The wait is over for BioShock 2. The viral marketing is over for Dante’s Inferno. 2010 gets its first big head-to-head multiplatform release date. Which one (if any) are you picking up? More »
It’s still January, which means it’s still slim pickings when it comes to new releases. So unless you’re a fan of skateboarding or furries, I’d recommend forgoing any purchases this Thursday and instead think of all those games you bought last year that you’ve barely even played. I’m looking at you, Fable 2…
Look! New thing! Every Monday from now on I’ll be running down the new retail releases for the week. Which, as any gamer should know, essentially means whatever is coming out on Thursday. Three days should be enough time to find the cash, I reckon. Let’s find out what’s out this week!
Looking ahead to this week’s drops — PS3-only Resistance 2 makes you proud to be an American on Election Day. Gears of War 2 is the gigantic 360 exclusive, on Friday. James Bond: Quantum of Solace and Tom Clancy’s Endwar are the big multiplayer platform releases. This week’s breakdown: Eight titles for the PC, PS3 and Wii, 10 for the 360, 12 for the PS2, one for the PSP and shovel-load 23 for the DS. The full list is on the jump. Tell us what you’re picking, panning, renting, playing, buying-and-not-playing in the comments.
Ten years of waiting come to an end Tuesday for fans of Fallout. The third installment of life in post-nuke America finally arrives on the big boy platforms. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 also stops flapping its yap and comes to PC. Those with the Wii can play FIFA and PS3 gamers can grab SingStar’s second volume and karaoke-along. After that, it’s the usual parade of licensed stuff and single-platform who-dat? releases. Of note, Penny Arcade’s next episode is available for download on Wednesday, and Strong Bad’s latest installment arrives Monday for Wii and Friday for PC. As always, the entire list is on the jump, where you may brag to everyone what you’re playing/renting/disdaining for the coming week.
Dead Space and Saints Row 2 are this week’s highly anticipated AAA-drops, coming out on Tuesday. Age of Booty for XBLA (Wednesday) and Thursday (PSN) is the DLC highlight. Sports fans get Blitz: The League II on Monday and FIFA Soccer 09 on five platforms on Tuesday. I’ve gotta be a little more strategic about my rentals, so I might take a peek at Saints Row 2; Dead Space I may not buy this week just for the backlog, but it’ll definitely be on my screen sometime soon. What about yours? Full list on the jump.
Looks like nearly every shovelware PC title for Q4 drops on Tuesday. Sorry to paint with broad strokes but that is a kitchen-sink list of titles, and I’ve heard of about four of them. Other highlights for Super Tuesday include Age of Booty, on 360, PS3 and PC and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood on DS. Xbox 360 gamers, the wait for Mega Man 9 is over as of Wednesday. But holy Toledo, that’s a long list, so I am sticking it on the jump. Let me know of the gems in that lineup that I’ve missed, cause it’s hard to stand out.
Big week for new releases to take advantage of the Labour Day weekend shopping. Tuesday, Tiger Woods gets his Jesus on and Disgaea 3 comes out. Thursday, the highly anticipated Castle Crashers finally arrives on XBLA. And Friday, we have not only The Sims 2: Apartment Life, but also Prison Tycoon 4: Supermax. If you rent in San Mateo, don’t buy both, one will cover your entire range of experience.
Really, though, Prison Tycoon? Prison Tycoon FOUR?! How did I never hear of this? And Supermax? Supermax is administrative maximum, isn’t everyone like in solitary there? (Fun fact: My landlords in Boulder did time in Florence, Colo. — scroll down to “A Trial With Teeth” — across the street at Supermax’s little brother.) How is Prison Tycoon 4 any different from those sociopathic Sims videos where they box a guy in a tiny room and watch him go bonkers over the course of nine hours.
Anyhow, here’s the roster, let us know what you’re gettin’ and how many hours of pay that computes to and don’t forget to unload your Prison Tycoon 4 shower jokes.
Alone in the Dark takes you to Central Park this week. Also Guitar Hero comes to the DS and Aerosmith to Guitar Hero. Then you have major drops like Battlefield: Bad Company for the PS3 and 360, plus Supreme Commander for and Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath for the 360. And a Hellboy movie adaptation. If tennis is your game, 2K’s Top Spin 3 is out.
Yes, gamer, you will consuuuuuuuume. Or at least rent. Tell us in the comments if you’ve been waiting on any of these.
Mario Kart Wii, the other half of our nonstop new release blitz for the past month, releases today, too. So all is not GTA IV. If any of you backsliding heathens skipped church to snag your copy, assuming ya don’t have blue laws forbidding the sale of video games ‘afore 1 pee em in your county, let us know what you think in the comments.
