New Releases 11/22-11/28: Black Friday Edition

Photo of Robert Allen Robert AllenNovember 22, 2009
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Looking over this week’s list of releases, one might assume that the profusion of essential titles has come to an unceremonious halt. Yet, with The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and The Saboteur due in the next few weeks, it appears that the 2009 holiday season will be remembered for having one of the most protracted release schedules in recent history. 

360
Karaoke Revolution

PS3
Karaoke Revolution

Wii
Cold Stone Creamery: Scoop It Up
Karaoke Revolution
Marines: Modern Urban Combat
Rec Room Games
Scene It? Twilight
Your Shape Featuring Jenny McCarthy

PS2
No Releases

DS
Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
Hello Kitty Party
Reader Rabbit Kindergarten

PSP
Tekken 6

PC
King Arthur – The Role-playing Wargame
Serious Sam HD
Twin Sector

DesertEagle’s Pick: Long before Left 4 Dead was presenting huge hordes of grotesque, sprinting foes in a first-person environment, the mechanic belonged to Serious Sam. This week’s re-release of a high-definition version of the original game may be my chance to return to the blissful fragfests of 2001. 

SeanNOLA’s Pick: With Black Friday rapidly approaching, it’s obvious now that the Holiday release blitzkrieg is coming to an end.  I could take the easy route,and declare Tekken 6 for PSP to be my choice for this week, but I instead I will suggest that our readers revisit the past month of amazing releases and make your buying decisions from that list.  Newer doesn’t always mean better, especially when the competition is ColdStone: Scoop it Up.

TideGear’s Pick: The releases are pretty sparse this week but the PC holds some interesting, albeit questionable, possibilities. Serious Sam was stupid run-and-gun fun, but I’m not sure it needed an HD remake. King Arthur – The Role-playing Wargame looks quite impressive, but the complexity could be a bit overbearing. Lastly, Twin Sector takes a stab at the under-loved physics-based puzzle game genre. Whether or not it just combines elements of similar games that have come before, I imagine it will be my favorite of this week.

Photo of Robert Allen Robert AllenNovember 22, 2009
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Photo of Robert Allen

Robert Allen

Since being a toddler, Robert Allen has been immersed in video games, anime, and tokusatsu. Currently, his days are spent teaching at two southern California colleges. But his evenings and weekends are filled with STGs, RPGs, and action titles and well at writing for Tech-Gaming since 2007.

46 Comments

  2. I’m broke, so I’m glad there’s nothing I want. Spirit Tracks will be mine, though.

  10. Ok, I’ll say it- Hoe come TideGear doen’t offer his picks on time? Does he consult a spirtual advisor

  14. I cant wait to play serious sam, used to love playing that.

    Still need to buy Left 4 dead 2 though 🙁

  15. Not too many good games this week… But with the great releases that came from the last, and the great ones that are coming up, I’m glad to have a week off from new games so that I can play some of my old favorites haha!!

    Thanks for keeping us up to date with the game releases!! 😀

  27. I have a few of the KR titles, but the Singstar and Lips games seems to be favored by everyone. The vocal recognition in Lips: NOH is the best, followed by SS, with KR in third place.

  29. You’ll have to settle for our Bright Lights! Big Screen! Scene It review, I really know nothing about Twilight.

  33. Here ya go:

    1. “7 Things” – Miley Cyrus
    2. “ABC” – The Jackson 5
    3. “Addicted to Love – Robert Palmer
    4. “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” – McFadden & Whitehead
    5. “American Boy” – Estelle feat. Kanye West
    6. “Beautiful” – Akon feat. Colby O’Donis
    7. “Ben” – Michael Jackson
    8. “Black Horse and The Cherry Tree” – KT Tunstall
    9. “Burning Down the House” – Talking Heads
    10. “Crazy” – Seal
    11. “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” – Rod Stewart
    12. “Dancing Machine” – The Jackson 5
    13. “Disturbia” – Rihanna
    14. “Feels Like Tonight” – Daughtry
    15. “Gives You Hell” – All American Rejects
    16. “Human” – The Killers
    17. “I Kissed a Girl” – Katy Perry
    18. “I Melt With You” – Modern English
    19. “I Ran (So Far Away)” – Flock Of Seagulls
    20. “I Want You Back” – The Jackson 5
    21. “I’ll Be There” – The Jackson 5
    22. “I’m Yours” – Jason Mraz
    23. “Just Dance” – Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis
    24. “L.E.S. Artistes” – Santigold
    25. “Love Hurts” – Incubus
    26. “Love Is a Battlefield” – Pat Benatar
    27. “Love Story” – Taylor Swift
    28. “Man On The Moon” – R.E.M.
    29. “My Life Would Suck Without You” – Kelly Clarkson
    30. “Rehab” – Amy Winehouse
    31. “Sex On Fire” – Kings of Leon
    32. “Shout” – Tears for Fears
    33. “Smile” – Lily Allen
    34. “So What” – Pink
    35. “Solid” – Ashford and Simpson
    36. “Soul Meets Body” – Death Cab For Cutie
    37. “Space Oddity” – David Bowie
    38. “The Logical Song” – Supertramp
    39. “This Love” – Maroon 5
    40. “Viva La Vida” – Coldplay
    41. “What Have I Done To Deserve This?” – Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
    42. “What Hurts The Most” – Rascal Flatts
    43. “Wicked Game” – Chris Isaak
    44. “You Found Me” – The Fray

  39. Have we seen enough games like Your Shape Featuring Jenny McCarthy??? Like that Daisy Fuentes one?

  40. I don’t know about you guys, but I’ll be picking up Cold Stone Creamery: Scoop It Up. I heard it was supposed to be one of the best games in the ice cream simulation genre.

  41. Thanks for the laugh, Sdawg!

    I know a person who wrote their Master’s Thesis based on their experiences working in an ice cream store!

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