Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! This is another interesting week, as we have the reboot of a video game based on two movies based that had in turn spawned a series of movies. And yet based on early looks it looks like it might all work. The other big release of the week is one of the few times a PSP game is one of the top releases, with the latest entry in the SOCOM franchise SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3, which is actually pretty solid based on my time with a pre-release copy of the game.

Aside from that, there are two interesting DS releases. First, the one I features – Korg DS-10 Plus, which is a synthesizer system for the DS that adds to the excellent original in many ways. The other is a port of the popular PC massively multiplayer game Ragnarok . There are a few other games coming out this week, so check out the list!

• Aliens vs. Predator
• Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce
• Tropico 3
• Deadly Premonition

• Aliens vs. Predator
• Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce

• Data East Arcade Classics
• Free Running

• SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3

• KORG DS-10 PLUS
• Ragnarok DS
• Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
• Crime Scene

• Aliens vs. Predator
• Everquest II: Sentinel’s Fate
• Everquest II: Battlegrounds
• WarBirds: Dogfights
• Ghost Pirates of Voojoo Island

Some notes from last week:

• BioShock 2

- A solid game, but since there was no real avenue left for a sequel this feels a bit contrived and ‘been there done that’ all the time.

• Dante’s Inferno

- Average hack & slash game, decent fun but little else.

• Shiren the Wanderer

- Nicely caputes the compelling gameplay and terrific difficulty that made the DS game one of the best Rogue-likes in ages.

• Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity

- Put one of the best games of 2008 with the two expansion packs for an amazing game at an amazing price. If you like strategy games … this is an easy recommendation.

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: Bioshock 2 – not bad, but really not doing anything much to impress me.
• 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’m still having fun playing custom missions.

So what are you playing? Chime in below!

Enjoy gaming!