There are three big releases this week, two of them portable. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars comes to the DS while the PSP gets the spin-off Resistance: Retribution. Meanwhile the Wii is graced with the ultra-violent MadWorld, turning the Wii into more of an adult affair.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS) 20/3

Grand Theft Auto somewhat returns to its roots and presents a fully rotatable aerial view of Liberty City. The graphics are top notch for a DS game, and they’ve managed to squeeze as much of GTA IV’s Liberty City onto the DS as possible (with the exception of Alderney). The drugs mini-game may cause controversy, but when does a GTA game not cause controversy?

MadWorld (Wii) 20/3

Over the top violence blended up with Sin City style black & white visuals is half of what makes MadWorld so appealing. The other half is that it’s one of only a few truly adult games available for the Wii, so if you’re sick of the usual kids and family games that this should be on any adult Wii owner’s wish list.

Resistance: Retribution (PSP) 20/3

Sony’s flagship PS3 shooter franchise makes its way to the PSP. The game ditches the first-person view in favour of third-person and picks up the story where Resistance: Fall of Man left off. It also features 8-player online multiplayer, which will hopefully make the PSP’s online multiplayer features actually useful.

Legends of Wrestlemania (PS3, Xbox 360) 20/3

Hulk Hogan may well be starring in his own awful reality show these days, but he’s still a legendary wrestler from back when it actually used to be somewhat enjoyable. The game will give players the ability to rewrite history and have their favourite old time wrestlers win matches they actually lost in reality. At least you actually have a chance to change the outcome in wrestling video games, where as we all know the outcome is already decided in reality.

Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (DS) 20/3

I only featured this game because of its awesome name, but on looking again it might actually be an enjoyable experience. Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (awesome) combines typical platforming action with puzzling solving. Solving puzzles on the lower screen will make Henry destroy an enemy on the top screen, after which they promptly fall down to the lower screen. Well, I think that’s what happens anyway.

Other releases:

• Tom Clancy’s Hawx (PC) 20/3
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Uprising (PC) 16/3
• The Last Remnant (PC) 20/3
• Crysis: Maximum Edition (PC) 20/3
• Broken Sword: Shadows of the Templars (Director’s Cut) (Wii) 20/3
• Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume (DS) 16/3
• Military History: Commander: Europe at War (DS, PC, PSP) 20/3
• Disgaea DS (DS) 20/3
• Football Academy (DS) 20/3
• Castlevania Judgement (Wii) 20/3
• Ready Steady Cook (Wii) 20/3
• Petz: My Baby Panda (DS) 20/3
• Scrabble (DS) 20/3
• Ready 2 Rumble Revolution (Wii) 20/3
• Singstar: Queen (PS2, PS3) 20/3
• Go, Diego, Go!: Great Dinosaur Rescue (DS, PS2, Wii) 20/3
• The Wonder Pets! Save the Animals! (DS) 20/3
• Elements of Destruction (DS) 20/3
• Metal Gear Solid Touch (iPhone) 19/3

Picking anything up? Let me know in the comments!