PAL New Releases Roundup - 26/06/09 News

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News by Robert Purchese

26 June, 2009

The King of Pop is dead, but the world moves on, and a fresh batch of games shimmy onto shelves this week. And there are some goodies.

Overlord II arrives with an 8/10, like the original, but is a "distinct improvement" and should command the attention of newcomers and fans alike. Overlord: Dark Legends on Wii may also tickle your fancy.

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite roars into Europe after phenomenal success in Japan, with considerable backing from Capcom and Sony. MHFU has "MMO levels" of content, which is "completely unparalleled" on the PSP, we said. Those who invest the time will unlock an experience of "immense satisfaction and sense of achievement".

Fight Night jumps back into the ring for another, heartily recommended bout: "An intense, heart-rattling experience that gets more rewarding the more time you invest in learning the nuances," to be precise.

For specialist tastes we recommend ArmA II on PC or the personality-packed Tales of Vesperia JRPG on Xbox 360.

Spore expansion Galactic Adventures is decent, while Another Code R and Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? are average.

Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires, Superstar V8 Racing and Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits are worth a shout, although our opinion on those will have to wait.

Also note Fallout 3: Point Lookout, which is well worth investing in, and appears to have arrived with no technical hiccups.

Have a lovely weekend.

This week:

Fight Night Round 4 (PS3, Xbox 360)
Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires (PS3, Xbox 360)
Tales of Vesperia (Xbox 360)
Overlord II (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Overlord: Dark Legend (Wii)
Overlord: Minions (DS)
Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits (PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits (DS
ArmA II (PC)
Another Code R: A Journey into Lost Memories (Wii)
Fallout 3: Point Lookout (PC, Xbox 360)
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP)
Prinny: Can I Really be the Hero? (PSP)
Superstars V8 Racing (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Anno 1404 (PC)
LEGO Battles (DS)
Diabolik (DS, PC, PS2, Wii)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360)
Spore: Galactic Adventures (PC)
FUEL (PC)
Resident Evil Archives (Wii
Customplay Golf 2010 (PC)

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penhalion

26/06/09 @ 17:14

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Got tales of vesparia and was looking for Overlord 2 but, tesco didn't have any left as they have it for 34.95! Game is a whole 10 quid more expensive.

Freki

26/06/09 @ 17:27

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Blood Bowl is also out, but only on digital download at a rather pricy £39.99 for PC.

makeamazing

26/06/09 @ 17:35

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Got Overlord 2, cant wait to play it alittle later :)

neiltc13

26/06/09 @ 17:37

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I bought SuperStars V8 Racing and it's very enjoyable.

Sharks

26/06/09 @ 17:54

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ToV! \o/

Gnort

26/06/09 @ 17:55

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Blood Bowl seems ridiculously expensive. Isn't it supposed to be being released on XBLA as well as PC? That's the same price as a full priced retail console game.

Whizzo

26/06/09 @ 19:03

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ArmA II was last week.

MORZTAN

26/06/09 @ 19:25

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"Another Weak Gone to soon"?

spudsbuckley

26/06/09 @ 19:48

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What's the story with the Resi game for the Wii?

sweetcheeks

26/06/09 @ 20:06

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will get overlord....when i get a job
- poxy recession.

nevermind, until then perhaps i'll have a quick blast of Moonwalker on the MD.
nothing quite like mike shouting HOOOOOO in crusty 16 bit.

Darren

26/06/09 @ 20:16

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FUEL isn't out on the PC this week by the way, it's been put back to 3rd July according to Amazon et al.

Malek86

26/06/09 @ 20:43

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Overlord DL for me. I've already ordered it. Hopefully it will arrive soon. While waiting I'm replaying the first one, and this time with the expansion installed :D

CHAZBIGPOTATO

26/06/09 @ 21:45

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Was there not an MJ pun in this Tag?

Edit "gone too soon" is a MJ song, Doh!

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ChaK

27/06/09 @ 11:16

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just bought overlord 2, and anno 1404 is shipping, hooray.

Got arma 2 already, but I'm a bit disapointed

JensonJet

27/06/09 @ 17:59

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So far, a really poor year for games as far as I'm concerned. Fortunately it's a different story later this year.

fjharps

27/06/09 @ 20:22

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How can people say it's been a poor year on games..... for me some games have come short on the hype like Killzone 2 and Resident Evil 5 but both are still excellent games. But for me the highlight of the year and quite possibly the game of the year has been Street Fighter 4.

Rack

28/06/09 @ 13:23

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You missed Blood Bowl!

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