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.

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.

Michael Pachter is an analyst for Wedbush Morgan who gets paid gobs of money to basically guess what’s going to happen within the video game industry. Sometimes, he gets it right. Sometimes, he gets it way, WAY wrong. But one thing is for certain: Most gamers don’t take him seriously — and JW thinks he knows why…

We found out that Factor 5 was, in fact, working on a Superman game. We also learned that Silent Hill could be released on PlayStation Network, Microsoft is being sued for copyright infringement, and Bethesda’s MMO group is hiring for a new project. All in all, a good Tuesday.