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 an exclusively compiled list.
This week brings
Excitebots: Trick Racing and
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 to gamers in the United States, as Japan gets
Death Smiles and
Monster Hunter G.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending April 25th, 2009.
Games Released in the United States:
Nintendo Wii:
- Excitebots: Trick Racing
- Jelly Belly: Ballistic Beans
- Pennzoil Build-N-Race: Speed Demons
Xbox 360:
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
PlayStation 3:
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
PlayStation 2:
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
- Jelly Belly: Ballistic Beans
Nintendo DS:
- 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix
- Hands On! Tangrams
- I Love Horses
- Jelly Belly: Ballistic Beans
PC:
- Cryostasis: The Sleep of Reason
- Dream Day Wedding: Viva Las Vegas
- Stalin vs. Martians
North America hosts a select few multiplatform highlights in what otherwise seems to be an uneventful release week. Nintendo Wii owners will get the
Excite Truck follow-up
Excitebots: Trick Racing, while the mecha brawler sequel
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 is set to debut on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PS2.
Fewer options exist on other platforms, with the Nintendo DS offering up the Atlus-published card game compilation
101-in-1 Explosive Megamix, as PC gamers get the oddball real-time strategy title
Stalin vs. Martians.
Games Released in Europe:
Nintendo Wii:
- Don King Boxing
- Little King's Story
- MotoGP 08
- New Play Control! Pikmin 2
Xbox 360:
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
PlayStation 3:
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
- Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
- SingStar: Pop Edition
Nintendo DS:
- Mind Body & Soul: Big Word Puzzle Book
- Mind Body & Soul: MinDStorm 2
PC:
- Bejeweled Twist
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
- Neopets Puzzle Adventure
The Cing-developed simulation RPG
Little King's Story will make its worldwide premiere in the UK this week, arriving two months in advance of its planned release in the United States. A Japanese release date for the title has not yet been set.
The Wii rerelease of
New Play Control! Pikmin 2 will also see release in Europe prior to its U.S. debut, while
SingStar: Pop Edition on the PlayStation 3 is not currently scheduled for release outside of the UK and Australia.
Games Released in Japan:
Nintendo Wii:
- Meja-Maji March
- Monster Hunter G
- Tomb Raider Underworld
Xbox 360:
- Death Smiles
- Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.
PlayStation 3:
- Killzone 2
PlayStation 2:
- Kanuchi: Kuroki Tsubasa no Shou
- Little Anchor
- Tomb Raider Underworld
Nintendo DS:
- 250 Banjin no Kanken Premium - Zenkyuu Zen-Kanji Kanzen Seiha
- A Ressha de Gyoukou DS
- Another Time Another Leaf: Kagami no Naka no Tantei
- Fuuun! Daisoujou
- Last Bullet
- Mezase!! Tsuri Master DS
- Yatsu Hakamura
PlayStation Portable:
- Hoshigari Empusa Portable
- Kikuite Oboeru Eitango: Arc no Kikutan Advanced
- Kikuite Oboeru Eitango: Arc no Kikutan Basic
- Kikuite Oboeru Eitango: Arc no Kikutan Entry
- Nantama: Chronicle of Dungeon Maker
- Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3
Capcom's awaited online action-RPG
Monster Hunter G is scheduled to make its debut for the Nintendo Wii this week in Japan. The Xbox 360 will soon host a port of Cave's horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up
Death Smiles, while PS3 owners get a localization of
Killzone 2.
Artdink's rail line simulator sequel
A Ressha de Gyoukou DS highlights this week's Nintendo DS offerings, as the PSP gets the
Dungeon Maker series sequel
Nantama: Chronicle of Dungeon Maker and
Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3, an Irem-developed follow-up to the PlayStation 2 adventure titles
Disaster Report and
Raw Danger.
