This Week's Releases - 14/09/09

PALGN Feature | And with that, the drought was broken.

Do you have a second job? If not, now might be the time to go out and find one with the deluge of videogames invading store shelves over the next seven days. So, in no particular order, here we go with our summation of all that's good and great this week.

The fifth instalment of the Guitar Hero series rocks its way onto Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 and Wii from Wednesday. Guitar Hero 5 promises tracks from the Beastie Boys, Coldplay, David Bowie and Wolfmother, and may be purchased as a standalone game or bundled with the guitar controller. Also hitting the streets is the next SingStar instalment for PS2 and PS3, SingStar Motown, including the likes of the Supremes, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.

Next up is Scribblenauts on Nintendo DS. In the game, players must help Maxwell find the Starite in each level by jotting down the word of an object that can be used reach the goal. Objects react as they do in the real world, meaning there are several ways to solve each puzzle. With a total of 220 challenges to decipher, Scribblenauts will keep your brain occupied for some time to come. Our most recent preview of the game can be found here.

Next up, two of the most iconic racing games battle it out for supremacy. First, Need for Speed SHIFT takes a new direction, giving players a realistic view of racetrack with what Electronic Arts is calling ‘perception based G-Forces’ and a ‘brutally disorientating crash dynamic’. Next is Codemasters' off-road racer Colin McRae: Dirt 2. With a wide selection of rally cars and off-road vehicles, the game promises a new breed of dirt racing with updated race types, locations and ‘benchmark tech’. Need for Speed SHIFT can be found on Xbox 360, PS3, PSP and PC, and Colin McRae: Dirt 2 on Xbox 360, PS3, PSP and Wii.

After Final Fantasy and Soulcalibur a few weeks ago, the happy news continues for PlayStation Portable fans with two games being released, I-L2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey and MotorStorm Artic Edge. PC owners also have two titles the have been residing on closes for some time, Red Faction: Guerrilla and Resident Evil 5. Finally, World War II aerial combat comes to life in the Heroes Over Europe on Xbox, PS3 and PC (check back for our review of the game shortly).

Wednesday 16th September:

G Force (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Nintendo DS, PC)
Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii)
Guitar Hero 5 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii)
Roary the Racing Car (Nintendo DS)
Scribblenauts (Nintendo DS)

Thursday 17th September:

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii)
Fossil Fighters (Nintendo DS)
Heroes Over Europe (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC)
I-L2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey (PlayStation Portable)
MotorStorm Artic Edge (PlayStation Portable)
Need for Speed SHIFT (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PC)
New U Fitness First (Wii)
NHL 2010 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Order of War (PC)
Red Faction: Guerrilla (PC)
Resident Evil 5 (PC)
Sing Star Motown (PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2)
Wacky World of Sports (Wii)

Coming next week: Batman: Arkham Asylum (PC), Cross Edge (PS3), Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360), Katamari Forever (PS3), Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS), Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (DS), Section 8 (Xbox 360, PC).

Release dates were correct at time of publishing but are subject to change.

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23 Comments

Mr Waffle

2 years ago

NFS:Shift is out this week? I read later. Oh well, I'm waiting for Forza 3 anyway.

Thinking about GH5. I'm not sure if I can be bothered, a bit over guitar games (as are my friends who have played them religiously since the first GH)...

Batman is out on Steam on the 18th for US$49.99, by the way.

bobboblaw

2 years ago

****, I didn't realise Motorstorm on PSP was out so soon. Might have to pick it up, though I might be better off just buying the other expansion for Pacific Rift instead. I don't know how well they can pull of the MS experience on a handheld.

Jarrod

2 years ago

Scribblenauts is not coming out in Australia until the 30th. It was announced as delayed a couple of weeks ago.

renegadesx

2 years ago

Cant wait for Katamari next week

Starman

2 years ago

GH5 for me!

GreyWolfJai

2 years ago

Ouch... no Colin McRae for PC??? Guess I will just stick with GH5!

ashlar

2 years ago

Katamari FTW, played Demo last night. Hope it's better than the recycled Xbox 360 levels...

*Groan*

Camm

2 years ago

Section 8's already out, at least on Steam anyway.

dloiscute

2 years ago

Cross Edge!

squal04

2 years ago

[quote="Mr Waffle"]NFS:Shift is out this week? I read later. Oh well, I'm waiting for Forza 3 anyway.

NFS: Shift is out Now

hinduguru

2 years ago

squal04 wrote

NFS: Shift is out Now

For reals? Any particular store/s? (ie: JB Hi-Fi...)

squal04

2 years ago

hinduguru wrote

squal04 wrote

NFS: Shift is out Now

For reals? Any particular store/s? (ie: JB Hi-Fi...)

Yeah, most EB should have their stock today. I doubt about JB though, their website says Friday.

hinduguru

2 years ago

Yeah i noticed EB's site have stated its "Out Now" (after reading your post). Hopefully JB start selling tomorrow, because i'll be getting with their trade deal.

Lord Haart

2 years ago

ODST drops next week... I see my thesis falling to the wayside already. Bungie is the worst thing that has ever happened to my uni degree.

Suetekh

2 years ago

Shift is out now at JB in Adelaide (Rundle Mall), just picked it up

irishyort

2 years ago

Fallout 3 - Expansion Pack 2 (The good one - Broken Steel and Point Lookout) is out on Thursday for those of us that don't download content

emech

2 years ago

Scribblenauts is not coming out in Australia until the 30th

They had better be localising the dartabase (i.e colour not color and organisation not organization etc) otherwise its these sort of delays that encourage importing/download (+ price with the $A reasonably high at the moment)

Cyph

2 years ago

For those looking at getting SHIFT, I just rang up my local GAME and got them to price match JB at $89. And yes, they are selling it today too.

Benc82

2 years ago

emech wrote

They had better be localising the dartabase (i.e colour not color and organisation not organization etc)

and data not darta

Also a heads up, my local JB Hifi is selling Dirt 2 today, although EB wasn't yet.

Pity I have to wait for mine to arrive from playasia

Oh well, I got it cheap.

Sinthesys

2 years ago

^ I hate it when that happens, but at least you save some money...

Benc82

2 years ago

^Yeah I had some credit and a coupon etc so it ended up costing $58aud delivered. So can't complain!

MrAndyPuppy

2 years ago

Local JB had Need for Speed Shift on PS3 out on shelves, but not X360... no idea why, but wasn't really looking.

I got an email today from Activision that said Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is due out on 16th, so looks like they might have dragged it forward a week.