Release This: BioShock Infinite, Luigi's Mansion 2 premiere stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings BioShock Infinite and Luigi's Mansion 2 to North America and Europe, while Japan gets Game & Wario.
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 BioShock Infinite and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon to North America and Europe, while Japan gets Game & Wario and Oboro Muramasa, among other standout titles. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending March 30th, 2013. Games Released in the United States: Irrational Games' narrative-driven first-person shooter BioShock Infinite premieres worldwide this week. Taking place in the floating air-city of Columbia, BioShock Infinite crafts a twisting narrative in which players must accompany and protect a young woman who is able to create rifts in the space-time continuum. Visceral Games' co-op shooter Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel is also set to launch for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this week, while the Nintendo 3DS will host the roguelike-RPG Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity and a sequel to Nintendo's GameCube horror-action title Luigi's Mansion. This week's digital highlights include the 3DS rhythm-action title HarmoKnight, a PlayStation Vita port of Amanita Designs' acclaimed adventure game Machinarium, and Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network versions of Re-Logic's 2D Minecraft-like Terraria. Xbox 360: - Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel - BioShock Infinite - Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin - Final Fantasy XI: Ultimate Collection (Seekers Edition) - Terraria (Xbox Live Arcade) - Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 PlayStation 3: - Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel - BioShock Infinite - Terraria (PlayStation Network) - Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 Nintendo 3DS: - HarmoKnight (eShop) - Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity PlayStation Vita: - Machinarium (PlayStation Network) PC: - BioShock Infinite - Bridge Project - Dungeon Hearts - Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin - Slender: The Arrival - Tactical Intervention - Warframe Games Released in Europe: BioShock Infinite also launches in Europe this week, arriving on store shelves alongside Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14, Sanzaru Games' PS3 and PS Vita platformer Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time and TT Games' Wii U-exclusive sandbox action game Lego City Undercover. Nintendo Wii U: - Lego City Undercover Xbox 360: - Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel - BioShock Infinite - Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin - Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 PlayStation 3: - Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel - BioShock Infinite - Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time - Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 Nintendo 3DS: - Luigi's Mansion 2 PlayStation Vita: - Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time PC: - BioShock Infinite - Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin Games Released in Japan: Nintendo's minigame compilation Game & Wario debuts for the Wii U in Japan this week, accompanied by a Wii U port of Square Enix's MMORPG Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku. Portable standouts include Compile Heart's Puyo Puyo spinoff RPG Sei Madou Monogatari, Image Epoch's 2D fighter Fate/Extra CCC, and an upgraded PS Vita port of Vanillaware's side-scrolling action game Muramasa: The Demon Blade. Nintendo Wii U: - Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku - Game & Wario Nintendo Wii: - Precure All Stars Zeninshuugou * Let's Dance! Xbox 360: - Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel - Cave Shooting Collection - Final Fantasy XI: Adoulin no Makyou Kakuchou Data Disk - Love Tore: Chocolate PlayStation 3: - Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel Nintendo 3DS: - Shoshinshakara Nippon Ichi Made: Flash Anzan PlayStation Vita: - Oboro Muramasa - Sei Madou Monogatari PlayStation Portable: - Dungeon Travelers 2 Ouritsu Toshokan to Mamono no Fuuin - Fate/Extra CCC - Gakuoh: The Royal Seven Stars +Meteor - Geten no Hana - Megpoid the Music# - Princess Arthur - Rebellions: Secret Game 2nd Stage - Shinigami Kagyou: Kaidan Romance - Starry * Sky: After Summer Portable
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