• Major games released this week were: Crosswords DS for the DS, Boom Blox for the Wii, Speed Racer for the Wii and DS, Neverwinter Nights 2 Gold for the PC, Iron Man for the PC, and Wits & Wagers for the XBLA.

• While Rock Band has always had downloadable content for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions, the PlayStation 2 and Wii versions have never had that option. Harmonix has decided to change that by releasing a new disc which they are calling the Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1, which includes 20 tracks and will be for sale for $30 on July 15th.

• EU PlayStation Day took place this week in Europe. Sony showed off a way to download videos using the PSP, a Motorstorm Pacific Rift demo, a Resistance 2 sneak peak; and announced that Killzone 2 may be delayed a bit, possibly until 2009.

• id Software announced that they are looking for employees who could work on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and the PC for their newest horror shooter in line: Doom 4. No release date was announced at the time, nor was it confirmed that it would be released on all of the aforementioned systems, but id’s jobs page noted looking for hires on all platforms, so one can only assume.

• Nintendo opened up a new channel for American users this week: the Nintendo Channel, which has been available in Japan since late last year. The Nintendo Channel will allows Wii owners to download videos, trailers, interviews, game demos, and more. If you are a DS owner as well, you will be able to turn your Wii into a Wi-Fi download station to transfer demos to your Nintendo DS.

• 10-year-old racing guru series, made by Polyphony, hit a major milestone, selling their 50 millionth unit this week. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue was the setting stone in this record that aided them in finally overturning the 50 million mark. Gran Turismo started with it’s first edition in 1997 on the PlayStation console, and has been renowned as the most realistic driving and racing game made yet.

• Take-Two once again made it into the news, this time suing the Chicago Transit Authority, who pulled their ads for Grand Theft Auto IV for showing “unlawful content”. The CTA has backed up their decision stating that they “[have] the right to regulate and establish guidelines for advertising on its properties”. Take-Two is suing them over freedom of speech rights and also breakage of contract. Take-Two is asking for $300,000 in damages.

• Rockstar released a patch for PlayStation 3 users, saying that it will help peoples’ games from freezing and locking up their system. This issue was caused by the online servers that they are using becoming overloaded. No word on a patch for the Xbox 360 version as of this time.

• Grand Theft Auto IV, toted to be one of the best games in history, had what was said to be the “largest launch in the history of interactive entertainment”. GTAIV sold 3.6 million units on day one, and a total of over 6 million units at the end of the first week, making their revenue approximately $500 million. This beat out Bungie’s popular shooter, Halo 3, by at least $200 million in week one sales.