It’s a completely packed shows this week with the guys starting off on Battlefield Bad Company 2. The opinions are positive on the game, but not overly so. Heavy Rain is receiving some DLC and Ludwig touches on AvP and Resident Evil 5 DLC.

Portal 2, which will be a full-fledged sequel with a full game sticker price, kicks off the jammed news segment and the excitement level is understandably high. This leads into the almost confirmed news that Valve is bringing Steam to Mac. The guys speculate on the possibility that Valve may be bringing the complete catalog to the Apple platform as well. Infinity Ward and Activision commentary leads into some love for the recently released Halo Reach Beta trailer, and the “ApocalyPS3” closes out news.

More Visceral game pitches and emails finish the show with another Spoiled Rotten segment covering Heavy Rain at the end.

Covered games and topics: Battlefield Bad Company 2, Heavy Rain DLC, Aliens vs. Predator, RE5 DLC, Portal 2, Apple+Valve, IW+Activision, Halo Reach Beta trailer, ApocalyPS3, Let’s get Visceral, voicemails/emails

After a week so chock-full of news and notable happenings, you had to be looking forward to this Joystiq Podcast, right? Well we don’t disappoint (or at least, not as much as usual) with discussion of Infinity Ward, the ApocalyPS3, Portal 2 and a Spoiled Rotten on Heavy Rain at the end.

You’ll also be able to get in on the ground floor of our brand new feature “Professional Voice Actor Bob Ball Reads Your Email.” Seriously, you’re just going to love it. A super special thanks to Ste Birks for the legitimately breathtaking art. Oh, you want a bigger version as well as more of Ste’s work? We suppose we can manage that.

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