Weekend Wrapup of May 16

First off, we offer our apologies for any inconvenience the delay in the Weekend Wrap up may have caused our readers. We normally like to provide this service on Sundays but this week we are bringing it to you on a Monday. This week was another exciting one as we were bombarded by trailers and developer walk-through videos from upcoming heavy hitters like Red Dead Redemption, LittleBigPlanet 2, Split/Second, and Fable III. Four more solid reviews were released here at DualShockers and the team even managed to avoid all of the god awful titles out there this week. Our Editor-in-Chief and long-time, competitive Halo: Combat Evolved player Yaris Gutierrez gave his impressions and then some on Halo: Reach based on his time in the beta.

Senior Contributing Editor Chad Awkerman gave his raw uncensored thoughts on Bioware and their latest headline scandal (*cough cough* publicity stunt?) involving insults being thrown at a certain RPG most gamers love. Beyond this the team engaged in hot debate and discussion over the Nintendo VS Apple feud that is brewing, based on the comments being made back and forth between the two consumer electronics giants, in our latest ShockCast Episode which you can listen to below. Enjoy the following highlights of the past week after the break.

ShockCast 14: Nintendo Needs To Bow Down To Apple, Should All Games Have RPG Elements?, Reader Feedback and Questions Answered, LittleBigPlanet 2 Announced, Steam on Mac, and more.

Reviews

• Fifa 2010 World Cup South Africa – Video Review
• Super Street Fighter IV Review
• Tecmo Bowl Throwback Video Review
• 3D Dot Game Heroes Review

Editorials

• Halo: Reach Impressions and Some
• Bioware: You Stab Me Through the Heart
• Confessions of a Mac Gamer
• Don’t Let GameStop Screw You Over
• Pay To Play: How Greed Will Kill Gaming
• PSP2 at E3? I Don’t Think So…
• How to Create the Perfect Multiplayer Shooter

Posts

• New Release Rundown ~ Week of 3/9/2010
• Call of Duty: Black Ops Will Be Coming to Wii
• Lost Planet 2 Screens Show Off Helghast Killers
• What Do Shank and God of War Have in Common?
• No More Celebrities in Guitar Hero
• World of Warcraft Recruit-A-Friend Program
• How to Get your Free Halo: Reach Avatar Hoodie – Video Tutorial
• New Fable III Dev Diary Introduces You to Your Butler
• Official Launch Trailer for Red Dead Redemption
• The Making Of Split/Second Audio Design Video Drops
• Hi-Res Modern Warfare 2 – Resurgence Pack Screenshots
• Official LittleBigPlanet 2 Trailer Released
• Enjoy Some Fallout: New Vegas Screens
• Metro 2033 DLC Reveal This Week **UPDATE**
• Lost Planet 2 Released
• New Forza 3 “Exotic Cars” DLC
• Insomniac Games Presents Beyond The Game
• Square-Enix Will Release Threads of Fate on the PSN
• White Knight Chronicles 2 Trailer Hits the Interweb
• Phoenix Wright Returns to WiiWare
• Four New Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Characters Confirmed
• This Week’s Deal is Ballad of Gay Tony
• Split/Second: Air Attack Vignette Released
• HipHopGamerShow May 16 Talks Marvel VS Capcom 3, NextXbox, Real Hip Hop and more!