lost in games

Oh how we love the World Cup. It gives us an excuse to consume an obscene amount of alcohol together with lots and lots of chips and nuts while it’s still daylight. It also gives us an excuse to leave work on time (or even earlier)! Maybe extend those lunch breaks as well?

Anyways…

Contest Instructions

In order to celebrate this heavenly event i am inviting you to answer a simple question “Which team will win the World Cup?”.

The winner of the contest can select one of the below games titles which will be mailed to him/her as soon as the World Cup is over. If there are two or more winners then a draw will be made to get the final winner.

1. God of War 3 (PS3)
2. Red Dead Redemption (PS3/360)
3. Alan Wake (360)
4. Heavy Rain (PS3)
5. Splinter Cell: Conviction (360)
6. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
7. New Super Mario Bros (Wii)

more details on how to enter this contest at Onthisisland

Hey, it’s Mario!

In 2007 Edge magazine awarded the first Super Mario Galaxy with a perfect 10. Now SMG2 (Wii) has also received a 10 from Edge. It seems that a perfect game has been improved to perfection in the space of two and a half years…..

If you own a Wii, it’s time to dust it off. Mario is the unidisputed game of the week.

360

UFC Undisputed 2010
Blur

PS3

UFC Undisputed 2010
Blur
ModNation Racers
Soldner-X-2: Final Prototype

Wii

Super Mario Galaxy 2
Pirates Blun-Arrr

PC

Blur

DS

Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force: Herbert’s Revenge
Dawn of Heroes

PSP

Hexyz Force
ModNation Racers

Question 1 – Do you have 2-3 mates you can play online with?

No -> Move on to Q2, nothing to see here.
Yes -> Lost Planet 2 (PS3, 360) is your game of the week!

Question 2 - Do you like skateboarding?

No -> Move on to Q3, nothing to see here.
Yes -> Skate 3 (PS3, 360) is your game of the week!

Question 3 - Do you have fond memories of the old Zelda games?

No -> Sorry, try again next week.
Yes -> 3D Dot Game Heroes

First of, let me express my best wishes for the year for 2010 to you and your families.Now then, I sincerely hope you took a breather during the Christmas holidays because you are going to need all your strength (and quite possibly a lot of cash) in the first 3 months of 2010. The release list is phenomenal and even bigger than last year’s autumn with games like God of War III, Final Fantasy XIII, Splinter Cell: Conviction and Heavy Rain.

But even this week there are two excellent titles, one of which quite possibly might be a contender for game of the year 2010. And this is just in the first week!

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The first quarter of 2010 will be one of the busiest for many years. Why you may ask and what does this have to do with this week’s releases? Well, a lot of games publishers have moved the release date of their titles to avoid coinciding with the biggest release of the year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The chances are you have played the first Modern Warfare from Infinity Ward two years ago either in multiplayer or/and single player, so you know what this game is all about. The chances are it’s one of the games you will be picking up this year.

I have not seen any reviews yet on the game, but as the competition this week is pretty weak, there is no doubt that COD:MW2 is game of the week.

Release List

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360, PS3, PC, Wii)
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (360, PS3)
Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage (Wii)
Tales Of Symphonia: Dawn Of The New World (Wii)
Tornado Outbreak (360, Wii, PS3)
Tropico 3 (360)
Speedzone (Wii)

Sony has not announced a PS3 price cut so it’s widely expected that it’s holding on for a bigger one right before the Christmas/Thanksgiving shopping season. It was a return to the basics for the wounded Japanese juggernaut. An impressive exclusive lineup of Uncharted 2, God of War III, Gran Turismo 5, The Last Guardian, MAG and Agent. However most of these games are scheduled for a 2010 release.

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I am rather disappointed at Nintendo’s announcements this year. Its major hardcore games are just sequels,  Super Mario Galaxy 2, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Metroid Prime Other M. It’s hard to get excited about these franchises even if they are as brilliant as Super Mario Galaxy was.

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Microsoft made an impressive conference by all accounts in this year’s E3. Apart from all the game announcements it has also unveiled improvements to the service it provides to Xbox Live users. Xbox Live is undeniably the X360’s strongest feature and together with the camera controller it has announced could it be headed towards that golden Wii path.

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In case you’ve been wondering why there was no Game Releases post last week it’s because I was in transit. After a long flight from Larnaca airport taking me via Frankfurt I finally arrived yesterday to Los Angeles where the 2009 Electronics Entertainment Expo will take place from 2 4 June. It’s the biggest event in the games industry and I will be there to report directly to you.

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It’s a fighting week here at Game Releases.In the Blue corner for the HD console generation there is UFC 2009: Undisputed on the PS3 and 360. I didn’t even know about UFC until a few months ago when i visited a friend’s place and he was watching a fight on satellite (aka dreambox) with some friends. When i suggested that it reminded me of WWE i was immediately verbally attacked and told “This is the s…man!”.

Well, the s… has been made into a videogame and a quite competent one at that.

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