Release This: Cave Story, Just Cause 2 Launch Stateside

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 Just Cause 2, Red Steel 2, and a WiiWare port of Cave Story to North America, while the UK gets Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending March 27th, 2010. Games Released in the United States: Nintendo Wii: - Build-A-Bear Workshop: Friendship Valley - Cabela's Monster Buck Hunter - Cave Story (online) - Hall of Fame Ultimate Hoops Challenge - How to Train Your Dragon - Red Steel 2 - Rooms: The Main Building Xbox 360: - How to Train Your Dragon - Just Cause 2 - MotoGP 09/10 PlayStation 3: - How to Train Your Dragon - Just Cause 2 - MotoGP 09/10 Nintendo DS: - Bakugan: Battle Trainer - Build-A-Bear Workshop: Welcome to Hugsville - The Cages: Pro Style Batting Practice - Cheer We Go! - Dream Diary - Drift Street International (DSi online) - How to Train Your Dragon - Imagine: Gymnast - My Pet Chimp - Plain Sight (DSi online) - Rooms: The Main Building - Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey - Squishy Tank - Stitch Jam - Zhu Zhu Pets PC: - Alcatraz - Just Cause 2 - The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom Avalanche Studios' sandbox-style action game Just Cause 2 will premiere in North America this week on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC platforms. Other multiplatform offerings for this week include Capcom's motorcycle racing sim MotoGP 09/10 and the animated film tie-in title How to Train Your Dragon. The Nintendo Wii will host Ubisoft's Wii MotionPlus-enhanced shooter Red Steel 2 and a long-awaited WiiWare port of the acclaimed PC adventure title Cave Story, while the Nintendo DS gets Atlus's first-person dungeon crawler Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. Games Released in Europe: Nintendo Wii: - Fast Food Panic - How to Train Your Dragon - Racket Sports Party - Red Steel 2 - Rugby League 3 - Safar'Wii - Spongebob Boating Bash Xbox 360: - Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition - How to Train Your Dragon - Just Cause 2 - Prison Break: The Conspiracy - Resonance of Fate PlayStation 3: - Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition - How to Train Your Dragon - Just Cause 2 - Last Rebellion - Prison Break: The Conspiracy - Resonance of Fate Nintendo DS: - Fast Food Panic - How to Train Your Dragon - Infinite Space - Peppa Pig 2: Fun and Games - Playmobil Knight - Pokemon HeartGold Version - Pokemon SoulSilver Version - Safecracker - SpongeBob Boating Bash PC: - Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition - Just Cause 2 - Prison Break: The Conspiracy - The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom - Torchlight Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver headline the UK's upcoming Nintendo DS lineup. Red Steel 2 and Just Cause 2 will also hit retail shelves in the coming week, along with multiple RPGs, including Tri-Ace's Resonance of Fate, Hitmaker's Last Rebellion, and PlatinumGames' Infinite Space. Games Released in Japan: Nintendo Wii: - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Xbox 360: - Army of Two: The 40th Day - Chaos;Head - Love Chu*Chu! - Hokuto Musou PlayStation 3: - Army of Two: The 40th Day - God of War III - PachiPara 15: Super Umi Monogatari in Okinawa 2 - Power Smash: Live Match! - Hokuto Musou PlayStation 2: - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Nintendo DS: - Minna no Suizokukan - Phonics de Minitsuku Eigo - Pro Wrestling Kentei DS - Pro Yakyuu Famista DS 2010 - Seitokai no Ichizon: DS-suru Seitokai PlayStation Portable: - Burst Error: Eve the First - My Merry May with Be - Prinny 2: Toukou Yuugi! Akatsuki no Pantsu Daisakusenss!! - Saki Portable - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - Sora no Otoshi Mono: DokiDoki Summer Vacation - Tenjin Ranman: Happy GO Lucky!! - VitaminZ Revolution Koei's Fist of the North Star-themed action game Hokuto Musou premieres for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this week in Japan. The PlayStation 3 will also host a localized version of God of War III, while the Wii, PlayStation 2, and PSP get Konami's survival horror title Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.