Release This: Metroid: Other M 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 the Wii debut of Metroid: Other M, along with Dead Rising 2: Case Zero and a PS3 port for Castle Crashers. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending September 4th, 2010. Games Released in the United States: Nintendo Wii: - Disney Guilty Party - Metroid: Other M Xbox 360: - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Ultimate Edition - Dead Rising 2: Case Zero (online) PlayStation 3: - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Ultimate Edition - Castle Crashers (online) Nintendo DS: - Camp Rock: The Final Jam - Cosmos X2 (DSi online) - Little Bears PlayStation Portable: - Ace Combat: Joint Assault - Valkyria Chronicles II PC: - Ghost Pirate of Vooju Island - Prison Tycoon: Alcatraz Nintendo is set to launch the Team Ninja-developed Metroid series sequel Other M for the Wii in North America this week. Xbox 360 owners will receive a downloadable prequel to Capcom's upcoming Dead Rising 2, as The Behemoth's multiplayer brawler Castle Crashers gets a long-awaited PS3 release. The PSP platform is also set to see a strong release week with Namco's aerial combat sim Ace Combat: Joint Assault and Sega's action-RPG Valkyria Chronicles II. Games Released in Europe: Nintendo Wii: - Marines: Modern Urban Combat - Metroid: Other M - Tetris Party Deluxe Xbox 360: - Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 Nintendo DS: - Tetris Party Deluxe PlayStation Portable: - Valkyria Chronicles II Ubisoft's flight combat sequel Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 gets an early worldwide release on the Xbox 360 in the UK this week. Metroid: Other M and Valkyria Chronicles II are also slated for a European launch this week, along with Majesco's multiplatform Tetris Party Deluxe. Games Released in Japan: Nintendo Wii: - Metroid: Other M Nintendo DS: - Honki de Manabu: LEC de Goukakuru - DS Gyouseishoshi - Maru Goukaku: Shikaku Dasshu! Chuushoukigyou Shindanshi Shiken - Maru Goukaku: Shikaku Dasshu! Shouken Gaimuin Ni-Shu Shiken - Nintama Rantarou: Gakunen Taikousen Puzzle! no Dan PlayStation Portable: - Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 - White Breath: Perfect Edition Metroid: Other M debuts as this week's sole console release in Japan. The Nintendo DS is set to receive Square Enix's educational title Honki de Manabu and Russel's puzzler Nintama Rantarou: Gakunen Taikousen Puzzle! no Dan, while the PSP gets the manga-based brawler Bleach: Heat the Soul 7.