PS3 Releases: week of June 9, 2008

on the shelves

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (metacritic) – faithful to the previous series (except for new, better controls), all outstanding plot threads are wrapped up in the game play. This game is universally praised, and the only downgrading I’ve seen is about the story wrap up – there’s a lot of long cutscenes later in the game, and the freedom of options in the first half disappears when game gets closer to finishing things up. That seems to be a minor complaint compared to rest of this benchmark game. I think I may be talking myself into getting this.

Among other stuff, PS is selling a bundle with an 80GB PS3 for people just picking up the system. This bundle brings back the backwards compatibility and throws in a rumble controller.

Dragonball Z: Burst Limit (metacritic) – only for people who are really into Dragonball – there’s not enough variety (or explanation) here to make it worthwhile to anyone else

The Incredible Hulk (metacritic) – better than Iron Man, but still not actually good. Everyone says this feels based off the last Hulk game, but that previous generation game is still better.

NASCAR 09 (metacritic) – there’s all of one! review, so might as well rerun this in a week.

in the store

Downloadable Games

PS1 Classics
– Syphon Filter 3 {$6} – if you want a stealth military game and yet not Metal Gear Solid…

Add on Content
– Army of Two {free!} (two more multi-player campaigns, 1 map)

– Guitar Hero III: Isle of Wight Festival Track Pack {all for $6.25}
*“Shoot the Runner” by Kasabian
*“Problems (Live at Brixton)” by The Sex Pistols
*“I Predict a Riot” by Kaiser Chiefs

– Rock Band
# “Girls Who Play Guitars” – Maximo Park {$2}
# “Bullets & Guns” – Them Terribles ($1}
# “Moving to Seattle” – The Material ($1}
# “A Clean Shot” – The Myriad ($1)

There’s also an MTV2 Pack 01 with the last three songs, but no discount on getting them together.

Game Demos
– Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars

Game Videos
– GamTrailers TV – Resistance 2 (teaser)
– Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (trailer)
– Kung Fu Panda (trailer)
– Fatal Inertia EX Phoenix (trailer)
– FIFA 2008 Interactive World Cup
– Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution(trailer)
– Hail to the Chimp: Inshellitron

Movie/Blu-Ray Trailer
– Hancock (trailer, 2nd)

PS3 Theme
– Metal Gear Solid 4

PS3 Wallpaper
– PixelJunk Monsters Soundtrack

over the horizon (last updated 06/13)

waiting for reviews: NASCAR 09 (metacritic)

06/23: Battlefield: Bad Company (and Gold Edition) (metacritic)
06/23: Top Spin 3 (metacritic)
06/24: Hellboy: The Science of Evil (metacritic)
06/24: Wall-E (metacritic)
06/24: Hail to the Chimp (metacritic)
06/24: Overlord: Raising Hell (metacritic)