The Halfbrick-developed produce-slicing game saw a stand-alone Xbox Live Arcade launch August 10 and sells for $10 separately. The Gunstringer will sell for $40 in stores and will be bundled with a voucher code to download Halfbrick's slice-'em-up Fruit Ninja Kinect. The Western-themed marionette-based shooter is both the first Kinect game from the studio, as well as its first retail offering. The launch of Twisted Pixel's Gunstringer marks a pair of firsts for the developer.

It has also revamped the Be a Pro career mode and added a handful of legends to the game, including Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Gordie Howe. The publisher aims to increase realism in the game, adding in such features as goalies that can be interfered with more realistically, as well as net battles. Putting the focus back on the ice, EA Sports has updated this year's version of the series with a new 'Full Contact' physics engine. While NHL preseason games don't start until September 19, this week's release of EA Sports' annual puck sim will signal a welcome end to a tragedy-filled offseason. Both games will be remastered in high definition with support for 3D displays, as well as PlayStation Network trophies.

The God of War: Origins Collection brings together the two PSP installments in Sony's popular god-slaughtering action series: 2008's God of War: Chains of Olympus and 2010's God of War: Ghost of Sparta. God of War Origins will let gamers find out what makes Kratos tick. The second week lets up ever so slightly, with a new PlayStation 3 compilation of Kratos' portable conquests leading a slate featuring EA Sports' annual hockey sim, Twisted Pixel's first Kinect game, and a free downloadable add-on to last year's smash hit Red Dead Redemption. With Resistance 3, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, Driver: San Francisco, Dead Island, and Star Fox 3DS, the first full week of September was chock-full of high-profile new releases.

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