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
Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 2 and
Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do to North American store shelves, while the UK gets
Rio and
Dynasty Warriors 7.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending April 9th, 2011.
Games Released in the United States:
Nintendo Wii:
- Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 2
- Remington Super Slam Hunting: Alaska
Xbox 360:
- Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do! (Kinect)
- The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile (online)
PlayStation 3:
- StarDrone (online)
Nintendo DS:
- 100 Classic Games
- Absolute Baseball (DSi online)
- A Fairy Tale (DSi online)
PC:
- Adam's Venture II: Solomon's Secret
- Anomaly: Warzone Earth
- Dino D-Day
- Hoard
- Mole Control
- Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops
- Spiral Knights
2K's
Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do! arrives as the first new Kinect-enabled Xbox 360 release in North America since last month's
Yoostar 2, while Konami readies a
Karaoke Revolution: Glee expansion for the Wii.
Other new titles set to debut stateside this week include the World War II dinosaur shooter
Dino D-Day, the XBLA side-scroller
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, and a PC port for the formerly PS3-exclusive action-strategy game
Hoard.
Games Released in Europe:
Nintendo Wii:
- Rio
Xbox 360:
- Brunswick Bowling (Kinect)
- Carnival Games: In Action (Kinect)
- Dynasty Warriors 7
- Rio
PlayStation 3:
- Brunswick Bowling
- Dynasty Warriors 7
- Rio
Nintendo DS:
- 100 Classic Games
- Disney Friends
- Duke Nukem: Critical Mass
- Magical Zhu Zhu Princess: Carriages and Castles
- Rio
PC:
- Wildlife Park 3
Koei's
Dynasty Warriors 7 ships to Europe this week, arriving alongside the multiplatform animated film tie-in title
Rio.
Games Released in Japan:
Xbox 360:
- Bullet Soul
- Dragon Age Origins: Awakening
Nintendo 3DS:
- Cubic Ninja
- Kuukan Sagashimono Kei: Nouryoku Kaihatsu 3D Nou Training
Nintendo DS:
- Kimi ni Todoke: Tsutaeru Kimochi
- Maru Goukaku: Shikaku Dasshu! 2011-Nendohan - Gyouseishoshi Shiken
PlayStation Portable:
- Are You Alice?
- Chikyuu Boueigun 2 Portable
- Garnet Cradle Portable: Kagi no Himiko
- Princess Frontier Portable
5pb's Xbox 360 shoot-'em-up
Bullet Soul, AQ Interactive's 3DS puzzler
Cubic Ninja, and a PSP remake of D3's
Earth Defense Force series sequel
Chikyuu Boueigun 2 headline a sparse multiplatform lineup this week in Japan.
