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AU Shippin' Out November 3-7: Gears of War 2

By James Kozanecki, GameSpot AUPosted Nov 2, 2008 10:41 pm PT

Plenty of games to spend your hard-earned cash on this week.

If the financial crisis facing the global economy hasn't hurt gamers' wallets yet, then this week is sure to do so. There are games for everyone this week, ranging from family entries such as Little Big Planet and The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, to more mature-orientated games such as Gears of War 2. To top it off, the three biggest games of the week, Rock Band, Gears of War 2, and Little Big Planet, are all coming out on the same day!

There's no doubt that Gears of War 2 is one of the biggest games, if not the biggest, for the Xbox 360 this year. Set six months after the original, Gears 2 sees Delta Squad, led by the game's protagonist Marcus Fenix, bringing the fight to the locust after they discover a way of sinking and destroying entire cities. Building upon the first game's hugely popular online mode, Epic has upped the players per match to 10 total and has added in three new game modes. Gears of War 2 comes out in Australia this Friday.

With the offending Koran verses now removed from Little Big Planet, Sony is going for take two of the game's release this week. LBP wooed gamers around the globe with its unique art style and cute characters during its global debut at GDC 2006. Although LBP features a fully fledged story mode (narrated by Stephen Fry), one of LBP's biggest attractions is its focus on user-generated content. Thanks to the game's in-depth level-creation tools, players can create and upload their levels onto their "My Planet" space for other players to play. Expect to see LBP in stores on the seventh of this month.

Even before Rock Band came out in the US, its Australian launch was uncertain. Well, just 12 days shy of a full year on from the initial US release, Rock Band is finally coming down under. Developed by Harmonix, the original developers of the Guitar Hero franchise, Rock Band is a combination of SingStar, Guitar Hero, and Drum Mania, resulting in a full band experience. There are 58 songs on the disc, coming from all eras of rock, such as Metallica's "Enter Sandman" and Bon Jovi's karaoke favourite "Wanted Dead or Alive." Rock Band will be sold in three separate packs: hardware only (includes the guitar, microphone, and drums) for A$199.99 ($136.54), hardware plus software for A$249.99 ($179.63), and the stand-alone software, which will set you back A$99.95 ($68.73).

November 6, 2008
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (PS3, 360, PS2, Wii, DS, PSP)
The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (PS3, 360, PS2, Wii, DS)
Rugby League 2: World Cup Edition (PS2)
Tom Clancy's EndWar (PS3, 360, PSP, DS)
Bratz Girlz Really Rock (DS)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (PC)
Avatar - The Last Airbender: Into the Inferno (Wii, DS, PS2)
FIFA Manager 09 (PC)
MySims Kingdom (Wii, DS)
MySims (PC)
Imagine Champion Rider (Wii)
Imagine Interior Designer (DS)

November 7, 2008
Gears of War 2 (360)
Rock Band (360, PS3, PS2, Wii)
Little Big Planet (PS3)

38 Comments

  • nomaskedhero

    Posted Nov 30, 2008 6:02 pm PT

    Why the PC store dates are sooo much more late than the other platforms? This game had been in stores since Nov 6 for PS3, 360, even for the PSP and DC??? Such a different platforms need such different graphics, gameplay, resolution and else. For the platform, which they make these games in (THAT'S CALLED COMPUTER, and has graphics, gameplay and physics are much much much more similar to PS3 and 360 than DS and PSP, this game will be in stores in Q1 2009? What is that?? It means it is 3, 4 or 5 months later than all the other platforms!!

  • Pete5506

    Posted Nov 4, 2008 4:41 pm PT

    Good week I say

  • Dr_Darklance

    Posted Nov 4, 2008 3:37 pm PT

    I've been hangin' for Gears 2 for so long now. A couple of days ago I was an hour and a half into Dead Space when my 360 suffered from red ring of death syndrome :-( now it's going to be a real long time before I get to play anything.

  • bennae66

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 11:25 pm PT

    was waiting for gears2 for ages. paid for it in full near 6 months ago... but can i remove myself from fallout for even just 1 day? i got to play dead space for all of 1 night before fallout came out and now its gathering dust. *sigh*

  • NoseWeed619

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 5:47 pm PT

    Some really awesome games coming out! Should be some of the best times!

  • snyguy

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 5:36 pm PT

    thats awesome!!

  • Dead_or_Alive

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 5:15 pm PT

    @NiteBorg I like your avy.

  • Shaun832

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 4:13 pm PT

    Wow! That's a good line up on Friday!

  • SaintAjora

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 3:57 pm PT

    R2, EndWar and Valkyria chronicles for me!

  • Paul2005

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 3:14 pm PT

    resistance 2 and gears of war 2 r the best out there.

  • Temple-C

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 2:13 pm PT

    tudyniuz Posted Nov 3, 2008 1:14 pm GMT Fifa Manager 2009 is the first one I'm getting,after that Little Big Planes and maybe Gears of War 2

    Lucky boy with 2 consoles. Oooooh

  • Temple-C

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 2:09 pm PT

    MY HEAD'S GONNA EXPLODE!

  • lamprey263

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 1:10 pm PT

    too much to play and not enough time to play it, though Gears 2 has priority over a lot

  • NiteBorg

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 11:00 am PT

    My god.... I want endwar, gow2, I still want fable2 and farcry2, and I already spent my available money on Fallout3. I should start saving money for these kind of months... -_-'

  • Nintendo_Man

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 9:33 am PT

    Atleast we know Gears will be on top of the sales charts here, so one week of not listening to the complaints about Wii Fit being on top.

  • iuns

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 8:59 am PT

    Gears !

  • thirteen_zombie

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 8:07 am PT

    Resistance 2!!!!

  • ChampMLG

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 8:05 am PT

    Gears of War 2!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • osmifura

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 6:09 am PT

    EndWar defenetly!

  • Panther_Dud_E3

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 5:36 am PT

    SvR2k9 oh yeah now I know when my store will b getting it

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