Welcome to this week's Games Update, our weekly summary featuring all new product arrivals from the last seven days.
As mentioned in last week's preview, a large number of interesting games of all sorts of genres came out this week.
Starting with music games, we have Guitar Hero: On Tour [
US &
Asian versions] and
Daigasso! Band Brothers DX. With these two games on your Nintendo DS, not only can you listen to music on the go, but perform as well.
Fighting games demands as much from your reflexes as music games. Participate in the fight of the decade in
The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match.
While the
King of Fighters is a well known classic, Sengoku Basara X [
limited and
standard editions] combines a historical fantasy plot with hack and slash, and
Sunsoft Collection which takes on a more light hearted approach by making use of colorful visuals and funny attacks.
Combine strategy with your fighting prowesses in war games such as
Battlefield: Bad Company, that allows you uninhibited freedom, Mobile Suit Gundam: Operation: Troy [
Asia &
JPN] that offers a wide range of mobile suits to pilot and by making use of Xbox360's networking facilities, pick a fight with all the veterans out there.
Aside from joining in the earthly wars, raise some havoc in the supernatural world in
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath.
There are a lot of games that provide exciting fights with a strong, captivating plot.
Bleach the 3rd Phantom came out with a storyline that connects past events with the present, while
Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk ties up the loose ends from the first installment.
RPG that takes place in fantasy settings include
Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard, which is a sequel to Etrian Odyssey, an adventure where you have to ascend to the clouds and retrieve the Grail of Kings.
Another RPG that deals with adventure and royalty is
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, you need to claim the throne before other warlords in the demon kingdom snatches it away from you.
As usually, here's a summary of all new releases from this week, followed by a quick preview of what is expected to be hot next week.
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Video Game Related Books:
Video Game related Soundtrack and Movies:
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. So J-Pop, Anime and Movie fans, be sure to look out for that one!
Here is a quick outlook what's expected to be hot next week, please notice that some of the Asian version releases may still be postponed, so do check back regularly for more updates:
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Access our preorder lists for further upcoming
games,
movie, and
music releases.
