New Game Releases: September 19th-25th, 2014

Bridging the Japan-only PS Vita title Surge Concerto: Ciel nosurge and the three Ar tonelico titles stateside gamers did receive, Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star seems fated to tempt GUST’s fans. But for those without an appreciation for JRPGs- fear not, a salvo of additional software is imminent. From FIFA 15 to Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes this week’s list of releases seem to signal the beginning of the holiday shopping season, especially with the latter getting a two week jump on its collectable/NFC competitor, Skylanders: Trap Team.

PlayStation 3
Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!! (Also on PSN, $39.99, PS+ $27.19)
Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star (Also on PSN, $49.99)
Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star (Limited Edition)
Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes
FIFA 15 (Also on PSN, $59.99)
Resonance of Fate (PSN, $19.99)
Slender: The Arrival (PSN, $9.99)

PlayStation 4
CastleStorm: Definitive Edition (PSN, $9.99)
Defense Grid 2 (PSN, $24.99)
Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes
FIFA 15 (Also on PSN, $59.99)

Xbox 360
Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes
FIFA 15 (Also on XGS, $59.99)

Xbox One
Defense Grid 2 (XGS, $24.99)
Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes
FIFA 15 (Also on XGS, $59.99)
Killer Instinct Combo Breaker Pack (Retail Release)

WII U
Arrow Time U (eShop, $1.99)
Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes
Spikey Walls (eShop, $0.99)
Wild Guns (eShop, $7.99)

3DS
FIFA 15
Horse Vet 3D (eShop, $19.99)
Legend of the River King 2 (eShop, $4.99)
Secret Empires of the Ancient World (eShop, $4.99)

PSP
InviZimals (PSN, $7.99)
InviZimals: The Lost Tribes (PSN, $7.99)
InviZimals: Shadow Zone (PSN, $7.99)

PS Vita
Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!! (Also on PSN, $39.99, PS+ $27.19)
FIFA 15 (Also on PSN, $39.99)
Frozen Synapse Prime (PSN, $19.99)

PC
6180 the moon (Steam, $3.39)
Ancient Space (Steam, $19.99)
Beyond Gravity (Steam, $0.99)
Bionic Heart 2 (Steam, $14.99)
Cho Dengeki Stryker- All Ages Version (Steam, $19.24)
Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies (Steam, Free to play)
DG2: Defense Grid 2 (Steam, $22.45)
Fenix Rage (Steam, $11.99)
FIFA 15
Fritz Chess 14 (Steam, $35.99)
Gauntlet (Steam, $19.99)
Life is Feudal: Your Own (Steam, $39.99)
Logicbots (Steam, $17.99)
Magicmaker (Steam, $8.99)
Millennium 4: Beyond Sunset (Steam, $4.79)
Melissa K. and the Heart of Gold Collector’s Edition (Steam, $7.99)
Moorhuhn: Tiger and Chicken (Steam, $8.49)
MorphShift Wars (Steam, $11.69)
Raiden III: Digital Edition (Steam, $8.99)
Roadside Assistance Simulator (Steam, $TBA)
Runaway Express Mystery (Steam, $9.99)
Schrödinger’s Cat And The Raiders Of The Lost Quark (Steam, $11.99)
StarForge (Steam, $19.99)
Stronghold Crusader 2 (Steam, $49.99)
The Long Dark (Steam, $TBA)
The Sacred Tears TRUE (Steam, $TBA)
The Stalin Subway (Steam, $3.99)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Steam, $19.99)
TransOcean – The Shipping Company (Steam, $26.99)
Zombies Monsters Robots (ZMR) (Steam, $Free to play)

Robert’s Pick: While both Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star and Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!! are poised to appease my insatiable otaku spirit, I’m also a huge fan of the tower defenses-style games. Remarkably, 2008’s Defense Grid: The Awakening still stands as one of the genre’s best, and is adept enough to earn a place on every Windows-based desktop, laptop, and tablet I own. While you might think I’ve my fill of positioning meteor towers to pummel those irksome insectoids, you’d be wrong; the release of DG2: Defense Grid 2 can’t come soon enough.

Gonçalo’s Pick: Sadly, I’ve never played the Ar series. Its PS2 iterations somehow managed to slip under my radar while Ar Tonelico Qoga always seemed to be a “love it” or “hate it” within my circles at the time of release. With that said I’ve always made it a point to try this series and Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star’s trailer was all it took to sell me on the game. Not only does it feature a lengthy world to explore and a seemingly addictive fast paced combat system, it’s all wrapped up with nicely animated cutscenes. Even the trailer song sounds amazing, though sadly I didn’t care for what little of the English localization I heard.