Retail Roundup: July 2, 2008
BY Ed Kirchgessner // Retail Roundup // July 2, 2008
A look at new games hitting store shelves this week.
harpen your axe and hop on stage one more time – Guitar Hero: Aerosmith offers up nearly fifty songs by those aging rockers and a handful of their contemporaries. Available with or without a limited edition guitar controller for just about every major platform, this may be the perfect diversion until Rock Band 2 and the next true Guitar Hero sequel ships in the fall.
Anyone who’s ever dreamed of a life full of ER heroics may want to blow the dust off their DS and pick up a copy of Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2. Like in the original, players must diagnose and treat patients suffering from a wide range of ailments. An arsenal of high-tech gadgets and a small army of cute anime-inspired nurses will be there to assist.
While it may not be a new title by any stretch of the imagination, no one’s complaining about the release of Soulcalibur on the Xbox Live Arcade. The game’s graphics have been upsampled to HD for the occasion, and all the original characters should be present and accounted for. Personally, I’m looking forward to hearing the phrase “Lizardman WINS!” blaring from my sound system in true 5.1 surround.
