New Releases 8/16-8/22: Hybridize and Hunt Edition

Between Raven Squad‘s mixture of real-time strategy and first person shooting, and Shadow Complex‘s blending of Castlevania-like exploration and Contra weaponry, this seem to be the week for the hybridized action game. Those seeking an unadulterated FPS experience should not fear; Wolfenstein look to offer an enjoyable, Nazi-killin’ romp. Lock and load!

360
Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger
Shadow Complex
Wolfenstein

PS3
Wolfenstein

Wii
Army Rescue
Domino Rally
Spectrobes: Origins

PS2
No Releases

DS
Ant Nation
Astrology DS
My Dress-Up
My Friends
My Make-Up
Shorts
Sudoku Ball Detective

PSP
No Releases

PC
Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures
Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger
Tales of Monkey Island – Chapter 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay
War Leaders: Clash of Nations
Wolfenstein

DesertEagle’s Pick: Although I’m consistently hearing great things about Shadow Complex, the powers that be not seem to want us to review the title. Hopefully, that will change before the Wednesday release, because the game has me transfixed. I’m also looking forward to Raven Squad and Wolfenstein.

SeanNOLA’s Pick: I’ve been jonesing for a new pick-up-and-put-down RPG,and Spectrobes: Origins might just do the job: I never played the firstgame, but Space Archaeologist sounds like a vocation that I mightenjoy.

TideGear’s Pick: Since Metroid is my second favorite game series of all time (second only to Metal Gear), The Metroid-inspired Shadow Complex is definitely my pick this week. Nothing else comes close.

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.

42 Comments

  1. Don’t laugh but Domino Rally could be a great concept for a Wii game, although it could suck bad too.

  2. Tales of Monkey Island – Chapter 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay for me. Any date on a 360 release?

  3. Tell NOLA, that Spectrobes is for the Wii, a DS version is already out, with no sequel plans.

  4. Hey- not hatred, just warm, but not quite scalding praise.

    Everything’s been fixed, and we should be playing SC by the end of the day. No conspiracy or anything, just a simple oversight 🙂

  5. All these games, and SeanNOLA is wwaiting for Spectrobes: Origins? What a nut- I like him.

  6. With the PSP Go on the horizon, it’s REALLY embarrassing not to see any PSP games on a regular basis.

  7. A bit of bad news; both Army Rescue
    and Domino Rally have been pushed back, probably to next month.

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