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.
New releases are slowly warming up again after the winter freeze, and major titles such as Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and WarioWare: Smooth Moves will soon make their debut in the United States and Europe. Japan also makes a return to the fray after a week's break, offering up nourishing releases like Atsumare! Piñata to hungry consumers.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending January 13, 2007.
Games Released in the United States:
| Xbox 360: - Lost Planet: Extreme Condition PlayStation 2: - Arthur and the Invisibles Nintendo DS: - Arthur and the Invisibles | Game Boy Advance: - Arthur and the Invisibles PC: - Arthur and the Invisibles - Backyard Basketball 2007 - Heart of Empire: Rome - Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge |
| Nintendo Wii: - WarioWare: Smooth Moves Xbox 360: - Lost Planet: Extreme Condition PlayStation 2: - World Snooker Championship 2007 | Nintendo DS: - Bionicle Heroes - Children of Mana PlayStation Portable: - World Snooker Challenge 2007 |
| Nintendo Wii: - GT Pro Series Xbox 360: - Atsumare! Piñata PlayStation 3: - NBA 07 PlayStation 2: - The Battle of Yu Yu Hakusho: Shitou! Ankoku Bujutsukai 120% | Nintendo DS: - DS Dengeki Bunko: Iria no Sora, UFO no Natsu - Zettai Onkan Training DS PlayStation Portable: - Gunpey-R |