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With both the public and presses’ eyes fixed on the 2017 Electronic Entertainment Expo, this week’s schedule of new game releases might have a difficult time at garnering attention. Beyond notables like DiRT 4 and the Switch port of Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero, retro classics like ACA Neo Geo Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad and Alien Crush are making their way onto Nintendo Systems.
Header Image: Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls, PC
Nintendo Switch
ACA Neo Geo Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad (eShop, $7.99)
Cars 3: Driven to Win (retail and eShop, $59.99)
Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero (eShop, $19.99)
PlayStation 3
Cars 3: Driven to Win (retail and PlayStation Store, $49.99)
PlayStation 4
Cars 3: Driven to Win (retail and PlayStation Store, $59.99)
Psychonauts In the Rhombus of Ruin (retail, $29.99)
Wii U
Alien Crush (eShop, $5.99)
Cars 3: Driven to Win (retail and eShop, $49.99)
Cubit the Hardcore Platformer Robot HD (eShop, $4.99)
Neutopia II (eShop, $5.99)
Xbox 360
Cars 3: Driven to Win (retail and Xbox Game Store, $49.99)
Xbox One
Cars 3: Driven to Win (retail and Xbox Game Store, $59.99)
3DS
Anime Workshop (eShop, $7.99)
PC (via Steam unless noted)
Amber’s Magic Shop ($17.99)
Dead Effect 2 VR ($17.99)
DiRT 4 ($59.99)
Jump Stars ($TBA)
Lines ($TBA)
Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls ($TBA)
Terra Mystica ($10.49)
The King of Fighters XIV: Steam Edition ($TBA)
Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap ($19.99)
Robert’s Pick: Long before Compile Heart was formed, Masamitsu Niitani lead a company called Compile, which developed a multitude of revered retro classics. From the Puyo Puyo series to shooters like Aleste, Blazing Lasers, and Zanac the studio made many of the games that I obsessed over while growing up. So while the PC port of Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls is worth a purchase if you didn’t play the original Vita games, Alien Crush is a hands-down favorite, bringing a prodigious interpretation of pinball that remains enjoyable today.
Whenever I see the name Hard Girls, I think of traps. WTF is wrong with me?
Dirt 4 is also on console. GS had it for $39.99!
True. Came out on Tuesday though so it’s not listed.
Its weird to see PS3 games when the PS4.5 is out. 2.5 generations of consoles are getting games at the same time.
Basically the same games being remastered multiple times. Woohoo.
Deagle: Neutopia II is pretty good as well. Did you ever play it?
Is Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad any good?
Alien Crush and Devil’s Crush are great games.
Isn’t putting a game out during E3 suicide?