Release This: Homefront, Yakuza 4, Okamiden Hit Store Shelves

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 Homefront and Yakuza 4 to North America, along with portable highlights like Okamiden and Gods Eater Burst. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending March 19th, 2011. Games Released in the United States: Nintendo Wii: - Crazy Machines - Fit in Six - Liight (online) - Maximum Racing: GP Classic Racing (online) - Maximum Racing: Drag & Stock Racer (online) - Top Spin 4 - Trackmania: Build to Race Xbox 360: - Full House Poker (online) - Homefront - MotoGP 10/11 - Top Spin 4 PlayStation 3: - Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel - Dance on Broadway - Fit in Six - Hard Corps: Uprising (online) - Homefront - MotoGP 10/11 - Slam Bolt Scrappers (online) - Top Spin 4 - Warriors: Legends of Troy - Yakuza 4 Nintendo DS: - JumpStart Deep Sea Escape - Okamiden - Rabi Laby (DSi online) PlayStation Portable: - Gods Eater Burst - Jikandia: The Timeless Land PC: - Cloning Clyde - Homefront - Sega Genesis Classic Collection Gold Edition - Shogun 2: Total War THQ's first-person shooter Homefront debuts for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC platforms this week, arriving alongside awaited console releases like Sega's Yakuza 4, the Dynasty Warriors spinoff Warriors: Legends of Troy, and Gust's Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel. Capcom's Okami follow-up Okamiden headlines portable offerings this week, while PSP owners get Bandai Namco's Gods Eater Burst and an Aksys-published localization of Jikandia: The Timeless Land. Games Released in Europe: Nintendo Wii: - Challenge Me: Word Puzzles - My Fitness Coach Club - Top Spin 4 Xbox 360: - Arcania: Gothic 4 - Homefront - MotoGP 10/11 - Top Spin 4 PlayStation 3: - Dance on Broadway - Homefront - Monster Jam: Path of Destruction - MotoGP 10/11 - MotorStorm: Apocalypse - My Fitness Coach Club - Top Spin 4 - Warriors: Legends of Troy - Yakuza 3 Nintendo DS: - Challenge Me: Word Puzzles - Hidden Photo - Hop - Okamiden PlayStation Portable: - Gods Eater Burst PC: - Challenge Me: Word Puzzles - Heroes of Might and Magic Collection - Homefront - Shogun 2: Total War Evolution Studios' PS3-exclusive offroad racing sequel MotorStorm: Apocalypse hits the UK this week, arriving a month prior to its scheduled North American release. Other notable UK debuts include Sega's PC strategy title Shogun 2: Total War and Capcom's multiplatform motorcycle racing sim MotoGP 10/11. Games Released in Japan: Xbox 360: - Cross Channel: In Memory of All People - Dragon Age Origins: Awakening PlayStation 3: - MotorStorm 3: Apocalypse - Ryu ga Gotoku: Of the End - Slotter Chou Mania: Antonio Inoki ga Genki ni Suru Pachi-Slot Ki Nintendo 3DS: - Steel Diver - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3D Nintendo DS: - Gakken Chuugokugo Sanmai DS: Kiki-Tore & Shoki-Tore - Gakken Hangul-Go Sanmai DS: Kiki-Tore & Shoki-Tore - Powerful Golf PlayStation Portable: - Danbooru Senki - Hanaoni: Koisomeru Koku - Eikyuu no Shirushi While North America and the UK will soon see a localized version of Sega's crime drama Ryu ga Gotoku 4 (Yakuza 4), Japan's latest Yakuza series release is Ryu ga Gotoku: Of the End, an unusual spinoff game that puts series characters in the middle of a zombie outbreak. The Nintendo 3DS's library grows two titles stronger with the release of Nintendo's Steel Diver and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3D this week, while other portable standouts include Konami's Powerful Golf and Level 5's "Plastic Model Crafting RPG" Danbooru Senki.