New Video Game Releases Week 32, 2012

Here’s the list of this week’s video game releases. Another week of the dreaded Summer drought that has hit the game retail releases schedule, with the exception of Persona 4 Arena. But at least new downloadable content provides a cool Summer breeze with Sound Shapes on PSN, Hybrid on XBLA, Legends of Pegasus on Steam and more.

New on the downloadable games front is:

  • On the PlayStation Store Sound Shapes, Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2, The King of Fighters XIII (PS3), Sound Shapes (PS Vita), Farm Frenzy 3 (PSP) become available [updates Tuesday].
  • While on Xbox Live Marketplace there’s Hybrid (XBLA) being released [updates Wednesday].
  • The Wii Shop, DSiWare & 3DS eShop‘s games are unknown, and Europe’s getting the Game Boy classic The Sword of Hope II, SpeedX 3D (3DS), 90’s Pool, 101 Pinball World (DSi), Successfully Learning English: Year 3 (Wii) [updates Thursday].
  • On Steam there’s Cannon Fodder 3, Symphony, Deponia, Hero Academy, Unmechanical, Legends of Pegasus.

The new retail releases are:

  • Persona 4 Arena (PS3, Xbox 360)
  • Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome – Collector’s Edition (PC)

Take a look at the Persona 4 Arena launch trailer:

Watch the Hybrid trailer for the Summer of Xbox Live Arcade:

Watch the Sound Shapes trailer for the PlayStation Network:

Lastly, here’s a Legends of Pegasus trailer for the Steam release:


Image credit: Letsgetfoxy

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