Releases this week are: Watch Dogs for PS3, PS4, Wii U, X360 and XBox One, Mario Kart 8 for Wii U, and Maleficent in theaters.

 

 

 

Watch Dogs

Release Date: May 27, 2014 | Ubisoft | ESRB: M for Mature | PS3, PS4, Wii U, X360, Xbox One

Set in Chicago, where a central network of computers connects everyone and everything, Watch_Dogs explores the impact of technology within our society. Using the city as your weapon, you will embark on a personal mission to inflict your own brand of justice. Chicago’s overarching network is known as the Central Operating System (ctOS), and it controls almost all of the city’s technology and information – including key data on all of the city’s residents.

You play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug, whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. While seeking justice for those events, you’ll monitor and hack those around you by manipulating the ctOS from the palm of your hand. You’ll access omnipresent security cameras, download personal information to locate a target, control traffic lights and public transportation to stop the enemy… and more.

 

 

 

 

Mario Kart 8

Release Date: May 30, 2014 | Nintendo | ESRB: E for Everyone | Wii U

Mario Kart is back! And for the first time, it’s on the Wii U in HD. The stakes have never been higher, and the tracks are crazier than ever. So crazy, in fact, that you’ll be driving upside down. Antigravity karts will have you zooming through new race courses in ways you’ve never experienced before. Maneuver across walls, ceilings, and other tricky obstacles with your favorite kart, bike, or ATV. Popular features returning to the franchise are hang gliders and underwater racing.

Play competitively online with up to 12 other players. Whether you’re playing as Mario, Luigi, or Donkey Kong, the new Mario Kart is bound to get you speeding with excitement!

 

 

 

 

Maleficent

Release Date: May 30, 2014 | Walt Disney Pictures | Rating: PG | Theaters

From Disney comes “Maleficent”—the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty.” A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal—an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone.

Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom—and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.