New games this week: Stranglehold edition

By Justin McElroy

This week's most high-profile release might be the John Woo-inspired spiritual sequel to Hard Boiled, but the best overall purchase is debatable. While it may be worth $60 to you to shoot a bunch of nameless thugs, destroy metric tons of innocent fruit and slide over every table like it was freshly-Endusted, that may not be your bag. (Check out the trailer after the break if you're confused.) If not, may we suggest Resident Evil Essentials? Though we quibble with the title, we can't quibble with the price: It's $30 for Resident Evil CODE: Veronica X, Resident Evil Outbreak and Resident Evil 4. If you haven't played them, this is the time to rectify that. Also, we see that Wii owners are being punished for the bounty they received of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption last week. Well, have fun at the Pool Party.

Xbox 360:
  • Medal of Honor: Airborne
  • Stranglehold

Xbox Live Arcade:

  • Cyberball 2072
  • Fatal Fury Special

Wii:

  • Pool Party

Virtual Console:

  • Adventure Island
  • Donkey Kong Jr. Math
  • Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
  • Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure

PSN:

  • ?????

PS2:

  • Resident Evil: The Essentials
  • Naruto Uzumaki Chronicles 2

PSP:

  • Worms: Open Warfare 2

Nintendo DS:

  • Worms: Open Warfare 2
  • Garfield: Nightmares

PC Games:

  • Medal of Honor: Airborne
  • The Sims 2: Bon Voyage
  • Star Wars: Empire at War
  • I Love Kittens
  • I Love Puppies
  • Seven Kingdoms Conquest
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
  • Pirates Revenge

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