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This week we have a full slate of games to work with, as the ESRB posted 47 new titles that were rated. Included are the much anticipated Metal Gear Solid 4 and the recently announced Beijing 2008. With this many titles, the PC and DS platforms have a full slate of titles. And a couple titles popped up that didn’t have much buzz.
There were a few surprises and unannounced titles this week. I noticed that Renegade and Double Dragon were rated for the Wii, which will more than likely be a Virtual Console release. It should be interesting to see if they use the Wii remote motion sensing to swing the bat and crack the whip. Another surprise was a second (or is it a third?) Dodgeball game for XBLA on the Xbox 360. A few weeks ago it was Pirates Vs Ninja’s that was rated, plus we have the XNA title Rocketball due out sometime this fall. I know that if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. However, can we dodge an over-saturation of XBLA titles with the same game type?
The Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 had a combined six titles rated this week. Both saw the retail titles Robert Ludlum’s: The Bourne Conspiracy and Beijing 2008 get rated. While the 360 added Ninja Gaiden II and the XBLA titles Vigilante 8: Arcade and Double D Dodgeball. The PS3 finally saw Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots get rated. All in all, a solid week with the most highly anticipated PS3 title to date, a couple of worthy XBLA and retail offerings soon to become available.
This week I had a plethora of titles to pick from for the weekly Title of Shame. However, instead of picking on one title, I decided to award it to the entire Pet genre. There were no few than FIVE pet based titles for the PC, Wii and DS this week. Please, I beg you, stop with the Paws and Claws, Petz, Dogz, Catz and Purr Pal titles. Help encourage our children and their parents to get a loving family pet that they can care for and love. Heck, it is probably cheaper in the long run to get a live animal than it is to buy those $19.99 virtual ones every time they come out…
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Publisher
Rating
Platforms
2,009 Cards, Mahjongg & Solitaire Games
Masque Publishing
E
Mac, PC
737 Pilot In Command
Just Flight
E
PC
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Where did you get that list of games? Are you partnered with the ERSB?
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Guest wrote:Where did you get that list of games? Are you partnered with the ERSB? The information is available from the ESRB's website - www.esrb.org
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