Release This: Amazing Spider-Man, Spec Ops: The Line premiere stateside

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 The Amazing Spider-Man and Spec Ops: The Line to North America, while Europe gets Project Zero 2: Wii Edition and The Ratchet & Clank Trilogy. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending June 30th, 2012. Games Released in the United States: Yager Development's squad-based shooter Spec Ops: The Line ships this week in North America for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC platforms. Featuring a story inspired by Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, The Line boasts a unique sandstorm mechanic that dynamically alters terrain during gameplay. Also arriving on store shelves this week are Beenox's superhero film tie-in title The Amazing Spider-Man, Ubisoft's dancing sim track pack Just Dance: Greatest Hits, and Capcom's Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection, which includes upgraded, PlayStation Move-compatible versions of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and The Darkside Chronicles. Nintendo Wii: - The Amazing Spider-Man - Just Dance: Greatest Hits Xbox 360: - The Amazing Spider-Man - Just Dance: Greatest Hits - London 2012 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games - Mini Ninjas Adventures (Xbox Live Arcade) - Sledge Hammer - Spec Ops: The Line PlayStation 3: - The Amazing Spider-Man - London 2012 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games - Record of Agarest War 2 - Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection - Spec Ops: The Line Nintendo 3DS: - The Amazing Spider-Man - Bomb Monkey (3DSWare) - Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome 2 Nintendo DS: - The Amazing Spider-Man - Escape the Virus: Swarm Survival (DSiWare) - Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome 2 PlayStation Portable: - Unchained Blades PC: - The Amazing Spider-Man - Dungeons & Dragons Online: Menace of the Underdark - London 2012 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games - Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 - The Race for the White House - Spec Ops: The Line - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Games Released in Europe: Europe hosts a number of region-exclusive debuts this week, including the multiplatform biking sim Tour De France 2012, the animated film-based Ice Age 4: Continental Drift - Arctic Games, and The Ratchet & Clank Trilogy: Classics HD, which collects the PlayStation 2 platformers Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, and Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal. Also arriving this week is Project Zero 2, a Wii remake of Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly that accompanies the European launch of the 3DS Fatal Frame spinoff Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir. Nintendo Wii: - The Amazing Spider-Man - Brave - Country Dance 2 - Ice Age 4: Continental Drift - Arctic Games - Project Zero 2: Wii Edition Xbox 360: - The Amazing Spider-Man - Brave - Ice Age 4: Continental Drift - Arctic Games - London 2012 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games - Spec Ops: The Line - Tour De France 2012 PlayStation 3: - The Amazing Spider-Man - Brave - Ice Age 4: Continental Drift - Arctic Games - London 2012 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games - The Ratchet & Clank Trilogy: Classics HD - Spec Ops: The Line - Tour De France 2012 Nintendo 3DS: - The Amazing Spider-Man - Harvest Moon: The Tale Of Two Towns - Ice Age 4: Continental Drift - Arctic Games - Jewel Quest IV - Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir Nintendo DS: - The Amazing Spider-Man - Brave - Driver Dan's Story Train - Girls Only - Harvest Moon: The Tale Of Two Towns - Ice Age 4: Continental Drift - Arctic Games PlayStation Vita: - Jonah Lomo Rugby Challenge - Metal Gear Solid HD Collection PC: - Agricultural Simulator: Historical Farming - The Amazing Spider-Man - Deponia - Distant Worlds - Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece - Ice Age 4: Continental Drift - Arctic Games - London 2012 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games - Pro Cycling Manager Tour De France 2012 - Sol: Exodus - Spec Ops: The Line Games Released in Japan: 5pb's Steins;Gate spiritual successor Robotics;Notes launches for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Japan this week, arriving alongside other visual novel releases like Hakuouki: Reimeiroku Nagorigusa, Hakuisei Renai Shoukougun Re:Therapy, Arabians Lost ~The engagement on desert~, and Ouka Sengoku Portable. Other standout titles premiering this week include Nippon Ichi's PlayStation 3 action-RPG Majo to Hyakkihei, new 3DS entries in the Culdcept and Tantei Jinguuji Saburo series, and .hack Sekai No Mukou Ni + Versus Hybrid Pack, which includes an animated film and a new one-on-one fighting game developed by Namco Bandai. Nintendo Wii: - Zero: Shinku no Chou Xbox 360: - Robotics;Notes PlayStation 3: - .hack Sekai No Mukou Ni + Versus Hybrid Pack - Atelier Ayesha ~Koukon No Daichi No Renkinjutsu~ - Biohazard Chronicles HD Selection - Hakuouki: Reimeiroku Nagorigusa - Majo to Hyakkihei - Robotics;Notes - The IdolM@ster: Gravure For You! Vol. 9 Nintendo 3DS: - Culdcept - Tantei Jinguuji Saburo: Fukushuu No Rinbu PlayStation Vita: - Metal Gear Solid HD Edition - Next Revolution: IT Passport Shiken - Next Revolution: Kihon Jouhougijutsusha Shiken - Next Revolution: Ouyou Jouhougijutsusha Shiken PlayStation Portable: - Arabians Lost ~The engagement on desert~ - Dies irae ~Amantes amentes~ - Generation of Chaos 6 - Hakuisei Renai Shoukougun Re:Therapy - Koisentai Love & Peace The P.S.P. - Ouka Sengoku Portable - Strike Witches: Shirogane no Tsubasa - unENDing Bloody Call