PS3 Releases: week of February 18, 2007

on the shelves

The Club (gamestats) Third person shooter, adding elements of time trials and combos (the faster you kill people, and the bigger bunches you kill them in, the higher the score.) Single player is thin, unless you want to compete with yourself for high score. Multiplayer has a lot of options, but there are some complaints about the cap on participants (8), level size and weapon balance.

FIFA Street 3 (gamestats) Better than last year, but still not good. Gets old quick with the lack of variety in play. Looks good, but defense is much more luck than skill and playing creatively hurts your chances. Only 18 national teams are available, which seems absurd. You may get some value out of this if you’ve got a group to play against each other, but no career mode (and no create-a-player) means single player isn’t going to last you long. I’m disappointed.

Dynasty Warriors 6 (gamestats) The same game you might have played 5 times before. Not much new. Graphics do not look good, and slow down on the PS3 – IGN says multiplayer is nearly unplayable as a result. GameStats shows a wide gap between the press average score and the fan average score, which probably means people who are already way into this series are okay with it. Or it’s a sample size thing.

History Channel: The Battle for the Pacific (gamestats) Why? IGN’s the only I found who reviewed it, and notes there are many, many better First Person Shooters out there and this one brings nothing new to the table. There’s also all of 2 hours of game play. Avoid!

in the store (blog.us.playstation.com)

Add On Game Content
– Rock Band (singles $2, no combo pack)
* “Why do you love me” by Garbage
* “Sex Type Thing” by Stone Temple Pilots
* “El Scorcho” by Weezer

(yes, no, yes?)

PS1 Classics
* Jet Moto 3 {$6}

Demos
PixelJunk Monster (Demo) – since I still can’t figure out what this game is, I think playing the demo might help

Game Videos
* MLB 08 The Show (3, Stolen Base, Replay Vault, Pitcher/Batter Analysis)
* Conflict: Denied Ops (Development Diary #4)
* Bionic Commando: Rearmed (Trailer – this is a remake of the NES game)

Movie/Blue Ray Disc Trailer
– We Own the Night
– Kung Fu Panda (kungfupanda.com) (teaser)

PS3 Themes
– Lair: Asylian

over the horizon
02/26: Lost
02/26: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
02/26: Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
03/03: MLB 2K8
03/04: Army of Two
03/04: Destroy All Humans!
03/04: Karoake Revolution Presents American Idol Encore
03/04: MLB ’08: the Show
03/11: Condemned 2: Bloodshot
03/11: Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
03/18: Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
04/08: Star Wars: the Force Unleashed
06/28: Grand Theft Auto IV
06/30: LEGO Indiana Jones