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
Monster Hunter Tri and
After Burner Climax to North America, while Japan gets
Ketsui and
Disgaea Infinite.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending April 24th, 2010.
Games Released in the United States:
Nintendo Wii:
- All Star Karate
- Monster Hunter Tri
Xbox 360:
- After Burner Climax (online)
- Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper
PlayStation 3:
- After Burner Climax (online)
Nintendo DS:
- Beat City
- Windy X Windam
PlayStation Portable:
- Blood Bowl
PC:
- The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom (online)
Capcom's online multiplayer action game
Monster Hunter Tri will make its North American debut on the Nintendo Wii this week. The Xbox 360 will receive the budget-priced adventure title
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper, while PS3 and 360 owners share a downloadable port of Sega's 2006 arcade title
After Burner Climax.
Games Released in Europe:
Nintendo Wii:
- Ballerina
- Monster Hunter Tri
Xbox 360:
- Dead to Rights: Retribution
- NIER
- Samurai Shodown: Sen
PlayStation 3:
- Dead to Rights: Retribution
- NIER
Nintendo DS:
- Dancing on Ice
- Diva Girls: Ballerina
- Diva Girls: Princess on Ice 2
- Flips: Enid Blyton's Adventure Series
- Flips: Mr. Gum
PC:
- The Whispered World
Namco Bandai's third-person shooter franchise reboot
Dead to Rights: Retribution will make its worldwide debut in the UK this week. Europe will also soon receive the first English-language version of Cavia's action-RPG
NIER, along with SNK one-on-one fighter
Samurai Shodown: Sen.
Games Released in Japan:
Nintendo Wii:
- Ivy the Kiwi?
Xbox 360:
- Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi Extra
- NieR Gestalt
- Superstars V8 Next Challenge
PlayStation 3:
- NieR Replicant
PlayStation 2:
- Pachi-Slot Higrashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri
Nintendo DS:
- Ivy the Kiwi?
- Kirei Zukin Seikatsu
- Naruto Shippuden: Ninjutsu Zenkai! Cha-Crash!
PlayStation Portable:
- Canvas 3: Nanairo no Kiseki
- Disgaea Infinite
- Harakuju Tantei Gakuen: Steel Wood
- Himawari: Pebble in the Sky Portable
- Knights in the Nightmare
- Real Rode Portable
- Tokyo Mono Harashi: Karasu no Mori Gakuen Kitan
- Ys: Felghana no Chikai
Cave's arcade shoot-'em-up
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi gets an Xbox 360 port this week in Japan. Yuji Naka's
Ivy the Kiwi? will soon hit the Wii and the DS, while PSP owners are set to receive Nippon Ichi's visual novel
Disgaea Infinite, Falcom's
Ys: Felghana no Chikai and a port of Sting's
Knights in the Nightmare.
