Release This: Halo: Reach, New Professor Layton Sequel Premiere 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 Bungie's Halo: Reach, Nintendo's Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, and Sony's Move peripheral to stores in North America and the UK, as Japan gets two new entries in Nintendo's core Pokemon series. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending September 18th, 2010. Games Released in the United States: Nintendo Wii: - Cabela's North American Adventures - Deal or No Deal Special Edition - Gormiti: The Lords of Nature! - Horse Life Adventures - Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole - The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest - Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp - Swords - Truth or Lies - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Duel Transfer Xbox 360: - Cabela's North American Adventures - Halo: Reach - Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole - Sonic Adventure (online) - Space Invaders Infinity Gene (online) - Truth or Lies PlayStation 3: - Cabela's North American Adventures - Ferrari: The Race Experience (online) - Flight Control HD (online) - Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole - Racquet Sports - Space Invaders Infinity Gene (online) - Sports Champions - Truth or Lies PlayStation 2: - Cabela's North American Adventures - The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest - Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp - Truth or Lies Nintendo DS: - Alpha and Omega - Dawn of Heroes - Deer Drive - Intellivision Lives! - Fancy Nancy: Tea Party Time - Gormiti: The Lords of Nature! - Horse Life Adventures - House M.D. - Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole - The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest - Mystery Tales of Time Travel - Phineas and Ferb Ride Again - Professor Layton and the Unwound Future - Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp PlayStation Portable: - Cabela's North American Adventures - Gladiator Begins - The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest - Phantasy Star Portable 2 PC: - House M.D. (online) - Painkiller Pandemonium - Patrician IV - Pheon (online) - Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (online) Bungie's anticipated first-person shooter Halo: Reach will arrive on North American store shelves this week alongside Nintendo's DS logic puzzler Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. This week will also bring the debut of Sony's motion-sensing PlayStation Move peripheral and its first supported games: Racquet Sports, Sports Champions, and a downloadable port of Firemint's popular iPhone app Flight Control. Other notable releases for this week include EA's multiplatform The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, Sega's PSP RPG Phantasy Star Portable 2, and the console debut of Taito's mobile hit Space Invaders Infinity Gene. Games Released in Europe: Nintendo Wii: - Eldar Saga - Sushi Go Round Xbox 360: - Halo: Reach - NHL 11 PlayStation 3: - Eyepet: Move Edition - Kung Fu Rider - NHL 11 - Racket Sports - Sports Champions Nintendo DS: - Junior Brain Trainer 2 - Last Window: The Secret of Cape West - Professor Layton and the Lost Future - Sushi Go Round PlayStation Portable: - Phantasy Star Portable 2 PC: - Adam's Venture: Solomon's Secret - Lost Horizon - Patrician IV - Police Simulator Halo: Reach and Nintendo's latest Professor Layton sequel are set to premiere in the UK this week, along with a region-exclusive English localization of the Hotel Dusk sequel Last Window: The Secret of Cape West. Europe also gets an additional batch of PlayStation Move-compatible games this week, including Kung Fu Rider, Start the Party, and Eyepet: Move Edition. Games Released in Japan: Nintendo Wii: - Deca Sporta 3: Wii de Sports 10 Shumoku! Xbox 360: - Front Mission Evolved - Halo: Reach PlayStation 3: - Front Mission Evolved - Singularity Nintendo DS: - Manepa 1000-Bannin no FX Training: Leverage Kisei Taiouban - Pocket Monsters Black - Pocket Monsters White PlayStation Portable: - Blue Roses: Yousei to Aoi Hitomi no Senshitachi - Pachinka Mania P: CR Tekken Tafu - Trick x Logic: Season 2 - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5 Nintendo's mammoth Pokemon series grows two entries stronger this week with the dual launch of Pocket Monsters Black and Pocket Monsters White in Japan. On consoles, Square Enix's multiplatform Front Mission Evolved accompanies the launch of Halo: Reach. The PS3 will additionally host a sequel in Koei's long-running Winning Post horse racing sim franchise, as Wii owners get Hudson's Deca Sporta 3.