Sunday Afternoon New Release and ShackReviews

July 30, 2006 10:51 AM

So, we are finally getting the Xbox 360 version of Capcom's Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting via Xbox Live Arcade. Hopefully those delays resulted in good solid netcode.

This Week's New Releases

Xbox/X360

Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting (Sensory Sweep | Wed. | X360)

PC

Atlantis Quest (Terminal Studio | Mon. | PC)
Dungeon Siege II: Broken World (Gas Powered Games | Tue. | PC)
Jaws Unleashed (Appaloosa Int. | Tue. | PC, also PS2, Xbox in May '06)
Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure (Kheops | Tue. | PC)
Specnaz: Project Wolf (BYTE | Wed. | PC)
Time to Ride: Saddles and Stables (Lexis | Fri. | PC)
Total War: Eras (The Creative Assembly | Tue. | PC)

Multi

Barnyard (Blue Tongue | Tue. | PS2, GCN, GBA, PC)
FlatOut 2 (Bugbear | Tue. | PS2, Xbox, PC)
Super Monkey Ball Adventure (Traveller's Tales | Tue. | PS2, GCN, PSP)
VeggieTales: LarryBoy and the Bad Apple (Papaya Studio / DC Studios | Tue. | PS2, GBA)

Additional Database Entries

Metal Heart: Replicant's Rampage (Numlock / Akella, PC, 2005)
Battle B-Daman (Atlus, GBA, 2006)
CivCity: Rome (Firefly / Firaxis, PC, 2006)
Civilization IV: Warlords (Firaxis, PC, 2006)
Nancy Drew: Danger by Design (Her Interactive, PC, 2006)
Painkiller: Hell Wars (People Can Fly, Xbox, 2006)
Sprint Cars: Road to Knoxville (Valusoft, PS2, 2006)
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story (Flight Plan, GBA, 2006)
Tekken: Dark Resurrection (Namco, PSP, 2006)
The Ant Bully (A2M, PS2 / GCN / GBA / PC, 2006)
WWII Combat: Iwo Jima (Direct Action, Xbox / PC, 2006)
Warpath (Digital Extremes, Xbox / PC, 2006)

Featured ShackReviews:

This week, Masem takes a look at Valve's Half-Life 2: Episode One (PC).
SixDemonBag has a review of Ubisoft Romania's Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWII (X360).
SpaecKow has the latest review of Human Head's Prey (PC).
Johnny Law checks out Human Head's earlier history with Rune (PC).
Finally, vermouth gives us his thoughts on Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PC).

Didn't really play any games this week.

Chris Remo

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mugwet

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July 30, 2006 11:11 AM

I might have to go pickup that Total War compilation. I was planning on picking up Rom e but this is a much better idea.