New games this week: Cornucopia edition

by Justin McElroy on Nov 19th 2007 9:00AM

We know, we know. It's an easy way out. But with all of the releases this week, we just couldn't put one over the other. So, in honor of Thanksgiving, it's the cornucopia, with a little something for fans of first-person shooters, action, sci-fi RPGs and rocking totally out. But this week is about more than just Unreal Tournament III, Mass Effect, Rock Band and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Check out the full list after the break.

Xbox 360:

Rock Band
Mass Effect
College Hoops 2K8
Avatar: The Burning Earth
Final Fantasy XI Online: Wings of the Goddess
Final Fantasy XI Online: Vana'diel Collection 08

PS3:

Rock Band
Medal of Honor Airborne
College Hoops 2K8
Time Crisis 4
Timeshift
Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Nintendo Wii:

Nintendo Wii Zapper with Link's Crossbow Training
Ghost Squad
AMF Bowling Pinbusters
Soul Calibur Legends
Trauma Center: New Blood
Star Trek: Conquest
Geometry Wars: Galaxies
Monster Jam

PS2:

College Hoops 2K8
Final Fantasy XI Online: Wings
Final Fantasy XI Online: Vana'diel 08
Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of Illuminus
Star Trek Conquest
Cabela's Monster Bass
History Channel: Battle of the Pacific
Godzilla Unleashed
Luxor: Pharoah's Challenge
Petz Dogz 2
Cabela's Big Game Hunter

PSP:

Luxor: Pharoah's Challenge

Nintendo DS:

Mario Party
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Godzilla Unleashed
CSI Dark Motives
Baby Pals
Strawberry Shortcake: 4 Seasons Cake
Petz Hamsterz Life 2
John Deere: Harvest in the Heartland

PC Games:

Unreal Tournament III
Sega Rally Revo
Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess
History Channel: Battle for the Pacific
Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus
Imagine: Fashion Designer

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Tags: DS, masseffect, newgames, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, rock-band, rockband, uncharted, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (58)

Drake's Fortune came out last week.

It was released early in some stores last week, but the official release date is still this week.

and good luck getting a copy of Rock Band. It's gonna be as hard to find as the Wii was last Christmas.

Ah, I see. Sorry. The store I work at had it last week, so I just assumed.

HOLY CARP!

That is one pious fish!

Just seeing your Snake avatar and a comment saying nothing other than 'HOLY CARP!' just made my day.

Thank-you Chris Grant!

Shut up hotness.

I'm interested to see how Unreal Tournament does, long way back I loved the series and if it works out on consoles I wouldn't kick it out of bed for eating crackers.

Based on the Demo, it's everything that was great about 2004, but better with extra stuff added in. I'm curious if it'll make it out for the PS3 before Christmas. Rein seems to think so, but every release list has it pegged as coming out the first of February.

Dsub basically nailed it. Everything good about UT 99 and UT2k4, and then refined, added to, and improved.

I've played it using my 360 controller a bit, and the new, weightier feel to movement, I think, will work out pretty well on consoles.

I am a little concerned that Epic embargoed all early review possibilities. They didn't let any publication have a copy of the game to get an advanced review out for it. Most AAA titles sell those advanced copies and review rights. It just makes me feel like Epic is somehow not confident on its reception.

I could be totally off base though since most all impressions are positive at this point. We'll see. I am mostly interested at how well the console versions turn out.

I'm planning on re-enacting all those 'Wii at Thanksgiving' scenarios from last year with Rock Band.

Great game, and great on both platforms!

I would have gotten Mass Effect on friday, but it looks like that's not going to be possible.

sigh, I need some monies.

I saw Uncharted on the 16th at gamespot. Was going to buy it but only had $44.36 on me.

SIGH. :(

Ryuusei no Rockman 2 comes out this week too, should be pretty good.

ZOMG! No wii games on the image! Joystiq is Tobias! Or Saibot, smoky trick bastard of a ninjas be they.

Glad someone else noticed it.

At the very least Trauma Center: New Blood should be in there...

Oy! The irony!

I feel so poor after last week (I also got Uncharted last week). But with Mass Effect and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings coming out, I think I just might have to go without meals for another week.

*******

Michael C. Sherrin
http://www.prodigeek.com/

Make sure you eat so little that you get the special edition Mass Effect!

Not that I condone malnutrition for video games, but still.

Well, Wallet, it seems to me that you're safe this week.

...although if I see Geometry Wars for $30 somewhere, I might buy it. SO not using my Toys 'R' Us card from Galaxy on it, though.
...although Toys 'r' us IS having that buy 2 get 1 free sale one Wii games...

Hmm...maybe you're NOT so safe this week, Wallet...

