Player’s Club: Video game releases for the week of Oct. 19
After years of bashfully batting its eyes at irrelevence, the video game industry has finally quit playing hard to get and gone all the way with obsolescence. Almost every single new release this week is either an adaptation of a movie, cartoon, or TV series, or a shameless rip-off of the Imagine series’ already shameless pandering to young girls. Only a few titles stand out amid the junk. Borderlands, a stylish, cel-shaded role-playing game / first-person shooter mash-up from Gearbox, and EA Sports’ annual FIFA soccer game are the only retail titles that look all that intriguing. One of the year’s best games, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, makes the jump from the DS to the PSP. At least it’s a good week for downloadable titles. LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias is the sequel to the excellent WiiWare launch title, whereas the buzz has been growing around physics-based action-puzzle game Trine since its release in Europe earlier this summer.
NINTENDO WII
October 19?LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias (WiiWare)?
October 19?Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem (WiiWare)
October 20?Army Rescue ?
October 20?Astro Boy: The Video Game
October 20?Backyard Football ‘10
October 20?Bakugan
October 20?Buck Fever
October 20?Charm Girls Club: Pajama Party
October 20?Chicken Shoot
October 20?Cook Wars
October 20?Crazy Garage
October 20?CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Deadly Intent ?
October 20?Deer Drive
October 20?Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo ?
October 20?FIFA Soccer 10 ?
October 20?iCarly
October 20?Littlest Pet Shop Friends ?
October 20?Madagascar Kartz ?
October 20?Marvel Super Hero Squad
October 20?Medieval Games
October 20?Mountain Sports
October 20?NBA 2K10 ?
October 20?Pop’N Music
October 20?Remington Great American Bird Hunt
October 20?Rock Blast
October 20?Secret Saturdays: The Beasts of The 5th Sun
October 20?Shimano Xtreme Fishing
October 20?Ultimate Duck Hunting
October 20?Walk it Out
October 20?WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
October 21?Adventure Double Wii Pack
XBOX 360
October 20?Backyard Football ‘10
October 20?Bakugan ?
October 20?Borderlands ?
October 20?CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Deadly Intent
October 20?FIFA Soccer 10
October 20?Lips: Number One Hits
October 20?WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
October 21?Panzer General: Allied Assault (Xbox Live Arcade)
October 21?Tower Bloxx Deluxe (Xbox Live Arcade)
PLAYSTATION 3
October 20?Bakugan ?
October 20?Borderlands
October 20?FIFA Soccer 10
October 20?WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
October 22?Trine (PlayStation Network)
PLAYSTATION 2
October 20?Astro Boy: The Video Game
October 20?Backyard Football ‘10
October 20?Bakugan
October 20?FIFA Soccer 10
October 20?Marvel Super Hero Squad
October 20?Secret Saturdays: Beasts of The 5th Sun, The
October 20?WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
NINTENDO DS
October 19?Crash-Course Domo (DsiWare)
October 19?Hard-Hat Domo (DsiWare)
October 19?Pro-Putt Domo (DsiWare)
October 19?Rock-n-Roll Domo (DsiWare)
October 19?White-Water Domo (DsiWare)
October 20?Astro Boy: The Video Game
October 20?Bakugan
October 20?Balloon Pop
October 20?Charm Girls Club: My Fashion Mall
October 20?Charm Girls Club: My Fashion Show
October 20?Charm Girls Club: My Perfect Prom
October 20?Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop ?
October 20?CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Deadly Intent — Hidden Cases
October 20?Diner Dash: Flo on the Go ?
October 20?FIFA Soccer 10
October 20?Imagine: Fashion Designer World Tour
October 20?Jam Sessions 2
October 20?Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2010 ?
October 20?Littlest Pet Shop: Beach Friends ?
October 20?Littlest Pet Shop: City Friends ?
October 20?Littlest Pet Shop: Country Friends
October 20?Marvel Super Hero Squad ?
October 20?Montessori Music
October 20?Reversal Challenge
October 20?Secret Saturdays: Beasts of The 5th Sun, The
October 20?Sideswiped
October 20?Space Invaders Extreme 2?
October 20?WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 ?
PSP
October 20 Astro Boy: The Video Game ?
October 20?FIFA Soccer 10
October 20?Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
October 20?Marvel Super Hero Squad
October 20?Mytran Wars ?
October 20?Secret Saturdays: Beasts of The 5th Sun, The
October 20?WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 ?
October 22?Half-Minute Hero (PlayStation Network)