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Shippin' Out November 26-30: Geometry Wars: Galaxies, Cruis'n

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Nov 26, 2007 12:14 pm PT

The industry takes a breather this week, as headliners join Boogie on the DS, Puzzle Quest on the Wii, and Asteroids on XBLA.

Last week, the gaming industry served up a heavily laden platter of blockbuster games in an effort to wrest gamers away from their Thanksgiving-day feasts. This week, though, the flow of games slowed to a mere trickle.

While Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners are largely free to idly pick at last week's remnants, Wii owners have a small variety of new temptations this week. Midway will take aim at hardcore gamers on December 10 with the PS3 Unreal Tournament III, but this week the publisher is releasing the family-friendly parlor-game compilation Game Party, as well as the latest iteration in the classic arcade driving series Cruis'n. The Wii's casual library continues its rapid growth as D3 conquers yet another platform with its acclaimed Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords and Ubisoft releases Cranium Kabookii, a digital translation of the popular board game.

Games for the Nintendo DS account for the vast remainder of this week's offerings. EA will undoubtedly be hoping to improve upon the less-than-groovy Wii version of Boogie with a 3D glasses-enabled DS version this week. Sierra Entertainment will also continue its manhunt on intergalactic polyhedrons in Geometry Wars: Galaxies, a Wii version of which was released last week. Nintendo also pulls Master of Illusion out of its hat for its popular portable.

Three new downloadable offerings have landed on the Wii's Virtual Console, with the NES classic Double Dribble bouncing for 500 Wii points ($5), whereas Vegas Stakes and Ecco Jr. go fish for 800 Wii points ($8) each. Atari's classic arcade shooter Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe are bundled into one 400 Microsoft-point package ($5) as Xbox Live Arcade's weekly Wednesday update.

This week's new releases are listed below (list taken from retailer information--actual dates may vary).

NOVEMBER 26, 2007
Double Dribble (Wii VC)
Ecco Jr. (Wii VC)
Master of Illusion (DS)
The Tuttles Madcap Misadventures: Starlight Starbright Charity Challenge (PC)
Vegas Stakes (Wii VC)

NOVEMBER 27, 2007
Boogie (DS)
Cranium Kabookii (Wii)
Cruis'n (Wii)
Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey (PC)
Game Party (Wii)
Geometry Wars: Galaxies (DS)
History Channel: Battle for the Pacific (X360, Wii)
Speedball 2 - Tournament (PC)

NOVEMBER 28, 2007
Asteroids/Asteroids Deluxe (X360)

NOVEMBER 29, 2007
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (Wii)

NOVEMBER 30, 2007
Chicken Hunter (DS)

DECEMBER 1, 2007
Shadowgrounds Survivor (PC)

43 Comments

  • jakob_187

    Posted Dec 3, 2007 2:16 pm PT

    I just picked up Puzzle Quest last night finally....SUCH a good game. Now I gotta get Geometry Wars for the Wii!!!

  • smfes

    Posted Nov 30, 2007 10:03 am PT

    I'm getting Geometry Wars for DS.

  • Mush_Mouth

    Posted Nov 29, 2007 7:03 pm PT

    Anybody else think Chicken Hunter sounds fun?

  • bramey

    Posted Nov 28, 2007 10:16 pm PT

    Oh, had anoter look. I'll probably pick up Speedball 2 as well, too many fond memories of the game on the commodore 64 to pass it up.

  • bramey

    Posted Nov 28, 2007 10:13 pm PT

    Call me crazy, but I know I'll end up getting Cranium Kabookii.... my wife and I love Cranium Turbo.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Nov 27, 2007 7:41 pm PT

    I am getting nothing this weekend

  • Killer2401

    Posted Nov 27, 2007 5:20 pm PT

    I really want Geometry wars but.....with Halo 3, the Orange Box, Mass Effect, and Rock Band....I'm tied up.

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Nov 27, 2007 5:39 am PT

    Nothing for me this week. Which is a good thing. Mass Effect is taking up all my time right now and still have a load of other games to play when I finish that.

  • Merl57

    Posted Nov 27, 2007 3:42 am PT

    after I buy mass effect I can be done for a while

  • mashom

    Posted Nov 27, 2007 2:27 am PT

    nothing like others, we got perfect games in november. keep good games for the christmas

  • Lord_Artix

    Posted Nov 26, 2007 6:28 pm PT

    Thanks for a slow week, my wallet needs to recoup.

  • retrofraction12

    Posted Nov 26, 2007 4:47 pm PT

    If only they would make another adventure game.

  • IC3_MAST3R

    Posted Nov 26, 2007 4:38 pm PT

    Nothing really that great coming out for this week.

  • ocdog45

    Posted Nov 26, 2007 4:29 pm PT

    nothing

  • SmArTaLeC1321

    Posted Nov 26, 2007 4:16 pm PT

    Finally a week where I don't feel the need to purchase a game!!!!!!

  • matt_dangelo

    Posted Nov 26, 2007 3:41 pm PT

    not sure about these games..none of them look real great....

  • TheVinster

    Posted Nov 26, 2007 3:20 pm PT

    Okay week. I may look into Asteroids but I usually get bored of that after a few minutes. Waiting until the Fall update (Dec. 4 I believe) to download Crash: Wrath of Cortex; can't wait.

  • LordSpleach

    Posted Nov 26, 2007 3:04 pm PT

    Hopefully Cruis'n will be as good as USA, and World.

  • Generic_Dude

    Posted Nov 26, 2007 3:00 pm PT

    I wish that History Channel games could be handled by a more competent studio... Civil War was the kindof idea that could have made for an awesome game if handled by the right people, but it was released as budget wreckage instead.

    I mean, think about the possibilities. Games based on Revolution-era America, or a sea battle game set in 1812 or something... or an adventure game based on Hannibal's march to Rome. Or a samurai game handled by people who know how everything went down over in the Land of the Rising Sun. Man, don't y'all know what I'd GIVE for a good next-gen samurai game!?

  • The_Owner

    Posted Nov 26, 2007 2:55 pm PT

    Game Party????.....Can a game have a more bland, generic name than this?

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