The Drop: Week of March 5th 2012 New Releases

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The Drop: Week of March 5th 2012 New Releases

It’s a week of Major Leaguers in all fields of gaming, and Only On PlayStation. Use the precision of dual-analog controls and unique touch gameplay on PS Vita in Unit 13. Take the MLB experience on the road, or swing for the fences with the PlayStation Move when MLB 12: The Show slides into the PS Vita and PS3.

Also on PS3, fight and defend the safety of Earth and the galaxy as you fight the ancient aliens known as the Reapers in Mass Effect 3. Street Fighter x Tekken and MotorStorm RC also make their debuts on this week’s The Drop.

PlayStation Vita

Unit 13 (Also on PSN) — Unit 13 is designed for fast action, hard-hitting, third-person shooter gameplay with dual-analog precision and unique touch gameplay on the PlayStation Vita. Players to move quickly into action, choosing from one of six Operatives with unique abilities to tackle 36 action-packed missions across nine unique locales. As you make your way through the variety of missions, you unlock the right to take on the tougher High Value Target (HVT) enemy battles.

MLB 12 The Show (Also on PS3/PSN) — Boston Red Sox All-Star first baseman Adrian Gonzalez graces the cover of the 2012 entry in Sony Computer Entertainment’s acclaimed baseball franchise. With releases on both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, players are able to take the same big league baseball experience on the road with them, anytime, anywhere.

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (Also on PSN) — LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 builds upon the magical gameplay, lessons and potion-making skills learned in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 to equip gamers with the tools necessary to challenge a host of new foes and some familiar ones. The game is action-packed from start to finish, including loads of new lessons, spells, and bonus content for hours of family friendly gaming.

PlayStation 3

Mass Effect 3 — In Mass Effect 3, an ancient alien race known only as Reapers, has launched an all-out invasion of the galaxy, leaving nothing but a trail of destruction in their wake. Earth has been taken, the galaxy is on the verge of total annihilation, and you are the only one who can stop them. The price of failure is extinction. You, as Commander Shepard, must lead the counter assault to take it back. Only you can determine how events will play out, which planets you will save from annihilation and which alliances you will form or abandon as you rally the forces of the galaxy to eliminate the Reaper threat once and for all.

Battle with your comrades or even your own friends in this all-out galactic war to take Earth back. With co-op online multiplayer missions new to the Mass Effect universe , you can choose from a variety of classes and races, form an elite Special Forces squad, and combine weapons, powers and abilities to devastating effect as you all fight together to liberate key territories from enemy control in this third entry of the epic intergalactic RPG franchise.

Street Fighter X Tekken — Street Fighter x Tekken makes history as fighters from these two bastions of the fighting genre come together for the very first time. Utilizing the same 2D viewpoint and technology that powered Street Fighter IV, this game allows for Tekken characters such as Kazuya Mishima and Nina Williams to make the transition into the Street Fighter universe having been re-imagined using Capcom’s much-loved art style. Their looks may be different, but these characters have retained their own unique characteristics and signature moves as they go head-to-head with classic brawlers from the Street Fighter franchise in what promises to be an explosive match up.

MLB 12: The Show (PS Move Compatible / Also on PS Vita) — Boston Red Sox All-Star first baseman Adrian Gonzalez graces the cover of the 2012 entry in Sony Computer Entertainment’s acclaimed baseball franchise. With releases on both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, players are able to take the same big league baseball experience on the road with them, anytime, anywhere.

Major League Baseball 2K12 — Swing for the fences with the 2012/2013 edition of 2K Sports’ acclaimed baseball franchise.

Blades of Time — Gunswords, booty (of the gold and jewels kind!) and a cute outfit? All in a day’s work. Play as the gorgeous gunsword-wielding treasure hunter Ayumi as she carves a path of destruction through a mysterious and dangerous island in Blades of Time. While rich with bounty, the island is also caught in the throes of Chaos magic. Ayumi soon discovers that it is also the home of thousands of long-held secrets, including special powers and abilities that she can gain for herself. Using everything she can, she must find a way to defeat armies of menacing villains and a multitude of treacherous traps in order to break free of the possessed island’s grasp.

Top Gun: Hard Lock — An aerial dog-fighting at jet speeds and tailgating MiGs at Mach 2, while offering a unique “Hard Lock” mode where players perform air combat maneuvers that deliver an explosively satisfying visual payoff that brings them right into the action. Featuring the legendary F-14 Tomcat fighter jet and a number of additional licensed planes and weapons, and more than enough enemy MIGs to turn into smoldering rubble, the game is carefully mixed with just enough nostalgic references to remain true to its action movie roots.

