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Sunday Afternoon New Releases and ShackReviews

by Chris Remo, Oct 16, 2005 4:00pm PDT

Related Topics – Namco, Rockstar, Naughty Dog, Bethesda, Games: PC, Monolith, Ensemble, 2K Sports, Vicarious Visions

Shadow of the Colossus (PS2) is out this week! Woohoo!

This Week's New Releases

PS2

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (Spike | Tue.) Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition (Marvelous | Tue.) Jak X: Combat Racing (Naughty Dog | Tue.) Shadow of the Colossus (SCEI | Tue.) Shining Force NEO (Amusement Vision | Thu.)

Xbox

GTA: The Trilogy (Rockstar North | Mon.) Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (Wideload | Mon. | Xbox, also PC, Mac in Nov.)

GameCube

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Intelligent Systems | Mon.)

Portable

A Boy and His Blob (Skyworks | Thu. | DS) Dig Dug: Digging Strike (Namco | Tue. | DS) Snood 2: On Vacation (Rebellion | Tue. | DS, GBA) Spryo: Shadow Legacy (Amaze | Tue. | DS) The Con (SCEA | Tue. | PSP) X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (Vicarious Visions | Tue. | PSP, also PS2, Xbox, GCN, PC in Sep.)

PC

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Blitz: The League (Midway | Tue. | PS2, Xbox) Crash Tag Team Racing (Radical | Tue. | PS2, Xbox, GCN, also DS in Nov.) Chicken Little (Avalanche | Thu. | PS2, Xbox, GCN, GBA) IHRA Drag Racing: Sportsman Edition (Bethesda | Tue. | PS2, Xbox, PC) MLB 2K5: World Series Edition (Kush | Tue. | PS2, Xbox) Shattered Union (PopTop | Mon. | Xbox, PC) Sniper Elite (Rebellion | Tue. | PS2, Xbox, PC) Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Neversoft | Tue. | PS2, Xbox, GCN, also X360 in Dec.) The Warriors (Krome | Tue. | PS2, Xbox) World Poker Tour 2K6 (2K Sports | Tue. | PS2, Xbox, GBA, also PSP in 2006) World War II Combat: Road to Berlin (Direct Action | Tue. | Xbox, PC) X3: Reunion (Egosoft | Mon. | Xbox, PC)

Other Database Updates:

Bone: Out From Boneville (Telltale | Sep. 15, 2005 | PC)
Fate (WildTangent | May 18, 2005 | PC)

Featured ShackReviews:

Prolific reviewer SixDemonBag gives Mindware's Cold War (Xbox) a shot, but finds it to be subpar.
FreshView gives us his opinion on Quantic Dream's Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit) (Xbox), seeing it as an "overhyped travesty."

Back to Advance Wars: Dual Strike (DS) for me. It seems like it's getting ready to finish up. Also, still working on Indigo Prophecy (Xbox). I have to get these games done so I have time for all the other crazy stuff coming out!

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Is there some reason why everyone seems to hate Starforce? other than it fucks up on certain peoples hardware?

I've never had a problem with any starforce protected game, so i'm sort of wondering what all the controversy is about.

Oct 17, 2005 12:41am PDT

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- People hate starforce because it is difficult to circumvent. : rock

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Shadow of the Colossus! Shadow of the Colossus! Shadow of the Colossus!

SO... EXCITED...

Oct 16, 2005 7:45pm PDT

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Shadow of the Colossus! Shadow of the Colossus! Shadow of the Colossus! SO... EXCITED... : sgtsanity
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- fucking signed : eeeealmo
- Released on 27th February here :( : Leonard Ghostal
- I preordered an import from dvdblockbuster. Yeah, some American/Canadian kid is going to hate me for i... : Drewus

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only one gamecube release, but what a one !

Oct 16, 2005 4:37pm PDT

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only one gamecube release, but what a one ! : barichnikov
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- Yep, should be a blast. : Chris Remo
- crap, i never knew there was a fire emblem cube game!! looks great : pyide

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Why the hell hasn\'t Gamespot put up PSP reviews for Virtua Tennis or SSX yet?

