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Red Dead, Alan Wake, More--Weekly Roundup 5/17

Well, what do you know? Finally, a great week for new releases. Over the next few days some big names like Alan Wake and Red Dead Redemption will be landing on shelves, alongside some other games like Split/Second, Trauma Team, and the latest Prince of Persia installment. That's good and all, but the biggest media release this week has to be the last regular episode of Lost on Tuesday, followed by the series finale on Sunday. So sad. At least we'll still have Fringe.

Games
Retail
Alan Wake (Xbox 360)
Attack of the Movies 3D (Wii, Xbox 360)
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, DS, PSP)
Red Dead Redemption (PS3, Xbox 360)
Split/Second (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Trauma Team (Wii)

Downloadable
Nintendo
Virtual Console
Kirby Super Star (800 Wii Points)
WiiWare
Bit.Trip Runner (800 Wii Points)
Blood Beach (1,000 Wii Points)
DSiWare
A Topsy Turvy Life: Turvy Drops (200 DSi Points)
Flips: More Bloody Horowitz (200 DSi Points)
Frogger Returns (500 DSi Points)
Looksley’s Line Up (500 DSi Points)

Multiplatform
Rock Band/2, Lego Rock Band
Grateful Dead Pack 03—Includes the tracks “Beat it on Down the Line,” “Cumberland Blues,” “Scarlet Begonias,” “Throwing Stones,” “Touch of Grey,” and U.S. Blues. Tracks are available individually for $1.99/160 Microsoft Points/200 Wii Points or as a six-song bundle for $9.99/800 Microsoft Points.

The Smithereens Singles—The songs “A Girl Like You,” and “Only a Memory” will be available for $1.99/160 Microsoft Points/200 Wii Points.

Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero
Aerosmith Pack—Includes the tracks “Livin’ on the Edge,” “Love in an Elevator,” and “Rag Doll.” Tracks are available individually for $1.99/160 Microsoft Points/200 Wii Points or as a three-song bundle for $5.49/440 Microsoft Points/550 Wii Points.

Dragon Age: Origins
The Darkspawn Chronicles DLC. Available for $4.99/400 Microsoft Points/400 BioWare Points.

Movies
Theaters
MacGruber
Shrek Forever After

DVD/Blu-ray
Extraordinary Measures (DVD/Blu-ray)
Invictus (DVD/Blu-ray)
The Messenger (DVD/Blu-ray)
The New Daughter (DVD/Blu-ray)
The Spy Next Door (DVD/Blu-ray)
Valentine’s Day (DVD/Blu-ray)

Comics
Archie Comics
Archie Americana Series Volume 10 Best of 70s Book 2
Archie Digest #264
Jughead #201
Sonic Universe #16

Dark Horse Comics
Alien Legion Omnibus Volume 2
Art of Blade of the Immortal
Aliens Vs Predators Three World War #4 (of 6)
Avatar the Last Airbender the Art of the Animated Series
Creepy Comics #3
Devil #4 (of 4)
Emily the Strange the 13th Hour #3
Gantz Volume 10
Hellsing Volume 10 (of 10)
Oh My Goddess Volume 35
Vampire Hunter D Volume 14 Dark Road Parts 1 And 2

DC Comics
Air #21
American Vampire #3
Atomic Knights
Azrael #8
Batman the Streets of Gotham #12
Batman the Streets of Gotham Volume 1 Hush Money
Batman the Brave and the Bold #17
Brightest Day #2
Codename Knockout Volume 1 the Devil You Say
DC Universe Legacies #1 (Of 10)
DV8 Gods and Monsters #2 (of 8)
Ex Machina #49
Ex Machina Deluxe Edition Book 3
Executor
Free Realms Book 1
Hellblazer #267
Joe the Barbarian #5 (of 8)
Justice League of America #45
Justice Society of America Bad Seed
Legion of Super-Heroes #1
Legion of Super-Heroes Enemy Manifest
Scalped #1
Scalped Volume 6 the Gnawing
Spirit #2
Supergirl Friends and Fugitives
Superman Batman #72
Superman War of the Supermen #3 (Of 4)
Supernatural Beginnings End #5 (of 6)
Tiny Titans #28
World of Warcraft Ashbringer
Zatanna #1

Image Comics
Astounding Wolf-Man #23
Choker #2 (of 6)
Dead At 17 the Witch Queen #3 (Of 4)
Fade To Black #3 (of 5)
God Complex #6
Haunt #7
Jersey Gods #12
Shadowhawk Chronicles Volume 1
Spawn Origins Volume 5
Turf #1
Walking Dead #72

