Gamasutra's regular round-up of worldwide video game releases, "Release This!", takes a look at every game title we know to be shipping to stores this week, in a custom compiled list.
This week brings the PlayStation 3 debuts of LittleBigPlanet 2 and Mass Effect 2, while DS owners get a port of PopCap's Plants vs. Zombies.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending January 22nd, 2011.
Games Released in the United States:
Nintendo Wii:
- Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time (online)
Xbox 360:
- Mindjack
PlayStation 3:
- LittleBigPlanet 2
- Mass Effect 2
- Mindjack
Nintendo DS:
- Glory Days - Tactical Defense (DSi online)
- The Mysterious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Plants vs. Zombies
- Touch 'N' Play Collection
PC:
- Monday Night Combat (online)
- Venetica
Media Molecule's DIY action game LittleBigPlanet gets a sequel this week on the PlayStation 3, arriving alongside an upgraded PS3 port of BioWare's sci-fi action-RPG Mass Effect 2.
Square Enix's third-person shooter Mindjack is also set to premiere on consoles this week, as PopCap readies a Nintendo DS version of its hit tower defense title Plants vs. Zombies.
Games Released in Europe:
Nintendo Wii:
- Tangled
Xbox 360:
- Mindjack
PlayStation 3:
- LittleBigPlanet 2
- Mass Effect 2
- Mindjack
Nintendo DS:
- Tangled
LittleBigPlanet 2 and Mass Effect 2 will also debut in the UK this week, along with Mindjack and Disney's animated film tie-in game Tangled.
Games Released in Japan:
Xbox 360:
- Kinect Joy Ride
- Majin to Ushinawareta Oukoku
PlayStation 3:
- Majin to Ushinawareta Oukoku
Nintendo DS:
- Eigo de Tabisuru: Little Charo
- Kaijuu Busters Powered
- Zombie Daisuki
PlayStation Portable:
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Final Mix
- Venus & Braves: Majo to Megami to Horobi no Yogen
Namco's Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom gets a Japanese localization this week (as Majin to Ushinawareta Oukoku), while the Kinect's software library grows one title stronger with Kinect Joy Ride.
Portable highlights for this week include ChunSoft's Pikmin-like real-time strategy game Zombie Daisuki, the Nintendo-published language trainer Eigo de Tabisuru: Little Charo, and an enhanced rerelease of Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.
