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's worldwide release lineup features the North American debut of
Too Human on the Xbox 360, while PC owners receive
The Sims 2 expansion pack
Apartment Life.
J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship highlights console offerings in Japan, meanwhile, as
Inazuma Eleven premieres on the Nintendo DS.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending August 23rd, 2008.
Games Released in the United States:
| Nintendo Wii:
- Super Pick Ups
Xbox 360:
- Smash Court Tennis 3
- Too Human
Nintendo DS:
- Commando: Steel Disaster
PlayStation Portable:
- Fading Shadows | PC:
- Dracula 3: Path of the Dragon
- MindHabits
- Murder in the Abbey
- Shattered Suns
- The Sims 2: Apartment Life
- Sinking Island
- Tank Universal: Challenger Eight
- Two Worlds: Epic Edition |
Silicon Knights' long-awaited action-adventure epic
Too Human headlines North America's cross-platform release lineup this week, debuting on the Xbox 360 alongside Namco Bandai's
Smash Court Tennis 3. New releases are scarce on other platforms, though PC gamers will enjoy a variety of new content including the latest
The Sims 2 expansion pack
Apartment Life and the re-released and extended
Two Worlds: Epic Edition.
Next week is expected to bring a greater selection of multiplatform offerings, including
Tales of Vesperia and
Tiger Woods 09 for the Xbox 360,
Super Mario Sluggers for the Nintendo Wii, and
Time Hollow and
Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness for the Nintendo DS.
Games Released in Europe:
| Nintendo DS:
- AMF Bowling: Pinbusters
- Carnival Funfair Games
- Ducati Moto
- Mary King's Riding School
- Road to Vegas | |
While a handful of titles are scheduled to debut for the Nintendo DS in the UK this week, no other platform will see a new release until next week. Multiplatform European releases for next week will feature
Bangai-O Spirits and
Imagine: Teacher on the Nintendo DS, while console releases are set to include
Too Human and the previously delayed
Baroque.
Games Released in Japan:
| PlayStation 3:
- Vampire Rain: Altered Species
PlayStation 2:
- J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship
- Memories Off 6: Trial Wave
- Secret Game: Killer Queen | Nintendo DS:
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Yumenoukihashi
- Inazuma Eleven
- Sigma Harmonics
- Tokyo Majin Gakuen: Kenfuuchou
- Uwasa no Midori-kun!! 2 Futari no Midori!? |
Few titles are scheduled to hit store shelves in what is set to be another slow Japanese release week. Console offerings for this week include a PlayStation 3 port of
Vampire Rain and the adventure series sequel
Memories Off 6: Trial Wave for the PS2, while Square Enix's
Sigma Harmonics and the Level 5-developed
Inazuma Eleven serve as highlights on the Nintendo DS.
Next week will bring the Wii release of Nintendo's
Captain Rainbow, while Xbox 360 owners will see a port of the popular PC adventure title
Clannad.