Way to display your terrible and fanboy based taste in games. Enjoy your kiddie machine.

Shags, just leave. Seriously.

Well, what do you play shag.

Oh, it doesn't matter, because Wii has the highest rated game of all time, and can play the top 3 highest rated games of all time.

You lose.

Wow, you must have had an extra large glass of Carnation Instant Bitch this morning, Shagi!

And I wouldn't play Mass Effect if you gave it to me for free, since that's probably what crawled up your dick and died.

"Way to display your terrible and fanboy based taste in games."

We can't all be as unbiased as you.

I'm getting Mass Effect of course...and maybe Rock Band.

well i will be getting mass effect im not sure if i will like it but i have heard good things so i will try it i guess i wish there was a demo for it, i am also going to get uncharted drakes fourtune after playing the demo i have to buy it. with that being said what good games are coming out next week?

Mass Effect 9.4 according to IGN

Higher than Uncharted...thats MONEY!

And yes that was way fanboyish but I don't care...

Mass Effect got a 9.4 on IGN??

On the Wii podcast a few weeks ago they were talking about it and they basically said they we're probably going to give it a 10.
Oh well.

MASS EFFECT for the mother fricken win!! Cant wait!!

Game Trailers 9.6
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27704.html

If I had a PS3 I would get Uncharted of course. Maybe on Christmas ;)

Ah Mass Effect, in just 2 days you'll be in my hands. I'll probably also get Rock Band in Best Buy's midnight launch, but Mass Effect is more important as I'm such a Bioware-whore than I even argued with my bro to see who would pop Mass Effect's cherry.

And College Hoops 2K8 is lost in the shuffle. I'm really looking forward to it.

Good thing I've been slowly paying off Rock Band for like 3 weeks now...even if it meant selling off all of my other GH games in the process.

Buying Mass Effect this week.

Been looking forward to it for 25 months, got a chance to play it earlier this month at BioWare's community event and it's everything I wanted it to be. Game of the year, can't wait to get my hands on my own copy.

It's really strange that I started out totally unexcited about Rock Band when they announced it, and now I'm almost at the point that I might have to get a 360 this Black Friday so I can play it. I say "almost" because there's still the issue of where the hell I'm going to find $500+...

Hye justin Mcfanboy,

Add up theres a Wii game, n00b. Trauma center = teh awesome and you are tobias for not putting it up their.

Keep up the goud werk :)

Love,
Asshat

I crave UT3, but I have so much schoolwork nowadays that I have to force myself to wait until December... the demo blows my mind away.

For graphical performance, of course Crysis beats it, but damned that addictive gameplay! Hoverboards really change the experience in vehicule maps.

why wasn't petz dogz 2 in the picture? tobias

Shags... just leave before someone hurts you.

Put down the keyboard before you hurt yourself Wong.

No Strawberry Shortcake 4 TOBIAS!~

I'm wondering how Unreal Trournament III is going to do, because from what the guys on the GFW podcast said, it sound kinda derivative. The whole taunting thing (Eff Yeah!) they made sound pretty hilarious though.

I'll be gladly picking up the game I bought my Xbox 360 for:

MASS EFFECT!!!!!

Yay for Square and Sony releasing FF XI Collection for the PS2 without the HDD, and without thinking about all the consumers who has the slim version with no way of "installing" a HDD without an external USB drive.

And I can already hear everyone yelling about the network download thing.

John Deere and Discovery Channel have games coming out? Umm...ok.

Why have "The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles" when there is a Game of the Year edition which contains the main game plus both expansions?

maybe the goty edition costs more?

If you bought the original, then you can get Shivering Isles for $30 instead of buying the GOTY edition for $60 and getting a second copy of the original with it.

I've read a few reviews of Mass Effect. They basically say to me that it is the best RPG ever.

There are some serious technical flaws and the combat isn't tight enough to stand on its own as a combat only game (i.e. as a shooter).

However, I have yet to read anyone say the combat in Mass Effect doesn't surpass the vast majority of RPG's in depth/action/fun. I have yet to read anyone say that there is better story/universe/voicework in any other game out there. I have yet to hear anyone say the glitches or frame drops are anywhere near as bad as Oblivion, which is my favorite RPG in a few years. Plus I love sci-fi type shit like this.

So yeah. Pretty damn stoked about Mass Effect to say the least. This or Galaxy for game of the year in my opinion. There are great shooters this year but Mass Effect and Galaxy have really set themselves apart in their genres much better than in the fps catergory where everything is crowded in quality.

Like Galaxy is a great change of pace for me and my shooter heavy collection of this year Mass Effect will be another great breath of fresh air.

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