EA Sports' FIFA 12 highlights this release week (Tuesday in North America, Thursday and Friday in Europe) along with Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2011. Not diggin' sports? X-Men: Destiny, the quasi-action-RPG by Silicon Knights, arrives on shelves, too.
Monday
• FIFA Soccer 12 (Wii)
Tuesday
• FIFA Soccer 12 (PC, PS2, PSP, PS3, 360) —A new precision dribbling system joins remade defending and physics in the latest issue of EA Sports' highly regarded soccer/football franchise.
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (PS3, 360)—Konami's venerable football franchise adds a Teammate Control system that allows you to direct a second player during a set-piece or throw-in.
• X-Men: Destiny (DS, PS3, 360, Wii)—Become a young mutant in San Francisco and guide him or her through this brawler to the realization and use of awesome new powers.
Also: Air Conflicts: Secret Wars (360); Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland (PS3); Brunswick Pro Bowling (3DS); Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012 (PS3, Wii, 360); Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (PSN); Child of Eden (PS3); Civilization V Game of the Year Edition (PC); Driver: San Francisco (PC); Fallout: New Vegas - Courier's Stash (PC, PSN, XBLA); Fallout: New Vegas - Gun Runner's Arsenal (PC, PSN, XBLA); Resident Evil Code: Veronica X HD (PSN, XBLA); Solatorobo: Red the Hunter (DS); Summoner War (3DS); The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection (PS3); Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Classic Trilogy HD (PS3).
Thursday
A Game of Thrones: Genesis (PC)
escapeVektor: Chapter 1 (WiiWare)
Looking Ahead
Oct. 4: Dark Souls; NBA 2K12; RAGE; Spider-Man: Edge of Time. Oct. 11: Ace Combat: Assault Horizon; Dead Rising 2: Off the Record; Forza Motorsport 4. Oct. 18: Batman: Arkham City; Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One. Oct. 25: Battlefield 3, Kinect Sports Season Two, Dance Central 2. Nov. 1: Uncharted 3; The Lord of the Rings: War in the North; Sonic Generations; GoldenEye 007: Reloaded. Nov. 8: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Deepak Chopra: Leela.
What are you getting? What do you want? What are you looking forward to? Sound it off below, and at #twig.
Sources: Video Game Release Calendar; GameStop
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