Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Player's Club: Video game releases for the week of Oct. 26

Posted by Garrett Martin on Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 7:07 PM

This week's new video games are a good mix of the old and new. Oh, wait, no they're not. It's another round of sequels and licensed games. Not that game sequels are inherently problematic (technology tends to keep getting better, y'see), but it's hard to get excited over the sixth Tekken if you're not a huge fan of fighting games. Even if you like racing games, Forza Motorsports 3 will only be interesting if you really liked the first two.

There is one new and original title launching this week, and that's DJ Hero. Activision might deck it out in Guitar Hero dress, but DJ Hero's gameplay bears little resemblance to its big cousin or Rock Band. Sure, you still hit colored buttons at the right time, but scratching, crossfading, and rewinding have no analogue in either of the two big music games. DJ Hero isn't just fresh and exciting, though; it's also shockingly fun.

Find the full list of new releases after the jump.

NINTENDO WII

October 26 Ghost Mansion Party (WiiWare)

October 26 Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 3 (WiiWare)

October 27 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader: Game Time

October 27 All Star Cheer Squad 2

October 27 Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks

October 27 CSI: Deadly Intent

October 27 Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2 October 27 DJ Hero

October 27 Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter

October 27 Hasbro Family Game Night 2

October 27 iCarly

October 27 Madagascar Karts

October 27 Monster 4X4 Stunt Racer

October 27 Mountain Sports

October 27 Nerf N-Strike Elite

October 27 Ni Hao, Kai-Lan: Super Game Day

October 27 Remington Great American Bird Hunt

October 27 SpongeBob’s Truth or Square

October 27 Water Sports

October 27 World of Zoo

Nov. 1 Rabbids Go Home

XBOX 360

October 27 Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader: Game Time

October 27 Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks

October 27 CSI: Deadly Intent

October 27 DJ Hero

October 27 Fairytale Fights

October 27 Forza Motorsports 3

October 27 Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City

October 27 Madagascar Karts

October 27 SpongeBob’s Truth or Square

October 27 Tekken 6 October 28 Inferno Pool (Xbox Live Arcade)

October 28 Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure! (Xbox Live Arcade)

PLAYSTATION 3

October 27 DJ Hero

October 27 Fairytale Fights

October 27 Madagascar Kartz

October 27 Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

October 27 Tekken 6

PLAYSTATION 2

October 27 Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks

October 27 Dance Dance Revolution X2

October 27 DJ Hero

October 27 Ni Hao, Kai-Lan: Super Game Day

NINTENDO DS

October 26 PictureBook Games: The Royal Bluff (DsiWare)

October 26 Sudoku (DsiWare)

October 27 00 All Time Favorites

October 27 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader: Game Time

October 27 Atelier Annie: Alchemist of Sera Island

October 27 The Backyardigans

October 27 Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple

October 27 Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks

October 27 Diner Dash: Flo on the Go

October 27 Disney Fairies: Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure

October 27 Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter

October 27 Dream Salon

October 27 Hasbro Family Game Night

October 27 iCarly

October 27 Madagascar Karts

October 27 Nostalgia

October 27 Petz Dolphinz Encounter

October 27 Press Your Luck: 2010 Edition

October 27 SimAnimals: Africa

October 27 SpongeBob’s Truth or Square

October 27 Sushi Academy

October 27 Touchmaster 3

October 27 World of Zoo

Nov. 1 Rabbids Go Home

PSP

October 27 Adventures to Go!

October 27 Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks

October 27 Petz: Dogz Family / Hamsterz Bunch / Saddle Club

October 27 SpongeBob’s Truth or Square October 29 LocoRoco Midnight Carnival (PlayStation Network)

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I was looking for some updates about PS3 and this is great to get this list here, I always search for some newly launch games for my game machine and I think this website is the best source for that.

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