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Shippin’ Out July 26-August 1: Wii Sports Resort
Jul 27th
Nintendo’s sports bundle sequel due out Sunday, with Gears of War2: All Fronts Collection and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 slamming onto Xbox 360; Bionic Commando and East India Company sail to the PC.
Although this week is host to a series of notable titles–like Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on the Xbox 360, and Bionic Commando for the PC–they will likely be dwarfed by Sunday’s release of Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort. The sports game debuted in Japan in mid-June with nearly 360,000 units sold in its first week, and has received ample critical praise.
Bundled with the Wii MotionPlus, the minigame collection offers over 20 activities–more than double the number of its predecessor, 2006’s Wii Sports. Many of the included sports games take advantage of the expanded control provided by the MotionPlus, like Frisbee Dog and archery. Other new sports include swordplay, basketball, canoeing, cycling, and wakeboarding.
Deploying from another popular franchise is the sci-fi shooter Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection. The add-on will bundle the “Dark Corners” expansion, which includes three new multiplayer maps (Flashback, Snowblind, and Combustible) and the “Road to Ruin” single-player chapter, and all previous map packs into one MSP1600/$19.99 package on Xbox Live. (A proposed boxed retail product was canceled just before last month’s
Electronic Entertainment Expo.) Dark Corners is also available a la carte for MSP1200/$14.99.
Xbox 360 users might be glad to learn that the classic fighter Marvel vs. Capcom 2 will hit the Xbox Live Arcade this week, two weeks before its release on the PlayStation 3. Although Capcom’s arcade game hit the PlayStation 2 and Xbox several years ago, the Xbox 360 release will feature three graphics settings–classic, crisp, and smooth–and remains faithful to the purist-favored Dreamcast edition of 2000.
Although Capcom’s prolific arcade fighter carries on, its sci-fi adventure Bionic Commando is limping to the PC. The series was hamstrung by poor sales and lackluster reviews on its Xbox 360 and PS3 editions released last May. The Windows edition will support higher screen resolutions than their counterparts and touts remappable controls, mouse-and-keyboard support, and DirectX 9 and 10 compatibility.
Rounding out this week’s releases is a voyage back to the 18th century. From the Finnish developer Nitro Games is the naval game East India Company, which is a unique combination of naval trading and warfare, exclusively for the PC. Players can control colonial markets by trading commodities like tea, spices, gold, and silk, and can wage war on the high seas in real-time strategy battles.
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 26, 2009
Wii Sports Resort–Wii–Nintendo
JULY 27, 2009
No new releases scheduled.
JULY 28, 2009
Bionic Commando–PC–Capcom
East India Company–PC–Paradox Interactive
Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection–X360–Microsoft
My Secret Diary–DS–O-Games
Rockin’ Pretty–DS–Aksys Games
Space Bust A Move–DS–Square Enix
The Humans–DS–Deep Silver
JULY 29, 2009
Marvel vs. Capcom 2–X360–Capcom
Memento Mori–PC–Got Game Entertainment
Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2 (download only)–PC–Warner Bros.
JULY 30, 2009
Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2 (download only)–PS3–Warner Bros.
JULY 31, 2009
No new releases scheduled.
AUGUST 1, 2009
No new releases scheduled.
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Drill Sergeant Mindstrong leads Nintendo DLC charge
Jun 23rd
Perhaps the most iconic drill instructor of the silver screen is Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, the loudmouth, foul-mouthed soldier of Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket. The eponymous character of Drill Sergeant Mindstrong, a new WiiWare game released today, has some large spit-shined boots to fill.
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In Drill Sergeant Mindstrong, players team up with three other comrades to outsmart several mind-boggling, mind-training games where concentration and quick thinking are essential. The best scrubs of boot camp are rewarded with promotions. The game can be played with up to three others, and costs 800 Wii points.*
The DS puzzle-game NEVES Plus (600 Wii points) is coming to the Wii this week, featuring tangram-based gameplay from the original console, along with new Egyptian-themed multiplayer modes. With up to three others, players unite to rotate, flip, and move seven stones into each of the 500-plus silhouette puzzles.
Also arriving is an all-new family-friendly sports game, Family Mini Golf. As implied by the title, the game’s golf courses are more miniature than professional, featuring bumpers, speed ramps, and fans. Up to eight players can play using a single Wii Remote. The game has a price tag of 500 Wii points with additional golf courses available for download at a later date.
The Wii’s Virtual Console will see Hudson’s TurboGrafx16 classic SimEarth: The Living Planet pull into orbit. The planet-scale simulation game allows players to guide the evolution of basic organisms into advanced life forms. Players guide their creatures into space and terraform neighboring planets. The game has a price tag of 800 Wii points.
This week’s DSiWare release is Art Style: BOXLIFE, where players cut and fold paper into box shapes. Talented box shapers earn money to buy items for their characters’ miniature gardens. However, the game will not penalize penniless players by forcing them to fashion boxes into makeshift alleyway homes. The game costs 500 DSi points.
*100 Wii/DSi points = $1
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Empire of Sports Launches Roland-Garros: The Virtual Tournament & Announces New Partnership (Empire of Sports)
May 28th
Empire of Sports, the first Massively Multi-player Online Sports Game (MMOSG) with a fully 3D game engine, today an exciting new initiative, as well a brand new partnership with one of the most legendary and prestigious football clubs in the world: FC Barcelona.
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Here’s Your First Pro Evo Soccer 2010 Screen
May 14th
Today Konami released the first screen of its upcoming Pro Evolution Soccer 2010. I'm sure there's a bunch of footie fans out there that could tell me more about this screen than I can tell you but, nonetheless, there you go.
I'm not the biggest soccer videogame fan in the world–even though I love Football Manager Live–but even I know that the Pro Evo series has been struggling behind EA Sports' FIFA game for a while now. What do you think Konami needs to do with Pro Evo to catch up with the FIFA series?
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