Shippin' Out January 7-11: NFL Tour, Harvey Birdman

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jan 7, 2008 11:59 am PT

Over-the-top football and avian attorney joined in stores by Kingdom Under Fire for 360, Sonic Riders sequel, Jackass DS.

Last week's release schedule provided a low-key start to 2008, but things are picking up this week with a scattering of significant releases. Whereas last week saw nothing but new Wii releases at retail, this week is providing every current-generation console and the PC with at least one notable game.

The NFL post-season began this past weekend, and Electronic Arts is looking to capitalize on playoff fever with NFL Tour for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A spiritual successor to the NFL Street series, Tour is a relaxed-rules game of seven-on-seven football that sees players take on their favorite teams in quick games with a variety of winning conditions.

Gamers uninterested in the NFL's Cardinals, Ravens, or Falcons might find a legal eagle more to their liking. Capcom is releasing Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law for the Wii, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable. Based on the Cartoon Network series of the same name, Harvey Birdman follows the former superhero in his new career as a defense attorney for hire. Originally scheduled to be released last November, Birdman was bumped by Capcom in the hopes that it could find a less crowded slate of competing new releases.

Another belated 2007 release arriving in stores this week is Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom, the franchise's Xbox 360 debut. Developed by Blueside, the game is a departure for the series, ditching the action/real-time strategy formula of previous installments in favor of an action-RPG format.

Other releases this week include Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity for the Wii and PS2, and the first two installments of EA's new Sims Carnival line of PC games. On the downloadable front, Wii gamers can now download the NES adventure StarTropics for 500 Wii points ($5) and the Neo Geo brawler King of Fighters '94 for 900 Wii points ($9), whereas on Wednesday Xbox Live will welcome Omega Force and Tron for 800 Microsoft points ($10) and 400 Microsoft points ($5), respectively.

JANUARY 7, 2008
The King of Fighters '94 (Wii Virtual Console)
StarTropics (Wii Virtual Console)

JANUARY 8, 2008
Dance Dance Revolution: Disney Channel (PS2)
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (PS2, PSP, Wii)
Jackass the Game (DS)
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (Xbox 360)
Luxor: Pharaoh's Challenge (Wii)
NFL Tour (360, PS3)
The Sims Carnival: SnapCity (PC)
The Sims Carnival: Bumper Blast (PC)
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (PS2, Wii)
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: The Beginning of Destiny (PS2)

JANUARY 9, 2008
Omega Five (XBLA)
Tron (XBLA)

JANUARY 11, 2008
Kidz Sports Ice Hockey (Wii)

47 Comments

  • gin_rummy89

    Posted Jan 10, 2008 3:19 am PT

    ...meh

  • PS360owner

    Posted Jan 9, 2008 10:40 pm PT

    Knowing the lazy people working here at Gamespot, you can bet it'll take weeks after the game has come out, for them to post a review of it.

  • Cablestein

    Posted Jan 9, 2008 8:33 am PT

    ton of Wii releases?

    more like ton of crap Wii releases.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Jan 8, 2008 3:20 pm PT

    Nothing this week

  • CrushedGroove

    Posted Jan 8, 2008 11:34 am PT

    Jackass the game? Really? Stoked about Star Tropics though!

  • destrozz

    Posted Jan 8, 2008 8:58 am PT

    Im looking forward to KUF, Omega Five, and Tron, I loved that game when I was a kid and its alot of bad Wii games because its cheap and easy to make a game on it so dev looking to make a quick buck and really trick the casual gamers release monkey crap it reminds me of the PS1 days where alot of crap got released.

  • ScottEFresh

    Posted Jan 8, 2008 8:10 am PT

    NFL Tour looks like utter garbage. Also the Wii has sooo many TERRIBLE game it's just rediculous.

  • miiiguel

    Posted Jan 8, 2008 7:17 am PT

    KUF, as I'm waiting for a coop game to play with a m8 for a while now, but I do need to finish the amazing Mass Effect again and... again.

  • londonrider

    Posted Jan 8, 2008 5:43 am PT

    nothing interesting...

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Jan 8, 2008 4:05 am PT

    Depending on reviews, I might give Kingdom Under Fire a chance.

  • leesius

    Posted Jan 8, 2008 1:40 am PT

    not much here at all

  • Tick660

    Posted Jan 7, 2008 9:23 pm PT

    Wow, plenty of crap on that list..... With the exception of StarTropics one of the greatest adventure games of our time.

  • smsmith1978

    Posted Jan 7, 2008 8:21 pm PT

    Tron? I remember the movie, i think I fell asleep in it. But then again, I was only 5 when it was in the movies.

  • APOLLOCJD

    Posted Jan 7, 2008 7:31 pm PT

    maybe tron

  • halofreak111111

    Posted Jan 7, 2008 7:02 pm PT

    tron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • ctg867

    Posted Jan 7, 2008 5:15 pm PT

    I guess KUF or NFL Tour could be alright.. I guess.

    Wait, I totally forgot, I'm loving this down time. Now I can get finish Ratchet, play some more Mass Effect, get Unreal 3, and enjoy some more XBLA/PSN games. Woot.

  • nickythenewt21

    Posted Jan 7, 2008 4:51 pm PT

    NFL Tour looks fun, but only looks different from Madden because they aren't wearing any equipment, plus they can run on walls.

  • Madbhal402

    Posted Jan 7, 2008 4:28 pm PT

    Nfl tour looks interesting but other than that there is not much in store 4 gamers this week

  • SaxxyGamer18

    Posted Jan 7, 2008 4:06 pm PT

    Um...anybody know when Nintendo will start the WiiWare stuff? I thought it would be early January...

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