vs Capcom 2 – 560 points – 53% off
- TMNT: Turtles in Time HD – 400 points – 50% off
- Splosion Man – 400 points – 50% off
- Special XBL deals to celebrate E3 (from June 16th to 22nd)
- A Kingdom for Keflings – 400 points – 50% off
- Alien Hominid HD – 400 points – 50% off
- Banjo Tooie – 800 points – 33% off
- Bionic Commando Rearmed – 400 points – 50%
- Bomberman LIVE – 400 points – 50% off
- Braid – 800 points – 33% off
- Castle Crashers – 800 points – 33% off
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night – 400 points – 50% off
- Contra – 240 points – 40% off
- Crystal Defenders – 400 points – 50% off
- Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 – 400 points – 50% off
- Magic the Gathering – 400 points – 50% off
- N+ – 400 points – 50% off
- Panzer General – 400 points – 50% off
- Portal – 800 points – 33% off
- TMNT: 1989 Arcade – 240 points – 40% off
- Uno Rush – 400 points – 50% off
- Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment – 800 points – 33% off
- Zombie Apocalypse – 400 points – 50% off
New Releases
- Toy Story 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS, PSP, Mac)
- Naughty Bear (Xbox 360)
- Making History II: The War of the World (PC)
- The Book of Unwritten Tales (PC)
- Kid Adventures: Sky Captain (Wii) (Adventure)
- Naval Assault: The Killing Tide (Xbox 360) (Strategy)
- Ancients of Ooga (Xbox 360) (June 16th)
- Space Ark (360) (June 16th) (Action)