Videogame Releases Of the Week (Physical & Digital): April 30th – May 6th 2012

Tera Online is this week’s newest MMO release for PC.

Here are the new physical and digital videogame releases of April 30th – May 6th 2012.

It was a pretty barebones release week, with only a handful of console titles hitting shelves.

Physical Releases of the Week:

Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Mac)
Mortal Kombat 2011 (PS Vita)
Sniper Elite V2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Tera Online (PC)

Digital Releases of the Week:

Xbox Live Arcade (Xbox 360): Awesomenauts (800 Microsoft Points/$10), Fable Heroes (800 Microsoft Points/$10)
Full Xbox 360 Games Released This Week: Kinect Adventures! ($20), PES 2012: Pro Evolution Soccer ($30), Cabela’s Survival: Shadows of Katmai ($30), Puss in Boots ($40)
PlayStation Network (PS3): Awesomenauts ($10), Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time ($7.49)
Full Digital PS3 Games: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ($20), Disney Universe ($30)
PSOne Classics: Legend of Dragoon ($6)
PS2 Classics: Max Payne ($10), Rayman 2 Revolution ($10)
Full Digital PS Vita Games: Mortal Kombat PS Vita ($40)
PSP minis: Floating Cloud God Saves The Pilgrims ($2.99)
Wii Virtual Console: Super Hang-On (Arcade, 900 Wii Points)
WiiWare: No Releases This Week
3DS eShop: Bird Mania 3D ($2)
DSiWare: Amoebattle ($5)
Steam — The big news with Steam this week is a slew of all-new Sega classics, which can be purchased together for $7.50 as the Sega Classics Pack 5! Or you can purchase them individually for $3. Games released on Steam this week include: Toy Soldiers ($10), Sniper Elite V2 ($50), Phantasty Star III: Generations of Doom (Genesis), Vectorman 2 (Genesis), Wonder Boy In Monster World (Master System), Revenge of Shinobi (Genesis), Streets of Rage 3 (Genesis), Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium (Genesis), Phantasy Star II (Genesis), Golden Axe III (Genesis), Beyond Oasis (Genesis), Dynamite Heady (Genesis), Origin: Dino Beatdown ($9), Port Royale 3 ($40)
GOG.com — Spacehem ($10), Myst 5: End of Ages (Limited Edition) ($10), Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver ($6), Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum! ($20), Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell ($10), Anomaly: Warzone Earth ($10), Thief 3: Deadly Shadows ($10)
Origin.com — Mass Effect 3 ($60 Standard, $80 Deluxe), The Sims 3 – Showtime Expansion: Katy Perry’s Collector’s Edition ($50), Star Wars: The Old Republic (Standard $35, Deluxe $45)
OnLive — Saints Row: The Third ($7), Assault Heroes 2 ($5), Batman: Arkham City ($15), Assassin’s Creed: Revelations ($50), Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 ($40), Dead Island ($30), Operation Flashpoint: Red River ($6), Major League Baseball 2K12 ($6), Air Conflicts: Secret Wars

Anything you are looking forward to picking up over the weekend?

Here is a Quick Look at Tera Online from Giantbomb.

 

Videogame Digital Downloads of the Week for April 23-April 29th 2012 (XBLA, PSN, Steam, GOG, Nintendo, App Store, Android, OnLive)

I'll have to get an updated pic with the newest systems and consoles later. :)

Want to know what downloadable videogames were released digitally this week?

Here I will list the latest downloads for all digital platforms.

Table of Contents

• Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace (Xbox 360)
• PlayStation Network (PS3, PS Vita, PSP)
• Nintendo Downloads (3DS, Wii, DS)
• Steam (PC, Mac)
• GOG (PC, Mac, Linux, etc.)
• Origin (PC)
• App Store (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad)
• Android Marketplace (Mobile, Browsers, PC)
• OnLive (TV, PC, Mac, Android, iOS)

If you aren’t familiar with the term “digitital download”, it refers to the ability to purchase and download a digital copy (as opposed to buying a physical object in a real brick-and-mortar store) of a videogame file that is stored on the device you purchased it on. In this day and age, digital versions of major videogames are available from many publishers and for almost every platform.

Additionally, the Personal Computer platform has hosted digital downloads for a much longer time period. It wasn’t until this decade that console systems, mainly with the advent of Microsoft’s Xbox and it’s “Xbox Live” service that console users were finally given the ability to download digital products and digital updates These updates included “patches”, that fix issues with the original release; Or “DLC” which stands for “Downloadable Content” and adds all-new gameplay content and features to an existing product, expanding it and ensuring the life of the product is extended as players dive back in to play the new content.

With the advent of the iPhone and Apple’s runaway success in revolutionizing the MP3 Music Player market with their iPod and it’s “App Store” digital marketplace, the cellphone market with their iPhone and the tablet PC market with their iPad and the mobile gaming market with their iPod Touch; the term “App” (which is short for “application”, like a computer application you install on your PC… basically a replacement word for “program”) became a household name. Along with actual Apps that give you expanded functions for your device, like a Calculator, Guitar Tuner, Music Program or Alarm Clock (which is what the traditional word “App” originally described, those types of programs), the word “App” eventually became a catchall term that meant any downloadable program for a small “mobile” device like a Cellphone, iPod, Android, PDA or Tablet… and eventually even downloadable videogames were sometimes referred to as “Apps”. Btw the catchall term for Apple devices is “iOS” as they use the “iOS Operation System”.

All this history is to make a point… these days almost any device, including portable videogame systems, consoles game systems, computer systems (PC, Mac, Linux), cellphones, tablets, eReaders and other devices, all of them can download digital products. More and more everything you know, from movies and TV shows to videogames to books, magazines, comics and newspapers, are available in digital form and purchaseable in a non-physical state for access on a certain device.

Here I will list the Videogame Digital Downloads of the Week for many of these services. For an overview of what each service is (or means), read the footer at the bottom of this article.

New Digital Videogame Releases This Week (April 23rd-April 29th 2012):

XBOX LIVE ARCADE MARKETPLACE (Xbox 360)

Game Name: Bloodforge
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points (US$15 / €14.40 / £10.20 / CAN$18.60 / AU$19.80)
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Synopsis: With a brutal combat system, stunning art style, and a deeply compelling story, “Bloodforge” empowers you to slaughter hordes of demonic soldiers, deformed worshippers, and the gods themselves, using ferocious Rage Kills, devastating Rune attacks, and furious Weapon Combos. Help seal Crom’s fate – and the fate of the rest of the world – in this dark, visceral story of revenge, betrayal, and destiny.