lost in games

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

What a week this promises to be!

Long Weekend quote suggestions.

“Honey, I think I lost around Euros200 cash. What? What games? Oh these. These are old ones!”

“Yeah mum, the teacher did not give us any homework for next week.”

“I am sorry honey but it’s best not to go anywhere this long weekend. It will be so crowded.”

“I think we need to save the money for our proper summer holidays”

“Sorry mate I can’t come over today. I am baby sitting”

“Beach? No way, the water is still too cold.”

Best excuse of the week Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption (PS3, 360).

Also other good excuses are Alan Wake (360), Split/Second (PS3, 360, PC) and Prince of Persia (PS3, 360).

360

Alan Wake
Read Dead Redemption
Split/second
Shrek Forever After
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten sands

PS3

Read Dead Redemption
Split/second
Shrek Forever After
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten sands

Wii

Bit. Trip Runner
Trauma Team
Trackmania
Shrek Forever After
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten sands

PC

Split/second
Runaway: A Twist of Fate

DS

Trackmania 2
Shrek Forever After
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten sands
Blue Dragon: Awakened shadow

PSP

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten sands

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)

We are going the handheld way this week with some notable releases on the DS including the likes of Scribblenauts and Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story. The latter represents what Nintendo has been all about in recent years. Refining and releasing games based on existing franchises. The quality of these games usually overcomes any issues we have regarding originality. This is one of those times as scores a 9/10 at Eurogamer.

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This week sees the release of the first ever console which plays only downloadable games. The PSPGo is probably the last version of the PSP console from Sony. It will aim to capture some of the Iphone game market by encouraging developers to create mini games that will only be available from the PSP store. At Euros260 though it makes you wonder how many people will buy it. It’s more expensive than the 360 and only 40 Euros cheaper than the PS3 Slim.

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The post-E3 phenomenon.After watching all those trailers and new controller demonstrations we are back to the present which is not as sweet. We would all like to get Splinter Cell: Conviction or Uncharted 2 but we will have to make do with the likes of Prototype (360, PC) and Grand Slam Tennis (Wii) instead.

Here’s the Protorype (another open world game in the mould of Crackdown and InFamous) review on Eurogamer.

“Prototype is a game of riotous, gore-splattering ultraviolence. That’s all it wants to be, and in many respects it does a solid, and often spectacular job. The victims may be plot, atmosphere and the difficulty curve, but then great power always comes at a cost.”

But Prototype is not the game of the week.

The honours go to the PC indie game that goes by the name of Blueberry Garden. An award winning game that one can get through Steam and there is also a demo to try out. But for US$5 do yourself a favour and just get the damn thing. What’s 2 pints of KEO less this weekend. It will be good for your diet. The game was developed by Erik Svedang and here’s a link to the official site. Link

A short review at Greenpixels will explain to you what this game is all about and this is a short trailer of the game.

The gorgeous Blueberry Garden is game of the week.

360

Prototype

PS3

Hail To The Chimp
Rock Revolution

Wii

Grand Slam Tennis
Casper’s Scare School: Spooky Sports Day
Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans
Indiana Jones And The Staff Of Kings
Pirates Vs Ninjas: Dodgeball
Story Hour: Adventures
Story Hour: Fairy Tales

PC

Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans
Panzerkrieg 2: Burning Horizon
Prototype
Sword Of The Stars: Ultimate Collection
Virtua Tennis 2009
Blueberry Garden

DS

Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans
Indiana Jones And The Staff Of Kings
Moorhuhn: Atlantis (Chicken Hunter)
Moorhuhn: The Pharaohs Treasure
Neighbours From Hell
Super Speed Machines

PSP

Indiana Jones And The Staff Of Kings

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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Sanctification - The religious ceremony in which something is made holy.

Now you can’t say that there was nothing worthwhile in this week’s Game Releases post. At least you have learned a new word.

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