Going into the second full week of July, there’s no relief for gamers seeking a flood of new releases. However, the spigot isn’t completely dry, with a few notable titles hitting the retail market. Electronic Arts’ NCAA Football 10 leads the charge, available Tuesday for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable. The football sim features a new “player lock” system, in which players can bind the camera to locate and follow any athlete on the field. The bound character can then be controlled as the sports action unfolds.

Like Rick and Lori, these two college ballers soon realize that they, too, are trapped in a game.

For the PSP, Unbound Saga is jumping out from the comic book world. This side-scrolling brawler is based on a story whose characters are aware they are heroes in a work of fiction. Protagonists Rick and Lori trek through 10 scenarios on a quest to discover why they’re trapped in a fantasy world. Also on the Sony portable console is NIS America’s unusual and long-winded title Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do to Deserve This? The 8-bit-style strategy game allows players to create deadly dungeons filled with a menagerie of monsters. Both of these PSP games will only be downloadable from the PlayStation Network.

For further details on the week’s games, visit GameSpot’s New Releases page. The full list of downloadable games on the PlayStation Store, Xbox Live Marketplace, and the Wii Shop Channel will be revealed later this week. Release dates are based on retailer listings and are subject to change.

JULY 12, 2008
No new releases scheduled.

JULY 13, 2008
Sherlock Holmes: Mystery of the Mummy–DS–Dreamcatcher

JULY 14, 2008
Birthday Party Bash–Wii–Take-Two Interactive
NCAA Football 10–PS2, PS3, PSP, X360–EA
Science Papa–DS, Wii–Activision

JULY 15, 2008
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition–PC, X360–LucasArts
Madballs in Babo: Invasion–360–Playbrains

JULY 16, 2008
Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do to Deserve This?–PSP–NIS America
Unbound Saga–PSP–SCEA

JULY 17, 2008
Nancy Drew: The Ransom of the Seven Ships–PC–Her Interactive

JULY 18, 2008
No new releases scheduled.

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According to a June 8 report by research group Nielsen, New Super Mario Bros. Wii garnered the most online “buzz” at this month’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. However, a report released this week indicates that such ephemeral attention might not translate into hard sales.

Mario and his Yoshi steed did not ride onto the top-12 list.

The survey asked gamers which games presented at E3 they were definitely or probably interested in purchasing. Some 53 percent of respondents were likely to purchase Halo 3: ODST, with 49 percent for God of War III. On the other end of the list, The Beatles: Rock Band ranked last at 12th with 30 percent.

One interesting factoid by Nielsen is that there were no massive changes in interest in the 12 titles from pre-E3 to post-E3. As the research group puts it, “In other words, games that already tugged at gamers’ hearts held on.”

The results of Nielsen’s June 7 to 14 survey are listed below, along with a video of GameSpot’s Halo 3: ODST demo.

TITLE – RELEASE DATE – PERCENTAGE INTERESTED
1) Halo 3:ODST – September 22, 2009 – 53%
2) God of War III – March 2010 – 49%
3) Wii Sports Resort – WII – July 26, 2009 – 45%

4) Guitar Hero 5 – September 1, 2009 – 42%
5) Final Fantasy XIII – Q2 2010 – 37%
6) Madden NFL 10 – August 14, 2009 – 35%
7) Guitar Hero: Van Halen – Q3 2009 – 34%
Assassins Creed 2 – November 17, 2009 – 32%
9) Need for Speed: Shift – September 22, 2009 – 32%
10) Need for Speed: Nitro – Q3 2009 – 32%
11) NCAA Football 10 – July 14, 2009 – 32%
12) Beatles Rock Band – September 9, 2009 – 30%

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