Shippin’ Out: Week of Nov. 16, 2009

Buried in a sea of offal (the usual rush of products prior to the holiday shopping season stampede), are a number of promising games including multiple versions of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed 2, the new Tony Hawk game, Left 4 Dead 2, Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, NCAA Basketball 2010, LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues, LittleBigPlanet’s PSP debut, and so much more. You can check out the rather massive list after the break - which doesn’t even include the new stuff making its way to digital distribution platforms like Steam, GamerGate, Impulse and more.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii was released on Sunday, Nov. 15, so if you haven’t gotten your copy yet, you should be able to find it at most major outlets.

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Shipping out: August 18, 2009

Tuesday is release day in North America (for the most part) and today there are a number of (what we hope are) decent games hitting retail space this week including C.O.R.E. for DS, Wolfenstein for various platforms, Still Life 2 and the retail boxed version of Plants vs. Zombies. Check out the list below:

ATV Quad Kings
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Publisher: Zoo Games
Genre: Racing, Sports

C.O.R.E.
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Graffiti Entertainment
Genre: Shooter

Delta Force Xtreme 2 Limited Edition GameStop Exclusive
Platform: PC
Publisher: Navarre
Genre: Shooter

Joint Operations: Combined Arms
Platform: PC
Publisher: Navarre
Genre: Shooter

My Dress Up
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: O-Games
Genre: Simulation, Social

My Friends
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: O-Games
Genre: Simulation, Social

My Make Up
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: O-Games
Genre: Simulation, Social

Plants Vs. Zombies
Platform: PC
Publisher: PopCap Games
Genre: Casual, Puzzle & Cards, Strategic

Spectrobes: Origins
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Publisher: Disney Interactive
Genre: Role-Playing

Sudoku Ball: Detective
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Playlogic
Genre: Puzzle & Cards

Still Life 2
Platform: PC
Publisher: Encore Software
Genre: Action

Wolfenstein
Platform: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Publisher: Activision
Genre: Shooter

Releases: July 13 - 17, 2009

It looks like a pretty broing week of releseases. The highlights include NCAA Football 10, Officers for Windows, Unbound Saga and Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman! What Did I Do to Deserve This? for PSP and a bunch of unexciting releases. Full list below:

Monday, July 13:

Ant Nation - wiiWare

Bit Boy!! - WiiWare

Brain Challenge - DSiWare

Fritz Chess - DS

Incoming! - wiiWare

Pulseman - Wii Shop Channel

Secret Command - Wii shop Channel

Sherlock Holmes: Mystery of the Mummy - Wii, DS

Tuesday, July 14:

Birthday Party Bash - Wii

Nancy Drew: The Ransom of the Seven Ships - Windows

NCAA Football 10 -PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360

Officers - Windows

Science Papa - DS, Wii

Sudoku Ball Detective - DS, Wii

Wednesday, July 15:

Madballs in … Babo: Invasion - Xbox Live Arcade

Secret of Monkey Island - Xbox Live Arcade

Sushi Academy - DS

WarpForce - Windows

Thursday, July 16:

Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman! What Did I Do to Deserve This? - PSP (PSN)

Unbound Saga - PSP (PSN)

Friday, July 17:

Fifi and the Flowertots (DS)

Shipping Out: March 9 - 13, 2009

This week gamers can look forward to Mad World, New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis and Pikmin, a new MySims title, Mana Khemia: Student Alliance for PSP and Resident Evil 5 at the end of the week. Are you excited about any of these games? Okay, then how about Eve Online Special Edition or Codename: Panzers Cold War? Still not excited? Check out the full list below - maybe you’ll find something there:

Monday, March 9:
- My Pet Shop - DS
- New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis - Wii
- New Play Control! Pikmin - Wii

Tuesday, March 10:
- Avalon Code - DS
- Codename: Panzers Cold War - PC
- Docomodake BOING! - DS
- Eve Online Special Edition - PC
- Madworld - Wii
- Mana Khemia: Student Alliance - PSP
- MySims Party (Wii, DS)
- SBK: Superbike World Championship - PS3, PSP, Xbox 360
- Trivial Pursuit - Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2
- ZUBO - DS

Wednesday, March 11:
- Marble Saga: Kororinpa - Wii
- NCAA 09 March Madness Edition - Xbox Live Arcade

Friday, March 13:
- Resident Evil 5 - Xbox 360, PS3

Source: GameStop

Shipping Out - March 2 - 4, 2009

You’ve heard everyone talk about Halo Wars and maybe you’ve even played the demo but this week you’ll be able to go to GameStop or Best Buy or wherever the hell it is you buy games, and pick up a copy. No more second hand accounts for you, my friend. Another strategy game, Empire: Total War, hits the PC this week as well - along with a fancy collector’s edition for those that have extra money during these hard, hard times.

Also out this week of general importance three new baseball games for various platforms, Tom Clancy’s HAWX, Tomb Raider Underworld for the PS2 (which I suspect will sell better than other platforms) several SpongeBob games (you know, for the kids), Sonic and the Black Knight and the promising Phantasy Star Portable. The whole list of releases this week can be found below:

March 2:
Monster Band - DS

March 3:
Halo Wars - Xbox 360
Empire: Total War - PC
Phantasy Star Portable - PSP
Major League Baseball 2K9 - Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PS3
MLB 09: The Show - PSP, PS2, PS3
MLB 2K9 Fantasy All-Stars - DS
Tom Clancy’s HAWX - Xbox 360, PS3
Tomb Raider: Underworld - PS2
Sonic and the Black Knight - wii
We Ski & Snowboard - Wii
SpongeBob vs. The Big One: Beach Party Cook-Off - DS
Spongebob: Happy Squared Pack - PS2
Brain Challenge Deluxe - PS3
Littlest Pet Shop: Spring - DS
SBK: Superbike World Championship - PS3
Six Flags Fun Park - Wii
The King of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match - PS2, Xbox 360
Action Pack-Armed Forces/Terrorist - PC

March 4:
Grey’s Anatomy - DS, PS3, Wii