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Shippin' Out 4/24-4/28: FIFA, Belkan War, Advent Children

By , GameSpotPosted Apr 24, 2006 5:41 pm PT

Soccer, Air Combat, and Square Enix's RPG-inspired movie join Black & White 2 and Guild Wars expansions on this week's release roster.

Three thousand one hundred and ninety years ago, you wouldn't want to have been a Trojan. Because April 24, according to legend, is when the Greeks left a giant wooden horse outside the gates of the city of Troy on the coast of the Agean Sea. Thinking it was a token of surrender, the Trojans took the horse inside their city gates as a prize--and unwittingly set the stage for one of the earliest recorded commando raids. The horse was full of Greek warriors, who enthusiastically slaughtered the Trojans as they slept before burning Troy to the ground. (Whoops!)

If mythic war is your thing, this week's game releases have something to offer. Lionhead Studios' Black & White 2 gets its first expansion, Battle of the Gods. If you have a PC-gaming rig but hate Peter Molyneux, you've got plenty of alternatives. NCsoft is shipping Guild Wars Factions, the first expansion to its popular--and free--massively multiplayer online role-playing game. If you're into offline role-playing games, Aspyr is shipping SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars. Or, if you missed the boat before, Capcom is shipping the PC port of GameSpot's 2005 Game of the Year, Resident Evil 4, and Valve Software is releasing the Platinum Edition of Half-Life 2.

This week, the only game shipping on PCs, consoles, and handhelds is Sega's driving game OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast. It joins a variety of console-only releases, including Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (PlayStation 2), Painkiller: Hell Wars (Xbox), Rampage: Total Destruction (PS2, GameCube), and 2006 FIFA World Cup (PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PS2, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Xbox).

Ironically, one item generating a massive amount of interest among gamers this week isn't a game at all. After months of anticipation, Square Enix's game-inspired, computer-generated movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is finally coming to America. It will be available on both DVD and UMD, the proprietary format of the PSP, tomorrow.

A complete list of this week's releases is viewable below.

APRIL 24, 2006
Black & White 2 - Battle of the Gods (PC)
Half-Life 2: Platinum (PC)
Major League Baseball 2K6 (GameCube)
Neverend (PC)
Rampage: Total Destruction (PS2, GameCube)
2006 FIFA World Cup (PSP, DS, Xbox 360, PS2, GBA, GameCube, Xbox)

APRIL 25, 2006
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (PS2)
Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny (PS2)
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (PSP)
Guilty Gear Dust Strikers (DS)
The Hustle: Detroit Streets (Xbox, PS2, PSP)
Metal Saga (PS2)
Out of the Park Baseball Manager 2006 (PC)
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (PSP, PC, PS2 Xbox)
Paradise (PC)
Shadowgrounds (PC)
Winback 2: Project Poseidon (PS2, Xbox)

APRIL 26, 2006
Dr. Sudoku (GBA)
Top Gun (DS)

APRIL 28, 2006
Guild Wars Factions (PC)
Painkiller: Hell Wars (Xbox)
Resident Evil 4 (PC)
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars (PC)

61 Comments

  • i_got_you60

    Posted Feb 8, 2007 12:58 am PT

    advent children rox i have seen the movie with subtitles n it kicks ass

  • Mohandas_Gandhi

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 7:35 pm PT

    Advent children is really good, just watched it.

  • alberto2045

    Posted Apr 28, 2006 4:26 pm PT

    now there is a nice list of games!!!

  • Dragon360

    Posted Apr 28, 2006 3:29 pm PT

    man this is the coolest mavie this year

  • Bavoke

    Posted Apr 28, 2006 9:29 am PT

    Saw the movie alredy but the extras on the DVD (FFVII) or wourth to buy it

  • Bavoke

    Posted Apr 28, 2006 9:26 am PT

    I have the DVD alredy
    nice movie

  • Targzissian

    Posted Apr 28, 2006 5:04 am PT

    The store where I work sold out of FFVII on the first day. We got five copies in and they were all snagged or went to pre-orders. The Best Buy across the street sold out too. I'm going to pick one up sometime because I like that style of computer animation. I wonder if it's better than Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

  • PossibleGamer

    Posted Apr 27, 2006 5:15 pm PT

    NOTE: GW Factions is NOT an expansion. It's a stand alone that can be compatible with the original.

    And no one kill me but advent children isn't that good. The graphics are really good but the story isn't all that great and it's kinda corny. And don't even get me started on the english voice cast......If you're going to watch it, watch it in japanese.

  • street_dreamer

    Posted Apr 26, 2006 12:05 pm PT

    FFVII: Advent children has some of the best fight scenes EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Now watch the USA try to make it into a film.

  • chimneysmoke

    Posted Apr 26, 2006 4:56 am PT

    interesting

  • KandyKornMan

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 5:23 pm PT

    i dont think hl2 platinum could come out anytime soon.they renamed aftermath to episode 1 but there is an episode 2 in the works.episode 1 is suppose to be out in may sometime.

    dont matter to me about ff7 its worth watching more than once i think.also i downloaded the japanese version since the u.s. is missing some features.so you do miss out on some cool things with the u.s. version of advent children.but at least its in english so i cant complain.

  • KandyKornMan

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 5:19 pm PT

    no i doubt if half life platinum will be out yet.and the add on to half life 2 was renamed episode 1 if you wondering its coming out may probably.

  • adamska_br

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 5:11 pm PT

    well.... since anyone with half a brain and some interest on it should have already watched FFVII, I guess the only thing worth salvaging from the week is Ace Combat

  • madgamer2000

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 4:28 pm PT

    yay for new ace combat. also, that FF movie looks like it has some sick graphics. I might have to snag that as well.

  • lpzero

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 4:09 pm PT

    Anyone who makes fun of Advent Children is a communist!!!

  • dennis_phong

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 3:46 pm PT

    finally advent childern is out!!!

  • LinkinSnake

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 3:34 pm PT

    saw it
    FFVII is pretty good (for a computer-generated movie based on a videogame anyway)

  • Binpo

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 1:20 pm PT

    sweet just bought the movie today. already saw it but I stil wana own a copy

  • degrassirulez

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 12:35 pm PT

    Kewl. 2 weeks until E3!

  • d429

    Posted Apr 25, 2006 11:59 am PT

    its about time./ i have been waiting to se this movie for year snow. im goin gto buy it today so i can watch it. I think it will be the best.

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