Heaps of games and gaming-related things happening this week, so we'll get right into it.

Nintendo will be launching their recently announced Black Wii at retail from Thursday, March 11, but prior to this Final Fantasy XIII will finally make its way into punter hands for both PS3 and Xbox 360 from Tuesday, March 9. Tony Hawk's RIDE rolls out on Wednesday March 10 as well as the R.U.S.E. public beta (available from Steam), while Thursday, alongside Ninty's new console colour will see Rugby League 3 for Wii, Yakuza 3 for PS3, Battlefield Bad Company 2 for PS3, Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition for PS3 and Xbox 360, Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising (along with an exclusive EB version called "Corruption Edition") for PC lands while March 13 sees Order of War available on Steam.

That's it from our end, as usual though, if there's anything we've missed here. please drop a line in the Comments section to let us (and others) know.