A quiet week for gaming as Take Two counts its money and Electronic Arts wishes ruefully that it had been able to close the buyout deal a month ago. For those of you not still wreaking devastation in Liberty City or hurling blue turtle shells at one another, there's not exactly a lot to get excited about this week. I'm going to give a nod of the cap toward Neverwinter Nights 2 Gold, however, just because it seems like a good way for me to pickup a game that slipped through the cracks last year.

Also of note, tis the time of the year for summer blockbuster tie-in games. Last week it was Iron Man on every system, a franchise which has elevated from near obscurity to media darling on the force of marketing alone, and this week the quirky Speed Racer shows up on the quirkiest two systems. Before the month is out we'll be able to add the Chronicles of Narnia to the rapidly growing list, and while these are historical bombs from a review perspective, the movie tie-in can be a profit machine for publishers.

On DVD this week, the Bob Dylan obsessed I'm Not There and Teeth, which is a movie based upon a premise that chills me to the "bone". For those that got or will get that joke, I'm very sorry. More DVD here.

PC:
- Great War Nations: The Spartans
- Neverwinter Nights 2 Gold
- Supreme Commander Gold Edition

PSP:
- R Type Command

DS:
- Speed Racer: The Videogame
- Crossword DS

PS3:
- Call of Duty 4: Game of the Year Edition

Wii:
- Boom Blox
- The Dog Island
- Speed Racer: The Videogame