Player’s Club: Video game releases for the week of Sept. 28

Remakes, ports and sequels abound this week. I keep that sentence on my computer’s clipboard, ready to be pasted in every single week. It’s more notable with this week’s lineup of new games, though. The most intriguing titles here — Dead Space Extraction, MySims Agents, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, Motorstorm: Arctic Edge, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days — are extensions or new installments of established franchises. These aren’t Halo-sized blockbuster properties, but never underestimate the value of familiarity and name recognition. We’re living in a world with a Land Before Time XIII, after all. My crippling Turbo-Grafx 16 nostalgia impels me to highlight the new Military Madness: Nectaris remake arriving this week on Xbox Live. It’s been far too long since I last waged war on the surface of the Moon.

NINTENDO WII

September 28 ?Arkanoid Plus! (WiiWare)

September 28 ?Drift Mania (WiiWare

September 29?Baseball Blast!

September 29 ?Bass Pro Shops: The Strike

September 29 ?Crazy Chicken Tales

September 29 ?Dead Space Extraction

September 29 ?Deca Sports 2

September 29 ?Doctor Fizzwhizzle’s Animal Rescue

September 29 ?Family Feud: 2010 Edition