New Video Game Releases Week 40, 2014

Here’s the list of this week’s new video game releases. Popular video games released this week are: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Forza Horizon 2, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Skylanders Trap Team, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, and Falling Skies: The Game.

The BIG new releases are here! 😀

New retail releases are:

Assassin’s Creed: Birth of a New World – The American Saga (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Falling Skies: The Game (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PC)
Forza Horizon 2 (Xbox One, Xbox 360)
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PC)
Natural Doctrine (PS3, PS4, PS Vita)
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (PS3, Xbox 360)
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments (PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4)
Skylanders Trap Team (Wii, Wii U, 3DS, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4) — Note: Thursday release in Australia & Sunday release in America.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (3DS) — Note: Friday worldwide release.
Wasteland 2 (PC)

New downloadable games include:

Newly available on the PlayStation Store: [updates Tuesday]
– PS4: Chariot, Futuridium EP Deluxe (Cross-Buy), Pier Solar and the Great Architects (Cross-Buy), Second Chance Heroes.
– PS4 Retail Downloads: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, Natural Doctrine, Skylanders Trap Team.
– PS3: Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom, Pier Solar and the Great Architects (Cross-Buy), Short Peace Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day.
– PS3 Retail Downloads: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Falling Skies: The Game, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, Natural Doctrine, Skylanders Trap Team.
– PS2 Classics on PS3: The Incredibles: The Video Game.
– PSone Classics on PS3: Namco Museum Vol. 1, Namco Museum Vol. 2, Namco Museum Vol. 3, Namco Museum Vol. 4, Namco Museum Vol. 5.
– PS Vita: Futuridium EP Deluxe (Cross-Buy), Invizimals: The Alliance.
– PS Vita Retail Downloads: Natural Doctrine.
What’s added on Xbox Live Marketplace: [updates Wednesday]
– Xbox One Games with Gold: Super Time Force and Crimson Dragon until September 30th. And Chariot from October 1st. Note: Free for all Xbox Live Gold subscribers.
– Xbox One: Chariot.
– Xbox One Add-Ons: Titanfall: IMC Rising DLC.
– Xbox One Retail Downloads: Forza Horizon 2, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, Skylanders Trap Team.
– Xbox 360 Games with Gold: Halo: Reach until September 30th. And Battlefield: Bad Company 2 from October 1st, plus Darksiders II from October 16th. Note: Free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers.
– Xbox Live Arcade: Unannounced as of yet.
– Games On Demand: Forza Horizon 2, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Falling Skies: The Game, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, Skylanders Trap Team.
New games on the 3DS & Wii U eShop: [updates Thursday]
– 3DS Retail Downloads: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.
– 3DS eShop: Unannounced as of yet.
– 3DS Virtual Console: Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (NES).
– Wii U Retail Downloads: Falling Skies: The Game.
– Wii U eShop: 99Seconds.
– Wii U Virtual Console: Street Fighter Alpha 2 (SNES).
New game additions on the Apple App Store: [updates Thursday]
– iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch: Skylanders Trap Team app, Pokemon Trading Card Game (TCG) Online app, Assassin’s Creed Identity.
New game additions on Steam: [updates all week]
– PC/Mac/Linux: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments, Falling Skies: The Game, Outland, TinyKeep, Pier Solar and the Great Architects, Tera, Super Win the Game, Silence of the Sleep, Left in the Dark: No One on Board, Metal Slug X, Front Page Sports Football, DCS: MiG-21Bis, Albedo: Eyes from Outer Space, A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda EX, Metal Dead.