The arrival of a certain underwater adventure from 2K Games seems to have finally provided the jump start 2007 needed in terms of banishing the woeful summer months and delivering a decent range of retail choice for the (incredibly patient and) discerning gamer.

The cream of this week's crop arrives in the form of a certain armour-clad heroine courtesy of Nintendo. Yep, sweet Samus makes her first appearance on the Nintendo Wii for the final game in the long-running Metroid series. Indeed, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption should provide fans with plenty to talk about as they battle through masses of space pirates, avoid the new 'dark Samus' element, and also enjoy the wonder of the game's new motion-sensing control dynamic.

Other notable entrants to this week's new releases list (in the US and EU) include Jap RPG epic Blue Dragon on the Xbox 360, multiplayer action on the PlayStation 3 with Warhawk, Guild Wars: Eye of the North and Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms on the PC, the arrival of Madden NFL 08 and Boogie on European shores, and also the cross-platform appearance of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08.

A little something for everyone, we'd venture.


North American new releases:

Monday August 27
Carnival Games (Nintendo Wii)
*John Woo Presents: Stranglehold (Xbox 360)
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo Wii)
MotoGP 07 (Xbox 360)
NHRA: Countdown to the Championship (PSP)

Tuesday August 28

Blue Dragon (Xbox 360)

Brunswick Pro Bowling (Nintendo Wii, PSP, PS2)

Dead Head Fred (PSP)

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (Xbox 360)

Garfield’s Nightmare (Nintendo DS)

Guild Wars: Eye of the North (PC)

*I SPY Fun House (Nintendo DS)

Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms (PC)

*MetropolisMania 2 (PlayStation 2)

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (PSP)

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes (PSP)

*Pet Alien: An Intergalactic Puzzlepalooza (Nintendo DS)

Professional Fisherman’s Tour: Northern Hemisphere (Nintendo DS)

Stuntman: Ignition (Xbox 360, PS2)

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS)

*Turn It Around (Nintendo DS)

Undercover: Operation Wintersun (PC)

Warhawk (PlayStation 3)

Wild ARMs 5 (PlayStation 2)

Wednesday August 29

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (Xbox 360, PS3)

Thursday August 30

*Pirate’s Revenge (PC)

*Switchball (Xbox 360)

Friday August 31

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (Nintendo Wii)

Super Trucks Racing 2 (PlayStation 2)

European new releases:

Friday August 31

Boogie (Nintendo Wii)

Brian Lara 2007: Pressure Play (PSP)

*Cosmic Family (Nintendo Wii)

Dragonball Z: Goku Densetsu (Nintendo DS)

Dynasty Warriors DS: Fighters Battle (Nintendo DS)

Guild Wars: Eye of the North (PC)

Impossible Mission (PlayStation 2, PSP)

Madden NFL 08 (Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii)

Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms (PC)

Sam & Max: Season 1 (PC)

Stuntman: Ignition (Xbox 360, PS2)

Tamagotchi Party On! (Nintendo Wii)

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (Xbox 360, Wii, PC, DS, PS2)

Worms Open Warfare 2 (Nintendo DS, PSP)

*Possible slippage