New PAL Releases Roundup

By Tom Bramwell Published 27 November, 2008

Resistance 2, Sonic, SSFIIT HD Remix.

The end is in sight. It's very visible actually, clambering over us like a poppered-up celebrity chef in the throes of alleged infidelity. To be fair, there are still one or two interesting releases destined for 28th November, like Resistance 2 and, er... Well, we did say one or two.

But in general that's it. There's Prince of Persia and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon waiting for a go next week, but otherwise everyone's gone to sleep for two months.

Not us though. There's still games to review, like Sonic Unleashed (do you think this ends well? Do you?) and there's Chrono Trigger for the DS to look at on import. It's going to be a bit of a fight between new Fire Emblem and old Square at Christmas, at least for our cartridge slot.

Meanwhile, the PS3 Wireless Bluetooth Keypad allegedly goes on sale tomorrow as well. We had hoped to bring you our impressions of it beforehand, but sadly the pre-production one Sony sent over last weekend didn't work, so all we can tell you is that it has a sturdy clip, looks a bit like a Terminator stingray and has microswitched buttons.

Hopefully we'll be able to elaborate on that soon. In the meantime, give up.

This week in shops:

  • 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix (DS)
  • Age of Empires Mythologies (DS)
  • Armored Core for Answer (PS3, Xbox 360)
  • Babysitting Party (Wii)
  • Buzz! Brain Bender (PSP)
  • Deal or No Deal: The Banker is Back (Wii, DS)
  • Disney Sing It! High School Musical 3: Senior Year (PS3, PS2)
  • Ellen Whitaker's Horse Life (DS)
  • Football Director DS (DS)
  • Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams (DS)
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, DS, PC)
  • Ninjatown (DS)
  • Petz: My Puppy Family (DS)
  • PlayStation 3 Wireless Bluetooth Keypad (PS3)
  • Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity (DS, PC)
  • Resistance 2 (PS3)
  • Sam & Max Season 1 (Wii)
  • Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360, Wii, PS2)
  • Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 2 (Wii, DS)
  • You're in the Movies (Xbox 360)
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3 (PSP)

This week online:

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (18) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • bad09 #1 3 years ago

    SSF2THD FTW \o/

  • Dan234 #2 3 years ago

    "Babysitting Party (Wii)"

    Two comments in and nobody's mentioned anything yet, I'm surprised.

  • presh #3 3 years ago

    Review please for Football Director DS? Pretty please?

  • galerian86 #4 3 years ago

    I thought SOCOM as well as the official Sony Bluetooth headset is coming out on the 28th. Might get the headset, if it does come out.

  • siksik6 #5 3 years ago

    Might get Resistance 2. and the keyboard thinger.

  • Darren #6 3 years ago

    I downloaded the SSF2THD trial demo from the Xbox 360 Marketplace yesterday with the intention of trying it out before I possibly bought the PS3 version next week (its D-pad makes the format of choice an astoundingly easy one for me, simply because the 360's is so bloody awful!). Stupidly the demo doesn't allow you to try the single player mode at all and has no LIVE mode either, it will only let you play against a friend locally. So I had no way of trying it there and then which is absolutely ridiculous.

    What's the point in having a trial demo that you can't even try on your own?!? :?

  • Rowlsten #7 3 years ago

    Oh noes!!!

    Time to get fallout to occupy me over the winter hibernation.

  • CapnCloudchaser #8 3 years ago

    I'm really looking forward to Sonic Unleashed, and have read alot about it. I'm slightly worried by the lack of review, but I know, based on what I have read elsewhere, that Sega have created a game much better than the catastrophe that was Sonic the Hedgehog 2006.

    Although I'll come prepared to argue about Sonic in the review comments when it eventually pops up :o

  • dirk_aircool #9 3 years ago

    Oh dear . its the ' comming next year ' time again .

  • ccfb #10 3 years ago

    Any juice on Armored Core?

  • nbnz #11 3 years ago

    Wasn't the Sony Bluetooth Headset also due out today? I know SOCOM was delayed but places have still been advertising the standalone headset for release tomorrow.

  • chessboxer #12 3 years ago

    No, the headset is due out tomorrow along with the keypad.

    EG missed Super Stardust Portable on the PSP. It's one of the smoothest looking PSP games I have ever seen. It's quite a decent purchase for £6.29.

  • Dizzy #13 3 years ago

    Phew.. a quiet week. Nothing for me.

  • drumbaby #14 3 years ago

    I've asked the missus for Resistance 2 for Xmas...bit of a wait now. :((

  • Brakara #15 3 years ago

    What, no love for Age of Empires Mythologies? :(

  • penhalion #16 3 years ago

    @CapnCloudchaser

    Sonic Unleashed is utter crap mate. My reviewer friend has been banned from publishing until after it's release. I don't need to tell you what that means I hope. Half the game is these pointless werehog levels where you use your extending arms to kill creatures. No reason is given why a werehog has extending arms or anything logical like that. It's not even clear why sonic is a werehog in the first place. The speed levels are ok but, too few and far between so just as you get into the whole sonic vibe, you turn and have to plod about hitting stuff slowly.

    If you have a PS3, then get resistance 2 instead.

  • Darren #17 3 years ago

    I've seen a 7/10 review for the new Sonic game but I can't remember where I saw it. Didn't sound terrible like the previous version but the Werehog sections seemed to drag down what was otherwise considered the best Sonic game in ages.

  • GamesConnoisseur #18 3 years ago

    Darren: "I downloaded the SSF2THD trial demo from the Xbox 360 Marketplace yesterday with the intention of trying it out before I possibly bought the PS3 version next week (its D-pad makes the format of choice an astoundingly easy one for me, simply because the 360's is so bloody awful!). Stupidly the demo doesn't allow you to try the single player mode at all and has no LIVE mode either, it will only let you play against a friend locally. So I had no way of trying it there and then which is absolutely ridiculous.

    What's the point in having a trial demo that you can't even try on your own?!?"

    I tried it last night, got destroyed by the AI and forgotten how completely crap I was at SFII!! I tried it on my own its worked fine but if you meant about trying it via live? You doesnt need to play against friend locally as it worked ok for me?

    EDIT :Woops realised it wasnt the trial demo I downloaded for f**k sake, it was the full purchase option! My mistake!
    Edited by 1 at 27/11/08 @ 20:13