Shippin' Out June 26-30: Over G, Titan Quest, Pirates of the Caribbean

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jun 26, 2006 4:53 pm PT

As the summer movie season heats up, game adaptations begin to hit the slightly slower release calendar.

Look, up on the big screen! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the latest summer blockbuster comic book movie hitting theaters with no game tie-in to be seen! Superman Returns may be hitting theaters nationwide this Wednesday, but the big, blue boy scout's return to gaming has been delayed a few months by Electronic Arts.

Film aficionados looking to play out their most anticipated movies aren't entirely out of luck this week, however. The latest Pirates of the Caribbean games are scheduled to hit shelves this week, slightly ahead of the July 7 opening of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. PC and PlayStation 2 gamers can relive The Legend of Jack Sparrow, playing through some of the pirate captain's most infamous adventures, including a few only alluded to in the films. Portable gamers will get a more faithful adaptation of the new film, as Dead Man's Chest arrives for the PSP, DS, and Game Boy Advance.

Those aren't the only movie adaptations hitting shelves this week, as Nival Interactive's tactical role-playing take on the Russian horror film Night Watch hits shelves for the PC. Nonconsole gamers have a few new options this week, as THQ's Titan Quest will see release, along with the platinum edition of Empire Earth II, and Hard Truck: Apocalypse. Or for the less combative PC gamer, there's always Kitty LUV, which allows players to train, feed, raise, and dress their own kittens. Because if there's one thing history has shown time and again, it's that cats just love wearing things for humans' amusement.

The Xbox 360 welcomes a new addition to its catalog this week with Over G Fighters, developed by Taito and published by Ubisoft. The French publisher has already released one combat flight sim for the system in Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, but Over G Fighters brings the action into the era of jet fighters with more than 30 planes to choose from.

The rest of the console scene is fairly quiet this week. The PS2 is getting a new Naruto game courtesy of Namco Bandai and the next installment of Micro Machines, which is also set to race onto the PSP. Joining it on Sony's portable are World Tour Soccer '06 (just in time to capitalize on any remaining World Cup soccer fever that wasn't stamped out by Team USA's hasty departure), street-racing game Juiced: Eliminator, and Activision's MTX: Mototrax. Rounding out the notable releases are Climax's twisted take on extreme sports, Crusty Demons for the Xbox, and a pair of Sudoku games for the Nintendo DS, one of which (Sudoku Gridmaster) is actually published by Nintendo. Curiously enough, it doesn't use the existing handwriting recognition interface of the Sudoku game in Nintendo's other recent Touch Generations title, Brain Age.

Monday, June 26
Empire Earth II: Platinum (PC)
Sudoku Gridmaster (DS)
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja (PS2)
Night Watch (PC)
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Genie & the Amp (DS)
Hard Truck: Apocalypse (PC)
Kitty LUV (PC)

Tuesday, June 27
Over G Fighters (Xbox 360)
Titan Quest (PC)
Micro Machines V4 (PS2, PSP)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (PS2, PC)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (PSP, DS, GBA)
Ruff Trigger: Vanocore Conspiracy (PS2)
MTX Mototrax (PSP)
World Tour Soccer '06 (PSP)
Crusty Demons (Xbox)

Wednesday, June 28
Juiced: Eliminator (PSP)
AMF Xtreme Bowling (Xbox)
IHRA Drag Racing: Sportsman Edition (Xbox)

Friday, June 30
Sudoku Mania (DS)

39 Comments

  • i_love_my_ds

    Posted Jun 30, 2006 6:30 pm PT

    boring

  • crills

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 6:06 pm PT

    same old games i need some thing new cant wait to get my hands on a wii
    yesi just said that

  • Shingo

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 1:20 pm PT

    AMF Xtreme Bowling!!! Kitty LUV!!! Crusty Demons!!! 2(!?!?!) sudoku games for the same system!!!

    A great week for games

  • snackdaddy

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 1:08 pm PT

    Hopefully we get some good games out of that stuff. -Snack

  • rokkuman09

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 9:41 am PT

    ultimat ninja is good ymcop i played the japanese version before it came out in us its pretty sweeeeeet

  • ymcop

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 7:03 am PT

    Nothing fun, I just like the name: Naruto: Ultimate Ninja (PS2), & Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (PC). Not going to buy, just only the name!

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 6:53 am PT

    I'm not interested in any of those.

  • cyprus646

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 5:52 am PT

    WARNING PEOPLE WARNING! If you have a xbox 360 plzzzzzzzzzz dont purchase over fighter G this game is probably the worst game i have seen since The outfit the screen shots make the game look better then it really does please dont purchase it.

  • demon75

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 3:50 am PT

    This release list stinks! Where are the 360 games?! I realize it's summer but geez! We have to wait till 07 for decent games?

  • soulknight63133

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 3:09 am PT

    I agree PschoLord13- The Chronicles of Riddick was one of the best titles on Xbox I ever played.

  • ewjim

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 2:31 am PT

    You call this ^ "slightly slower release calendar"?! It's looked like they do nothing!

  • chickenslave

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 1:47 am PT

    Some okay games in there, but Im not to thrilled with this week >.>

  • PsychoLord13

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 12:42 am PT

    g-master999: "Too bad to Pirates of the Carribean game is bound to suck from the curse of Movie-Based games."

    I got four words to that: The Chronicles of Riddick

    The game isn't bound to suck, it is just most likely that it will.

    On a similar note, Superman Returns may not be total crap. How do I know this? Well because the movie is being released now, but the game has been pushed back a few months. In most cases, the dev team would have to rush the game out the door cause the publisher wants the game out at the same time as the movie. The fact that they are willing to delay it to polish it more can only mean good things.

  • tahis

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 10:14 pm PT

    YEAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OVER-G TODAY YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANT STOP IT YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!O!!!!!!V!!!!!!!E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • youngbloodzz89

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 8:48 pm PT

    The psp has been getting a lot of games and software lately. A lot of new games , and new updates , and there going to have a GPS AND VIDEO CHAT. YES!!!!!!!!! SONY IS ON FIRE!!

  • NinjaFoot

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 8:40 pm PT

    I have a feeling most people posting here dont even know what Titan Quest is. If you like Diablo style games, then you should be looking forward to it. One of the main developers of Age of Empires is behind it as well. The demo was a blast. Cant wait for the full game.

  • NinjaFoot

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 8:36 pm PT

    Bring on the Titan Quest!

  • samekila

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 8:18 pm PT

    yeah hope Over G Fighters is good I kind of like flight sims so it might be worth playing

  • gamer_10001

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 8:15 pm PT

    Sadly, about the only thing that intrests me this summer is Prey.

  • AlexJ-

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 8:09 pm PT

    As expected, I have little to no interest in one game listed. Over G may be nice-haven't played a flight-sim or anything close to one in a while.

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