Video Games Coming out This Week [06-06-12-06, 2010] - Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

AAA’s Targets of the Week: Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Call of Duty: The War Collection, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Last month we saw the console versions of Prince of Persia release, and now this month, this week, the PC version is out. In addition to that, there’s the long awaited and anticipated Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for the PSP. It’s a sequel to the events of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snaker Eater and Portable Ops, and has you controlling the lovable Naked Snake, AKA Big Boss.

Another thing to watch out for is the Call of Duty War Collection for Xbox 360, which contains Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 3, and Call of Duty: World at War, also known as CoD 5. It’s a WW II FPS bundle for those of you who haven’t played some of the CoD games besides Modern Warfare.

Links go to game detail pages at retail and digital distribution outlets like Amazon and Steam, etc. You can also check out my Amazon aStore for the latest and greatest games released this year.

[PC]

Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi [Digital – D2D]
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands [Digital - D2D]
WarBirds Red Baron

[Mac]

WarBirds Red Baron

[Xbox 360]

Call of Duty: The War Collection
Earthworm Jim HD [XBLA]
Green Day: Rock Band
Green Day: Rock Band Plus
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11

[PlayStation 3]

Green Day: Rock Band
Green Day: Rock Band Plus
Joe Danger [PSN]
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
Voodoo Dice [PSN]

[PSP]

Cubixx
Disgaea Infinite
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker PSP Entertainment Pack

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Accessory Set  
Vibes

[Wii]

City Builder
Green Day: Rock Band
Let's Play Ballerina
Let's Play Garden
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
Vacation Isle: Beach Party

[Nintendo DS]

Flametail [DSiWare]
Let's Play Ballerina
Let's Play Garden
Mega Man Zero Collection
Mind Over Matter
Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena
Satisfashion: Rock the Runway

[iPhone]

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 [iTunes]

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Sources:

The Video Game Release List of 6/6 - 6/12 [Shacknews]

New Releases Week of Jun 06, 2010 [Gamespot]

Video Games Coming out This Week [06-06-12-06, 2010] - Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Coming to the Mac This Week

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena came out about a year and a week ago on PC and other consoles. I played through it, and although there were some new enemies and weapons, and although it wasn’t a bad game, to many it didn’t live up to the success of Escape From Butcher Bay, released in 2004, which is considered on of the best movie-inspired video game adaptations of all time.

Luckily, that game was included with Assault on Dark Athena, except it was a remastered, updated version. That was the main aim of the project. AoDA, labelled as a sequel, was really just an afterthought.

Now a year later, and it’s been reported that The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is coming to the Mac, and it’s this week: Friday, April 16th to be exact. It seemingly just snuck up on everyone.

By the way, if you find the game to be too dark, then you should try switching to Riddick’s eyeshine mode, or vision augmentation.

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Sources:

“The Chronicles Of Riddick Coming To Macs April 16” [Inside Mac Games]
”Riddick assaults Dark Athena on Mac April 16th” [D’toid]

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Coming to the Mac This Week

Star Wars: Dark Forces Coming to the PS3 and PSP

Star Wars: Dark Forces is a classic shooter that was released back in early 1995 for PC, Mac, and also the PlayStation in 1996 – although this port was disliked for some reasons like its poor framerate and graphics.

Star Wars: Dark Forces was really like Doom, but more technologically advanced, and featured the gruff Kyle Katarn as the playable character. I remember playing it for the first time years ago at a friend’s house.

Anyway, recently the ESRB “re-rated” [if that’s a word] Star Wars: Dark Forces for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. And this means that the game will be releasing soon on PSN. The release date[s] however haven’t been confirmed.

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Source: ESRB - ESRB rates Star Wars: Dark Forces for PS1 Classics re-release [Joystiq]

Star Wars: Dark Forces Coming to the PS3 and PSP