Release This: Gears of War: Judgment launches worldwide

Gamasutra's regular round-up of worldwide video game releases, "Release This!", takes a look at every game title we know to be shipping to stores this week, in a custom compiled list. This week brings Gears of War: Judgment, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, and The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct to retailers stateside. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending March 23rd, 2013. Games Released in the United States: The newest entry in Epic Games' Gears of War series hits the Xbox 360 this week. Co-developed by Bulletstorm creators People Can Fly, Gears of War: Judgment includes the new OverRun and Free-for-All multiplayer modes, along with a prequel campaign for single-player and cooperative play. Other titles hitting store shelves this week are Capcom's multiplatform action-adventure title Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Terminal Reality's first-person shooter The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, and the Wii U-exclusive sandbox adventure game Lego City Undercover. Digital highlights include a Wii U version of Zen Studios' DLC-supported pinball compilation Zen Pinball 2, an Xbox Live Arcade port of Black Forest Games' successfully Kickstarted platformer Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, and a localization of Artdink's PSP mech-programming sim Carnage Heart EXA. Nintendo Wii U: - The Croods: Prehistoric Party! - Lego City Undercover - Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - Need for Speed: Most Wanted U - The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct - Zen Pinball 2 (eShop) Nintendo Wii: - The Croods: Prehistoric Party! Xbox 360: - Alien Spidy (Xbox Live Arcade) - Gears of War: Judgment - Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams (Xbox Live Arcade) - The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct PlayStation 3: - Dollar Dash (PlayStation Network) - Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory - The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct Nintendo 3DS: - The Croods: Prehistoric Party! - Jewel Master: Cradle of Egypt 2 3D - Lola's Math Train (eShop) - Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Nintendo DS: - The Croods: Prehistoric Party! PlayStation Vita: - Dead or Alive 5 Plus PlayStation Portable: - Carnage Heart EXA (PlayStation Network) PC: - Alien Spidy - Patterns - Resident Evil 6 - Retro/Grade - Trials Evolution: Gold Edition - The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct Games Released in Europe: Gears of War: Judgment and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate also ship in Europe this week alongside Compile Heart's PS3 RPG Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory and an upgraded PS Vita version of Tecmo Koei's Dead or Alive 5. Nintendo Wii U: - Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - Need for Speed: Most Wanted U Nintendo Wii: - The Croods: Prehistoric Party! Xbox 360: - Gears of War: Judgment PlayStation 3: - Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory Nintendo 3DS: - Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate PlayStation Vita: - Dead or Alive 5 Plus PC: - Resident Evil 6 - Trials Evolution: Gold Edition Games Released in Japan: Nintendo's Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon arrives in Japan a week in advance of its scheduled North American launch, accompanied on the 3DS by Konami's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Shukumei no Makagami and Pretty Rhythm: My*Deco Rainbow Wedding. Tecmo Koei will release a sequel to its manga-based brawler One Piece: Pirate Warriors for the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, meanwhile, as PS3 owners can also look forward to Prototype's visual novel Little Busters! Converted Edition, Nippon Ichi's strategy-RPG Disgaea D2, and Konami's baseball sim Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2013. Nintendo Wii U: - Need for Speed: Most Wanted Xbox 360: - Gears of War: Judgment PlayStation 3: - Disgaea D2 - Little Busters! Converted Edition - One Piece: Kaizoku Musou 2 - Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2013 Nintendo 3DS: - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Shukumei no Makagami - Luigi's Mansion 2 - Pretty Rhythm: My*Deco Rainbow Wedding PlayStation Vita: - Dead or Alive 5 Plus - Meruru no Atelier Plus: Arland no Renkinjutsushi 3 - One Piece: Kaizoku Musou 2 - Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2013 PlayStation Portable: - Natsuzora no Monologue Portable - Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2013 - Tiger & Bunny: Hero's Day - World Neverland: Kukuria Oukoku Monogatari