Release This: BioShock Infinite, Luigi's Mansion 2 premiere stateside
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 BioShock Infinite and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon to North America and Europe, while Japan gets Game & Wario and Oboro Muramasa , among other standout titles.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending March 30th, 2013.
Games Released in the United States:
Irrational Games' narrative-driven first-person shooter BioShock Infinite premieres worldwide this week. Taking place in the floating air-city of Columbia, BioShock Infinite crafts a twisting narrative in which players must accompany and protect a young woman who is able to create rifts in the space-time continuum.
Visceral Games' co-op shooter Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel is also set to launch for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this week, while the Nintendo 3DS will host the roguelike-RPG Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity and a sequel to Nintendo's GameCube horror-action title Luigi's Mansion .
This week's digital highlights include the 3DS rhythm-action title HarmoKnight , a PlayStation Vita port of Amanita Designs' acclaimed adventure game Machinarium , and Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network versions of Re-Logic's 2D Minecraft -like Terraria .
Xbox 360:
- Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel
- BioShock Infinite
- Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin
- Final Fantasy XI: Ultimate Collection (Seekers Edition)
- Terraria (Xbox Live Arcade)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14
PlayStation 3:
- Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel
- BioShock Infinite
- Terraria (PlayStation Network)
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14
Nintendo 3DS:
- HarmoKnight (eShop)
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
PlayStation Vita:
- Machinarium (PlayStation Network)
PC:
- BioShock Infinite
- Bridge Project
- Dungeon Hearts
- Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin
- Slender: The Arrival
- Tactical Intervention
- Warframe
Games Released in Europe:
BioShock Infinite also launches in Europe this week, arriving on store shelves alongside Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 , Sanzaru Games' PS3 and PS Vita platformer Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time and TT Games' Wii U-exclusive sandbox action game Lego City Undercover .
Nintendo Wii U:
- Lego City Undercover
Xbox 360:
- Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel
- BioShock Infinite
- Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14
PlayStation 3:
- Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel
- BioShock Infinite
- Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14
Nintendo 3DS:
- Luigi's Mansion 2
PlayStation Vita:
- Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
PC:
- BioShock Infinite
- Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin
Games Released in Japan:
Nintendo's minigame compilation Game & Wario debuts for the Wii U in Japan this week, accompanied by a Wii U port of Square Enix's MMORPG Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku .
Portable standouts include Compile Heart's Puyo Puyo spinoff RPG Sei Madou Monogatari , Image Epoch's 2D fighter Fate/Extra CCC , and an upgraded PS Vita port of Vanillaware's side-scrolling action game Muramasa: The Demon Blade .
Nintendo Wii U:
- Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku
- Game & Wario
Nintendo Wii:
- Precure All Stars Zeninshuugou * Let's Dance!
Xbox 360:
- Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel
- Cave Shooting Collection
- Final Fantasy XI: Adoulin no Makyou Kakuchou Data Disk
- Love Tore: Chocolate
PlayStation 3:
- Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel
Nintendo 3DS:
- Shoshinshakara Nippon Ichi Made: Flash Anzan
PlayStation Vita:
- Oboro Muramasa
- Sei Madou Monogatari
PlayStation Portable:
- Dungeon Travelers 2 Ouritsu Toshokan to Mamono no Fuuin
- Fate/Extra CCC
- Gakuoh: The Royal Seven Stars +Meteor
- Geten no Hana
- Megpoid the Music#
- Princess Arthur
- Rebellions: Secret Game 2nd Stage
- Shinigami Kagyou: Kaidan Romance
- Starry * Sky: After Summer Portable
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