New video game releases week 50, 2008

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 for PS2Here’s a list of this weeks U.S. game releases. The most popular games are Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 on PS2 and Prince of Persia on PC. On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s Wii Shop titles Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Bruiser and Scratch, Hockey Allstar Shootout, and Meteos Wars and PowerUp Forever on Xbox Live Arcade (updates Wednesday), as well as American McGee’s Grimm: The Pied Piper, Digby’s Donuts and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl on GameTap Gold (updates Thursday). No word yet on any PlayStation Network games (updates Thursday).

Monday:
Bruiser and Scratch – $10 (Wii Shop)
Hockey Allstar Shootout – $5 (Wii Shop)
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 – $5 (Wii Shop)

Prince of Persia for PCTuesday:
Build-A-Lot (DS)
Cate West: The Vanishing Files (DS)
Drivers Ed Portable (DS)
Dungeon Maker II: The Hidden War (PSP)
Left Brain Right Brain 2 (DS)
Neopets Puzzle Adventure (Wii)
Prince of Persia (PC)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (PS2)
Sonic Unleashed (PS3)
Story Hour: Fairy Tales (Wii)
Word Jong Party (Wii)

Wednesday:
Meteos Wars – $10 (Xbox Live Arcade)
PowerUp Forever – $10 (Xbox Live Arcade)

Thursday:
American McGee’s Grimm: The Pied Piper (GameTap Gold)
Digby’s Donuts (GameTap Gold)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (GameTap Gold)