IGN has had them up for ages.

Oct 16, 2005 10:39pm PDT

Why the hell hasn\'t Gamespot put up PSP reviews for Virtua Tennis or SSX yet? IGN has had them up for... : outforjustice

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What happened to waiting a week or two before adding stuff to the DB to hopefully encourage people to add reviews when they are at least later in the game or finished with it?

Oct 16, 2005 10:07pm PDT

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- People seem to like the New Release calendar, so I'm doing it this way. I hardly ever see submitted revi... : Chris Remo

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A boy and his blob on the DS!! I remember always renting that game from blockbuster as a kid. Now I'm gonna have to pick up a DS!

Oct 16, 2005 9:20pm PDT

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A boy and his blob on the DS!! I remember always renting that game from blockbuster as a kid. Now I'm g... : Prozium
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- It's a sequel, too. : Chris Remo

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Hey ummm, I dunno if this is where I'd say this, but the colors on the bars for the ratings are kinda hard to distinguish -- at least the yellow/green-yellow is kinda difficult for me to tell which is which.

Oct 16, 2005 8:21pm PDT

Hey ummm, I dunno if this is where I'd say this, but the colors on the bars for the ratings are kinda har... : schnitz76

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Also, I believe Samurai Shodown 5 is coming out for the XBox as well this week.

Oct 16, 2005 5:21pm PDT

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Also, I believe Samurai Shodown 5 is coming out for the XBox as well this week. : Vorlonesque
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- Oh and Quake4, FEAR, Samurai Shodown 5, Shadow of the Colosus, and A Boy and His Blob all coming out the ... : Vorlonesque
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    You're probably right...I may be talking outta my head...need to check on it. : Vorlonesque
    - IGN lists its release date as October 18, 2005 (if its accurate...their date in the profile could be off)... : Vorlonesque

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GTA the trilogy? that's got to be a damned bargain, that much game in one pack

Oct 16, 2005 6:33pm PDT

GTA the trilogy? that's got to be a damned bargain, that much game in one pack : abrasion

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oh shit, jak x is out this week, too?

that's 5 games on tuesday. :(

Oct 16, 2005 4:51pm PDT

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oh shit, jak x is out this week, too? that's 5 games on tuesday. :( : kungfusquirrel
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  - oh, feces, I missed Stubbs! 6! :( poor bank account. : kungfusquirrel

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I will be playing the new Blitz game. Screw EA's license.

Oct 16, 2005 5:48pm PDT

I will be playing the new Blitz game. Screw EA's license. : NeoMoose

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Official Playstation Magazine has a demo of Shadow of the Colossus, if any of you want to try before you buy.

Oct 16, 2005 5:44pm PDT

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I'm picking up Sniper Elite

Oct 16, 2005 4:40pm PDT

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    - Oh, Copy protection. Blah. I'm still getting it. : tomservo

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Shattered Union looks interesting. I may opt for that instead of F.E.A.R. due to the game's length and I really want somethings other than an FPS. I'll probably wait for the inevitable Circuit City and Best Buy sales to get FEAR and/or Quake 4. Civ 4 is also coming. Goddammit, why must so many good games come out at such close proximity to each other. I need money. :(

Oct 16, 2005 5:20pm PDT

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  I think the close proximity is related to Christmas drawing near. : Vorlonesque
  - Yeah, but I don't remember this many games I really wanted coming out within 2-3 weeks of each other. : freshyk

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damn alot of great choices for pcs, now which ones is the question. probably grab them all anyway

Oct 16, 2005 5:23pm PDT

damn alot of great choices for pcs, now which ones is the question. probably grab them all anyway : Silent1

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And By the way, Fate is really a blast to play, and has an addictive design too, i really like the overall feel of it. get the demo !!!!

Oct 16, 2005 4:53pm PDT

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- It's definitely fun. Worth it. : Sylvanus

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