Out This Week: May 27, 2014

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Watch Dogs opens the week and Mario Kart 8 closes it out as the month of May goes out with two heavy hitters.

By Lucas M. Thomas

With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.

Watch Dogs

Release Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2014
From our Review: In its opening scene, Watch Dogs refers to hackers as modern-day magicians. That’s a good analogy for the bag of powerful but mostly scripted tricks we get to use as we run amok in this huge and impressively detailed map of Chicago. With the push of a button, you can trigger environmental traps that smash pursuing cars, empty a citizen’s bank account, or even remotely activate a grenade in an enemy’s pocket. Hacking’s not as dynamic as it appears at first, but the illusion gives us a bit more to do than there is most third-person action games, and it puts on a great show.

The Wolf Among Us: Episode 4 – In Sheep’s Clothing

Release Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 (PC, Mac, PlayStation platforms); Wednesday, May 28, 2014 (Xbox 360); Thursday, May 29, 2014 (iOS)
Starting today, the penultimate episode of Bigby’s adventure rolls out across Telltale’s various supported platforms. As always, if you haven’t yet completed the previous episode, you may want to hold off from watching this video:

The Sly Collection

Release Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2014
The critically-acclaimed Sly Cooper series makes its triumphant return with The Sly Collection. This triple-pack features three PlayStation 2 action-packed classic hits (Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racconus, Sly 2: Band of Thieves and Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves) fully remastered in high definition and delivered on a single game card,
The Sly Collection sees the mischievous raccoon and his gang of eccentric friends pull off daring heists in these entertaining platformer adventure. Packed full with mini-games and thrilling missions from across the globe, The Sly Collection masterfully blends stealth, thievery, combat, strategy and exploration into one huge game.
This collection was originally released on PS3 in 2010. Check out a trailer for that version right here:

Mind Zero

Release Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2014
From the Release Date Announcement: PlayStation Vita’s first-person dungeon RPG puts you control of Kei, a high school student whose life is thrown in disarray when he forms a contract with a “Mind,” a weapon/being with deadly powers. As he is pursued by the government and other forces, he must use his Mind powers to defeat enemies with similar powers.

Ace Combat Infinity

Release Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 (in Europe)
See it on PlayStation Network for PS3 (Free-to-Play)
The infinite blue of the open skies awaits not only veteran but also budding flying aces in the new free-to-play Ace Combat Infinity. Evolving the legendary series with a brand new story and innovative multiplayer, the game turns the sky into an endless blue battleground, bursting with aerial drama and destruction.
Whether a combat-ready pro or a battle-shy beginner, Ace Combat Infinity will let every player become a deadly flying ace, as they embark on a series of high velocity missions. In the solo story Campaign mode, players will be immersed in a brand new story and unleash aerial devastation with surgical precision. The new Online Co-op Mission multiplayer mode lets aces team up to see who can inflict the most damage on the enemy. Execute pre-flight checks — the endless blue awaits.

Mario Kart 8

Release Date: Friday, May 30, 2014
From our Review: Mario Kart 8 is a beautiful, fun kart racer that introduces sound new ideas to Nintendo’s 22-year old franchise. While it doesn’t reach Double Dash-levels of risk and experimentation, Mario Kart 8 builds on the series’ most essential aspects better than any of its predecessors. Twisting U-turns, a blistering sense of speed, skillful track designs, robust tournament and online features, and gorgeous graphics fall into lockstep all at once. The end result shouldn’t come as a surprise: Mario Kart 8 is the king of the mascot kart circuit, and it gave me hours of enjoyment.

Be sure to check back at the beginning of every week for a round-up of the week’s hottest game and movie releases.

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