Gamasutra's regular round-up of worldwide video game releases, "Release This!", takes a look at every game title we know to be shipping to stores this week, in a custom compiled list.
This week brings Hitman HD Trilogy to North America and Europe, while Japan receives PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and Shin Hokuto Musou.
The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending February 2nd, 2013.
Games Released in the United States:
This week, Square Enix launches Hitman HD Trilogy, a compilation for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 that includes graphically updated versions of Io Interactive's stealth-action titles Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Contracts, and Hitman: Blood Money.
Digital standouts include 17 Bit's Xbox Live Arcade turn-based strategy game Skulls of the Shogun and a PlayStation Vita version of Insomniac's 3D platformer Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault.
Xbox 360:
- Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear
- Hitman HD Trilogy
- Skulls of the Shogun (Xbox Live Arcade)
PlayStation 3:
- Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear
- Hitman HD Trilogy
Nintendo 3DS:
- Bloody Vampire (eShop)
- Witch's Cat (eShop)
PlayStation Vita:
- Lets Fish! Hooked On (PlayStation Network)
- Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault (PlayStation Network)
PC:
- Dungeonland
- Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Games Released in Europe:
Hitman HD Trilogy also hits Europe this week, arriving alongside Level 5's acclaimed PlayStation 3 RPG Ni no Kuni and Kalypso's simulation title Omerta: City of Gangsters.
Xbox 360:
- Hitman HD Trilogy
- Omerta: City of Gangsters
PlayStation 3:
- Hitman HD Trilogy
- Ni no Kuni
PC:
- Omerta: City of Gangsters
Games Released in Japan:
Sony's Super Smash Bros.-like mascot fighting game PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale ships in Japan this week for the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita. Wii U owners can look forward to an upgraded version of Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage, while the PSP hosts a variety of visual novel titles from D3 Publisher, QuinRose, and Alchemist.
Nintendo Wii U:
- Shin Hokuto Musou
Xbox 360:
- Love Tore: Bitter Version
PlayStation 3:
- Accel World: Kasoku no Chouten
- PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
PlayStation Vita:
- PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
- Sengoku Hime 3: Tenka o Kirisaku Hikari to Kage
PlayStation Portable:
- Accel World: Kasoku no Chouten
- Kisou Ryouhei Gunhound EX
- Renai 0 Kilometre Portable
- Tasogaredoki: Kaidan Romance
- VitaminZ Graduation
