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GearGames Weekly

Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! This is a ‘Big Daddy’ of a week … ok, that was relly bad. The big release of the week is yet another delayed but highly anticipated multi-platform game Bioshock 2, the sequel to the critically acclaimed 2007 release. Early reviews are very positive.


Aside from that, the only other release of note is the XBOX360 & PS3 release Dante’s Inferno, which is based on the epic poem (loosely) but has gotten very mediocre early opinions. My personal pick is the Wii version of the excellent hard-as-nails DS game Shiren the Wanderer. There are a few other games coming out this week, so check out the list!

360

  • BioShock 2
  • Dante’s Inferno
  • Darwinia+
  • World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars

ps3

  • BioShock 2
  • Dante’s Inferno
  • Star Ocean The Last Hope: International

wii

  • Shiren the Wanderer
  • Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll
  • Family Party: 30 Great Games Winter Fun

psp

  • No New Releases

ds

  • Bookworm Adventures
  • Scene It? Twilight
  • Best Friends Tonight
  • The Daring Game for Girls

pc

  • BioShock 2
  • Stargate Resistance
  • N.E.O. Online
  • Windchaser
  • Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity
  • Galcon Fusion

Some notes from last week:

  • Star Trek Online

    • - Generally solid MMO but with too many compromises to be truly great.

  • White Knight Chronicles International Edition

    • - The sort of game that would generally fit in the slow January release schedule is just too mediocre to matter this year.

  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

    • - This is how STALKER should have always been – runs great, and loads of fun and depth,

What games am I playing now? Here is a sampling:

  • Mac: Dragon Age: Origins – despite enjoying the game I have become known as ‘needlessly negative’ on the official forums because I am pushing for some news of a patch or the release of the DLC / expansion.
  • PC: Mass Effect 2 – still having a blast.
  • DS: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes – I love puzzle-RPG games like this, and it is a wonderful, wonderful game.
  • PSP: SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 – I noticed that IGN already broke the Feb. 9th embargo, but I won’t break it in order to say it is the best game if the series by far … oops!

So what are you playing? Chime in below!

Enjoy gaming!

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