New Video Game Releases Week 44, 2012

Here’s the HUGE list of this week’s new video game releases. Popular video games released this week are: Assassin’s Creed III, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Zone of the Enders HD Collection, WWE ’13, and Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation.

New on the downloadable games front is:

  • On the PlayStation Store:
    Okami HD, Sleeping Dogs: Nightmare in North Point | Assassin’s Creed III, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Sports Champions 2, Twisted Metal, Toy Story Mania (PS3), Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, Ragnarok Odyssey, Smart As…, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, NBA 2K13, SOCOM Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 & 3 (PS Vita), Nobunaga’s Ambition: Rise to Power (PS2 Classic), NBA 2K13, I Am An Air Traffic Controller Airport Hero Haneda (PSP) become available [updates Tuesday].
  • While on Xbox Live Marketplace there’s:
    Pool Nation, Pid (XBLA), Sleeping Dogs: Nightmare in North Point (XBM), Asura’s Wrath, Silent Hill: Downpour, Jillian Michael’s Fitness Adventure (Games On Demand) being released [updates Wednesday].
  • The Wii Shop, DSiWare & 3DS eShop‘s games are:
    In America it’s 2 Fast 4 Gnomz, Freakyforms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive!, Style Savvy: Trendsetters Demo (3DS), Spot It! Mean Machines, Cake Ninja 2 (DSi). And Europe’s getting the NES classic Gradius, Monster Shooter, Samurai G, New Style Boutique Demo, Fashion Contest Demo (3DS), Come On! Dragons (DSi), Back to Nature (Wii) [updates Thursday].
  • On Steam there’s:
    Halloween Adventure Bundle, Primal Carnage, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Guns of Icarus Online, Beyond Devinity, Devinity II: Developer’s Cut, Devinity Anthology, NBA 2K13, Defender’s Quest: Valley of the Forgotten, Clan of Champions, Natural Selection 2, Painkiller Hell & Damnation, Pid, Cargo Commander, Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2013, 007 Legends.

The new retail releases are:

  • Assassin’s Creed III (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
  • Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation (PS Vita)
  • Bratz: Fashion Boutique (DS, 3DS)
  • Deer Hunt Legends (PC)
  • Hello Kitty Picnic (3DS)
  • Karaoke Joysound (Wii)
  • Killzone Trilogy Collection (PS3)
  • Lalaloopsy Carnival of Friends (DS, 3DS)
  • Lego Battles with Lego Minotaurus Set (DS)
  • Lego Battles: Ninjago with Lego Ninjago Set (DS)
  • Lost Chronicles of Zerzura (PC)
  • Marvel Avengers: Battle For Earth (Xbox 360 Kinect)
  • Moshi Monsters Moshlings Theme Park (DS, 3DS)
  • Myst (3DS)
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, PS Vita)
  • Nike+ Kinect Training (Kinect)
  • Pro Controller U for Wii and Wii U – Black (Hardware)
  • Pro Controller U for Wii and Wii U – FamiCom (Hardware)
  • Pro Controller U for Wii and Wii U – Gold LE (Hardware)
  • Pro Controller U for Wii and Wii U – SNES (Hardware)
  • Pro Controller U for Wii and Wii U – White (Hardware)
  • PlayStation 3 500GB Assassin’s Creed III Bundle (Hardware)
  • PlayStation Vita Wi-Fi Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation Bundle (Hardware)
  • Ragnarok Odyssey (PS Vita)
  • Smart As (PS Vita)
  • Sports Champions 2 (PS3 Move)
  • The Trash Pack (DS, 3DS)
  • ThunderCats (DS)
  • Toy Story Mania (Xbox 360 Kinect, PS3 Move)
  • Transformers Prime: The Game (Wii, DS, 3DS)
  • Winx Club: Magical Fairy Party (DS)
  • Wreck-It Ralph (Cinemas) — Note: It’s a computer animated video game movie!
  • Wreck-It Ralph: The Video Game (Wii, DS, 3DS)
  • WWE ’13 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii)
  • Zone of the Enders HD Collection (Xbox 360, PS3)

Take a look at the Assassin’s Creed III launch trailer:

Here’s the Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation live-action TV commercial:

Here’s the Need for Speed: Most Wanted live-action launch trailer:

Watch the WWE ’13 launch trailer:

Check out the Zone of the Enders HD Collection launch trailer:

There’s also a brand new Okami HD launch trailer:

Lastly, here’s a Marvel Avengers: Battle For Earth 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?