New releases for the week of 2009-03-16...
Oooo, tough week for the consoles. Maybe the big console publishers are assuming that most of us are going to be out partying it up and pounding Guinness for St. Patricks day instead of sitting in our houses playing video games.
Or, maybe it's March, and the publishers just don't care that much.
Of course, the DS is competing with itself, as this week also sees the release of Pokémon Platinum -- perhaps not as big a deal as a new Pokémon game typically is simply because, well, it's not strictly "new". Pokémon Platinum is an update of Pokémon Diamond/Pearl, with some new junk thrown in for the sake of convincing people to buy the same thing twice. Of course, if you haven't bought Diamond or Pearl, Platinum might just be the version you want.
But mostly, it's the DS's week -- I haven't even mentioned Henry Hatsworth (who I'd love to see brawl with Professor Layton) or the excellent DS port of Trackmania, both also on the way this week. What do you think? Are you playing anything other than DS this week? Let us know!
The full release list and a trailer for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars are after...the jump.
Xbox 360:
Hasbro Family Game Night (18 March)
Nintendo DS:
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume (16 March)
World Championship Games: A Track & Field Event (16 March)
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (17 March)
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (17 March)
History Great Empires Rome (17 March)
Mind Body & Soul: Big Word Puzzle Book (17 March)
Scrabble (17 March)
Suikoden Tierkreis (17 March)
TrackMania DS (17 March)
SBK-08 Superbike World Championship (18 March)
Pokemon Platinum (22 March)
PS3:
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (17 March)
SingStar: Queen (17 March)
PSP:
Resistance: Retribution (17 March)
SBK Superbike World Championship (17 March)
Scrabble (17 March)
Wii:
BIT.TRIP BEAT (16 March, WiiWare)
Summer Games II (16 March, Virtual Console - C64)
Crayola Adventures: Colorful World (17 March)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (17 March)
Ready 2 Rumble Revolution (17 March)
Rune Factory Frontier (17 March)
PC:
Men of War (16 March)
Women's Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey (16 March)
Ether Saga Online (17 March)
Grand Ages: Rome (17 March)
Tom Clancy's HAWX (17 March)
World in Conflict: Complete Edition (17 March)
The Path (18 March)
Runes of Magic (19 March)
PS2:
Nothin'.