Welcome to this week's Games Update, our weekly summary featuring all new product arrivals from the last seven days.
New games continue to pour into our warehouse and like last week, many of these releases are highly anticipated products.
The adrenaline pumping racer Pure [
Xbox360™ &
PC Games] is one of them. Instead of fueling your excitement with the sense of speed itself, the game includes a lot of tricks such as aerial jumps. Experience the deadly fun from the comfort of your living room.
Another racer for your Xbox360 is
BAJA: Edge of control where you conquer austere environments such as desserts as you speed your way to victory.
Aside from racers, classical squad based combat actioner
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway has come out for your 3rd generation consoles in full glory, completed with stunning visual and audio effects that pushes the limits of your system.
Crossovers are in vogue today and Japanese game developers are taking advantage of that. Super Robot Taisen Z [
Japan &
Asian versions] and X Edge [
Japanese and
Asian versions] bring mecha and RPG characters from different series together respectively and have them combine forces to fight a greater evil.
The animation and gaming industry have always been intricately linked. Mecha from popular series such as Gundam shows up in Super Robot Taisen while the Soul Eater cast starred in their own game
Soul Eater: Monotone Princess. Experience the hip and stylish elements of this anime turned action game.
September marks the start of a new term for a lot of students, while the novice death angels from the academy have took on dangerous field work, the students from Mana Khemia [
Standard &
Limited Editions] have started learning the basics of alchemy.
Create items out of raw materials you gathered during field work, build a sound network of friendship with your club members and avoid getting bad grades. This is what going to school is all about.
Autumn is on its tracks along with the start of school, but it's still not too late to have an oceanic adventure. Become a journalist in Aquanaut's Holiday [
Japan &
Asian versions] and investigate upon a case of a missing marine biologist. Ride on a submarine and explore spots such as sunken shrines and pirate ships. Figure out what the missing person has gone through that leads to his disappearance.
Get back to land from the ocean and submerge into your nightmare in Knights in the Nightmare [
Standard &
Limited Edition]. Instead of relying fully on tactical gameplay, the game system allows a level of real time control, increasing the level of excitement experienced.
Prior to Knights in the Nightmare, the artists of the game has worked on
Yggdra Union, a popular strategic game that has quite a following in Japan. For those who don't speak Japanese, Atlus have localized it for English speaking gamers.
Aside from the classic strategic game, the mecha action Armored Core: For Answer [
Xbox360™ &
PlayStation3™] has also been localized and released by UBI Soft.
Most games tend to picture you as a world savior, but in
World Destruction, you will be entrusted with the burden of ending the world, namely, destroy it completely. But while you are thrust into this mess, you may realize that the world was indeed quite beautiful.
After having fun destroying the world, change game softwares and parody as super heroes. The comedic actioner
Lego Batman is teamed together with Lego Robin and are all set to fight crimes in Lego Gotham City.
Save the world is the theme of many games, even in Koei's romance simulators. Fight against thanatos, save the world, but most importantly, get the man of your dreams in Neo Angelique Special [
Standard &
Limited Editions].
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™
Nintendo DS™ Accessories
Sony PSP™
PC Game
Magazines and Guides
Video Game 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!
Here is a quick outlook what's expected to be hot next week.
Xbox360™
