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
Limbo for XBLA and
Alien Swarm for PC to North America, as the UK gets Square Enix's
Dragon Quest IX.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending July 24th, 2010.
Games Released in the United States:
Nintendo Wii:
- Zany Golf
Xbox 360:
- HoopWorld (online)
- Limbo (online)
Nintendo DS:
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
- Hidden Objects: Mystery Stories
- Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena
- TrackMania Turbo
PC:
- Alien Swarm (online)
- Hunting Unlimited 2011
- Mumbo Jumbo 6 Pack 2nd Edition
- Need for Speed World (online)
Playdead's downloadable Xbox 360 platformer
Limbo and Valve's third-person shooter
Alien Swarm headline an otherwise uneventful week in North American releases.
Games Released in Europe:
Nintendo DS:
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
- Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of The Starry Skies
Square Enix's hit RPG
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of The Starry Skies gets a UK release this week, arriving alongside 505's
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore on the Nintendo DS.
Games Released in Japan:
Nintendo Wii:
- Kage no Tou
Xbox 360:
- Blur Racerz
- N3II: Ninety-Nine Nights
PlayStation 3:
- Blur Racerz
- Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono. 2G
Nintendo DS:
- Densha de Go! Tokubetsu-hen: Fukkatsu Shouwa no Yamatesen
- Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble XX - Kessen! Shin 6 Chouka
- Quiz! Hexagon II
- TV Anime: Fairy Tale Gekitou! Madoushi Kessen
PlayStation Portable:
- Fate/Extra
- Trick x Logic: Season 1
Bizarre Creations'
Blur makes its way to Japan this week as
Blur Racerz, the PSP gets Marvelous's awaited action-RPG
Fate/Extra, and the DS receives a new entry in Taito's long-running
Densha de Go! series.