New Video Game Releases Week 45, 2012

Here’s the list of this week’s new video game releases. Popular video games released this week are: Halo 4, LittleBigPlanet Karting, and Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection.

New on the downloadable games front is:

  • On the PlayStation Store:
    Portal 2 In Motion, When Vikings Attack!, ToeJam & Earl, ToeJam & Earl in Panic On Funkotron, PID, Absolute Supercars (US only) | Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Demo, LittleBigPlanet Karting, Portal 2, Vanquish, Saints Row The Third: The Full Package, Sleeping Dogs Digital Edition (PS3), When Vikings Attack! (PS Vita), Rygar: The Legendary Adventure (PS2 Classic), Ragnarok Tactics, Enchanted Cavern (PSP) become available [updates Tuesday].
  • While on Xbox Live Marketplace there’s:
    Karateka, Toe Jam & Earl Collection (XBLA), Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Demo, F1 Race Stars Demo (XBM), Devil May Cry Collection, Persona 4 Arena, Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires (Games On Demand) being released [updates Wednesday].
  • The Wii Shop, DSiWare & 3DS eShop‘s games are:
    Unknown in America. And Europe’s getting the Pokédex 3D Pro, and new New Art Academy DLC (3DS), Cake Ninja 2 (DSi), and the NEO-GEO classic Shock Troopers (Wii) [updates Thursday].
  • On Steam there’s:
    Chaos on Deponia, Sine Mora .
  • On iOS App Store there’s:
    Angry Birds Star Wars, Peter Molyneux’s Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube.

The new retail releases are:

  • Big Time Rush (DS)
  • Cradle of Egypt 2 (DS)
  • Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection (PS3, Xbox 360)
  • Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
  • Harvest Moon: A New Beginning (3DS)
  • LittleBigPlanet Karting (PS3)
  • Mass Effect Trilogy (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
  • NASCAR The Game: Inside Line (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii)
  • Nickelodeon Bubble Guppies (DS)
  • Nickelodeon Dance 2 (Wii, Xbox 360 Kinect)
  • Nickelodeon Team Umizoomi & Dora’s Fantastic Flight (DS)
  • Poptropica Adventures (DS)
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Wii, PS2, PSP)
  • Ragnarok: Tactics (PSP)
  • Rayman Origins (3DS)
  • Saints Row The Third The Full Package (Xbox 360, PS3)

Take a look at the Halo 4 live-action “Scanned” launch trailer produced by David Fincher:

Here’s the adorable LittleBigPlanet Karting live-action “Fueled by Imagination” TV commercial:

Watch the Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection trailer:

Lastly, here’s a Portal 2 In Motion trailer:


Image credit: Letsgetfoxy & you can still get that grey/silver Xbox 360 controller here…


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