We’re back to our normal schedule this week, chatting about Mortal Kombat, Tiger 13, Trials Evolution, Minecraft, Elemental, Madden 13, Final Fantasy VII, Fallout New Vegas, and Diablo 3.

• April NPDs!
• THQ had an earnings call, things are looking up a little
• Capcom is listening, will ditch on-disc DLC for future titles
• TVGPSA: DSi and DSi XL price cuts
• RUMOR: a Kinect-powered IE9 for 360
• New Dead Space game confirmed, rumored to have co-op

It’s all reader questions for the entire show this week!

On this very, very hot and AC filled day, we chat about Draw Something, Lumines: Electric Symphony, Tiger 13, Bubbleshoot, Elemental, Madden 12, Trials Evolution, Dungeon Siege 3, Pinball Arcade, and Castlevania Symphony Of the Night.

• RUMOR: Sega may have cancelled Bayonetta 2
• TVGPSA: Skyrim Kinect patch now available
• RUMOR: subscription-based, subsidized Xbox 360
• Elder Scrolls Online announced
• Saints Row 3 April Fool’s Joke turns real

In this episode of shortcast, we chat about Tiger 13, Portal 2, Grand Prix Story, and Fez.

• Steam and Origin account bans are a little more lenient
• Adam Sessler leaves G4 and X-Play
• Steam and the Source Engine being ported to Linux

We ask you to enjoy, sir, our chats about Draw Something, Dead Island, Tiger Woods 13, Bubbleshoot, Trials Evolution, FEZ, and Grand Prix Story.

• We marvel over the time delay of a sci-fi author suing Ubisoft over Assassin’s Creed
• And the technical marvel of recovering the source code for the original Prince of Persia

The gang’s all here to chat about Heavy Rain, Ninja Gaiden 3, Bulletstorm, Tiger Woods 13, Mario Party 9, Bubbleshoot, Madden 13, Dungeon Siege 3, Spell Tower, and Draw Something.

• Sony to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide, re-focusing on games
• Bethesda to add over 200 Kinect commands to Skyrim
• And there’s a DBZ Kinect game coming out, too
• Crysis 3 leaked early, formally announced next week

Between all sorts of planning, we chat about Tiger Woods 13, Brink, Dungeon Siege III, and Assassin’s Creed Revelations.

• Mass Effect 3: The Extended Cut coming for free this Summer
• But I’m far more excited about Rock Band Blitz

The gang’s all back to chat about Left 4 Dead 2, Super Stardust Delta, WipeOut 2048, Dance Central, Tiger Woods 13, Bubbleshoot, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Madden 12, Mass Effect 3, Assassin’s Creed Revelations, and Final Fantasy VII.

• Fez finally has a release date!
• Bioshock movie loses yet another director, same reasons as the last
• RUMORS abound for the PlayStation Orbis
• Odd RUMORS are floating around for some sort of half intermediate next Xbox
• Battlefield 3 dedicated server rental prices announced
• Epic Mickey 2 3DS version sounds the most amazing
• Good Old Games now has a different name

The two of us chat about the ending of Mass Effect 3 (spoiler free!), WipeOut 2048, Ninja Gaiden 3, Triple Town, Angry Birds Space, and Assassin’s Creed Revelations.

• GAME Group is dead, enters administration
• Shockingly, that fake NEOGEO phone thing is actually real
• Sega may do HD re-releases, this time for Shenmue and Skies of Arcadia

Honestly, we spent most of our time talking (spoiler-free) about Mass Effect 3 (along with ME: Datapad and ME: Infiltrator), but we also chat about Bubbleshoot, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, SSX, Plants vs. Zombies, and Madden 12.

• Giant Bomb purchased by CBS Interactive, Whiskey Media sites split up
• February NPDs!
• Put simply: Diablo III is coming out May 15th
• Ratchet and Clank Collection/Trilogy announced