Release This: U.S. Gets God of War III, New Pokemon Titles

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 God of War III, Command & Conquer 4 and two new Pokemon games to North America, while Japan gets Ryu ga Gotoku 4. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending March 20th, 2010. Games Released in the United States: Nintendo Wii: - Build-A-Bear Workshop: Friendship Valley - Family Gameshow - Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon - Hall of Fame: Ultimate Hoops Challenge - Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans - Pizza Delivery Boy - Rage of the Gladiator (online) - Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space - Triple Shot Sports (online) Xbox 360: - Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening - Metro 2033 - Perfect Dark (online) - Resonance of Fate PlayStation 3: - Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening - God of War III - Resonance of Fate - Wakeboarding HD (online) Nintendo DS: - 101 MiniGolf World (DSi online) - Build-A-Bear Workshop: Welcome to Hugsville - Hidden Mysteries: Buckingham Palace Secrets of Kings & Queens - Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans - Infinite Space - Pokemon HeartGold Version - Pokemon SoulSilver Version - Sonny with a Chance - Spectral Force Genesis - T.A.C. Heroes: Big Red One PC: - Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight - Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening - Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans - Metro 2033 - Mount & Blade: Warband - Pet Forest - Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space Sony's action-adventure sequel God of War III arrives on the PlayStation 3 this week. Xbox 360 owners can look forward to an upgraded XBLA port of Rare's Perfect Dark, while both platforms receive Tri-Ace's RPG Resonance of Fate and the Dragon Age: Origins expansion Awakening. Remakes of Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver headline this week's DS lineup, while PC platforms are set to receive EA's Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. Games Released in Europe: Nintendo Wii: - Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon - It's My Circus - Safar'Wii - Scene It? Twilight Xbox 360: - Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening - Metro 2033 - MotoGP 09/10 PlayStation 3: - Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening - God of War III - Metro 2033 - MotoGP 09/10 Nintendo DS: - Beat the Intro - Combat of Giants: Mutant Insects - It's My Circus: Elephant Friends - Pokemon HeartGold Version - Pokemon SoulSilver Version - Scene It? Twilight PC: - Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight - Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening - Metro 2033 - MUD TV - Scene It? Twilight - Torchlight Europe gets an early look at Monumental Games' motorcycle racing sim MotoGP 09/10 this week -- the title is not set to hit U.S. shores until next week. Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver are also prepared to make their UK debuts this week, arriving along with God of War III and Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening. Games Released in Japan: Nintendo Wii: - Oyako de Asobo: Miffy no Omocha Bako Xbox 360: - Darksiders: Shinpan no Toki - Moe Moe 2-Ji Daisenryaku * Ultra Deluxe PlayStation 3: - God of War Collection - Ryu ga Gotoku 4: Densetsu o Tsugumono Nintendo DS: - Crayon Shin-Chan: Obaka Daininden - Susume! Kasukabe Ninja Tai! - Hakuouki DS - Kawaii Koinu DS3 - Nettou! Powerful Koushien - Sengoku Jidai Vol. 1: Shukunden - Sengoku Jidai Vol. 2: Gunshiden - Sengoku Jidai Vol. 3: Moushouden PlayStation Portable: - Dante's Inferno - Gundam Assault Survive - Minna no Shiatsu Itami mo Tsukare mo Sukkiri~! - We Love Juggler Sega's Yakuza series sequel Ryu ga Gotoku 4: Densetsu o Tsugumono will hit Japanese store shelves this week alongside Sony's God of War Collection. God of War III will premiere in Japan next week. Konami's baseball sim Nettou! Powerful Koushien and Koei's visual novel Hakuouki DS stand out among this week's DS offerings, while PSP owners will get Gundam Assault Survive and a localization of EA's Dante's Inferno.