This week’s new releases! April 4th-10th

I’m not going to lie to you, I’ve been doing this article every week for 5 months and this is by far the worst release schedule yet, and that includes that one week back in January where literally nothing came out. Sure there are some good titles on this week’s list, but they’re all just re-releases of stuff that came out months (if not years) ago. The lack of new titles could possibly be part of some sort of calculated strategy by the publishers, although it’s not as if they have much to compete with from last week so perhaps it’s just a really annoying conicidence.

Noteworthy titles

No, not that Duke Nukem! The other one! Jeez it’s really hard for me to not feel so damm sorry for Critical Mass and not just because it’s constantly overshadowed by it’s bigger brother. This third person shooter seems to have been stuck in development hell since at least 2008, nearly got released under the name Extraction Point: Alien Shootout when 3D Realms went under, and is also supposedly part of the massively under publicized Duke Nukem Trilogy for the DS and PSP (which had possibly the best trailer in the history of E3).

Considering after all these years of development it still looks like an extremely low budget PS1 game, I wouldn’t hold your breath on ever seeing the other two members of the trilogy. In fact, the only reason I can think of that this title is seeing a release at all is so that the publishers can attempt to cut their losses by riding the hype surrounding Duke Nukem Forever. Hell I’d be surprised if they even got around to releasing the PSP version once this DS one hits the bargain bins.

What you want more? uhh….. Kinect: Carnival games! The shovelware classic that somehow became the Wii’s most popular 3rd party title FINALY makes it’s way to the Xbox 360. Enjoy over TWENTY carnival themed minigames including batting cages, hot air balloon racing and fortune telling! It’s fun for all the…… fam………. ugh… whatever. Just have a nice week guys, hopefully I’ll have something more interesting to talk about next time around.

Full Schedule

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Brunswick Pro Bowling (PlayStation Move/Kinect compatible) (PS3/Xbox 360)

PSP
LocoRoco 2 (PSP Essentials re-release)
Namco Museum: Battle Collection (PSP Essentials re-release)
ATV Offroad Fury Pro (PSP Essentials re-release)
Echochrome (PSP Essentials re-release)
Fat Princess (PSP Essentials re-release)
God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta (Platinum re-release)

DS
100 Classic Games
Magical Zhu Zhu Princess: Carriages & Castles
Duke Nukem: Critical Mass
Disney Friends

PC
Tales Of Monkey Island: Collector’s Edition (PC & Mac)
Tales Of Monkey Island: Premium Edition (PC & Mac)
Wildlife Park 3

PS3
PlayStation Move: EyePet – Move Edition (Platinum re-release)

Xbox 360
Kinect: Carnival Games – In Action!