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Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings FIFA 12 and Resident Evil Code: Veronica X HD to North America and Europe, while Japan gets Eiyuu Densetsu: Ao no Kiseki.

Danny Cowan, Blogger

September 26, 2011

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Gamasutra's regular round-up of worldwide video game releases, "Release This!", takes a look at every game title we know to be shipping to stores this week, in a custom compiled list. This week brings FIFA 12 and Resident Evil Code: Veronica X HD to North America and Europe, while Japan gets Eiyuu Densetsu: Ao no Kiseki and MLB Bobblehead! The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending October 1st, 2011. Games Released in the United States: The nineteenth edition in EA's long-running FIFA Soccer series premieres across a majority of platforms in North America and Europe this week, as Konami readies the latest update in its competing Pro Evolution Soccer franchise for launch stateside. Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 is not scheduled to premiere in Europe until October 14th, giving EA's game a key head start. The PlayStation 3 enjoys a strong lineup this week, with noteworthy releases including the Rez spiritual sequel Child of Eden, Gust's RPG Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland, and the remake compilations Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Classic Trilogy HD and The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection. CyberConnect2's RPG Solatorobo: Red the Hunter will debut for the DS, meanwhile, as the Xbox Live Arcade puzzler Mercury Hg, a Nintendo eShop revival of the multiplayer action-RPG The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, and an HD remake for Capcom's survival horror title Resident Evil Code: Veronica headline this week's digital download offerings. Nintendo Wii: - Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012 - escapeVektor: Chapter 1 (WiiWare online) - FIFA Soccer 12 - X-Men: Destiny Xbox 360: - Air Conflicts: Secret Wars - Astralia (XBLIG online) - Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012 - FIFA Soccer 12 - Mercury Hg (XBLA online) - Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 - Resident Evil Code: Veronica X HD (Games On Demand online) - X-Men: Destiny PlayStation 3: - Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland - Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012 - Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (online) - Child of Eden - FIFA Soccer 12 - The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection - Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 - Resident Evil Code: Veronica X HD (online) - Rochard (online) - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Classic Trilogy HD - X-Men: Destiny PlayStation 2: - FIFA Soccer 12 Nintendo 3DS: - Brunswick Pro Bowling - FIFA Soccer 12 - Summoner War Nintendo DS: - ATV X-Treme World Challenge - Challenge Me: Word Puzzles - The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition (DSiWare online) - Solatorobo: Red the Hunter - X-Men: Destiny - ZhuZhu Pets: Quest for Zhu PlayStation Portable: - FIFA Soccer 12 - Galcon Labs (minis online) - Phantasy Star Defender's Pack! PC: - The Binding of Isaac (online) - Civilization V Game of the Year Edition - Dragon Nest (online) - Driver: San Francisco - Dungeons - The Dark Lord - FIFA Soccer 12 - A Game of Thrones: Genesis - GundeadliGne (online) - Gundemonium Collection (online) - Gundemonium Recollection (online) - Worms Ultimate Mayhem (online) Games Released in Europe: FIFA 12, Code Veronica X HD, and The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection also arrive in Europe this week, joining UK-exclusive premieres like WayForward's 2D platformer Aliens: Infestation and an Xbox 360 edition of Kalypso's strategy title Tropico 4. Nintendo Wii: - Barbie: Jet, Set, and Style! - escapeVektor: Chapter 1 (WiiWare online) - FIFA 12 - The Penguins of Madagascar - We Sing: UK Hits - X-Men: Destiny Xbox 360: - FIFA 12 - Resident Evil Code: Veronica X HD (Games On Demand online) - Tropico 4 - X-Men: Destiny PlayStation 3: - Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland - Child of Eden - FIFA 12 - The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection - Resident Evil Code: Veronica X HD (online) - X-Men: Destiny PlayStation 2: - FIFA 12 Nintendo 3DS: - Anglers Club: Ultimate Bass Fishing 3D - FIFA 12 Nintendo DS: - Aliens: Infestation - Ben 10 Triple Pack - Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar - Just Sing! Vol. 2 - The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition (DSiWare online) - The Penguins of Madagascar - X-Men: Destiny PlayStation Portable: - FIFA 12 - Galcon Labs (minis online) PC: - The Book of Unwritten Tales - Dance! It's Your Stage - Dawn of Fantasy - Driver: San Francisco - FIFA 12 - A Game of Thrones: Genesis - Patrician IV Gold Edition - Sword of the Stars II - Worms Ultimate Mayhem (online) Games Released in Japan: Falcom's awaited Trails in the Sky follow-up Eiyuu Densetsu: Ao no Kiseki premieres for the PSP this week in Japan, while Koei readies its Dynasty Warriors 7 expansion Shin Sangoku Musou 6 Moushouden for the PlayStation 3. The Xbox 360 will host Cyber Front's visual novel code_18 and an upgrade for Capcom's MMORPG Monster Hunter Frontier Online, as an MLB-licensed spinoff in Konami's Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu series arrives for the PlayStation 3. Xbox 360: - Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Forward.2 Premium Package) - code_18 - F1: 2011 PlayStation 3: - F1: 2011 - MLB Bobblehead! - Shin Sangoku Musou 6 Moushouden Nintendo 3DS: - Hana to Ikimo no Rittai Zukan Nintendo DS: - The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition (DSiWare online) PlayStation Portable: - Bullet Butlers - code_18 - Dead End: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dead End - Eiyuu Densetsu: Ao no Kiseki - Evangelion Shin Gekijoban: 3nd Impact - Hakuisei Renai Shoukougun - Tanteibu: The Detective Club - Angou to Misshitshu to Kaijin to - Wand of Fortune 2: Jikuu ni Shizumu Mokushiroku

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