Just in time for Pre-E3 hype, Capcom questions their Japanese presence at E3 while Square Enix and Koei both make clear that their E3 presence will be limited. Why? Swine flu. That’s why… sissies… other than that, the big news was that 3D Realms says they’re not closed.

Another week in the books and boy there were a lot of announcements this week. Bethesda announced that they had contracted Obsidian Entertainment to develop a new Fallout game, and Microsoft announced 31 games… for Japan… at the same time.

There wasn’t a whole lot of Earth-shattering news this week. However, we did hear about The Beatles: Rock Band, the sales figures for both Chinatown Wars and Madworld, and Bethesda may be planning on making a Fallout TV show.

Will Wright leaves EA… to join EA. Yu Suzuki leaves SEGA… to join SEGA. Konami announces a game based on the Iraq War, Midway is sinking faster and faster, and rumor has it that we’ll be hearing about a new Xbox 360 bundle. Awesome? You bet your ass.

Behold! The first “Best of the Week”, where we recap all of the week’s big news stories. Why? For your convenience, of course. Trailers, Interviews, Announcements and just plain news reports — all here.

And color coded, too.

Could Resident Evil 5 get some additional online modes after the release? Also, Mythic closes Warhammer Online servers, the Nintendo DS surpasses 100 million sales and Metal Gear Solid Touch gets a release date.