New PAL Releases Roundup

Planes! Zombies! Monsters! Dogs!

News by Tom Bramwell Former Editor-in-Chief

Updated on 22 Apr 2010

Spring has officially sprung (we assume there was a press release, but may have missed it while outside dancing), so appropriately enough it's an outdoorsy week for new game releases.

After Burner Climax has the right idea - soaring to the recently empty skies on currents of critical approval - and it's not alone. Monster Hunter Tri may be the bastard offspring of Pokémon and Phantasy Star Online, but it's not afraid to strip down and plunge into the ocean to promote its open-air credentials.

It's not all warm sunshine though - Die Hard With a Dog (or Dead to Rights: Retribution if you like) tries to spoil the party with its cold Chicago exteriors and thickly coated testicle-mauling mutt, which you'll be able to read about in its review early on Friday, although Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing on PC and Xbox Live is presumably nothing to mourn since it's set in Georgia.

Anyway, with the sun setting on this particular (dreadful) metaphor, there's just enough time and space left to note that the interesting but not brilliant Nier is out tomorrow as well - a game where Square Enix threw everything at the wall to see what stuck, without realising the wall was made of glue.

This week in shops: