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Beyond a quartet of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare SKUs and The Wolf Among Us’ leap onto Sony platforms, the week offers a number of remarkable new releases. The Binding of Isaac makes its console debut while the exceedingly prolific Harvest Moon franchise adds another entry to its legacy. For Wii U owners, the availability of Demon’s Crest, Gargoyle’s Quest II, and Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land on Virtual Console bring a trio of timeless 2D classics onto Nintendo’s system.
PlayStation 3
BlazeRush (PSN, $9.99)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Atlas Limited Edition
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Atlas Pro Edition
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Day Zero Edition (PSN, $59.99)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Digital Pro Edition (PSN, $99.99)
Disney Infinity Revolution, 2.0 Edition (PSN, $19.99)
Frozen Synapse Prime (PSN, $19.99)
MotoGP 14 (PSN, $39.99)
Snark Busters: High Society (PSN, $11.99)
The Wolf Among Us (also on PSN, $24.99)
PlayStation 4
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Atlas Limited Edition
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Atlas Pro Edition
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Day Zero Edition
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Digital Pro Edition (PSN, $59.99)
How to Survive: Storm Warning Edition (PSN, $TBA)
MotoGP 14 (PSN, $59.99)
Rocksmith 2014
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (PSN, $14.99)
The Wolf Among Us (also on PSN, $24.99)
Wii U
Cosmophony (eShop, $3.99)
Costume Quest 2 (eShop, $14.99)
Demon’s Crest (eShop, $7.99)
Gargoyle’s Quest II: The Demon Darkness (eShop, $4.99)
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (eShop, $7.99)
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones (eShop, $14.99)
Xbox 360
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Atlas Limited Edition
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Atlas Pro Edition
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Day Zero Edition
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Digital Pro Edition (XGS, $59.99)
Rocksmith 2014
Xbox One
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Atlas Limited Edition
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Atlas Pro Edition
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Day Zero Edition
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Digital Pro Edition (XGS, $59.99)
Rocksmith 2014
3DS
Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley (also on eShop, $29.99)
Woah Dave! (eShop, $4.99)
Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX (eShop, $6.00)
PS Vita
Don’t Die, Mr. Robot! (PSN, $4.99)
Home – A Unique Horror Adventure (PSN, $2.99, Cross Buy)
MotoGP 14 (PSN, $29.99)
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (PSN, $14.99)
The Hungry Horde (PSN, $9.99)
The Wolf Among Us (also on PSN, $24.99)
PC
BossConstructor (Steam, $TBA)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Steam, $59.99)
Defenders of Time (Steam, $TBA)
Depth (Steam, $TBA)
Logistics Company (Steam, $TBA)
Spectre (Steam, $TBA)
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (Steam, $14.99)
World of Subways 1 – The Path (Steam, $TBA)
Robert’s Pick: Sure, Call of Duty: Ghost’s lackluster campaign and middling multiplayer matches induced battle fatigue in franchise vets. But in the interactive entertainment industry, failure is forgiven with a single, kick-ass follow up. While the jury’s hasn’t rendered their final judgment on Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, the game looks to play to the series’ strengths, providing players with all types of high-tech toys, like jet-packs, laser-guided smart grenades, grappling hooks, and exo-suits. Sixty dollars seems like a reasonable price to play around with all these wonderful weapons of mass distraction.
Gonçalo’s Pick: Although this series has been mostly forgotten, the Gargoyle’s Quest games stand amongst Capcom’s most innovative games. Mixing platforming with RPG mechanics was quite a risk back in the day, but one that paid off. This holds especially true for its Super Nintendo iteration, Demon’s Crest. Featuring multiple endings, an interesting world to explore and a darker mood than any Capcom game of the time I urge every 2D platformer to give this game a try.
Eric’s Pick: If I didn’t know any better, I’d say Activision put out multiple versions of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on almost every platform just to increase the odds that I’d pick it. Unfortunately for them, the latest COD shares its release week with Harvest Moon; a franchise near-and-dear to my heart. Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley on the 3DS is the story of a village that has been trapped in an eternal winter. That is, until the main character shows up in town and starts doing what every MC in a Harvest Moon game does; planting vegetables and raising livestock. While I doubt The Lost Valley will decisively topple Harvest Moon 64 from the top of the “greatest Harvest Moon games” list, it should provide 3DS owners with a nice slice-of-life distraction in between sessions of Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
My releasing so many different versions of COD, maybe Activision thinks they’re locking up the top spot for the week.
Lolis and dogs. I wonder who picks the image each week????
I’m a bit interesting in The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth since you can now play the game with a controller. Not quite worth $15 for that option, though.
Not much besides COD this week.
I always thought Isaac was way overrated. Fun but not the greatest indie game ever.
I’m sure it will be free on PS+ in three months or less.
I’m up for CoD, but not at launch. I’m wiling to pay $40 or so for the game. Maybe for BF!
Funny, TWAU is coming to PSN now. I bought in last December.
I might pick up Harvest Moon. I remember playing the old N64 one and loving it. It had the Animal Crossing vibe before AC came out.
Minimal improvements with each game kind of killed the series for me.
A whole lot of COD this week.
I like that Harvest Moon image. If only the game looked as cute.
Gargoyle’s Quest II was one of my favorite games when I was a kid. I might have to pick it up.
Pick up Demon’s Crest too if you can, it’s sequel to that game.
Remember when almost all downloadable games were $10? Now it seems $15 is the new $10.
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land is getting my money.
Where’s that Havest Moon review at? Cmon Deagle!