Release This: Fez, Skullgirls headline worldwide digital lineup

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 downloadable standouts Skullgirls and Fez to North America, while the UK gets a localized version of Pandora's Tower. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending April 14th, 2012. Games Released in the United States: A strong lineup of downloadable console titles makes up for an otherwise uneventful week in North American retail releases. Reverge Labs' anticipated 2D fighting game Skullgirls emerges as a multiplatform standout, boasting deep team-based mechanics and lavish hand-drawn animation. Other digital highlights include SpikySnail Games Studio's Xbox Live Arcade physics puzzler The Splatters, the Sour Patch Kids promotional tie-in game World Gone Sour, and Polytron's IGF Seumas McNally Grand Prize-winning platformer Fez. 3DS owners can expect to see Tecmo Koei's Fatal Frame spinoff title Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir, along with the Nintendo-published downloadable puzzler Ketzal's Corridors. Xbox 360: - Fez (Xbox Live Arcade) - Phantom Breaker - Skullgirls (Xbox Live Arcade) - The Splatters (Xbox Live Arcade) - World Gone Sour (Xbox Live Arcade) PlayStation 3: - 4 in 1 Action Pack - Skullgirls (PlayStation Network) - World Gone Sour (PlayStation Network) Nintendo 3DS: - Ketzal's Corridors (3DSWare) - Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir PC: - Legend of Grimrock (online) - Men of War: Condemned Heroes - Naval War: Arctic Circle - Tribes: Ascend (online) Games Released in Europe: A localized version of Ganbarion's Wii action-RPG Pandora's Tower premieres in the UK this week. Despite the efforts of the fan-driven Operation Rainfall localization campaign and the domestic publishing of fellow featured titles Xenoblade Chronicles and The Last Story, a North American release for Pandora's Tower has not yet been announced. Nintendo Wii: - Pandora's Tower Xbox 360: - Fez (Xbox Live Arcade) - Skullgirls (Xbox Live Arcade) - The Splatters (Xbox Live Arcade) PlayStation 3: - 4 in 1 Action Pack Nintendo 3DS: - Sudoku by Nikoli Nintendo DS: - Secrets of the Titanic PC: - Hard Reset: Extended Edition - Victoria II: Gold Edition Games Released in Japan: Hakuoki series developer Otomate launches the Atelier series spinoff Elkrone no Atelier: Dear for Otomate for the PlayStation Portable in Japan this week. Other highlights include Ubisoft's 2D platformer Rayman: Origins and a localized version of Double Fine's Kinect title Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster. Xbox 360: - Fez (Xbox Live Arcade) - Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster - The Splatters (Xbox Live Arcade) PlayStation 3: - Dirt 3 - Grand Slam Tennis 2 - Rayman: Origins Nintendo 3DS: - Nikoli no Sudoku 3D Dai-ni-Shuu: 8-tsu no Puzzle de 1000-Mon PlayStation Vita: - Nikoli no Sudoku V: Shugyoku no 12 Puzzle - Rayman: Origins PlayStation Portable: - Armen Noir Portable - Elkrone no Atelier: Dear for Otomate - Princess Evangile Portable