Highlights of the Week

by Aaron Linde, Mar 28, 2008 8:00pm PDT

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It's been a busy week for us, so Faylor and I decided to finally indulge on our most long-awaited excursion: a trip to see the world's largest rubber band ball. While we're away, please help yourself to the bevy of Shack content posted this week.

Lots of industry movin' and shakin' in this week's news roundup:

EA clarifies Battlefield pay-to-play weaponry
Rock Band for the Wii coming June 22 sans-DLC
Microsoft publically shames Xbox Live cheaters
Take-Two talks BioShock MMO potential
New Team Fortress 2 content due mid-April
UK report suggests movie-like ratings for games
EA amends its offer for Take-Two

And also, some feature content:

Outtakes and oddities abound on Replay Couch
Zillox and Amrani deliver Shackers Episode 3
The Shackstaff gets bossy on this week's ShackCast

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how is it mid-april if it's "the week of april 20th"? (aka april 25th if valve doesn't delay it)

why are they bunching the map with the achievements and weapon anyway? isn't the whole point of steam to deliver updates, they should just release the map when it's done, and maybe release achievements and then the medic weapon a few weeks later so it's more fair for those who don't grind them on private servers to get the unlock

Mar 29, 2008 9:27am PDT

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how is it mid-april if it's "the week of april 20th"? (aka april 25th if valve doesn't delay it) why a... : MrMojo
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- You just better hope that they meant mid-April of this year. : capt tripps

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shame on you EA! trying to take over take two and charging people for weapons that are included on the disk... new lows. i can see it now, 500ms points and you can get the tank in gta4!!

Mar 28, 2008 8:06pm PDT

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shame on you EA! trying to take over take two and charging people for weapons that are included on the di... : syn0r
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  These kind of transactions have never been about what's on the disc or what you have to download. : Fred Garvin
  - these kind of transactions have never been strait, they've always been gay : SniperWolf22
  - i've never minded new content for download if it breathed new life into a game, or gave me a reason to pl... : syn0r

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The new current rubber band ball champ:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=2771732

Mar 28, 2008 8:06pm PDT

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The new current rubber band ball champ: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofi... : Porkasaurus
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- I was smart enough to stop when standard rubber bands wouldn't work anymore. : kingdepork

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Vegas 2 on Xbox Live anyone? My group could use some more players....

Gamertag = Madwacker

Mar 28, 2008 10:40pm PDT

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Vegas 2 on Xbox Live anyone? My group could use some more players.... Gamertag = Madwacker : Madwacker
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  You sure play that game a lot for how much you said you hated it! You made a 2 page long blog post about ... : Magmaticzebra
  - It's growing on me...it does have a lot of bugs, but the gameplay is fun. Get it and come play you pussy... : Madwacker

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