GameCrave: Black and White, Blood and Zombies

It’s another interesting week for new video games, particularly if you dig a lot of gore. Today sees the release of Madworld, a monochrome comic book-style romp with lots of ways to kill people. Friday (the 13th, Bwa ha!) is Resident Evil 5’s day to shine. Some Gamestops are holding midnight launches, so check your local shop if you’re writhing — like a zombie, natch — in anticipation. Earlier, we predicted that both these games will be disappointments, so let us know whether we were on point or off-base.

We already covered some of the big news from last week — notably, the announcement of The Beatles: Rock Band, coming in September — but also, there’s a new Pac-Man game on the way. Championship Edition was a thrilling revival of the old-school, so it’ll be interesting to see where the yellow dot-muncher goes next. Pac-Man’s platforming adventures never quite matched up to the competition, but maybe Namco-Bandai will try harder this time to honor the gaming icon’s 30th anniversary next year. That, or it’ll be a shameless money grab.