Release This: Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Premieres Worldwide

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 Castlevania: Harmony of Despair and Monster Rancher DS stateside, as Japan gets Tetris Party Premium and Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending August 7th, 2010. Games Released in the United States: Nintendo Wii: - Chuck E. Cheese's Party Games - Disney Sing It: Family Hits Xbox 360: - Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (online) - Superstars V8 Racing PlayStation 3: - Disney Sing It: Family Hits - Superstars V8 Racing Nintendo DS: - Dora the Explorer: Dora's Big Birthday Adventure - Junior Classic Books and Fairytales - Monster Rancher DS PlayStation Portable: - Widgets Odyssey 2 (online) PC: - Superstars V8 Racing Disney's karaoke game Disney Sing It: Family Hits and the Milestone-developed street racing title Superstars V8 Racing headline multiplatform debuts in another slow North American release week. Xbox 360 owners will get Konami's downloadable Castlevania: Harmony of Despair as part of the continuing Summer of Arcade program, as UFO Interactive readies a localized Monster Rancher DS for Nintendo's portable platform. Games Released in Europe: Nintendo Wii: - The Last Airbender Xbox 360: - Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (online) Nintendo DS: - Art Academy - Challenge Me: Brain Puzzles 2 - The Last Airbender - The Sorcerer's Apprentice The UK is set to receive the film-based The Last Airbender this week, along with the Nintendo-published art instruction title Art Academy for the DS. Games Released in Japan: Nintendo Wii: - Tetris Party Premium PlayStation 3: - Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 PlayStation 2: - J-League Winning Eleven 2010 Club Championship Nintendo DS: - Battle Spirits: Digital Starter - Chou Kowai Hanashi DS: Ao no Shou - Heart Catch PreCure! Oshare Collection - Jewel Pet: Mahou no Oheyade Isshoni Asobou - Mame Goma 3: Kawaii ga Ippai - Tetris Party Premium PlayStation Portable: - Oretachi no Sabage Versus - StormLover - Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X Hudson's Tetris Party Deluxe arrives for the Wii and DS in Japan this week (as Tetris Party Premium, while PlayStation 3 owners get EA's golf sim Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. The DS will additionally host Bandai's card battle title Battle Spirits: Digital Starter and Heart Catch PreCure! Oshare Collection this week, as Namco's dungeon crawler Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X and D3's dating sim StormLover are set to premiere for the PSP.