Now Playing: August 17-23, 2009

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Updated Mon, Aug 17, 2009, 1:30 PM·2 min read

Please excuse us for missing last week's feature. We're pretty sure no games were foolish enough to release the same week as Madden. Right?

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Last updated: Monday, 11:35 AM

Retail
Army Rescue	[USA]	$29.99	TUE
Domino Rally	[USA]	$29.99	TUE
Paws and Claws Pet Vet	[USA]	$19.99	TUE
Spectrobes: Origins	[USA]	$49.99	TUE
Sudoku Ball - Detective	[USA]	$29.99	TUE
Family Slot Car Racing	[USA]	$5.00	MON
PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit	[USA]	$8.00	MON
The Revenge of Shinobi (Genesis)	[USA]	$8.00	MON
Rock Band Weekly [more info]	[USA/PAL]	varies	TUE

Retail
Ant Nation	[USA]	$29.99	TUE
My Dress-Up	[USA]	$29.99	TUE
My Friends	[USA]	$29.99	TUE
My Make-Up	[USA]	$29.99	TUE
Paws & Claws Pet Vet Australian Adventure	[USA]	$29.99	TUE
Shorts	[USA]	$19.99	TUE
Sudoku Ball: Detective	[USA]	$19.99	TUE
Brain Age Express: Sudoku	[USA]	$5.00	MON
Guitar Rock Tour	[USA]	$5.00	MON

PS3 &
PS2 (when specified)

Retail
Wolfenstein	[USA]	$59.99	TUE
Smash Cars	[USA]	$14.99	THU
Mini Ninjas	[ALL]	FREE	THU
Marvel Vs Capcom 2 Soundtrack	[USA]	FREE	THU
Rock Band Weekly [more info]	[USA/PAL]	varies	THU

Retail
No new releases
TBA
TBA
Rock Band Weekly [more info]	[USA/PAL]	$1.99 ea.	THU

Retail
Raven Squad	[USA]	$49.99	TUE
Wolfenstein	[USA]	$59.99	TUE
Shadow Complex	[ALL]	$15.00	WED
Lost Planet 2 [Gold only]	[ALL]	FREE	WED	NEW!
Mini Ninjas [Gold only]	[ALL]	FREE	WED
Rock Band Weekly [more info]	[USA/PAL]	varies	TUE

PC / Mac

Retail
Osmos (PC)	[USA]	$9.99	TUE
Raven Squad (PC)	[USA]	$39.99	TUE
Wolfenstein (PC)	[USA]	$49.99	TUE
Mini Ninjas	[USA]	free	WED

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