On Shelves This Week: January 28 to February 3, 2008

If anything, this week is a premonition. Last week was big since it saw No More Heroes and Burnout Paradise, and a good crop is in store this time to keep you mildly distracted before next week’s high-profile titles. Electronic Arts is dishing out another fun expansion in form of The Sims 2: Castaway Stories, and Sony Computer Entertainment America’s (SCEA) Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice for the PlayStation Portable is finally heading to North America. For more game releases this week, head over to the full article!

If anything, this week is a premonition. Last week was big since it saw No More Heroes and Burnout Paradise, and a good crop is in store this time to keep you mildly distracted before next week’s high profile titles. Electronic Arts is dishing out another fun expansion in form of The Sims 2: Castaway Stories, and Sony Computer Entertainment America’s Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice for the PlayStation Portable is finally heading to North America. Bomberman is also dropping bombs on the Wii, PSP, and DS. Everything else is listed below.

Bomberman Land. This week’s first Bomberman offering is for the Wii and PSP, another of Hudson Soft‘s creations that features the explosive mascot and his friends. Around 50 minigames of all sorts are there to cater to fans of even extreme sports and sci-fi.

• Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation Portable – January 29, 2008
• US$ 29.99
• ESRB E (Everyone)
• Hudson Soft

Bomberman Land Touch! 2. Much like Bomberman Land on other platforms, a plethora of minigames make this bite-sized title a competitive party game. All you need to get friends to join is one cartridge, so it won’t be much of an investment to share the pleasures of good ‘ol Bomberman with friends.

• Nintendo DS – January 29, 2008
• US$ 29.99
• ESRB E (Everyone)
• Hudson Soft

King’s Bounty: The Legend. Developer Katauri has something with much promise for fans of PC adventure games. King’s Bounty: The Legend is an adventure in which “classic real-time meets turn-based gameplay” with typical character classes we grew to love in RPGs, such as warrior, paladin, and mage.

• PC – February 1, 2008
• US$ 39.99
• Atari and Katauri Interactive

Pacific Storm: Allies. Because we can never get enough of video games set in World War 2, here’s an expansion to the deep RTS released back in 2006. As a continuation of the heated battle between the Allies and Axis, new nations including Germany and the UK will be involved. New elements such as the hit location system and improved mod system are also set to give players an authentic WWII experience.

• PC – January 29, 2008
• ESRB T (Teen)
• Lesta Studio and Buka Entertainment

Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice. If jumping from one moving car to another is your thing, BigBig Studios‘ latest game has more than you can hope for. When not doing death defying stunts on the road, you as the Commander of the Pursuit Force can jack even boats just to catch that criminal.

• Sony PlayStation Portable – January 29, 2008
• US$ 29.99
• ESRB T (Teen)
• BigBig Studios and Sony Computer Entertainment

The Sims 2: Castaway Stories. Coming from The Sims Stories product line made with laptop-friendly controls, Castaway Stories is for everyone who wants an easy-to-play version of The Sims 2: Castaway. It’s divided in chapters, so you’ll be able to control how your Sims survive the remote island day by day.

• PC – January 29, 2008
• US$ 39.99
• ESRB T (Teen)
• Maxis and Electronic Art

Buy: [ Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice (PSP) ]

Buy: [ Bomberman Land (Nintendo Wii), Bomberman Land (PSP) ]
Buy: [ Bomberman Land Touch 2 (PSP) ]
Buy: [ Pacific Storm Allies (PC) ]