Welcome to this week's Games Update, our weekly summary featuring all new product arrivals from the last seven days.
Plenty US version games are released this week, this includes the much awaited
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: The Grimoire of the Rift. Once again, explore the realm of the fantasy and meet familiar characters such as Vaan and Penelo during your travels.
After coming out from the world of fantasy, step into the world's best tennis players's sports shoes, try out their signature moves and styles in
Top Spin 3. This tennis game brings the generations of top tennis players together, so feel free to revive the veterans and pitch them against the current stars.
Rise to stardom in the rock music sphere after winning the tennis championship.
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith features the performances of the top bands and hit songs. Like tennis players, the legendary band has their distinctive moves and playing technique, be sure to try them out on the guitar.
Step off the stage and enter the
Phantom Fortress with Naruto and your team of ninjas. Battle your way through the hallways and your opponent's team with the coolest techniques, brought to you by one of the most finely designed battle systems.
Travel back time to the WWII era in
Hellboy: Science of Evil and
Operation Darkness. Hitler and the Nazis are back, this time with insane plots or regiments of supernatural creatures to back him up. Bring these plans down with your superpowers as
Hellboy or your own team of elite soldiers in
Operation Darkness.
As for Japanese games, Intial D Extreme Stage [
Asian and
Japanese versions] came out this week after five long years. Race through the mountain paths as your favourite character in your favourite car. This time, there are even more cars, race courses and racers to choose from.
Chill yourself out with
Nanashi no Game in this summer heat. This game blends horror within your reality seamlessly by making use of the life-like images and surround sound. Figure out the mysteries of the game before the end of the week to escape your otherwise inevitable death.
Lastly, a sleek, red hot
PlayStation2 console has arrived. Although the PlayStation3 is already out, it is a good idea to own a PlayStation2 console as there are still plenty of cool PlayStation2 games out there and more are releasing, as you will see in the preview.
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.
Xbox360™
PlayStation3™
Nintendo Wii™
PlayStation2™
Nintendo DS™
Sony PSP™
PC Games
Game Guides and Books
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.
Xbox360™
Nintendo Wii™
PlayStation2™
Nintendo DS™
Access our preorder lists for further upcoming
games,
movie, and
music releases.
