Minus the digital downloads, this has to be one of the smallest batches we've seen on On Shelves. Talk about a dry batch - no AAA titles in this lineup. Anyway, there's still ArmA II for the PC if you're a die-hard FPS fan, or if you're a baseball fan, 2K Sports' The Bigs is also coming out this week. For the other two titles, read on for this edition of On Shelves This Week.

Seems like 2K Sports is rolling out the red carpet for the 10th anniversary of the NBA 2K franchise. Team Xbox reports that a special limited collector's edition of NBA 2K10 is in the works.

When publishers whip out screenshots, they usually come in groups. Today, however, says different. What we have now is the first screenshot of NBA 2K10 from 2K Sports, and yes, that's in singular. But what the release lacks in quantity, it definitely makes up for with substance. Presenting the first NBA 2K10 screenshot - Shaquille O'Neal is now a Cavalier. Talk about updated.

Love him or hate him, it can't be denied that Kobe Bryant is one of the best players ever to pick up a basketball. As KB24 eyes his fourth championship ring and taking Game 1 of this year's Finals with a convincing 40-point performance and a game-high 8 assists, the superstar will be on the cover of 2K Sports' NBA 2K10.

Electronic Arts has complied with the Federal Trade Commission's requirements and has submitted necessary information to allow the government probe against possible antitrust law violations. The company has also promised to take no actions in its takeover quest of rival Take-Two until late August, ensuring that the competition is safe for now. Full details after the jump.

The comments made by Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick about how 2K Sports titles are out-rating EA Sports games in reviews seem to have gotten to EA Sports boss Peter Moore. Peter blogged recently about how competitive their line-up is and he spoke of how franchises like NBA Live will put on a ground-breaking show when E3 2008 comes. More details in the full article.

EA Sports or 2K Sports? Although EA Sports has the advantage in the number of their franchises, Take-Two head Strauss Zelnick believes that 2K Sports still "outrate[s] them significantly." Quite a claim. More in the full article.

 As expected, stellar sales for Take-Two Interactive's Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) have powered the company's financial status into the green zone. Serious numbers have been shown in a conference call held by the publisher and BioShock chipped in of good figures. Numbers galore in the full article up ahead.

Don't panic: Take-Two officials have turned down Electronic Arts' offer, and it has remained that way for the moment. But further investigation into the superstar publisher's efforts to acquire Take-Two Interactive has unearthed an official document proposing the recent deal. And the proposal has outlined potential factors aimed at Take-Two's uneasy investors which might actually convince them to support the acquisition - from a profit-business perspective. More at the full story.

Reacting to recent industry news, Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter has predicted that EA will be, in Gamespot's words, conducting a hostile takeover of Take-Two Interactive. An interesting theory that Pachter also brought up is that EA is more interested in the sports division of the company rather than its other IPs. For more on this, head on over to the full article.