Welcome to this week's Games Update, our weekly summary featuring all new product arrivals from the last seven days.
Games are coming out in torrents after the release of the grand finale of the Metal Gear Solid series, and these releases include games of all sorts of genres.
Summer holidays are about partying and family fun for a lot of people. Nintendo therefore published their newest sports game
Super Mario Stadium: Family Baseball, a game suitable for all ages and all occasions. Besides sports games, the puzzle
Puyo Puyo! is another game suitable for families gatherings and all sorts of parties.
As a new special priced version,
Puyo Puyo! is not only a a perfect addition to your collection of games, but also a nice way to save some cash.
Likewise, Atlus re-released their thrilling mythical RPG
Odin Sphere as a best priced version, so for those who did not manange to to grab the last edition, be sure to get your hands on them this time round.
The revival and upgrade of old games are good buys, just in case you have trouble making out your mind. Since the gaming industry is fast paced and competitive, only the best games get revivals. Super Robot Taisen A [
Asian,
JPN], is a good example, first released in 2001, it is re-released 7 years later on Sony PSP, powered up, with lots of new features.
A lot of people go travelling in the summer, to make your hours of plane, train or even bus journeys more exciting, a number of new games are released on portable consoles such as Spectral Force Genesis [
limited and
standard editions]. Think about unifying the world as you travel abroad.
The far east is a good place to travel in your summer holidays, but travelling back time to ancient Japan is an even rarer experience. The
Harukanaru Jikuu no Ka de (Harukanaru toki no naka de) series has always taken their players back time to either the Heian or Kamakura period. But this time, in
the fourth installment, you travel even further back to the era of the gods and myths.
Aside from games, Square-Enix has published their third book in the Final Fantasy Ultimania series. This time,
the book will focus on battle systems and monsters as well as magic.
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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PC Games
Video Game related Books
Video Game related Soundtracks
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!
A lot of releases are expected next week, with a lot of hits such as:
Xbox360™:
PlayStation3™:
Nintendo Wii™:
PlayStation2™:
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Access our preorder lists for further upcoming
games,
movie, and
music releases.
