New PAL Releases Roundup - 19/06/09

By Tom Bramwell Published 19 June, 2009

ArmA II! Let's Tap! Ghostbusters! Etc!

Having just lost office-wide productivity for six glorious minutes, I'm a man in a hurry - unlike Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd and company, who have spent 20 years not putting out any new Ghostbusters stuff.

Until today, that is, as their surprisingly engaging collaboration with Terminal Reality arrives on PS3 and PS2. The other versions are due out later this year after Sony stepped in to publish the game for Atari for reasons unknown (well, reasons unpublic).

But really if the week belongs to anyone, it's split between two very different extremes: 505 and Bohemia's superlative ArmA II on the PC, and Yuji Naka's percussive Let's Tap on Wii, which surely sum up the diversity of gaming: one's a comprehensive simulation of war from the soldier's perspective, the other's a game where you clap your hands on a cardboard box to make stuff dance and jump.

This week:

  • A Little Bit of... Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: Maths Edition (DSiWare)
  • ArmA II (PC)
  • Ghostbusters: The Video Game (PS3, PS2)
  • Icarian: Kindred Spirits (WiiWare)
  • Let's Catch (WiiWare)
  • Let's Tap (Wii)
  • Magic the Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers (Xbox Live Arcade)
  • MySims Racing (DS, Wii)
  • Rock Band Unplugged (PSP)
  • Rocket Riot (Xbox Live Arcade)
  • Sam & Max Save the World (Xbox Live Arcade)
  • The Munchables (Wii)
  • Virtua Tennis 2009 (Wii)
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Comments (20) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • systems #1 3 years ago

    There's a German patch out for ArmA2 already, which I think UK people can stick on and then set the language back to English. I'll try it when I get home. Needs a beefy PC (first game I've seen released with dual core as min spec, quad core as rec spec!).

    Magic is excellent by the way. Well worth a purchase and hopefully there won't be the arms race of bulk-buying cards as was the case in the old days.

  • andywilkie35 #2 3 years ago

    Got Rock Band Unplugged yesterday, really enjoying it

    Waiting for a review of Sam and Max before buying that. Other reviews aren't being particularly favourable...

  • cyacomini #3 3 years ago

    Is anyone going to buy Ghostbusters on PS3 after this weeks debacle?

  • DaveBassant #4 3 years ago

    "Is anyone going to buy Ghostbusters on PS3 after this weeks debacle? "

    I've been in a cave this week, what debarcle is this?!

  • cyacomini #5 3 years ago

    /\

    have a read of the EG Face off #20

  • DFawkes #6 3 years ago

    It's not as nice looking as the 360 one, even though the devs said it would be. That's all. If you only have a PS3, it'll still be fine :)

  • garfy1974 #7 3 years ago

    Arma's not out for another week - on STEAM at least.

    Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  • UncleLou #8 3 years ago

    There's a German patch out for ArmA2 already, which I think UK people can stick on and then set the language back to English. I'll try it when I get home.

    Unless I am very much mistaken, the UK version already comes with that patch. Bear in mind that the game has been published here in Germany a few weeks ago, and was then patched pretty immediately to 1.01.

    1.02 is supposed to be out today, for all versions of the game.

  • systems #9 3 years ago

    Thanks UncleLou.

  • penhalion #10 3 years ago

    Where is Ghostbusters 360?

    Edit: Game have it listed as coming this october. Am I missing something. Did Sony do something silly like make it a pointless timed exclusive?

    If so then I hope the studio that made it isn't relying on the game to pay the bills!
    Edited by 1 at 19/06/09 @ 11:00

  • Brakara #11 3 years ago

    You forgot Rocket Riot (Xbox Live Arcade).

  • laudy #12 3 years ago


    what's Arma II all about then?

  • Ranger101 #13 3 years ago

    Apparently Ghostbusters American version is region free.

  • gourry #14 3 years ago

    If your in a hurry for Ghostbusters on the 360 - the US version which is out now has no region lock so it will happily work on a UK 360. There are some reasonable prices being quoted on fleebay and the usual suspects.

  • makeamazing #15 3 years ago

    Been playing GB last night, dont have any issues with the graphics or performance..... so I'm not too fussed by EGs face off (as usual)

  • systems #16 3 years ago

    @laudy - ArmA2 is a first person modern warfare simulator. Have a look at some vids on YouTube or wherever. Be warned you need a PC which makes Crysis look like a Popcap game.

  • muscleblade #17 3 years ago

    Bought Rocket Riot.

    Weak not to mention the best of the 3 Xbla releases this week.

  • JamieR #18 3 years ago

    is it just me or did farticusmaximus say the ps3 version of ghostbusters looks like a ps2 game he clearly hasn't played the ps3 version when writing that i just completed it after swearing at it a few times when dyeing great game though lol its amazing graphics to say it looks like a ps2 game is the stupidest or the biggest lie i have read on eurogamer ever

  • Quint2020 #19 3 years ago

    Ahhh that video was comedy gold.

  • Ste105 #20 3 years ago

    Got ArmA II ...what an amazing game....its the biggest sand box out there with army toys to play with :)

    Runs great on my 2.6 quad core and Geforce 9800GX2 with most of the eye candy on high
    Edited by 1 at 23/06/09 @ 12:11