This weeks new releases! February 14th – 20th

Oh man, the retail sector is finaly starting to pick up the pace again, this week we’ve got something for nearly everybody!  Top a lot of peoples most wanted list will likely be the long awaited and much hyped Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds for Xbox 360 and PS3. With Capcom’s legendary fighting game craftsmanship and a combined total of over 36 classic characters from the Marvel and Capcom universes, it’s sure to get all sorts of fanboys and girls giddy with excitement. Check back next week when we’ll hopefully have a review up!

Speaking of reviews, pretty soon we should also have one of tongue in cheek RPG parody Magicka for the PC. I don’t want to go into too much detail about it right now, but if you’re a hardcore RPG nerd that’s looking for a mindbending spellcrafting system as well as bit of humor targeted squarely at you, then ya can’t go wrong with Magicka. If on the other hand you’re a nerd looking for some more serious swords and sorcery, then you’ll probably be better served by inXile Entertainment’s Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, an action fantasy game full of Gears of War style grit that only the Unreal Engine can provide (without looking awful) for the Xbox360, PC and PS3. All these game’s however, are massively outclassed on the nerdiness scale by Deathsmiles: Deluxe Edition, a Japanese bullet hell shooter* for the Xbox 360! Damm, I can’t remember the last time one of those actually came out at retail over here, too long ago, way too long.

If you’re more interested in looking to the past than the future, then we’ve also got two Xbox 360 double packs that bundle together some classic action titles for the fair price of only £24.99 (it’ll vary depending on retailer). While that’s nice and all, I would question the logic in bundling Halo 3 with Fable 2 and Crackdown with Mass Effect, just about any other combination of those games would have made more sense. But regardless, they’re some pretty cool games that have aged fairly well, so if you missed out on them first time then now is a good chance to catch up without your wallet taking too much of a hit.

Oh yeah, and there’s some obligatory shovelware and casual stuff too. Each to their own!

*If you don’t know what one of those are, then it’s probably just a little TOO nerdy for you.

Multiplatform
Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate Of Two Worlds (PS3/Xbox360)
Hunted: The Demon’s Forge (PS3/Xbox360/PC)
The Mysterious Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (DS/PC)

Wii
Family Party: 90 Great Games
Nickelodeon Fit
Fit & Fun

Xbox 360
Deathsmiles: Deluxe Edition
PopCap Hits!
Crackdown & Mass Effect: Double Pack
Halo 3 & Fable II: Double Pack

DS
Natalie Brooks: The Treasures Of The Lost Kingdom

PC
Magicka
Bejeweled Blitz

Don't Forget About The Chief Just Yet

With the upcoming Halo: Reach game set to hit the shelves this winter, most halo fans or players would have probably forgotten already about Master Chief. *SPOILER* if you have completed halo 3 (or not) there is a little clip after the end credits, you see half of the space ship the chief and the arbitor jump get on board on the final mission slowly drifting towards a strange planet.

At San Diego’s Comic-Con, Frank O’Connor the franchise developer director for 343 industries (the new developers for the next halo games) said “At the end of Halo 3, and cover your ears if you haven’t played it, Master Chief is in cryosleep. Cortana has sent a rescue signal, and they are orbiting a strange world. We’d have to be the world’s biggest assholes to not follow through on his story.”

So we know for certain if they don’t release a halo game with master chief, 343 industries will be the “The worlds biggest assholes”

Mega Bloks.. for Halo?

One of Xbox 360’s popular franchises Halo, which has been out for many years now has been set off to be sold as Mega Blocks and boy does it look epic. By the looks of it, you can make Hornets, Banshees Warthogs and maybe some other vehicles (not much known).

To top that off, you can buy Soldiers/Spartans from different games of the franchise. For example, the Spartans from Halo Wars or some of the Spartans from Halo 2/3 and of course the Elites.

While this looks fun, I doubt many people will buy this unless you’re a hardcore fan because children would want different things I would think BUT it’s all about others opinions.

Here are some of the pictures that we have been able to find :

They look pretty fun to me and I might buy some to mess around with just because it’s Halo and I loved the old days of playing with Mega Blocks.

Source : Game Judgment