Release This: Dead Space 2, Two Worlds II Arrive Stateside

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 Dead Space 2 and Two Worlds II to retail shelves in North America, while Japan gets Mistwalker's The Last Story, Sega's Valkyria Chronicles 3, and Dragon Age: Origins. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending January 29th, 2011. Games Released in the United States: Nintendo Wii: - Jam City Rollergirls (online) Xbox 360: - Dead Space 2 - Two Worlds II PlayStation 3: - Dead Space 2 - Two Worlds II Nintendo DS: - Paws & Claws Marine Rescue - Rocks N' Rockets (DSi online) PlayStation Portable: - Lord of Arcana PC: - Breach (online) - Dead Space 2 - Dungeon Fighter Online Act VII: Witching Hour (online) - Monday Night Combat (online) - Venetica - World of Tanks (online) EA's horror-themed shooter Dead Space 2 ships to stores in North America this week, joining Reality Pump's multiplatform action-RPG sequel Two Worlds II. PSP owners will soon receive the Access Games-developed action game Lord of Arcana, while PC offerings include a port of Uber Entertainment's multiplayer shooter Monday Night Combat and an expansion for Dungeon Fighter Online. Games Released in Europe: Nintendo Wii: - Yogi Bear Xbox 360: - Dead Space 2 PlayStation 3: - Dead Space 2 Nintendo DS: - Yogi Bear - Youda Safari PC: - Dead Space 2 - Dungeon Fighter Online Act VII: Witching Hour (online) - World of Tanks (online) Dead Space 2 also arrives in the UK this week, along with an adaptation of the CG animated film Yogi Bear. Games Released in Japan: Nintendo Wii: - The Last Story - Rabbids Party: Time Travel Xbox 360: - Dragon Age: Origins - Dream Club Zero - Gal*Gun - Mindjack - Monster Hunter Frontier Online Season 10 PlayStation 3: - Dream Club Zero - Mindjack - Shooting Studio - Sly Cooper Collection - Wizardry Twin Pack Nintendo DS: - Hirameki Puzzle: Maxwell no Fushigi na Note - Sora no Otoshimono Forte: Dreamy Season PlayStation Portable: - Chaos;Head Love Chu*Chu! - Kenka Banchou 5: Otoko no Housoku - Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii wake ga Nai Portable - Senjou no Valkyria 3 - Toaru Majutsu no Kinsho Mokuroku - Tsuku Monogatari PC: - Monster Hunter Frontier Online Season 10 Mistwalker's Wii RPG The Last Story headlines Japan's release lineup in a week that also brings the debuts of Square Enix's Mindjack, Inti Create's Gal*Gun, and Capcom's MMORPG expansion Monster Hunter Frontier Online Season 10. Portable releases for this week include a localization of 5th Cell's Scribblenauts (retitled Hirameki Puzzle: Maxwell no Fushigi na Note), an adaptation of 5pb's visual novel Chaos;Head Love Chu*Chu!, and Sega's Valkyria Chronicles sequel Senjou no Valkyria 3.