New Releases 8/31-9/6: The Tortured Life of a Pinata Edition


While there’s a deluge of titles headed toward Microsoft’s and Sony’s platforms, poor Nintendo owners receive a scant two titles. Industry juggernauts Electronic Arts rules the new release schedule this week; half the SKUs are EA products.

360
FaceBreaker
Infinite Undiscovery
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
NFL Head Coach 09
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
Warhammer: Battle March

PS3
FaceBreaker
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
NFL Head Coach 09
Rapala Fishing Frenzy 2009
Vampire Rain: Altered Species

Wii
Rapala’s Fishing Frenzy

DS
PictoImage

PSP
No Releases

PS2
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

PC
Baseball Mogul 2009
FlatOut: Head On
Ford Racing Offroad
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

Pick of the Week: While we wanted to love Mercenaries 2, the game has enough unsettling glitches to make us hold our recommendation. Instead, 360 owners will want to look toward Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise. Not only does it have a $40 price tag, but seems to perfect many of the small problems that nagged the first title. Plus, it will give Vision Camera owners a reason to dust off their peripherals- Microsoft will be unveiling Eye of Judgment-style cards to accompany the title.

About Robert Allen

Since being a toddler, Robert Allen has been immersed in video games, anime, and tokusatsu. Currently, his days are spent teaching at two southern California colleges. But his evenings and weekends are filled with STGs, RPGs, and action titles and well at writing for Tech-Gaming since 2007.

20 comments

  1. I will buy Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise. I loved the first game.

  2. So sell the game cheap, and make the cards expensive. We are no dopes Microsoft!

  3. How did you make his beard 3D? Pretty cool.

  4. VP:TiP. Put 100 hours into the first game.

  5. I just came across this site. Although I never heard of it before, it is very professionally written.

  6. Facebreaker demo was awful. I cant believe they compared it to Punch-out or Ready to Rumble.

  7. Viva Pinata. $39.99 is the deal!

  8. No games this week; just hair gel.

  9. Mattias looks old in that pic.

  10. Mercenaries PS3 for me.

  11. Infinite Undiscovery.

  12. Is head coach the game that came with the Madden collector’s edition?

  13. Mercenaries 2 360!

  14. Viva Pinata

  15. Thanks for the info. Nothing for me.

  16. I didn’t know Viva Pinata was coming out so soon.

  17. Viva Pinata

  18. Baseball Mogul 2009 and maybe mercenaries 2 for PC

  19. No PSP software. Why the hell are they bring out new hardware with NO software????