The Drop: Week of May 28th 2012 New Releases

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The Drop: Week of May 28th 2012 New Releases

As National Guardsman Tom Riley, you’re about to come face to face with the brutal Chimeran invasion force in the blistering shooter built from the ground up for the PS Vita. The latest installment in the  Resistance franchise focuses on an all-new mission that parallels and complements the existing Resistance storyline, as Tom Riley rises from an everyday hero to a legend of the Resistance.

Batman: Arkham City The Game of the Year Edition for PS3, includes Harley Quinn’s Revenge. Now more dangerous than ever and leading a homicidal gang of her own, she is hell-bent on taking revenge against the Dark Knight. Bonus content includes: Catwoman Pack, Robin Bundle Pack, Nightwing Bundle Pack, Arkham City Skins Pack and Challenge Map Pack. Also, the anticipated PS Vita title Gravity Rush, receives the demo treatment. Enjoy the gravity bending experience on this week’s The Drop.

PlayStation Vita

Resistance: Burning Skies (Also on PSN) — Resistance: Burning Skies is a unique Resistance experience developed specifically for PS Vita that takes full advantage of the system’s dual analog sticks and features an all-new hero and story written by William C. Dietz, author of Resistance: The Gathering Storm and Resistance: A Hole in the Sky.

Set in a tale of survival during the August 1951 Chimeran invasion of the East Coast, you take control of Tom Riley, an everyday firefighter from New Jersey who is thrown headfirst into the teeth of the Chimeran war machine, forcing him to redefine his notions of duty and heroism.

PlayStation 3

Batman Arkham City: Game of the Year Edition — The Game of the Year Edition of Batman: Arkham City packages new gameplay content, seven maps, three playable characters, and 12 skins beyond the original retail release. Also included is the exciting epilogue, Harley Quinn’s Revenge — in this mission, players are sent back into Arkham City to face their final challenge as they interchange between playing as both Batman and Robin. Utilize each of the characters’ unique combat and investigative skills to uncover Harley’s vengeful plan and shut the gates on the urban mega-prison forever. In addition to experiencing a new storyline, fans can explore new environments and face-off against Harley’s all new gang of thugs.

Dirt Showdown — An expansion on the rough-riding racing action of Dirt 3’s gymkhana competition, Dirt Showdown offers three modes focused on the wilder aspects of off-road driving: Race, Showdown and Demolition!

Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland — Another of the popular alchemic RPG series from Gust, Atelier Meruru is the third of a series of Atelier games set in Arland (also the setting of Atelier Rorona and Atelier Totori.) The tiny kingdom of Arls, located on the northeastern border of the Arland Republic, is where Princess Meruru calls home. Ever since she was exposed to alchemy by famed adventurer Totori Helmold, all she could think about was becoming an alchemist. With Totori’s guidance, Meruru sets out to develop her home kingdom of Arls using the power of alchemy. On her way, Meruru will encounter new adventures, obstacles, mysteries, and friends, and discover what life is like outside the castle walls. How you choose to guide her through the advancement of her land will determine the final outcome in the tale of Atelier Meruru!

PlayStation Network

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations — Assassin’s Creed Revelations presents the most immersive experience available in the series to date and the culmination of Ezio’s adventure. In Assassin’s Creed Revelations, master assassin Ezio Auditore walks in the footsteps of his legendary mentor, Altaïr, on a journey of discovery and revelation. It is a perilous path – one that will take Ezio to Constantinople, the heart of the Ottoman Empire, where a growing army of Templars threatens to destabilize the region.

Pure Chess (PS3/PS VIta Exclusive) — Throughout history, only one game has truly stood the test of time and made a significant impact on societies the world over. Now, that classic strategy board game comes to life in stunning digital detail! Become a grandmaster in Pure Chess. Work through a comprehensive tutorial to improve your chess skills. Take on up to seven of your PlayStation Network friends using turn-based gameplay

Rayman: Origins — When the Glade of Dreams is overrun by nefurrious Darktoons, the Fairy Council hastily invokes Rayman to save the day. To help him, Rayman teams up with his best friend, Globox, and two crafty wizards, the Teensies. Together, the world’s most hilarious team of heroes will need to restore peace to the Glade or watch as their beloved home vanishes like a bad dream…

PS Vita Demos

  • Gravity Rush

PS3 Demos

  • Mad Riders

PlayStation 2 Classic

Rayman: Arena — Rayman’s world kicks into multiplayer overdrive in this total competition crash course with the cast of Rayman 2. Smoke the competition on mind-bending racecourses, or spark up a lum-flinging firefight in the battle arena. And with 8 characters, 24 maps and up to 4 combatants, now Rayman?s got more ways to reign supreme than ever.

[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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114 Comments

  • Oh yeah, 360 may have gotten Radiant Silvergun, but I’m, still pulling for Dragon Force and Panzer Dragoon Saga. GO GET EM PSN!

  • Gravity Rush Demo and Resistance Burning Skies!

    Vita… growing… STRONGER! :D

  • DwightSchrute12

    Hey Rey, Dirt Showdown got delayed a couple weeks.

    Looking forward to Pure Chess & Arkham City DLC though!

  • are you really crying about cover art? It’s what on the disc that really matters. Not whats inside the cover sleeve. Your should need to read the title either because Batman’s HUGE picture on the front should tell you what it is. Not to mention its just as basic as the original cover art. Which is alright because once again.. its whats ON THE DISC that matters. NOT the cover.

    But anyway.. yeah cant wait until tuesday to get arkham city. Until then I’ll try and get the last couple trophies in arkham asylum to try and get the platinum before I start playing arkham city.