Marvel Comics
Age of Heroes #1 (Of 4)
Amazing Spider-Man Presents American Son #1 (Of 4)
Anita Blake Circus of the Damned Book 1 #1 (Of 5)
Atlas #1 (Heroic Age Tie-In)
Avengers #1 (Heroic Age Tie-In)
Avengers Assemble #1 (Heroic Age Tie-In)
Dark Tower the Gunslinger the Journey Begins #1 (Of 5)
Deadpool #23 (Heroic Age Tie-In)
Deadpool #23 (Heroic Age Tie-In)
Deathlok #7 (of 7)
Destroyer
Enter the Heroic Age #1
Galacta Daughter of Galactus #1
Girl Comics #2 (of 3)
Heroic Age Magazine #1
Hulk fall of The Hulks
Invincible Iron Man #26 (Heroic Age Tie-In)
Marvel 1602 #1
Marvel Her-Oes #2
Marvelous Land of Oz #6 (of 8)
Origins of Marvel Comics #1 (Heroic Age Tie-In)
Rescue #1
Spider-Man the Gauntlet Volume 3 Vulture & Morbius
Trojan War
Ultimate Comics Avengers 2 #2 (of 6)
X-Factor #204
X-Factor #205 (X-Men Second Coming Tie-In)
X-Factor the Invisible Woman Has Vanished
X-Men Forever #24, $3.99
X-Men Legacy #235 (X-Men Second Coming Tie-In)
X-Men Legacy #236 (X-Men Second Coming Tie-In)
X-Men Nation X
X-Men Origins
X-Men Pixie Strikes Back #4 (of 4)

Viz Media
I’ll Give It My All Tomorrow Volume 1
Loups-Garous Novel
Next Continent Novel
Saturn Apartments Volume 1

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Comments
  • getting Alan Wake, tomorrow!

  • MacGruber hits theaters too.  That's exciting!

  • Mod

    24 hours from now I will be playing Red Dead Redemption!  The wait has been almost unbearable!  I must have read Matt Bertz's review a half dozen times over the weekend.  Any chance of GI uploading some gameplay videos of Red Dead today?

  • I am really looking forward to Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. I hope it gets a good review, because that means I will probably get it. That brings up a question, why hasn't Gameinformer reviewed PoP TFS yet? They have reviewed Alan Wake and Red Dead, but not this game. I'll be waiting.

  • WHERE THE FREAK IS THE RED DEAD REVIEW!!!!

    because i need it.

  • I WANT TO INJECT RED DEAD REDEMPTION INTO MY BLOODSTREAM

  • Mod

    @ God of Irony

    It should get posted at some point today.  I was lucky enough to get my June issue in the mail on Friday.  Usually I have to wait until the last week of the month.

  • im getting Red Dead Redemption for PS3 i have a posse of 3 guys so far (including me) we all have mics comment on my page if you want to join the posse.

  • The Biggest question is which game to play at Midnight tonight?  I am leaning towards Alan Wake because it will be dark out.

  • Ill be getting red dead and renting split second i loved the demo.

  • Red Dead Redemption tonight at Midnight! Finally!!  And Prince of Persia! This is gonna be a good week!

  • I finally get to see if Red Dead has been worth the long wait, and from what I've heard it is. Ready to start up a Posse and see what Rockstar has in store for us.

  • In comics, the heroic age is in full bloom! Marvel era begins..

    Walking Dead #72 and the other image books are amazing!

  • cant wait to get red dead but i get the funny feeling ill be the only girl playing it

  • Kirby Super Star is a must have for me. Must download!!!

  • I wish I had more money.  =(

    I'll probably wind up with Red Dead, but it's gonna be awfully hard to pass on the new Prince of Persia (I am sooooo glad they returned to what made the franchise popular in the first place).  Also, based on it's review, Alan Wake sounds pretty much awesome.

    I should start fund raising.

  • Red Dead Redemption FTW!

  • hey people, we have an awesome week in store, hold on to your seats, it's about to go off!

  • Red dead redemption got a 9.75 which is kind of agitating. Mass effect 2, Mario galaxy 1 and now red dead could all have easily gotten 10. But I digress.

    I have red dead redemption paid off as well as alan wake so I'll be sun deprived for atleast a couple of weeks.

  • Don't forget about the new LCD Soundsystem tomorrow!

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