Activision CEO Bobby Kotick answers "I would have Call of Duty be an online subscription service tomorrow," when asked by Wall Street Journal Online what he would do if he could instantly make one change in his company by snapping his fingers. He goes on to explain: "When you think about what the audience's interests are and how you could really satisfy bigger audiences with more inspired, creative opportunities, I would love to see us have an online Call of Duty world. I think our players would just have so much of a more compelling experience." He answers "hopefully" to their follow-up question of whether this is coming, and goes on to explain that their customers have been "clamoring" for the opportunity to pay a monthly fee for multiplayer support, as demonstrated by how much they play for free: "I think our audiences are clamoring for it. If you look at what they're playing on Xbox Live today, we've had 1.7 billion hours of multiplayer play on Live. I think we could do a lot more to really satisfy the interests of the customers. I think we could create so many things, and make the game even more fun to play. We haven't really had a chance to do that yet, so that would be my snap of the fingers." Thanks Joao via CVG via VG247 via NeoGAF.

GamersGate is holding a PC games sale offering discounts as low as 5% (not counting the negative discount for Reign: Conflict of Nations preorders, which shows a $9.99 list price and a $29.99 purchase price) and as high as 75%. Part of this is an Alien Week, offering 50% to 60% off on a load of games featuring aliens (or an anthropomorphized dog and bunny in the case of Sam and Max). Thanks CeeJay.

• E3 2010: The 10 Most Underrated Games of E3 - UGO.com. Thanks Ant via Digg.
• FOXNews.com - Sizing Up the Fun and Games at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
• DC Universe Online E3 preview - GameZone.
• Call of Duty Black Ops E3 preview - GameZone.
• Final Fantasy XIV E3 preview - GameZone.
• The Lord of the Rings: The War in the North E3 preview - GameZone.
• Pirates of the Caribbean- Armada of the Damned E3 preview - GameZone.
• Battlestar Galactica Online E3 Demonstration - GameZone.
• Homefront E3 Demonstration - GameZone.
• Dragon Nest E3 Demonstration - GameZone.
• Red Faction- Armageddon E3 Demonstration - GameZone.
• E3 2010: We sit in the sand with Spec Ops: The Line - Big Download.
• E3 2010: We sit a spell checking a build of XCOM - Big Download.
• E3 2010: We talk with Frictional Games about Amnesia: The Dark Descent - Big Download.
• E3 2010: We chat with the designer of Guardians of Graxia - Big Download.
• E3 gives thumbs up to 3-D - BostonHerald.com.
• E3 2010 Preview: Nintendo 3DS - AtomicGamer.
• E3 2010 Preview: Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - AtomicGamer.
• E3 ‘10: Booth Babes Rocking to Dance Central - Game Stooge.

Salon.com - Are video games the next great art form?
Yawn...

Here's the latest list of top 10 bestselling titles on Steam for the week:

1. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
2. Pre-Purchase Medal of Honor
3. Mass Effect 2
4. APB All Points Bulletin
5. Crysis Maximum Edition
6. Team Fortress 2
7. Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
8. Dead Space
9. Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
10. Mass Effect

• Medal of Honor Beta on Ripten. Thanks Joker961.
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier on Hooked Gamers.

• Onslaught co-op mode for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is coming on Tuesday, June 22nd.
• EA CEO hints at premium pricing for 3D games.
• No need to hate: 3D Gaming is awesome. Thanks Ant via Digg.
• PlayStation Move gets public debut in Japan.

• Apple randomly canceling some iPhone pre-orders? Update: AT&T pre-orders too? Thanks scorcese.fan.
• WEP and TKIP Wi-Fi encryption methods to be discontinued. Thanks Ant.

Thanks Ant.

• Is AMD's New 2D Acceleration Architecture Still Slow? - [Phoronix].
• 10 unsung fathers of technology. Thanks via Digg.
• Google Earth 5.2- Not Just For Cars. Thanks Digg.
• A Night at the Electronics Factory. Thanks [H]ard-OCP.

• Bringing improved PDF support to Google Chrome. Thanks [H]ard-OCP.
• Exploring the software behind Facebook, the world’s largest site. Thanks [H]ard-OCP.
• Facebook '09 revenue neared $800 mln: sources. Thanks [H]ard-OCP.

Thanks Ant.

• Apple is the new hacker bulls-eye. Thanks [H]ard-OCP. Good thing they're virus-proof.
• Did Apple Update Mac's Malware Protection--But Not Tell Anyone? Thanks Slashdot.
• Technical details of the Street View WiFi payload controversy.
• Pentagon revives Rumsfeld-era domestic spying unit. Thanks Acleacius.

• Kodak EasyShare M341 Camera on RBMODS.
• Memonex Race R310 16GB USB Drive on iGadget Life.
• PowerColor PCS+ Radeon HD5550 Graphics Card on XtremeComputing.
• SmartSwipe on Computer & Consumer Electronic Reviews.
• Vantec NexStar 3 2.5'' SATA to USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure on Test Freaks.

• Retrospective: Armed & Dangerous - Eurogamer.net…

Happy Father's Day! For those with dads, here's hoping you found a good way to celebrate, and for those of you who are dads, here's hoping you can find something that goes with that new tie.

Links:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez and Acleacius.
Play:	Red Remover Player Pack. Space Disposal.
Links:	Screw You Yahoo! My Dad Loved My Sh**ty Mug. Happy [God]father's Day. Thanks Digg. The 6 Most Insanely Misguided Attempts at Viral Marketing.
Stories:	Festival organisers asked to warn against 'legal highs'. AZ State Senator Schooled By High School Student. Italy raises alarm over blue mozzarella.
Science:	Taking showers 'can make you ill'. U.S. Testing Pain Ray in Afghanistan (Updated Again). Music of the sun recorded by scientists. Most lyrics reference "heat."
Images:	22 ordinary things that look like the Starship Enterprise. Thanks Digg.
Media:	Dual-Spec Doritos FTW. NSFW. Gandalf Goes to the World Cup. Thanks nin. Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation. Quite moving. Thanks Kxmode.
The Funnies:	FoxTrot. Father's Day.
Follow-up:	Global Seed Vault: National Geographic Explores The Arctic Facility.