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What's New - Game Releases for Week Ending 27/5/05

28th May 2005, 12:35pm
Baten Kaitos is out? Games Warehouse told me! Here's two weeks of releases - blame E3.

PS2

Championship Manager 5
Eidos' Championship Manager series is undoubtedly the greatest football management game of all time. Over the last decade it has gone from strength to strength, making armchair managers out of millions of players. Also available on Xbox.

Enthusia Professional Racing
It's not about how much time you spend under the hood. It's all about your skills behind the wheel. Experience hundreds of vintage and modern vehicles from the world's top manufacturers as you work your way up from amateur to the top professional driver.

Logitech Driving Force Pro (Steering Wheel)
Step up to the Logitech Driving Force Pro and experience more realism, more intensity, and more fun than ever before on your PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. 900 Degree Steering mode in Gran Turismo 4. Features: Force Feedback • Gas/Brake Pedals • Rubber Grips

SRS (Street Racing Syndicate)
Street Racing Syndicate is one of the most realistic street racers ever to grace consoles. Also available on Xbox and Gamecube.

Area 51
Area 51 is the only action-packed 1st person shooter set in the U.S. governments most secret and secure military facility. The U.S. Army has received a distress signal from Area 51 where a viral outbreak has just shut down the research facility and the automated quarantine procedures have locked all scientific and military personnel inside. Also available on Xbox.

MX vs ATV Unleashed
Building on their rich history of racing properties, Rainbow Studios has created the ultimate off-road masterpiece in MX vs. ATV Unleashed.

Monster Hunter
Monster Hunter is an exciting new online action game that offers gamers the challenge of exploring vastly detailed environments confronting mammoth creatures and completing numerous quests.

Tenchu Fatal Shadows
Desperate to understand why her peaceful village had been ransacked, young warrior Rin enlists the aid of Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven heroine Ayame on a quest of covert violence and intrigue.

Xbox

Jade Empire (Limited Edition)
In the ancient, mysterious world of the Jade Empire, you train under your master's watchful eye and learn powerful martial arts and mystical powers. When danger threatens, you travel across the world, from the harsh mountains of the Land of Howling Spirits to the lush gardens of the Imperial City.

Pariah
From the creators of Unreal comes a spiralling plunge into destruction, despair and disease. Hunted by the most vicious killing machines known and severely outnumbered with Nowhere to Turn. No one to Trust. How far will you go to survive? Also available on PC.

WWE Wrestlemania XXI
The WWE experience has never been more lifelike with Superstar voice-over and commentary, an all-new pro-reversal system and motion capture technology making this the most realistic looking grappler to date.

Gamecube

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
Enter Baten Kaitos on a journey to unlock the mystery of the lost sea in an enchanting story of friendship, betrayal, and prayer. The story of Baten Kaitos takes place at a time when lands exist in the sky. It is an era in which the once-vast oceans have become mere legend among men. This is the world in which Kalas and Xelha meet: A world in crisis, where a conspiracy for power may lead to its destruction.

Nintendo DS

Need for Speed Underground 2 DS
Speed into the anything-goes world of Need for Speed Underground 2 and dominate the tuner racing underground. In this first-ever Need for Speed title for the Nintendo DS, customize and build the ultimate tuner then push it to the limits the underground’s toughest tracks.

Yoshi Touch & Go
One night, a stork was soaring high in the sky with a precious delivery of baby twins. But then, as the stork flew over Yoshi’s Island, a speeding shadow crashed into it, causing it to drop its precious cargo!

GBA

WarioWare: Twisted!
Dr. Crygor fixes Wario's busted GBA by tossing in a high-tech piece of laboratory equipment that looks suspiciously like a washing machine. When the GBA emerges, Wario discovers that he can play games by spinning it.

There's hours of great gaming there.
by Nick Schaedel
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