The week before E3 was a little like the week before Christmas, except for video games only. Yes, there were festive announcements from major gaming publishers , tons of new trailers, some new game announcements and everything else that's good for gaming, in between.

Sunday

MCM Expo Breaks Cosplay World Record. You’ll never guess how many cosplayers showed up…okay, maybe you will.

Review: Terminator Salvation The Game. This is make it or break it time for the movie-based game.

Fighing Games That You’ve Undoubtedly Forgotten About Part 1. A complete list of games you may have wanted to erase from your mind.

Monday

Grand Theft Auto The Ballad Of Gay Tony Announced. Does it get anymore controversial?

Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadron Coming To PSP And DS. Now where’s the Xbox 360 and PS3 version?

In Game Ads To Reach 1 Billion In Spending By 2014. So where does it all come from? Click the link to find out.

BattleForge Is Now Free. As if half-off wasn’t good enough.

High Voltage Reveals Gladiator A.D For Wii. Finally, something that puts the finger to casual-ware.

Tuesday

Rumor: Sunny To Star In New Metal Gear Game. It’s a strong possibility and there are a few hints why.

Suda51’s New DS Game Coming Soon. And it’s everything you might not be expecting.

Shaun White Snowboarding World Stage Announced.

3G Zeebo Console Releases In Brazile. Convenient gaming for non-PAL/NTSC gamers.

US PC Sales: The Empire Strikes Back. Total Empire strikes back in sales, go empire, go.

Wednesday

StarCraft 2 Beta Will Launch This Summer. Get ready for some RTS beta action this summer.

DJ Hero To Have Over 100 Songs. Not quite as many as the blurb that was the 5000 songs for Rock Band, but still good enough.

Dead Space Extraction Gets Release Date. It’s only a matter of counting down the time until you can play it on your Wii.

Warhammer 40K Space Marine Announced For Xbox 360 And PS3. This is to make up for the dying Warhammer MMO. Nevertheless, console gamers have a reason to rejoice.

KillZone 2 Controls Will Change In New Patch. Possibly as good as the mouse and keyboard combination? Well, click the link to find out.

Thursday

Second Chance AT BlizzCon 2009 Tickets. Act fast or miss out on the BlizzCon 2009.

PS3 Greatest Hits Library Adds Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Metal Gear Solid 4 And Others. Dropping to bargin-bin prices in just under a year. Nice.

Sonic And Sega All Stars Racing Announced: Trailer And Screenshots Released. Another Sonic game on the way and this time it might actually be good.

Dragon Age Origins Release Date Revealed. Now Bioware fans know when they can stop drooling and start spending.

Friday

E3 2009: Penguin United Unveils ElectroFlow Charger. It’s for the Wii-mote and it’s as cool as it sounds.

Parabellum Closed Beta Starting; Mercenaries Sign Up Now. It may have disappeared for a while, but it looks like Combat Arms is getting a rival.

Bethesda’s Brink Coming In Spring 2010. The accompanying trailer seems to say a lot and yet nothing at all.

E3 2009: Eidos Unveils Their Line-Up And It Features Ninjas. It also features Batman and Just Cause 2.



Saturday

E3 2009: Epic New Mass Effect 2 Footage. And it is very epic…massive, is probably a better word for it.

E3 2009: Hollywood-Style Trailer For EA’s The Saboteur. Babes, boobs, stealth and guns. Literally, the trailer progresses in that order.

That wraps up the very final week of May, folks. As always, you can check out some cool new E3 trailers below, just in case you haven’t seen them already: they include Bayonetta, Galaxy Online, Split/Second and Wonder King Online. Enjoy. Oh, and be sure to stay tuned in next week with Blend Games as we bring you the latest in breaking news from E3.