Release This: Gravity Rush, Lollipop Chainsaw hit retail

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 Gravity Rush and Lollipop Chainsaw to North America and Europe, while Japan gets Persona 4: The Golden and Akiba's Trip Plus. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending June 16th, 2012. Games Released in the United States: Grasshopper Manufacture (No More Heroes, Shadows of the Damned) headlines this week's domestic lineup with Lollipop Chainsaw, a third-person action game in which a chainsaw-wielding cheerleader and her decapitated (but still living) boyfriend take on "the zombie rock and roll lords." Also hitting store shelves this week are Codemasters' offroad racer DiRT Showdown, the anticipated PlayStation Vita action-RPG Gravity Rush, and a Wii port for Nintendo's GameCube real-time strategy title Pikmin 2. Downloadable offerings include an upgraded Xbox Live Arcade version of Bulkypix's iOS god sim Babel Rising and a 3DSWare release for American Laser Games' full-motion video shooter Mad Dog McCree. Nintendo Wii: - Pikmin 2 Xbox 360: - Babel Rising (Xbox Live Arcade) - DiRT Showdown - Lollipop Chainsaw PlayStation 3: - DiRT Showdown - Lollipop Chainsaw Nintendo 3DS: - Mad Dog McCree (3DSWare) Nintendo DS: - Devil Band: Rock the Underworld (DSiWare) - iCarly: Groovy Foodie! PlayStation Vita: - Gravity Rush - Metal Gear Solid HD Collection - PulzAR (PlayStation Network) PlayStation Portable: - Gungnir PC: - Aika Online - Epic III: Descent (online) - Krater (online) - Magicka: The Other Side of the Coin (online) - Runes of Magic Chapter V: Fires of Shadowforge (online) - Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion (online) - Splice (online) Games Released in Europe: Geist developer n-Space launches its action-RPG Heroes of Ruin for the Nintendo 3DS in Europe this week, boasting a variety of content-expanding features that make use of the platform's StreetPass and SpotPass functionality. Heroes of Ruin will premiere in North America next month. Xbox 360: - Lollipop Chainsaw PlayStation 3: - Lollipop Chainsaw Nintendo 3DS: - Azada - Heroes of Ruin Nintendo DS: - Girls Only PlayStation Vita: - Gravity Rush PlayStation Portable: - Blazing Souls: Accelate PC: - Remington Super Slam Hunting Africa - Remington Super Slam Hunting Alaska - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Games Released in Japan: An upgraded PlayStation Vita port of Atlus' acclaimed PlayStation 2 RPG Persona 4 arrives in Japan this week alongside a new Vita-exclusive entry in Sega's long-running Super Monkey Ball series. Other titles hitting store shelves in Japan this week include Yeti's Xbox 360 visual novel Root Double: Before Crime * After Days, Sony's PlayStation Move-enhanced action game Lord of Sorcery, and Acquire's pop group-based PSP adventure title Akiba's Trip Plus. Xbox 360: - Lollipop Chainsaw - Root Double: Before Crime * After Days PlayStation 3: - Lollipop Chainsaw - Lord of Sorcery Nintendo 3DS: - Gon: Bakubakubaku Adventure - Heavy Fire: The Chosen Few Nintendo DS: - Maru Goukaku: Shikaku Dasshu! Special Takken Shiken DS PlayStation Vita: - Persona 4: The Golden - Super Monkey Ball Tokumori Asobi~Ta! PlayStation Portable: - Akiba's Trip Plus - Bakudan * Handan - World Neverland ~Nalulu Oukoku Monogatari~