Welcome to this week's Games & Toys update, our weekly summary in which we are sumarizing all new products listed at Play-Asia.com from the last 7 days. It's been an interesting release week, filled with plenty of great new games. Totally, around 40 new titles have been released.

PlayStation2™ highlights from this week have been Konami's bemani game Pop'n Music 13 Carnival, Bandai's online RPG .hack//G.U. Vol.2 Kimi Omou Koe, Sega Ages Vol. 25: Tetris Collection and the US version of Capcom's action adventure Okami.

Top Japanese Xbox360™ seller has been Square-Enix's shooter Project Sylpheed, followed by the Asian release versions of Just Cause (currently sold out) and Test Drive Unlimited (Chinese language Version).

The most popular handheld release in this week has been Nintendo's RPG Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pocket Monsters Pearl. Further well selling have been the NDS™ US titles Mario vs Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis and Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime as well as Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki FC (Asia / Japanese) and Boxer's Road 2: The Real (Asia / Japanese) for PSP™.

Last but not least, shooting game fans should check out Shikigami no Shiro III, which has been released for PC just today. No console port of this game has been announced so far.

Here's our summary of all new releases from this week. Scroll down for a small preview of coming week's highlights.

PlayStation2™:

.hack//G.U. Vol.2 Kimi Omou Koe	JPN		US$ 64.90
.hack//G.U. Vol.2 Memory Card 8MB			N/A
Aria: The Natural	JPN		N/A
Aria: The Natural [Limited Edition]	JPN		N/A
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers	JPN		US$ 64.90
Fuuraiki	JPN		N/A
Gakuen Heaven: Okawari! (Best Version)	JPN		N/A
God of War (CapKore)	JPN		US$ 34.90
Joshikousei Game's High!	JPN		US$ 64.90
Joshikousei Game's High! [Limited Edition]	JPN		US$ 89.90
Kyuuryuu Youma Gakuenki re:charge	JPN		US$ 59.90
Okami	US		N/A
Otome no Jijou	JPN		US$ 64.90
Otome no Jijou [Limited Edition]	JPN		N/A
Pop'n Music 13 Carnival	JPN		US$ 64.90
Pop'n Music 13 Carnival [Konamistyle Special Edition]	JPN		N/A
Quartet! The Stage of Love	JPN		US$ 64.90
Quartet! The Stage of Love [Limited Edition]	JPN		N/A
Sangokushi XI	JPN		N/A
Sangokushi XI [Premium Box]	JPN		N/A
Sega Ages Vol. 28: Tetris Collection	JPN		US$ 28.90
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	JPN		N/A

Xbox360™:

Dead Rising	JPN		N/A
Full Auto	JPN		US$ 64.90
Just Cause	ASIA		N/A
Project Sylpheed	JPN		N/A
Test Drive Unlimited (English/Chinese language Version)	ASIA		US$ 18.90

Xbox™:

NBA Live 07

ASIA

N/A

PC Games:

The Castle of Shikigami III / Shikigami No Shiro III

JPN

US$ 64.90

Nintendo DS™:

Cyber Card Case (black)			N/A
Cyber Card Case (pink)			N/A
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime	US		US$ 24.90
Jan Sangoku Musou	JPN		N/A
Mario vs Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis	US		N/A
MechAssault: Phantom War	US		N/A
Nemurenai Yoru to Puzzle no Hi ni wa...	JPN		US$ 29.90
Nintendo DS Lite (Pokemon Center Special Edition - Jet Black) - 110V	JPN		N/A
Pocket Monsters Diamond	JPN		US$ 48.90
Pocket Monsters Pearl	JPN		US$ 48.90
Remindelight	JPN		US$ 48.90
Shikakui Atama wo Maruku Suru: DS Joushiki, Nanmon no Shou	JPN		US$ 39.90
Shikakui Atama wo Maruku Suru: DS Kanji no Shou	JPN		US$ 39.90
Shikakui Atama wo Maruku Suru: DS Keisan no Shou	JPN		US$ 39.90
Zaidanhoujin Nippon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kounin: KanKen DS	JPN		US$ 29.90

Sony PSP™:

Astonishia Story	JPN		US$ 48.90
Boku wa Koukuu Kanseikan: Airport Hero NaHa	JPN		US$ 48.90
Boxer's Road 2: The Real	ASIA		N/A
Boxer's Road 2: The Real	JPN		N/A
Chronicle of Dungeon Maker	ASIA		N/A
Chronicle of Dungeon Maker	JPN		N/A
Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki FC	ASIA		N/A
Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki FC	JPN		US$ 48.90
Fish Eyes Portable	ASIA		US$ 42.90
Fish Eyes Portable	JPN		N/A
Fushigi Yuugi - Genbu Kaiten Gaiden: Kagami no Fujo	JPN		N/A
Jan Sangoku Musou	JPN		N/A
NBA Live 07 (Chinese Packing)	ASIA		US$ 42.90
NBA Live 07 (English Packing)	ASIA		US$ 42.90

Toys:

Hyper Hero Pre-Painted Figure: Dynamite Gokin Collection Hokuto No Ken Series No.01			N/A
Ichigo Mashimaro Pre-Painted Figure: Matsuri Sakuragi			N/A
Mon-Sieur Bome Collection Vol.15: Dead or Alive - Kasumi (Blue Version)			N/A
New Super Mario Bros. Collection Mate			N/A

Video Game related Soundtracks and DVDs:

Devil May Cry Dangerous Hits	JPN		US$ 23.90
Insanity DVD: The Illegal Function Radilgy [DVD+CD]	JPN		N/A
Oshare Majo Love And Berry 2006 AkiFuyu Song Collection	JPN		US$ 9.90
Super Eurobeat presents Initial D Fourth Stage D Selection 3	JPN		US$ 29.90
Tales of Legendia - Voice of Character Quest Vol.2	JPN		US$ 29.90
The Idolmaster Master Movie	JPN		US$ 52.90

A separate Video/Music update containing Japanese releases from this week, including new Anime, J-Pop and Movie releases will follow prior end of the week.

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Looking forward to next week, it's going to be relatively calm compared to this week. A little more than 10 new titles are about to be released in Japan, along with a number of Asian version titles. As usually, here's a small preview of coming week's hottest releases.

PlayStation2™:

Dragon Ball Z Sparking! NEO	JPN		US$ 64.90
Front Mission 5: Scars of the War (Ultimate Hits)	JPN		US$ 34.90

Xbox360™:

NBA Live 07	ASIA		US$ 39.90
Tenchu Senran	JPN		N/A

Sony PSP™:

Gundam Battle Royale	JPN		N/A
Gundam Battle Royale	ASIA		N/A

PS One™:

Front Mission 2 (Ultimate Hits)	JPN		US$ 10.90
Front Mission Alternative (Ultimate Hits)	JPN		US$ 19.90
Front Mission 3 (Ultimate Hits)	JPN		US$ 19.90

Access our preorder lists for further upcoming video game, movie and music releases.