New Video Game Releases Week 29, 2012

Here’s the list of this week’s video game releases. The dreaded Summer drought has hit the game retail releases schedule, but at least new downloadable content provides a cool Summer breeze. 🙂

New on the downloadable games front is:

  • On the PlayStation Store Dyad, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Record of Agarest War 2 (PS3) become available [updates Tuesday].
  • While on Xbox Live Marketplace there’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, Mars Rover Landing – Kinect Fun Labs (XBLA), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Maps DLC (XBM) Blackwater, Otomedius Excellent (Games On Demand) [updates Wednesday].
  • The Wii Shop, DSiWare & 3DS eShop‘s games are mostly unknown, but America’s getting the Game Boy classics Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters and Tumble Pop (3DS), and Europe’s getting the Game Boy Color classic Wario Land II, Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy songs DLC (3DS), the NES classic Double Dragon II: The Revenge, Successfully Learning English Year 2 (Wii), Zuma’s Revenge, Flip the Core (DSi) [updates Thursday].
  • On Steam there’s Source Filmmaker for free, and be sure to check out the Steam Summer Sale for new discounted games every day until July 22.

The new retail releases are:

  • Heroes of Ruin (3DS in America)
  • Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (3DS in Europe)
  • Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Gods and Kings (Mac)
  • Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic I and II PC Bundle Pack (PC)

Here’s the Heroes of Ruin launch trailer:

Take a look at the Kingdom Hearts 3D trailer:

Watch the Dyad launch trailer:

Here’s the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD launch trailer:

Lastly comes the Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters & Tumblepop trailer:


Image credit: Letsgetfoxy

What video games will you be playing this week? Any of these?