Monday, October 5, 2009

Player’s Club: Video game releases for the week of Oct. 5

Posted by Garrett Martin on Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 9:45 PM

You should never underestimate any Nintendo game with the word Wii in the title (well, except for that one time...) Wii Fit Plus is the biggest release of the week, but the cross-section of people who'll buy that and, say, the punishingly difficult Japanese dungeon-crawler Demon's Souls is probably microscopic, if not downright non-existent. Which is a shame, as Demon's Souls deserves Wii Fit's justified success, and also because people who love punishingly difficult Japanese dungeon-crawlers could probably stand to exercise a little bit more.

Demon's Souls highlights a strong week for PlayStation 3 exclusives. Afrika, a gorgeous camera safari in the vein of cult classic Pokemon Snap, finally gets a U.S. release over a year after coming out in Japan. Also coming out this week for the PS3 is the adorable puzzle game Critter Crunch, which will be downloadable exclusively through the PlayStation Network.

PLAYSTATION 3

October 6 Afrika

October 6 Demon's Souls

October 6 Disney Sing It: Pop Hits

October 6 NBA 2K10

October 6 NBA Live 10

October 6 Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

October 6 Saw: The Videogame

October 6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- Republic Heroes

October 8 Critter Crunch (PlayStation Network)

NINTENDO WII

October 4 Wii Fit Plus

October 5 Word Searcher (WiiWare)

October 6 Disney Sing It: Pop Hits

October 6 Game Party 3

October 6 The Island of Dr. Frankenstein

October 6 NBA 2K10

October 6 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

October 6 Spore Hero

October 6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- Republic Heroes

October 6 Tom Clancy's HAWX

XBOX 360

October 6 NBA 2K10

October 6 NBA Live 10

October 6 Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

October 6 Saw: The Videogame

October 6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- Republic Heroes

October 7 Lucidity (Xbox Live Arcade)

October 7 South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! (Xbox Live Arcade)

PLAYSTATION 2

October 6 Disney Sing It: Pop Hits

October 6 MotorStorm: Arctic Edge

October 6 NBA 2K10

October 6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- Republic

PSP

October 6 Naruto Shippuden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising

October 6 NBA 2010: The Inside

October 6 NBA 2K10

October 6 NBA Live 10

October 6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- Republic Heroes

NINTENDO DS

October 5 Thorium Wars

October 6 The Biggest Loser

October 6 Imagine: Zookeeper

October 6 Spore Hero Arena

October 6 Star Wars: The Clone Wars -- Republic Heroes

October 8 Animal Paradise Wild

October 8 Pet Pals: New Leash on Life 2

October 8 A Witch's Tale

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