Shippin' Out October 5-10: Fracture, NBA

LucasArts launches new terraforming property, while EA, Take-Two, and Sony start the shot clock on their annual basketball sims.

Three weeks ago, LucasArts hit pay dirt with The Force Unleashed, the latest installment in its 30-plus-year-old, multibillion-dollar-generating Star Wars franchise. LucasArts and Day 1 Studios are now looking to duplicate that success with Fracture, an all-new intellectual property launching this week for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Hoping to distinguish itself on the shooter-flush platforms, Fracture's hook is a terrain-deformation mechanic, in which players will use a variety of futuristic weaponry to literally sunder the earth beneath their foes, among other handy uses.

New Releases: 10/5-10/10

Check out footage from the week's new games!

Fracture's world is most certainly soon to be replete with broken ankles. Speaking of which, EA, Take-Two, and Sony will be serving up their own fancy footwork this week with their respective NBA Live 09, NBA 2K9, and NBA 09 The Inside. EA's NBA Live 09 will see the broadest market, arriving on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, and Wii, whereas Take-Two's b-ball sim will take a bye on the Wii and PSP. Sony's annual hoops game will be available only on the publisher's three platforms, the PS3, PS2, and PSP.

The popular Viz Media anime Bleach returns for its second go-around on the Nintendo DS with this week's release of Bleach: Dark Souls. Also on its second spin, the Spectrobes franchise from Disney Interactive returns for another fossil-hunting expedition in Beyond the Portals. That won't be the only Disney game this week, given that Disney Sing It has also entered the rotation on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

Aksys and Arc System will diverge from Guilty Gear's traditional fighter roots this week with Guilty Gear 2: Overture, an Xbox 360-exclusive third-person action-meets-real-time strategy game. 2K Sports isn't typically a partisan publisher, but the Take-Two label has thus far announced that it will be bringing MLB Stickball only to Microsoft's online platform this week. The download is set at 800 Microsoft points ($10).

As for Sony's PlayStation Network, the publisher will see Psyonix Studios' customizable Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars this week. A price point has yet to be revealed for the downloadable game. On Nintendo's WiiWare channel, Gameloft has rolled out the self-explanatory Midnight Bowling (800 Wii points, $8), which will be joined by Riverman Media's puzzler MadStone (800 Wii points, $8).

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

OCTOBER 6, 2008
CID The Dummy (Wii, PS2, PSP, PC)
Dark Horizon (PC)
Game Party 2 (Wii)
MadStone (WiiWare)
Mario Golf (Wii VC)
Midnight Bowling (WiiWare)
Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy (PC)
Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation (DS)
Shining Force II (Wii VC)

OCTOBER 7, 2008
Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune (Wii)
Bleach: Dark Souls (DS)
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (PC)
Can You See What I See (PC)
Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant (PS2, DS)
Disney Sing It (X360, PS3, PC)
Etch A Sketch (PC)
Everlight (PC)
Exodus from the Earth (PC)
Fracture (X360, PS3)
Guilty Gear 2: Overture (X360)
Imagine Babysitters (DS)
Imagine Fashion Designer New York (DS)
Kage Densetsu: The Legend of Kage 2 (DS)
Line Rider 2: Unbound (Wii)
My Spanish Coach (PSP)
NBA 09 The Inside (PS3, PS2, PSP)
NBA 2K9 (X360, PS3, PS2)
NBA Live 09 (X360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii)
Prey the Stars (DS)
Six Flags Fun Park (PS2, PC)
Sniper - Art of Victory (PC)
Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals (DS)
Ten Pin Alley 2 (Wii)
The Guild 2: Venice (PC)

OCTOBER 8, 2008
MLB Stickball (XBLA)

OCTOBER 9, 2008
Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars (PSN)

OCTOBER 10, 2008
No new announced releases.

32 Comments

  • Dualmask

    Posted Oct 9, 2008 1:47 pm PT

    I was just about to try the first Bleach fighting game on DS, but now I might as well grab the new one.

  • kenkashijd

    Posted Oct 9, 2008 7:18 am PT

    dark horizon should be fun
    and bleach dark soul DS need a little help
    and my favorite Guilty Gear 2 on xbox Yesssss

  • kenkashijd

    Posted Oct 9, 2008 7:16 am PT

    Dark Horizon

  • Sins-of-Mosin

    Posted Oct 8, 2008 12:23 pm PT

    For my basketball game, The NBA Live demo was much better then 2k9 so Live it is. I should be playing Fracture by Sunday. Next week will be better then the week after that will be god-like.

  • lamprey263

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 10:25 pm PT

    not much there, hashmanalum is right though, nobody is talking about Dark Horizon and that actually looks kinda cool

  • ctg867

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 6:00 pm PT

    Still waiting on LittleBigPlanet.........

  • hashmanalum

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 2:46 pm PT

    Why nobody talks about Dark Horizon? It seems to be a good game =/

  • gow117

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 1:50 pm PT

    it´s a very common game...
    but hey that´s my opinion

  • xkojimax

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 10:28 am PT

    /yawn ... already have nba 2k9, fracture, and saints row 2.

  • necronaux

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 9:59 am PT

    Fracture with LucasArts behind it... could be worth checking out.

  • pidow

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 9:03 am PT

    BIA: Hell'e Highway, that's for me!.

  • yunarce19

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 8:51 am PT

    still saving money for RB 2 or GH:WT.... so many games yet not enough money.... *sigh*

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 7:43 am PT

    NBA 2K9 might be my only purchase this week.

  • shawn7324

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 6:55 am PT

    This is the start of what looks to be many releases dates where I'll be getting at least one game. Starting with Crash Bandicoot Mind Over Mutant today and on to Dead Space next week.

  • CamiKitten

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 6:54 am PT

    Fracture wooo, but I'm broke! ; ;

  • rockwii13

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 4:43 am PT

    Fracture! WOOT!

  • arun_pullat

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 2:51 am PT

    Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (PC) - ah, good.

  • videogameking26

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 1:41 am PT

    I'm picking up Crash: Mind over Mutant for 360 tomorrow

  • peetowser

    Posted Oct 7, 2008 12:06 am PT

    Thank god nothing good this week, that'll let me get some money for the end of the month lol

  • godzillavskong

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 11:56 pm PT

    Wasn't too impressed with the fracture demo. I'll wait on this title until it gets in the bargain bin.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 10:19 pm PT

    Nothing this week

  • Un4givingAsault

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 9:43 pm PT

    Fracture, played the demo, BORING.....CHEESEEEEEEE

  • KamuiFei

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 9:05 pm PT

    In less than 2 weeks, the real games will start coming in...

  • JayyRadd08

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 8:39 pm PT

    Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars

    say that ten times fast.

  • zombiejonny

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 8:20 pm PT

    eh... nothing good this week fracture looks alright but nothing groundbreaking.

  • gnbfd

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 7:57 pm PT

    Mario Golf o_o

  • thanos723

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 7:55 pm PT

    21 Oct will be a much better day for gaming

  • daabulls23

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 7:47 pm PT

    I wonder which NBA game is the best this year? 2k has owned in the past, and I hope EA does with Live what they did with Fifa and NHL; make it a good franchise again.

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