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 Radical Entertainment's
Prototype 2 to North America and Europe alongside digital highlights
Bloodforge and
UEFA Euro 2012.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending April 28th, 2012.
Games Released in the United States:
Radical Entertainment open-world action game
Prototype 2 premieres for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this week in North America and Europe, boasting a variety of new player abilities, an upgraded side quest system, and a greater emphasis on environmental destruction.
This week also brings the retail release of Fishing Cactus's puzzler
Shifting World for the Nintendo 3DS. Climax Group's gritty brawler
Bloodforge is set to debut for Xbox Live Arcade, as EA readies a digital-only
FIFA 12 expansion in the multiplatform
UEFA Euro 2012.
Nintendo Wii:
- El Chavo
Xbox 360:
- Bloodforge (Xbox Live Arcade)
- Prototype 2
- UEFA Euro 2012 (online)
PlayStation 3:
- Prototype 2
- UEFA Euro 2012 (online)
Nintendo 3DS:
- Shifting World
Nintendo DS:
- Chuck E. Cheese's Arcade Room (DSiWare)
PC:
- UEFA Euro 2012 (online)
- Risen 2: Dark Waters
Games Released in Europe:
A retail PC version of
UEFA Euro 2012 arrives exclusively in the UK this week, joining PopCap's multiplatform puzzler
Bejeweled 3 and Synetic's region-exclusive car chase title
Crash Time 4: The Syndicate.
Nintendo Wii:
- Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion XL
Xbox 360:
- Bejeweled 3
- Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion XL
- Crash Time 4: The Syndicate
- Prototype 2
PlayStation 3:
- Bejeweled 3
- Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion XL
- Crash Time 4: The Syndicate
- Prototype 2
Nintendo 3DS:
- Cradle of Rome 2
- Crash Time 3D
- Secrets of the Titanic
Nintendo DS:
- Bejeweled 3
PC:
- Bejeweled 3
- Crash Time 4: The Syndicate
- UEFA Euro 2012
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Ultimate Collection
Games Released in Japan:
Nintendo's
Mario Party 9 hits retail in Japan this week alongside Capcom's multiplatform release of the
Resident Evil spinoff title
BioHazard: Operation Raccoon City.
Spike's PSP RPG
Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Unde Kure!! and Gust's
Ciel Nosurge: Ushinawareta Hoshi e Sasagu Shi headline this week's portable console lineup, while the Nintendo 3DS hosts Tecmo Koei's
Dynasty Warriors offshoot
Shin Sangoku Musou VS.
Nintendo Wii:
- Mario Party 9
Xbox 360:
- BioHazard: Operation Raccoon City
- Major League Baseball 2K12
PlayStation 3:
- BioHazard: Operation Raccoon City
- Major League Baseball 2K12
- The
[email protected]: Gravure For You! Vol. 7
Nintendo 3DS:
- Mame Goma Yoi Ko Marui Ko Genkina Ko!
- Shifting World: Shiro to Kuro no Meikyuu
- Shin Sangoku Musou VS
PlayStation Vita:
- Ciel Nosurge: Ushinawareta Hoshi e Sasagu Shi
- Next Revolution: Eibunpou Tettei Tokkun
PlayStation Portable:
- Ao no Exorcist: Genkoku no Labyrinth
- Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Unde Kure!!
- Game demo, Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai!
- Major League Baseball 2K12
- Mirai Nikki: 13 Hitome no Nikki Shoyuusha Re:Write
- Phase-D: Akaki no Shou
- Scared Rider Xechs I + FD Portable
- Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling
- Yamada Hajime Box
