A rundown of some of the more notable games hitting the streets this week.

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This Week's Games

Week of October 8th 2006

Last week saw the release of a few new sports games, but things have picked up with some good stuff from Capcom, Namco and Atlus.

God Hand

Let’s get this straight - God Hand is not a great game by any means, but it is a hilarious one. In the first level, you’re running around some Western town, set to trippy surf rock as you’ll pummeling guys in the crotch and picking up gigantic fruit power-ups. It's a parody of every Streets of Rage-style beat-em-up, and it's only $30. Good deal.

Tales of the Abyss

The Tales games have always been just kinda okay, except for the recent Legendia, which was sadly disappointing. But the most recent titles has flipped things around, and comes from the same development team as Tales of Symphonia, a much better game. Don't expect much in the way of decent plot, but the Tales battle system is almost always fun.

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Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Everyone should pick up any new Shin Megami Tensei title that comes out, for being one of the most stylish and progressive RPG series out there. The most recent installment is vastly different from all others out there, by blending elements of old school style adventure gaming with action elements, set in 1930s Japan.

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Mortal Kombat Armageddon

The PS2 version of this seems to be coming out a bit earlier than the Xbox release. I wouldn’t bet on the fight engine being any different than the last two games, but if you want a veritable encyclopedia of the game's extensive character roster, this would be it.

Kurt Kalata

(October 9, 2006)


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