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Review: Enchanted Arms for Xbox 360 (4 stars out of 5)
News: once PS3 exclusive Fatal Inertia comes to Xbox 360
News: Edge magazine names 100 best games
News: Auto Assault to shut down in August

Happy Canada Day everyone. So what kind of games can you expect to be released this week?
Highly Recommended: Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PS3)
If you’ve played the demo, you’ll know what to expect: fast-action ninja stealth/action game with great visuals. Remake of the Ninja Gaiden originally released on Xbox, this PS3 exclusive game will surely give your [...]

Strongly recommended: Overlord (PC, X360)
This game will allow you to be an all-powerful evil lord who gets resurrected after being killed by a band of heroes. Now you must use everything in your power to bring terror to the world and kill those heroes by controlling your minions. Early word is Xbox 360 version controls [...]

Attack on Pearl Harbor (PC)
Do we really need a game about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition (Wii)
Resident Evil 4 is finally hitting the Wii with motion control.
SimCity DS (DS)
The benchmark in city-building game comes to Nintendo DS with touchscreen controls.

Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii)
The Big Brain Academy series finally comes to Nintendo’s uber-popular console promising to make your brain larger and heavier. It remains to see how intuitive Wii’s motion controls will be utilized.
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (every platform except PSP)
Summer means big movies and movie tie-ins. F4:RotSS promises to [...]

May 2007 meant very few changes to the list… only 3 new games. Unfortunately they are at the bottom of the barrel which means this past month, there were no outstanding games released. We’ll have to see how the summer fares for the next-gen consoles.
Best of PS3

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Resistance: Fall of Man
Virtua Fighter [...]

Last time I tried the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel, I was put off by the lack of supporting games, requirement of setting up a table to best control it, inability to use it on a PC and somewhat high price. Microsoft dropped the price to $129 USD but it looks like it’s even cheaper [...]