PlayStation Network

MotorStorm RC (Also for PS Vita) — High-speed radio-controlled car racing hits the MotorStorm circuit in MotorStorm RC! With visually stunning renditions of all four MotorStorm worlds (and eight of their vehicle classes,) this RC racing game comes loaded with endless competition that you can share with friends and rivals worldwide — whether that’s on PS3 or PS Vita, or both!

Start the Party: Save the World (PS Move Compatible) — Step into an animated augmented virtual reality in this second chapter of the Start The Party franchise for PlayStation Move players!

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X 2 — Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 plunges fans into an explosive environment where they can become elite aerial soldiers in control of the world’s most technologically advanced aircraft. The game will appeal to a wide array of gamers as players will have the chance to control exceptional pilots trained to use cutting edge technology in amazing aerial warfare missions.

Major League Baseball 2K12 (For PSP) — Swing for the fences with the 2012/2013 edition of 2K Sports’ acclaimed baseball franchise.

PS3 Demos

  • MotorStorm RC
  • Start the Party: Save the World
  • Hustle Kings
  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13

[Editor’s Note: The following dates are subject to change. Game details are gathered from Press Releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating descriptions.]

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66 Comments

  • Hi, i want to know about this games:

    1)Grand Knights History PSP
    2)Legend of Dragoon PSone

    Please give me an answer!! Thanks :)

  • Any word on updates to the VITA to make my downloaded games playable on it? Or adding some of the current PSP titles to the store? Maybe both Star Ocean games.

  • New releases should be available @ Midnight on the PSN Store!!!!

  • @xxnike629xx

    You’ll have a better chance of getting everything you want(and notice I didn’t say “need”, as you imply) by WORKING FOR THE INDUSTRY.

    Be thankful of what you’re given and quit complaining.

  • A demo for Hustle Kings ? Seriously ?

    Does anybody even play that anymore ? lol it will probably be over priced too now that a demo is out…

    Other than Journey its another lack luster week for me which is about all I expect from PSN anymore.

  • @30
    The big majority of those games are NOT owned by Sony. Sony has nothing to do with those decisions.

  • @53
    You can’t really get midnight updates when the american continent is split in numerous time zones…

  • Where is the DLC? Uncharted 1.7 update is for a fix or for new maps?

  • It would be awesome if you guys could start releasing more PS1 and PS2 classics. I mean there’s a huge library of awesome games that people are clamoring for and you guys could be making bank. There haven’t been any new classics in the last couple of weeks. There are a lot of older fighting games (Bushido Blade, etc), shooters (Einhander, etc) and RPG’s (Tales of Destiny, Legend of Dragoon, etc) that have huge cult followings. I know I would immediately repurchase those old games! Thanks.

  • Why does it take so long to update the PSN store? A couple of years ago everything always seemed to be updated at a reasonable time. When I got home from work the new games would be in the store already. Now it seems like the update never happens until almost midnight. That’s pretty much the same thing as the games not coming out until Wednesday instead of Tuesday as far as I’m concerned.
    I am one of those people who when they want a game they will buy it the day it comes out. I almost never buy used games, it is brand new, day of release. Same with movies and music.
    Now, if the game is only on the PSN, you’ve got me. My only choice if I want it is to wait for the store to get updated. But when games are available in both a physical copy and a download, I don’t have any incentive to get the digital version when I have to wait all night before I can get it when I can just buy it on the way home from work and start playing right away. Downloading a game from the PSN on the release date should be a quicker and easier way to shop, not the long, tedious experience I seem to have on the PSN week after week.

  • @58 there is no uncharted 3 dlc this week the update is to fix problems with Flashback Map Pack #2 in multiplayer

  • @58 Three Medal Pickup chests were added to Lost City, Sanctuary, and Fort in Co-op Arena

  • What is it with PSN and crappy releases week after week after week. Few good things here and there maybe, but we havent had any really good releases since before the PSN outage. What is it with all these mediocre/crappy ps2 releases as well. It seems like you all just gave up trying to give us good stuff. It almost seems like youre still doing this PSN thing because you know you have to, to keep the customers buying your sony brand items. I have nothing against Playstation, as it is my console of choice, but come on! Give some decent PSN games. Give us another tuesday to actually look forward to.

  • Please guys start selling Ninja Gaiden Sigma 3 :D

  • Any eta on PSOne classics for the Vita yet?

  • would like to know if its possible to recommend games to appear on the download from PlayStation network.

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