Welcome, friends, to the Super Duper Wednesday Stock Value Ticker Watch. The only place on the internet where you can find the true market value of your favorite icons in gaming. See what in gaming is on it’s way up, and the sorry sacks that are on their way down.

THQ25 Cool Points

Jack Sorenson, Divisional Executive VP at THQ, expressed his fightin’ words to Eurogamer, making claims that World of Warcraft had peaked. With the subscription count recently reaching a cool 10 million, and a second expansion on the way, Mr. Sorenson must have balls of steel. Oh, or he’s developing his own MMO, Warhammer 40k. Yeah, that makes more sense.

Plastic Instruments2.19 Euros

Harmonix recently published the prices of the European versions of Rock Band, leaving a bitter taste in the mouths of millions of lunatic soccer fans and tea drinkers. After having to buy both the game and the instruments seperately, the cost ends up being about £180 (€240 or ~$375), a markup of 225%. But that’s just what you get for driving on the wrong side of the road.

Battlefield: Bad Company1165 Yen

Ingenious marketing strategy rocketed this game to a hot 52-Week high. Great April Fools joke EA! DLC weapons…ha! You had us all biting our own tails off for a second there.

*grumble* I wish that were true.

Glossy Paper257 Rupees

Games for Windows magazine, formerly known as Computer Gaming World, will halt print production, as they move the entire operation to digital distribution at 1Up.com. No one knows exactly how many trees will be saved, but we do know that many lives will be rescued from the crap incorporated magazine that Microsoft turned it into.

Well, that’s this week in the Super Duper Wednesday Stock Value Ticker Watch! Remember, Buy low, sell high and never bet against World of Warcraft. Ever.