Here's the week in the news:

• Stephen King calls game legislation 'surrogate parenting'
• Three more studios bite the dust
• Rock Band is bloody expensive in the UK
• Grand Theft Auto 4 provides some suggestive swag
• R.I.P. Computer Gaming World
• Rumors fly of Microsoft's Wiimote clone
• Left 4 Dead delayed, Faylor weeps
• Halo 3 Legendary map pack media extravaganza unleashed

Of course, we also had a smorgasbord of home-cooked content:

• Nick gets lethal with a Ninja Gaiden II preview
• The evolution of Nintendo commercials, part deux
• Raptor Safari creators talk dinosaurs, jetpacks
• Brad Shoemaker offers some Fallout 3 hands-on impressions
• I get stomped in Halo 3's Legendary map pack DLC

Need to catch up on our earlier content round-ups? Check out our previous Highlights of the Week.