Shippin' Out November 5-9: COD4, Gears of War PC, Mario & Sonic

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Nov 5, 2007 3:31 pm PT

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Viva Piņata PC, Koei's Bladestorm, Sam & Max: Season Two, and Super Mario Bros. 3 on the VC all part of November's opening fusillade.

This year has already produced its fair share of high-profile instant hits with World in Conflict, The Orange Box, Halo 3, and BioShock, to name a few. Now, in November, the retail inferno has become a firestorm. Ringing in the month with a flashbang is Activision's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. As the title implies, developer Infinity Ward has shelved its World War II roots and given the classic shooting franchise a modern-day face-lift. Rated M for Mature, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. A scaled-down, T-for-Teen-rated version will also appear this week on Nintendo's DS.

War is the name of the game this week, as several other conflict-heavy titles come to market. Nearly a year to the day after its console counterpart stormed the sales charts, Epic Games' Gears of War hits PCs this week. The PC version adds five new levels to the original game's campaign, as well as three exclusive multiplayer maps and a game editor for creating user-generated levels. The counterpoint to Epic's brutal shooter announced during this year's E3 Media and Business Summit, Rare's adorable papier-mâchê strategy game Viva Piñata also come to life on the PC this week. Rounding out the big-name PC-exclusive offerings is Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, the first stand-alone expansion to the solidly reviewed epic-sized real-time strategy game from Gas Powered Games.

Saber rattling is also on offer in Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Continuing in its tradition of period-piece beat-'em-ups, Koei's Omega Force Team reenacts the 14th-to-15th-century war of succession between France and England. Those who prefer their sabers to be manufactured in a galaxy far, far away can check out Traveller's Tales' Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga. A redux of the first two Lego Star Wars games, The Complete Saga adds in a few new gameplay enhancements and modes, and is available for the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and DS.

With Mario and Sonic now set to engage in fireball to spin-dash ball in Super Smash Bros. Brawl in February, once arch-rivals Sega and Nintendo team up in the meantime for some friendly competition this week in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games for the Wii. Intelligent System's long-running turn-based RPG series also hits the Wii exclusively this week in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. Sony's handheld receives a pair of exclusives itself, namely the strategically oriented SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike and Silent Hill: Origins, a prequel to Konami's original survival horror action game.

Like so many aces up its sleeve, Nintendo is busting out Super Mario Bros. 3 to build anticipation for the mustachioed plumber's interstellar jaunt Super Mario Galaxy, which is slated for liftoff next week. One of GameSpot's Greatest Games of All Time, Super Mario Bros. 3 is widely heralded as the quintessential platformer and can be had for 500 Wii points ($5) from Nintendo's Virtual Console. Sega's run-and-gun side-scroller Alien Soldier (900 Wii points, $9) makes its first appearance stateside, and Hudson's Power Golf (600 Wii points, $6) rounds out the VC lineup.

Telltale Games' gumshoe pooch and rabbit-like thing return for the first episode of their new season this week in Sam & Max Episode 201: Ice Station Santa for PCs. Lastly, two of the seven downloadable titles Microsoft revealed last week arrive sooner than later, with Sierra Online's polymorphic puzzler Switchball and InterServ International's Word Puzzle available on Xbox Live this Wednesday.

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

NOVEMBER 5, 2007
Alien Soldier (Wii VC)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am (PS2)
Bee Movie Game (Wii)
Bratz 4 Real (DS)
Build-A-Bear (DS)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC, X360, PS3, DS)
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (Wii)
Power Golf (Wii VC)
Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys (DS)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (Wii VC)
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (PC)
The Bee Game (GBA)
The Simpsons Game (PSP)
Tips, Tricks & Trips + Aircraft Collection (PC)
Zoo Vet: Endangered Animals (PC)

NOVEMBER 6, 2007
Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War (PS3, X360)
Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII (PS3)
Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2008 (X360, PS2)
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (DS)
Empire Earth III (PC)
Enchanted (DS)
F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate (PC)
F.E.A.R. Files (X360)
Gears of War (PC)
Ghost in the Sheet (PC)
Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour (Wii)
Horse Life (DS)
Hot Wheels: Beat That (PC, DS)
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (X360, PS3, Wii, DS)
LifeSigns: Surgical Unit (DS)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
My French Coach (DS)
My Spanish Coach (DS)
My Word Coach (Wii, DS)
Ontamarama (DS)
Panzer Tactics DS (DS)
Power Rangers: Super Legends (PS2, GC, PC)
Puzzle de Harvest Moon (DS)
Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action (X360)
Silent Hill: Origins (PSP)
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike (PSP)
The Sims 2: Teen Style Stuff (PC)
Viva Piñata (PC)
World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets (DS, PSP)

