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 Sony's
Starhawk to retailers worldwide, while digital highlights include
Monster World IV and
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending May 12th, 2012.
Games Released in the United States:
LightBox Interactive's
Starhawk headlines an otherwise uneventful retail release week in North America. A spiritual follow-up to the 2007 multiplayer shooter
Warhawk,
Starhawk features a single-player, RTS-like story mode in addition to online battles that support up to 32 simultaneous players.
Standout digital releases include an Xbox 360 port of Mojang's
Minecraft, Plastic's PlayStation Move-enhanced interactive story
Datura, and a long-awaited localization for West One's 1994 2D platformer
Monster World IV, set to hit the Wii's Virtual Console.
Nintendo Wii:
- Monster World IV (Virtual Console)
Xbox 360:
- Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox Live Arcade)
PlayStation 3:
- Datura (PlayStation Network)
- Starhawk
Nintendo DS:
- Paul's Shooting Adventure 2 (DSiWare)
PC:
- Nexuiz (online)
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- Warlock: Master of the Arcane (online)
Games Released in Europe:
Konami's PlayStation Vita-exclusive
Silent Hill spinoff
Book of Memories premieres in Europe this week, arriving alongside a localized version of Cave's Xbox 360-ported arcade shooter
Akai Katana.
Nintendo Wii:
- Monster World IV (Virtual Console)
Xbox 360:
- Akai Katana
- Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox Live Arcade)
PlayStation 3:
- Datura (PlayStation Network)
- Starhawk
Nintendo DS:
- Little Charley Bear
- Mahjong Mysteries: Legends Of Athena
PlayStation Vita:
- Silent Hill: Book of Memories
- Supremacy MMA: Unrestricted
PC:
- Street Fighter X Tekken
Games Released in Japan:
Starhawk is the only retail title set to hit Japan in the week after the nation's Golden Week holiday period.
Xbox 360:
- Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox Live Arcade)
PlayStation 3:
- Starhawk
