New Releases 1/11-1/17: Street Fighting in the Octogon Edition

Photo of Robert Allen Robert AllenJanuary 11, 2009
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Overheard this week at our local game store:

Cashier: Would you like to reserve Street Fighter IV? It’s going to be huge!
Customer: Street Fighter? Whose in it?
Cashier: All the old characters, but in 3D- Blanka, Chun Li, Ryu
Customer: What about Georges St. Pierre? (apparently thinking of the UFC fighter)
Cashier: Yeah, I’m pretty sure he’s in there. They even bought Cammie back.

That’s going to be one confused customer on February 18th. At least they’ll be getting a free Ryu-inspired headband.

360
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest

PS3
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
Savage Moon

Wii
Deal or No Deal
Neighborhood Games

PS2
No Releases

DS
Jumble Madness
Moon
Personal Trainer: Math
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest

PSP
No Releases

PC
Cartoon Network Universe: Fusion Fall
Delta Force 10th Anniversary Collection
Mirror’s Edge
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest

DesertEagle’s Pick: When making a choice between opening suitcases filled with random amount of virtual money and killing orcs, I will consistently choose orc killing. That’s not to say LOTR: Conquest is going to be great, but the game’s concept is at least appealing. The demo felt like developer Pandemic reskinned Star Wars: Battlefront, which for some, may warrant a purchase.

TideGear’s Pick: I love me some Mirror’s Edge and the new enhanced PC version looks fantastic. That’s definitely my pick! After that, Moon and Savage Moon are intriguing games with similar titles!

Photo of Robert Allen Robert AllenJanuary 11, 2009
40 3,816 1 minute read
Photo of Robert Allen

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.

40 Comments

  1. Man, GameStop gets preorder money like they hypnotize people. I’ve seen people drop $56 on stuff I know is going to be garbage.

  2. Sadly most people who come into the Gamestop are sheep. We are forced to make the suggestions to you. We have a daily and weekly quota to make.

  4. I’d like to see someone come in with a old briefcase and try to trade the clerk that for the Deal or No Deal game.

    Mega64, get on it.

  5. Umm, who is Georges St. Pierre? He does sound like a french Super Punch-out enemy.

  9. St. Pierre is an UFC MMA fighter, and is NOT going to be in SF IV. I think the cashier, was just going along with it and didn’t want to say, “who is that?”

  30. Never heard of Cartoon Network Universe: Fusion Fall.

    Isn’t Tenchu for wii coming out soon?

  32. I want to know how you get the “New Releases” text behind the bad guy.

    Get a FAQ section, please!

  33. Delta Force 10 Year has:

    * Delta Force 2
    * Delta Force Land Warrior
    * Delta Force Task Force Dagger
    * Delta Force Black Hawk Down
    * Delta Force Black Hawk Down Team Sabre

    I might pick it up.

  35. I’ll probably purchase LOTR once it drops in price, like all EA stuff does.

    What else will be reviewed this week?

  36. I’ll be reviewing Savage Moon. Look for a review tomorrow afternoon. Elebits DS is on the horizon also.

  37. Tide, I bought ME for the PS3 and don’t see your fascination with it. Sure it’s a cool idea, but the guns are lame, and the execution is very trial and error. Way too frustrating watching her fall for the 20th time in a row.

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