NOVEMBER 7, 2007
Switchball (XBLA)
Word Puzzle (XBLA)
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Beginning of Destiny (PS2)

NOVEMBER 8, 2007
Sam & Max Episode 201: Ice Station Santa (PC)

NOVEMBER 9, 2007
My Pet Dolphin (DS)

98 Comments

  • SHACKR

    Posted Nov 10, 2007 2:47 pm PT

    If I won the lottery on those days, I would shart myself

  • haza1995

    Posted Nov 8, 2007 2:52 pm PT

    not out in england but ive seen videos and all i can say at the moment is wot a game

  • EE2lemmonhead

    Posted Nov 8, 2007 12:27 pm PT

    why didnt they say anything special about F.E.A.R.?

  • ftjx

    Posted Nov 7, 2007 7:12 am PT

    I hope there will be an eye in the storm where I can go relax

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Nov 7, 2007 5:18 am PT

    I'll be picking up CoD 4. That will be it for me.

  • catu16alx

    Posted Nov 7, 2007 1:22 am PT

    it is a big week to bad a pc versoion of assasin's creed isn't on the list. i really wanted that game

  • ignoman

    Posted Nov 6, 2007 5:40 pm PT

    Bladestorm and Fire Emblem... save possibly Assassin's Creed, I'll have everything I wanted until next year.

  • hovanPS3

    Posted Nov 6, 2007 4:31 pm PT

    CALL OF DUTY 4 on PS3 and Gears of War for PC
    That's about it 4 me !!!

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Nov 6, 2007 4:17 pm PT

    I'm going to part with a lot of my money this week

  • rodrigo101992

    Posted Nov 6, 2007 3:52 pm PT

    yeah baby

  • _NeoN

    Posted Nov 6, 2007 3:30 pm PT

    You said it RaiKageRyu. ^_^

    There are so many fantastic titles coming out for the PC this week... CoD4, Empire Earth III, Gears of War, F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate to name my fav's.

    A lil disappointed to see the Lego Star Wars title not get released on the PC.

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Nov 6, 2007 1:46 pm PT

    What a huge week!

    Tuesday is as busy as always.

  • Luieburger

    Posted Nov 6, 2007 1:26 pm PT

    I've got the Orange Box. Why would I want to spend $60 for Gears? If it had come out a year ago for PC I would have considered it.

  • Chief_Kuuni

    Posted Nov 6, 2007 10:36 am PT

    some great games out, can't wait to buy them all

  • 1357900

    Posted Nov 6, 2007 10:19 am PT

    Nintendo knows the Christmas season is now upon us{considering Christmas starts in the buisness world this month}, & so, they have now begun to release beyond-kickinest awesome games on the VC in time, for kids, to have a reason to ask their parents for a couple of Wii Points cards for Christmas. But SMB3 is a kickinest awesome game, as well as my favorite game of all time, so I'm not complainin'. I'm ecstatic! I'm also ready for Super Mario Galaxy. I wish Brawl didn't get delayed, but I'm kinda glad it did; It's not going to get rushed out, or more importantly lose quality from being rushed out so other big-name games like Mario Galaxy, or Fire Emblem can come out too. Nintendo's taking their time on this one, 'cause i'm pretty certain they know Smash Bros. is their killer app, & killer franchise, alongside their other main franchises. I pray, and hope, that the Smash Bros. delay makes the game's quality, & everything else, all the more worth while. As for this list, the only games I'm lookin' forward to are: CoD4, SMB3, Fire Emblem, & Lego Star Wars.

  • lamprey263

    Posted Nov 6, 2007 10:03 am PT

    aww, I forgot to put my $10 down on CoD4, I hope my local GameStop has enough copies where they're not all for reserves

    anyhow, 1 more week for Kane and Lynch and Mario Galaxy

  • ctg867

    Posted Nov 6, 2007 9:24 am PT

    Only things worth mentioning:

    -COD4
    -Supreme Commander
    -Fear Files/Perseus Mandate
    -Lego Star Wars
    -Silent Hill Orgins
    -Socom Tactical Strike

    Also, seeing how none of these games are Nintendo first party, I'm leave out the Wii/DS versions, since they'll most likely suck anyway.

    See how I left out GoW PC. Lol. Just kidding, Gears was a good game, just not nearly as good as it was made out to be. Especially on the multiplayer side.

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