Week o Games, 7/26: Wii Sports Resort, Tales of Monkey Island Wii, MVC2 on XBL

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Another week, another 7 days of new game releases!

Welcome to the 74 edition of G&T's newly traditional "Weekly Games Release Thread!" - Week 7/26/09 - 8/1/09!

Where we discuss what we're looking forward to, what we're going to buy, and what we're just now realizing is being released this week that we had forgotten about!

NDS

Space Bust A Move



The Humans

My Secret Diary

Rockin' Pretty

PC

Bionic Commando


Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2

Aliens in the Attic

East India Company
War Leaders: Clash of Nations
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Memento Mori

PS2

nothing

PS3

Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2



The King of Fighters XII ---- this came out either last week or this week depending on the store

PSP

nothing

Wii

Wii Sports Resort (w/ Wii MotionPlus)





Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal




The Three Musketeers: One for All!


Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals

Xbox360

Marvel vs. Capcom 2

Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection

The King of Fighters XII** may have come out last week depending on your store

Good week I guess!


Wii owners get the sequel to famous launch game, packed wit Motion Plus, as Wii Sports Resort comes out this week!


Wii owners should also be getting the latest Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal! Finally!



And to continue the non-stop release of awesome 2D fighting games, my sources show that Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 is released for XBox Live Arcade this week! Awesome time to start using those SFIV sticks you bought for more 2D awesome action!



Also, the PC finally gets its port of Bionic Commando, the latest 3D iteration of the series. It's only $40, but that's a far cry from the new MSRP of $20 for the console versions. Still... it's out this week, eh?


Go get'em!

Kelor

I think just Sports Resort for me this week.

Bionic Commando was on special on Steam this weekend, the deal might still be going for it. I've only heard bad things about it though.

troublebrewing

already have sports resort, gonna get marvel vs capcom 2, great week.

Brym

It's mahvel baybee!

Or at least it will be, after I take the bar exam and recover from the subsequent multi-day bender.

Of course, bar studying or no, I couldn't help picking up Wii Sports Resort today.

RainbowDespair

Something worth mentioning as far as this week of games goes is that they added some new price points for XBox Live Indie games (they're now $1, $3, and $5 instead of $2.50, $5, and $10) and as a result, a ton of games have dropped in price.

Lunker

Will be getting my copy of WSR this week, and I'm definitely grabbing Tales of Monkey Island on WiiWare at some point, but I'm going to wait until I finish the special edition remake on XBLA from a few weeks ago.

Brainiac 8

I can't get Sports Resort yet due to lack of funds...but in a few weeks maybe.

I will own Marvel vs Capcom 2 this week though.

urahonky

MvC2 for me this week.... Maybe. If the wife says it's okay. :P

But seriously does anyone know where to find XBL points cards on sale? The cheapest I can find a 1600 card is $19.50 from Amazon.

brynstar

I pre-ordered Bionic Commando on Steam and saved a couple of bucks, and I'm mega excited for it. I have an unhealthy love of that game, and I hope that the PC version does okay. It can't do any worse than the console versions did...well I guess it could, but that would basically make it Capcom's biggest flop ever, and Grin's biggest flop ever.

I wish that they had done some marketing for it this year, or that the game had made its original release of last year when everyone was excited about Rearmed.

Rakai

brynstar wrote: »

I pre-ordered Bionic Commando on Steam and saved a couple of bucks, and I'm mega excited for it. I have an unhealthy love of that game, and I hope that the PC version does okay. It can't do any worse than the console versions did...well I guess it could, but that would basically make it Capcom's biggest flop ever, and Grin's biggest flop ever.

I wish that they had done some marketing for it this year, or that the game had made its original release of last year when everyone was excited about Rearmed.

I'm surprised I didn't see a single commercial for it. Usually Capcom advertises the hell out of their projects. No advertisement and a multiplayer only demo for a single player focused game ensured its death.

Also, XBL points almost never go on sale. Last week target had a $5 giftcard with purchase of 1600 points, but that's the only deal I've seen in a long time.

maximumzero

Bionic Commando was fan-fucking-tastic and my only gripe with it was how short it seemed.

Bartholamue

I'm pretty happy that I waited for the PC version of Bionic Commando, since my 360 died.

brynstar

Rakai wrote: »

brynstar wrote: »

I pre-ordered Bionic Commando on Steam and saved a couple of bucks, and I'm mega excited for it. I have an unhealthy love of that game, and I hope that the PC version does okay. It can't do any worse than the console versions did...well I guess it could, but that would basically make it Capcom's biggest flop ever, and Grin's biggest flop ever.

I wish that they had done some marketing for it this year, or that the game had made its original release of last year when everyone was excited about Rearmed.

I'm surprised I didn't see a single commercial for it. Usually Capcom advertises the hell out of their projects. No advertisement and a multiplayer only demo for a single player focused game ensured its death.

Also, XBL points almost never go on sale. Last week target had a $5 giftcard with purchase of 1600 points, but that's the only deal I've seen in a long time.

Yup, you nailed it. Their only add push was for Rearmed and the new game together, which happened a year ago. They even had a trailer for the new one inside Rearmed, which was the first trailer that really made me pay attention to the new game. The weird choice of demo totally sealed the deal. Capcom killed that game through poor marketing, which I agree is really odd, given the phenomenal marketing of RE5 and SFIV this year.

Maximumzero, I totally agree! The game is actually longer that it seems. I was playing it with a friend the other day and I was like "Oh we can totally beat this in like 4-5 hours." Turns out it's a fair bit longer than that, but it's so awesome the time just flies. I think it ended up taking us around 7 or 8.