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 worldwide release of Rockstar's
L.A. Noire and CD Projekt's
The Witcher 2, while Europe gets
Dead or Alive: Dimensions and
No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending May 21st, 2011.
Games Released in the United States:
Rockstar's multiplatform crime drama
L.A. Noire premieres this week in North America, along with other awaited titles like CD Projekt's action-RPG sequel
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Sega's Xbox Live Arcade racer
Sega Rally Online Arcade, and a Virtual Console rerelease of Square's 16-bit RPG
Chrono Trigger.
Nintendo Wii:
- Chrono Trigger (Virtual Console)
- Exerbeat
Xbox 360:
- The First Templar
- L.A. Noire
- Sega Rally Online Arcade (online)
PlayStation 3:
- L.A. Noire
Nintendo 3DS:
- SpongeBob Squigglepants 3D
Nintendo DS:
- Cake Mania: Main Street
- Chess Attack
PC:
- Detour (online)
- Fable III
- Final Fantasy XI: Ultimate Collection Abyssea Edition
- The First Templar
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Games Released in Europe:
Team Ninja's Nintendo 3DS fighter
Dead or Alive: Dimensions makes its English-language debut in the UK this week.
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie premieres as the region's sole DS offering, while PlayStation 3 owners get an enhanced version of Grasshopper Manufacture's
No More Heroes.
Nintendo Wii:
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Xbox 360:
- L.A. Noire
PlayStation 3:
- L.A. Noire
- No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise
Nintendo 3DS:
- Dead or Alive: Dimensions
Nintendo DS:
- Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie
PlayStation Portable:
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
PC:
- Alter Ego
- Fable III
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Games Released in Japan:
Valve's first-person puzzler
Portal 2 arrives as this week's only Japanese console release. Nintendo 3DS debuts include
Animal Resort: Dobutsuen o Tsukurou!! and a localization of
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars, while the PSP receives Acquire's adventure game
Akiba's Trip and the Starfish-published RPG
Elminage Original: Majo to Megami to Kamigami no Yubiwa.
Xbox 360:
- Portal 2
PlayStation 3:
- Portal 2
Nintendo 3DS:
- Animal Resort: Dobutsuen o Tsukurou!!
- Dead or Alive: Dimensions
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
PlayStation Portable:
- Akiba's Trip
- Elminage Original: Majo to Megami to Kamigami no Yubiwa
- Gungnir: Mayari no Gunshin to Eiyuu Sensou
