There are no substantial threats to your wallet this week. It's possible the new Prince of Persia with its cell-shaded look (not pictured; that's something else), new combat system, and hot chick sidekick is just the reboot the series needs. But with a new Tomb Raider having coming out last week, the "pulling levers, dangling from ledges, and fighting/shooting bad guys" genre is a bit glutted, sort of like when you release two asteroid movies at the same time.

The PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV is out this week. If it's possible for Liberty City to look any better, this is where it will happen. The PC version has a video playback feature that will let folks re-admire those "Whoa, did you see that?" moments, and then save them for posterity. The more enterprising among us can even make machinima shorts like the samples Rockstar provided, viewable here and here. But unless you're one of those PC-only holdouts, I can think of a far better way to play though Grand Theft Auto IV again. It's called Saints Row 2.

After numerous delays, THQ is finally releasing their latest Destroy All Humans game, but only for the Xbox 360. Note that THQ recently shuttered the development studio that actually made the game. Speaking of recently shuttered, the last game from the now defunct Brash Entertainment is supposed to be out this week, but I'll believe it when I see it. Tale of Despereaux is the tie-in to the new mouse movie, due out two weeks before the movie itself opens. I suspect you'd have a far more interesting time reading Variety's detailed account of the collapse of Brash Entertainment. It's pretty awesome stuff in a very schadenfreude way. I say that as someone who had to play the Jumper game.

The only really interesting releases this week is a new adventure game called A Vampyre Story from one of the creators of classic Lucasarts adventure games The Dig and Curse of Monkey Island. I really like the look, especially of the main character (pictured). And any game that can use the phrases "crazy hearse fun ride" and "fin de siècle" in the same trailer gets a thumbs-up from me (check out the trailer here).