Gamasutra's regular round-up of worldwide video game releases, "Release This!", takes a look at every game title we know to be shipping to stores this week, in a custom compiled list.
This week brings
Aliens: Colonial Marines to North America and Europe, while Japan gets
Ginga Force and
Lollipop Chainsaw: Valentine Edition.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending February 16th, 2013.
Games Released in the United States:
Gearbox Software's sci-fi first-person shooter
Aliens: Colonial Marines debuts for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC this week, boasting an in-depth character customization system, a cooperative campaign for up to four players, and a variety of online competitive multiplayer modes. A Wii U version is slated for release next month.
Other titles arriving this week include Nintendo's 3DS brain training title
Brain Age: Concentration Training, Kalypso's turn-based simulation game
Omerta: City of Gangsters, and a PS Vita port of Ratloop's
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken.
Xbox 360:
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- Omerta: City of Gangsters
PlayStation 3:
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
Nintendo 3DS:
- Brain Age: Concentration Training
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
PlayStation Vita:
- Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (PlayStation Network)
PC:
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- Impire
- The Plan
Games Released in Europe:
Enigma's historical turn-based strategy title
History: Legends of War (released stateside last year as
History Legends of War: Patton) joins
Aliens: Colonial Marines on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this week in Europe.
Xbox 360:
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- History: Legends of War
PlayStation 3:
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- History: Legends of War
PC:
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
Games Released in Japan:
An expanded version of Grasshopper Manufacture's
Lollipop Chainsaw ships for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Japan this week, while 360 owners can also look forward to
Ginga Force, an arcade-style shoot-'em-up from the creators of the acclaimed
Eschatos.
Portable highlights include Namco Bandai's 3DS RPG
Magi: Hajimari no Meikyuu, Tecmo Koei's PSP visual novel
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Hachiyoushou, and a localization of WayForward's PS Vita dungeon crawler
Silent Hill: Book of Memories.
Xbox 360:
- Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII
- Ginga Force
- Lollipop Chainsaw: Valentine Edition
PlayStation 3:
- Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII
- Lollipop Chainsaw: Valentine Edition
Nintendo 3DS:
- Maru Gou! 3D Nanami to Issho ni Gakubo! English Joutatsu no Kotsu Riron-Hen
- Maru Gou! Nanami to Issho ni Gakubo! TOEIC Test Taisaku-Hen
- Magi: Hajimari no Meikyuu
PlayStation Vita:
- Sakura-Sou no Pet na Kanojo
- Silent Hill: Book of Memories
PlayStation Portable:
- Battle Robot Tamashii
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Hachiyoushou
- Sakura-Sou no Pet na Kanojo
