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 Volition's
Red Faction: Armageddon and Sucker Punch's
Infamous 2 to North America, while
Duke Nukem Forever finally surfaces in Europe.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending June 11th, 2011.
Games Released in the United States:
Nintendo Wii:
- Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
Xbox 360:
- Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
- Operation Flashpoint: Red River
- Red Faction: Armageddon
PlayStation 3:
- Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
- Infamous 2
- Kevin Van Dam Fishing
- Operation Flashpoint: Red River
- Red Faction: Armageddon
Nintendo 3DS:
- 3D Classics: Excitebike (online)
- Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
- Pokedex 3D (online)
Nintendo DS:
- Duke Nukem: Critical Mass
- GO Series: Picdun (DSi online)
- Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
PC:
- Operation Flashpoint: Red River
- Pride of Nations
- Red Faction: Armageddon
Volition's destructive third-person shooter
Red Faction: Armageddon premieres across multiple platforms in the United States this week, arriving on store shelves alongside Sucker Punch's open-world action game
Infamous 2.
The 3DS will host its first downloadable titles with the opening of Nintendo's eShop, with this week bringing the release of a
Pokemon utility application and an upgraded 3D version of the NES motocross classic
Excitebike.
Games Released in Europe:
Nintendo Wii:
- Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
- Kung Fu Panda 2
Xbox 360:
- Duke Nukem Forever
- Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- Red Faction: Armageddon
PlayStation 3:
- Duke Nukem Forever
- Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
- Infamous 2
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- Red Faction: Armageddon
- White Knight Chronicles 2
Nintendo DS:
- Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
- Kung Fu Panda 2
PlayStation Portable:
- White Knight Chronicles: Origins
PC:
- Duke Nukem Forever
- Red Faction: Armageddon
As difficult as it may be to believe, the long-delayed
Duke Nukem Forever will finally make its worldwide debut this week in Europe; a North American release is scheduled for next week.
Other titles arriving in the UK this week include the animated film tie-in
Kung Fu Panda 2, Level 5's action-RPG sequel
White Knight Chronicles 2, and a
White Knight Chronicles side-story for the PSP.
Games Released in Japan:
Xbox 360:
- Red Faction: Armageddon
PlayStation 3:
- Gekiatsu!! Pachi Game Tamashi Vol. 2: CR Evangelion - Shinjitsu no Tsubasa
- Red Faction: Armageddon
- Ryu ga Gotoku: Of the End
Nintendo 3DS:
- Fish On
Nintendo DS:
- Gekiatsu!! Pachi Game Tamashi Vol. 2: CR Evangelion - Shinjitsu no Tsubasa
- Nikoli no Sudoku +3 Dai-Yon-Shuu: Sudoku - Number Link - Shikaku ni Kire - Hashi o Kakero
Sega's
Yakuza series spinoff
Ryu ga Gotoku: Of the End hits the PS3 in Japan this week, joining an Evangelion-licensed pachinko simulator and Volition's
Red Faction: Armageddon.
