New Releases for Week starting 7/15/2013

Releases this week are: The Serious Sam Collection for Xbox 360, Dynasty Warriors 8 for the PS3 and Xbox 360, Shin Megami Tensei IV for the 3DS, Time and Eternity for PS3, Turbo: Super Stunt Squad for Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, NDS, 3DS, and WiiU, 42 on DVD, Turbo in Theaters and R.I.P.D in theaters.

The Serious Sam Collection

The Serious Sam CollectionRelease Date: July 16th, 2013 | Maximum Games | ESRB: M for Mature | Xbox 360

Follow the legendary hero, Sam Serious’ Stone, in his quest to destroy the alien overlord, Mental, in The Serious Sam Collection – now with even more enemies and weapons. Prepare to unleash your inner beast and battle wave after wave of invading alien hordes! Featuring four of the best Serious Sam games ever made, The Serious Sam Collection has been updated with enhanced visuals, lush landscapes, improved textures and character models in high definition. With an arsenal of chainsaws, flamethrowers, rocket launchers, sniper rifles and more, this is some serious first-person shooting action!

 

Dynasty Warriors 8

Dynasty Warriors 8Release Date: July 16th, 2013 | Tecmo Koei | ESRB: T for Teen | PS3, Xbox 360

As with previous titles in the series, DYNASTY WARRIORS 8 follows the stories of the kingdoms of Wei, Wu, Shu and Jin through the actions of historical military and political figures of the time as they fight to gain control over the Three Kingdoms of China. However, this sequel takes the much loved IP one step further, merging numerous replay elements like multi-endings and extra modes with synergies between action and game systems, making a game that people won’t want to put down.

 

Shin Megami Tensei IV

Shin Megami Tensei IVRelease Date: July 16th, 2013 | Atlus | ESRB: M for Mature | 3DS

In 1492, the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado is protected by high walls, with the castle and its king at the center. A young warrior, 18 years old, has just been chosen to become a Samurai, one who, with the aid of a special tool called a Gauntlet, will serve as a secret protector of the city. It is the duty of the Samurai to exterminate a demon threat of which its citizens are unaware. However, the situation is not as simple as human versus demon. There are factions within the human group that must be discovered and understood in order for alliances to be formed, paths set, and the destiny of the world decided.

Time and Eternity

Time and EternityRelease Date: July 16th, 2013 | NIS America | ESRB: T for Teen | PS3

Kamza, a vibrant kingdom located on a lush ocean island, is in the midst of a national event celebrating the upcoming marriage of their princess to a valiant knight. But when a group of assassins appears during the ceremony, this dream come true transforms into their worst nightmare. As the knight lays mortally wounded, the princess reveals her long-hidden secret – there is a second soul living within her, and together they control the power to travel through time. But can they act quickly enough to reverse the course of history and find out what happened that fateful day? Only time will tell.

 

Turbo: Super Stunt Squad

Turbo Super Stunt SquadRelease Date: July 16th, 2013 | D3 Pub. | ESRB: E for Everyone | Wii, WiiU, PS3, Xbox 360, NDS, 3DS

Turbo: Super Stunt Squad is a high-velocity action game featuring the super-charged crew of characters from the upcoming fi lm. Each playable character has their own signature street style and tricked-out skills which will come in handy when showing-off and earning respect with jumps, drifts, grinds, flips and other super-cool stunt moves. Expert skills will also prove useful to earn power-ups, customize your character, win competitive challenges and discover shortcuts in the dynamic larger-than-life environments of Turbo’s world.

42 (DVD)

42Release Date: July 16th, 2013 | Warner Brothers | PG-13 | Runtime: 2hr 8min

Brian Helgeland’s historical sports drama/biopic 42 relates the historic 1947 baseball season in which Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) decides to sign the first black Major League player, Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman). Although Robinson faces ugly, vicious racism from other clubs, fans, and on occasion his own teammates, Rickey encourages him to not fight back. By following that advice, Robinson allows his remarkable athletic talent to speak for itself, and soon the first-year player becomes one the most popular players on the team, eventually securing the Rookie of the Year award.

 

Turbo

TurboRelease Date: July 18th, 2013 | Dreamworks | PG | Runtime: 1hr 36min

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro teams up with Legendary Pictures to bring audiences a unique take on the monster film with this sci-fi production. Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) stars as a washed-out controller and pilot of a series of robots called Jaegers, which are put into production after Earth is invaded by a species of giant monsters, the Kaijus. The Brothers Bloom’s Rinko Kikuchi co-stars as a trainee whom Hunnam is psychically paired with in order to pilot the last beacon of hope — a decommissioned Jaeger assigned to stop the Kaijus once and for all. Thor’s Idris Elba leads the rest of the starring cast, which includes Charlie Day, Rob Kazinsky and Ron Perlman

 

R.I.P.D

RIPDRelease Date: July 19th, 2013 | Universal Pictures | PG-13 | Runtime: 1hr 38min

A hotshot detective who was killed in the line of duty joins a supernatural police force that protects the living from the malevolent souls who have escaped judgment in this adaptation of the popular Dark Horse comic book. Nick Walker was a cop with a reputation for getting a results when he was brutally gunned down during a violent raid. The next thing Nick knew, he was sitting in the headquarters of the Rest in Peace Department — a supernatural police force tasked with arresting lost souls who are hiding out on Earth. His new partner Roy Pulsifer is a veteran sheriff with a knack for spotting a fugitive soul in disguise. Now Roy and Nick are about to face a menace that threatens to upset the ethereal balance between the physical world and the supernatural realm, and should they fail in maintaining that balance Earth will be flooded with a wave of very angry — and very powerful — lost souls.

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