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
Wii Fit Plus, Demon's Souls, and
Afrika to North America, while the UK gets
Scribblenauts and
Bowser's Inside Story.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending October 10th, 2009.
Games Released in the United States:
Nintendo Wii:
- The Biggest Loser
- Disney Sing It! Pop Hits
- Game Party 3
- Shimano Xtreme Fishing
- Spore Hero
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
- Wii Fit Plus
Xbox 360:
- Lucidity (online)
- NBA 2K10
- NBA Live 10
- SAW
- South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! (online)
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
PlayStation 3:
- Afrika
- Demon's Souls
- Disney Sing It! Pop Hits
- NBA 2K10
- NBA Live 10
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
- SAW
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
PlayStation 2:
- Disney Sing It! Pop Hits
- MotorStorm: Arctic Edge
- NBA 2K10
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
Nintendo DS:
- The Biggest Loser
- Imagine: Zookeeper
- Spore Hero Arena
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
- A Witch's Tale
- Zenses: Zen Garden
PlayStation Portable:
- Naruto Shippuden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising
- NBA 10: The Inside
- NBA 2K10
- NBA Live 10
- Obscure: The Aftermath
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
PC:
- Cabela's Outdoor Adventure
- Cities XL
- Fatale (online)
- Fate: Traitor Soul
- Lucidity (online)
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
NBA 2K10 and
NBA Live 10 will compete across multiple platforms in North America this week, while Sony opts to make this year's edition of its
NBA: The Inside basketball sim franchise a PSP exclusive.
Nintendo's
Wii Fit expansion title
Wii Fit Plus highlights this week's Nintendo Wii lineup, as the PlayStation 3 receives a pair of awaited exclusives with Atlus's dungeon crawler
Demon's Souls and the wildlife photography sim
Afrika.
Games Released in Europe:
Nintendo Wii:
- Cate West: The Vanishing Files
- Disney Sing It! Pop Hits
- Family Party: Outdoor Fun
- Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility
- Kart Racer
- Scooby-Doo! First Frights
- Spore Hero
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
Xbox 360:
- NBA 2K10
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
PlayStation 3:
- Disney Sing It! Pop Hits
- NBA 2K10
- NBA Live 10
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
PlayStation 2:
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
- NBA 2K10
- Scooby-Doo! First Frights
Nintendo DS:
- Ant Nation
- Cate West: The Vanishing Files
- Chroncles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple
- Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
- Scooby-Doo! First Frights
- Scribblenauts
- Spore Hero Arena
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
PlayStation Portable:
- Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
- NBA 2K10
- NBA Live 10
- Obscure: The Aftermath
PC:
- Amazing Adventures Around the World
- Chroncles of Mystery: The Tree of Life
- Cities XL
- NBA 2K10
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
5th Cell's acclaimed Nintendo DS puzzler
Scribblenauts will make its UK debut this week, joining other portable highlights like
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days and
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
Gamers in Europe will also receive a UMD disc version of the PSP strategy title
Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!, along with multiplatform releases like
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes and
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
Games Released in Japan:
Nintendo Wii:
- Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga
PlayStation 3:
- Shirokishi Monogatari: Inishie no Kodou - EX Edition
Nintendo DS:
- Blue Dragon: Ikai no Kyoujuu
- Iron Master
- Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
- Tago Akira no Atama no Taisou Dai-3-Shuu: Fushigi no Kuni no Nazotoki Otogibanashi
- Tago Akira no Atama no Taisou Dai-4-Shuu: Time Machine no Nazotoki Daibouken
PlayStation Portable:
- ATOM
- Kurogane no Linebarrels
Atlus's
Shin Megami Tensei series spinoff
Strange Journey highlights a slow week in Japanese releases. Other titles making their way to store shelves in Japan this week include Mistwalker's
Blue Dragon: Ikai no Kyoujuu and two new entries in Level 5's
Tago Akira no Atama no Taisou franchise.
