The video game release list of 5/16-5/22

AAA games flee before The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and L.A. Noire, fearful to release in the same week as these two much-anticipated games. Smaller, cheaper, downloadable titles and downloadable content are unphased by this, though. On that front, we're getting Sega Rally Online Arcade, the Honest Hearts DLC for Fallout: New Vegas, and Terraria, which I shall lazily describe as "kind of a bit like an action-oriented 2D Minecraft."

If you're somehow not interested in any of those, there's a a colouring-in game on DSiWare and some Wii titles that'll teach you how to read.

Don't get your hopes up over anything downloadable on PlayStation 3. The PlayStation Network is still down following the hack, Sony isn't sure when it'll be be back up, and it's unclear what will happen to new releases when it does return, considering the ever-growing backlog.

Here's the list of next week's releases:

The Witcher 2 and Terraria

PC

• Detour (digital download)

• Fable III

• Final Fantasy XI Ultimate Collection Abyssea Edition (digital download - $19.99)

• Terraria

• The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

• Two Worlds II Castle Defense (digital download)

• Crysis 2 - Retaliation Pack (downloadable content)

• Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts (downloadable content)

Sega Rally Online Arcade and L.A. Noire

Xbox 360

• L.A. Noire

• Sega Rally Online Arcade (XBLA download - $10)

• Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts (downloadable content)

• Shift 2 Unleashed - Speed Hunters (downloadable content - $10)

PlayStation 3

• Gatling Gears (PSN download)*

• L.A. Noire

• Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts (downloadable content)*

• Shift 2 Unleashed - Speed Hunters (downloadable content - $10)*

Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts and Chrono Trigger

Wii

• Chrono Trigger (Wii Virtual Console - $8)

• ExerBeat

• Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove: Monster Mix (WiiWare download - $5)

• Reader Rabbit: 1st Grade

• Reader Rabbit: 2nd Grade

• Reader Rabbit: Kindergarten

• Reader Rabbit: Preschool

Nintendo 3DS

• Spongebob Squigglepants 3D

Nintendo DS

• Big Bass Arcade (DSiWare download - $5)

• Cake Mania Main Street

• Hellokids - Vol. 1: Coloring and Painting (DSiWare download - $2)

• Murder in Venice

• Word Searcher 3 (DSiWare download - $5)

*At the time of publishing, the PlayStation Network is still offline.