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
Final Fantasy XIII and
Yakuza 3 to North America, as Japan gets
Red Seeds Profile and
Taiko no Tatsujin Wii.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending March 13th, 2010.
Games Released in the United States:
Nintendo Wii:
- Calling
- Max & the Magic Marker (online)
- Racquet Sports
- Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
Xbox 360:
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
- Scrap Metal (online)
- Supreme Commander 2
PlayStation 3:
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Mega Man 10 (online)
- Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
- Yakuza 3
Nintendo DS:
- 50 Classic Games
- The Dating Game for Girls
- Foto Showdown (DSi retail)
- Imagine: Sweet 16
- Spectral Force Genesis
PlayStation Portable:
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
PC:
- Assassin's Creed II
- Battle of the Immortals
- Order of War: Challenge (online)
- Rise of Prussia (online)
- Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Gold Edition
Square Enix's awaited RPG sequel
Final Fantasy XIII will make its North American debut this week on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. PS3 owners will also receive Sega's
Yakuza 3, while the Xbox 360 gets Gas Powered Games' RTS
Supreme Commander 2.
Hudson's survival horror title
Calling highlights this week's Nintendo Wii offerings, as the PSP receives a port of Arc System Works' 2D one-on-one fighter
BlazBlue.
Games Released in Europe:
Nintendo Wii:
- Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks
- Dancing on Ice
- Safar'Wii
Xbox 360:
- Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
- Way of the Samurai 3
PlayStation 3:
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
- Way of the Samurai 3
- Yakuza 3
PlayStation 2:
- Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks
Nintendo DS:
- Avalon Code
- Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks
- Music: Music for Everyone
- Sonic Classic Collection
PlayStation Portable:
- Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks
- The Eye of Judgment: Legends
- Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake
PC:
- M.U.D TV
- Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses!
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Game of the Year Edition
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Gold Edition
The UK also gets
Final Fantasy XIII on the PS3 and Xbox 360 this week, along with Capcom's DLC-bundled
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition. Sony's card-based strategy title
The Eye of Judgment: Legends and a portable version of
Fat Princess will also premiere in the coming days, arriving in Europe before any other region.
Games Released in Japan:
Nintendo Wii:
- Taiko no Tatsujin Wii
Xbox 360:
- Akatsuki no Amaneka to Aoi Kyojin
- Red Seeds Profile
PlayStation 3:
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Red Seeds Profile
PlayStation 2:
- S.Y.K. Renshouden
- Summon Night Gran-Thesis: Horobi no Ken to Yakusoku no Kishi
Nintendo DS:
- Gakken Europa 4: Kokugo Sanmai DS
- RPG Tsukuru DS
- Steve Soresi no Business Eikaiwa PeraPera DS Training
- Steve Soresi no Eikaiwa PeraPera DS Training
PlayStation Portable:
- Akatsuki no Amaneka to Aoi Kyojin
- Battle Spirits: Hero's Soul
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
- Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid 2
- Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida: 3D
- Zettai Hero Kaizou Keikaku
Access Games'
Red Seeds Profile (recently released stateside as
Deadly Premonition) is set to premiere for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this week in Japan. The Xbox 360 will also receive 5pb's turn-based strategy title
Akatsuki no Amaneka to Aoi Kyojin, while the PS3 gets a localization of EA's
Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
Namco Bandai's drumming title
Taiko no Tatsujin Wii premieres as this week's sole release for Nintendo's console. PSP owners, meanwhile, can look forward to
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the
Dynasty Warriors series expansion
Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid 2, and Acquire's
Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! sequel
Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida: 3D.
