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Date: May 23, 2011

Written and Performed By: Graham Stark, Kathleen De Vere, Jeremy Petter, Paul Saunders

Story Graphics: Paul Saunders, Jeremy Petter

CheckPoint Graphics: Graham Stark

Music: Bradley Rains

Edited By: Graham Stark

Thanks To: Russ Pitts, Alexander Macris, Penny Arcade

Produced By: Graham Stark, Paul Saunders

Stories

• Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer defends Sony's decision to wait a full week before telling the public about the PSN breach
• American McGee's Shanghai-based studio Spicy Horse has partnered with Popcap to develop new social games
• The Ubisoft Movie Division plans to dominate the videogame-movie market with projects based on Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon
• Art assets and other details for Modern Warfare 3 was leaked ahead of schedule
• Chrono Trigger released for Wii's Virtual Console

Feature Story

In a surprise move Valve Software announces that they will not be attending E3 2011. Does this mean the studio simply doesn't have anything to announce at the moment or something more? Jeremy Petter and Paul Saunders engage in a point-counterpoint discussion of debatable merit to find out more.