This week’s new releases! February 7th-13th

No major titles to talk about this week, but I bet a lot of people’s wallets are still recoiling from Dead Space 2 the other day, so at least you can rest safely in the knowledge that you’re unlikely to impulse buy anything new for a while. That is, until Marvel vs Capcom 3 gets released a week on Friday!

But for now it’s mostly casual stuff headlined by the latest chapter in the ever prolific Ben 10 franchise for the Wii, DS, Xbox360 and all 3 major Sony consoles (yes, people still buy PS2 games). If that’s not your cup of tea then we also have the PC based point and click adventure Edna And Harvey: The Breakout – Collector’s Edition which, according to the sales pitch,  possesses the highly sought after accolade of “most acclaimed German adventure game of 2008”. Yeah, it’s a slow week ok?

For the more niche audience there’s the predictably difficult to pronounce Trinity: Souls Of Zill O’ll, sequel to the Japanese only PS1 JRPG Zill O’ll and its PS2 remake Zill O’ll Infinite Plus. On top of that, for the REALLY niche audience there’s PC based simulators for both tanker trucks AND model trains (2011 edition naturally).

And to finish off, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Dr Kawashimas series of rather annoying and highly successful brain-training games of questionable effectiveness have now escaped the Nintendo DS and entered your living room*. And this time there’s no stylus, because YOU ARE THE CONTROLLER. Yes, a very slow week indeed.

*Provided you living room conforms to the absurd size requirements of the Kinect.

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Ben 10: Ultimate Alien – Cosmic Destruction(PS3/PSP/Wii/DS/PS2)
Test Drive Unlimited 2 (PS3/Xbox360/PC)

PS3
Trinity: Souls Of Zill O’ll

Wii
Hello Kitty: Seasons

DS
Magic Encyclopedia 2: Moonlight
Amazing Adventures: The Caribbean Secret

Xbox360
Dr Kawashima’s Body And Brain Exercises (Kinect)

PC
Model Train Simulator 2011
Tanker Truck Simulator
Edna And Harvey: The Breakout – Collector’s Edition