This week's game releases feature two gaming titans that serve significantly different masters. Sony's God of War III delivers ultraviolent combat and epic boss battles for those who don't kind wading around in pools of blood. Nintendo's pair of Pokemon games add pedometer integration to the classic gameplay that's bound to get kids – and more than a few parents – foaming at the mouth. Post-apocalyptic game Metro 2033 is also coming out this week, along with the Awakening expansion for Dragon Age: Origins.

Whew! In other releases, Archie Comics is releasing the 200th issue of Jughead. Will Big Ethel's finally pin the titular character down and smother him with smooches? Will readers get to see what exactly his crown is hiding? Will Jughead eat a large portion of food? You'll have to wait and see for yourself.

Games
Retail
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight (PC)
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening (360,PS3)
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon (Wii)
God of War III (PS3)
Metro 2033 (PC, 360)
Pokemon HeartGold Version (DS)
Pokemon SoulSilver Version
Resonance of Fate (360, PS3)
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space (Wii)

Downloadable
Nintendo
Virtual Console
Castlevania Rondo of Blood (900 Wii Points)

WiiWare
Rage of the Gladiator (1,000 Wii Points)
Triple Shot Sports (500 Wii Points)

DSiWare
101 MiniGolf World (500 DSi Points)
Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs – Fight for Survival
Car Jack Streets
Zoo Frenzy (500 DSi Points)

Sony

Microsoft
Perfect Dark

Multiplatform
Rock Band/2
Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Lady Gaga – “Just Dance”
Lady Gaga – “Monster”
Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”
3 Doors Down – “It’s Not My Time”
Mute Math – “Control”
South Park – “Poker Face (Cartman version)”
The Subways – “Oh Yeah”
The Subways – “Rock & Roll Queen”

Tracks are available individually for $1.99/160 Microsoft Points/200 Wii Points. The Lady Gaga Pack 01 is available for $6.99/560 Microsoft Points.

Guitar Hero 5/Band Hero
Flogging Molly – "Requiem for a Dying Song"
Flogging Molly – "(No More) Paddy's Lament"
Flogging Molly – "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Tracks are available individually for $1.99/160 Microsoft Points/200 Wii Points. The three-song bundle is available for $5.49/440 Microsoft Points/550 Wii Points.

Movies
Theatrical
The Bounty hunter
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hubble 3D
Last Night
Repo Men

DVD/Blu-ray
Armored
Astro Boy
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Broken Embraces
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
The Fourth Kind
Ninja Assassin
The Princess and the Frog

Comics
Archie Comics
Betty & Veronica Double Digest #179
Jughead #200
Sonic Universe #14

Dark Horse Comics
Classic Simpsons Character #6 Krusty the Clown
Devil #2 (of 4)
Groo Hogs of Horder #4 (of 4)
Sin City Volume 1 The Hard Goodbye
Sin City Volume 2 A Dame to Kill For
Sin City Volume 3 The Big Fat Kill
Sin City Volume 4 That Yellow ***
Sin City Volume 5 Family Values
Sin City Volume 6 Booze Broads & Bullets
Sin City Volume 7 Hell and Back
Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures Volume 3
Star Wars Vector Volume 2

DC Comics
American Vampire #1
Authority the Lost Year #7 (of 12)
Azrael #6
Batman #697
Batman International TP
Blackest Night #5 (of 8)
Booster Gold #30
Brave and the Bold #32
Bronx Kill
Fables #93
Green Arrow #31
Green Lantern Corps #46
I Hate You More Than Anyone Volume 9 TP
Joe the Barbarian #3 (of 8)
MAD Magazine #503
Mysterius the Unfathomable
Scooby Doo #154
Shield #7
Showcase Presents World’s Finest Volume 3
Supergirl #51
Superman 80 Page Giant #1
Superman Nightwing and Flamebird Volume 1
Supernatural Beginnings End #3 (of 6)
Titans #23
Unknown Soldier Volume 2 Easy Kill
Wonder Woman Chronicles Volume 1

Image Comics
Choker #1 (of 6)
Choker #2
Dead at 17 Witch Queen #1 (of 4)
Fade to Black #1 (of 5)
Spawn Origins Volume 1

Marvel Comics
Amazing Spider-Man #625
Anita Blake the Laughing Corpse Executioner #5 (of 5)
Avengers Standoff
Avengers Vs Atlas #3 (Of 4)
Captain America #1 (Marvels Greatest Comics)
Dark Avengers #15 (Siege Tie-In)
Dark Avengers Ares
Deadpool Merc with a Mouth #9
Deathlok #5 (of 7)
Doomwar #2 (of 5)
Guardians of the Galaxy #24 (Realm of Kings Tie-In)
Hercules Fall of an Avenger #1 (of 2)
Hit-Monkey #1
Hulk #21 (Fall of the Hulks Tie-In)
Incredible Hulk #608 (Fall of the Hulks Tie-In)
Invincible Iron Man #23
Iron Man Armor Wars Prologue
Iron Man Iron Monger
Iron Man the End
Kookaburra K #3 (of 3)
Marvel Boy Uranian #3 (of 3)
Nation X #4 (of 4)
New Mutants Classic Volume 5
Nova #35
Prelude to Deadpool Corps #3 (of 5)
Punisher Noir
Realm of Kings Imperial Guard #5 (of 5)
Siege #1 (of 4)
Siege #2 (of 4)
Siege #3 (Of 4)
Siege Embedded #2 (of 4)
Siege Embedded #3 (of 4)
Spider-Man and the Secret Wars #4 (of 4)
Spider-Woman #7
Torch #6 (of 8)
Ultimate Comics Iron Man Armor Wars
Vengeance of the Moon Knight #6
Wolverine Origins #45
Women of Marvel Celebrating Seven Decades #1
X-23 #1
X-Factor Forever #1
X-Men Legacy #234

Viz Media
Dorohedoro Volume 1
Fushigi Yugi Volume 5
Hot Gimmick Volume 4
Inubaka Crazy for Dogs Volume 15
Ristorante Paradiso
Rurouni Kenshin Volume 9 GN (of 9)