  • I wish you guys could start posting what the prices will be in the Drop.
    I’m very interested in Pure Chess, But I want to know what it costs before I decide.

  • Pure Chess Vita here I come!

  • Didn’t the Blogcast report a demo for Resistance was incoming this Tuesday?

  • gravity rush demo…about time GOD!

  • Dirt Showdown – needs to be taken off the list… I read it was pushed back till the 12th of june for the U.S. due to a distribution company problem.

  • Really looking 4ward to all the new PSVita games! Woot! :P

  • I have Atelier Meruru on pre-order at Amazon. The other two are a lot of fun, so it makes sense to pick up the third. I also want to check out that Gravity Rush demo for Vita, and Pure Chess sounds like fun. Other than that, have to see what they have on sale this week.

  • Burning Skies will be the first Vita purchase in over 2 months! FINALLY

    Oh, and Rocksteady/WB should be embarrassed by that garbage-marketing Arkham cover.

  • Too hooked on Dragon’s Dogma to bother with much this week. DD is freaking awesome! Will def be getting Rorona though.

    What is up with the Batman cover?? lol wow

  • lol of course I meant Meruru not Rorona

  • Not a bad drop, and the following week is E3,I hope there is a Vita announcement of ps1 games now playable on the Vita via download. Resistance for Vita is a must buy for me.

  • i thought the PSN said that the walking dead episodes were going to be released monthly. is eps 2 going to take longer to release?

  • played Gravity Rush at a playstation community event back in March….its extremely fun! easy to pick up and play

    but really excited to see get my hands on Burning Skies! that boss battle toward the end really hinted at more epic sequences! so im all the way intrigued. Fall Of Man was my first ps3 game i purchased on launch so Resistance is near and dear to me :)

    sorry the inner nerd was released!

  • don’t you remember when you would watch tv to find out when games come out
    i know i don’t
    ha

  • Just got Resistance burning skies a few days ago, the truth is it’s not the Resistance that i expected from a few month ago….
    It’s still an okey game but i just thought they could do it better.

  • Do you think its possible that when your playing a ps1 game like Bloody Roar 2 for example can you possibly allow it so that you can reply to msgs and see which of your friends are online like any other regular because when you press the ps button it always say quit game game setting manual etc. Also can you possibly add the ps2 game Okami sure you have avatars but the game would be great to have with those avatars.

  • A Gravity Rush demo and Resistance?!

    Thank you, I’ll have something to do on my long train ride from Budapest to Amsterdam.

  • Lethaldoseofmind

    REMAKE THE AVENGER GAME FROM SNES!! [ Like the TMNT game- Thats no longer on the network…] I think that would be nice :) but thats me… Other then that Whats the Free stuff next month??..im numwhat lost on that and no offence some of the recent stuff isnt the greatest deals…but A Guilty Gear from aksas-
    ps2 Remake would be nice…

  • please make a special bundle for black ops 2 LOTS OF PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE IT…

    500gb ;)

  • Gravity Rush demo… finally. You should do file sizes here in The Drop for the future. It’d be helpful to know before release what the sizes are. More work for you guys, and more errors to potentially make, but it’d squash a lot of questions about it which seem to pop up each week anyway. :P

    Looking forward to playing the Gravity Rush demo over and over, and picking up Resistance. I don’t care what the reviews are. I’m sure it’ll be decent.

  • Will we see a Resistence Demo on the store soon? Will we see it at all?
    Has anyone seen any information about this?

  • Arkham City DLC, Rayman Origins, and Atelier Meruru. There’s plenty of US purchases I’ll be making this week. Not even an import this week.

    However next week starts a huge rush of imports. The number of import titles is staggering.

  • Please add Gauntlet Dark Legacy to the ps2 classics.

  • i own batman arkhem city and i wanna know how much the new dlc will be….

  • ACR and Rayman :Origins for me

  • Am I the only one who noticed the first line in the blog post says that Tom Riley is a National Guardsman? Am I missing something? I thought he was a firefighter.

  • Finally, the gravity rush demo comes to the U.S.

  • Any news on when the Walking Dead episode 2 come out.

  • Typo – yet another blog post that says Rayman Origins is coming to PSN..

  • Persona 4 PLZ >_<

  • Can’t wait to pick up Resistance: Burning Skies tomorrow! ^.=.^ Also, it’s nice to see a demo for Gravity Rush. Can’t wait for that game to come out either!

  • I still dont believe why SEN has chosen to not add The old Spider-Man and Avengers Arcade Games. Both were very popular Arcade Titles and couldve coincided with the releases of both movie releases. For everyone complaining about the Batman:Arkham City:Game of the year Edition’s cover, just take the cover from the Original game, take out the new cover art sleeve,place old sleeve in, problem solved.

  • @Perro-_- They say June 1st is the release date.

  • Glad to see some lurve for the Vita.

    Gravity Rush demo has been a long time coming.

    Can’t wait to start playing Resistance online tomorrow too.

  • I gotta get Resistance: Burning Skies. =P

    What were you guys thinking with the cover art for Batman Arkham City: Game of the Year Edition? Or were you guys just not thinking at all? The cover is a cluster **** of just crazies.

    On the PSN, I would love to see these:

    Cannon Spike
    Capcom vs. SNK PRO
    Capcom vs. SNK 2
    Garou Mark of the Wolves
    Grand Theft Auto III HD
    Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R
    King of Fighters NeoWave
    Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
    Marvel vs. Capcom 1
    Mega Man Anniversary Collection
    Mega Man X Collection
    Mega Man X7
    Mega Man X8
    Mega Man X Command Mission
    Mega Man Zero Collection
    Mega Man ZX
    Mega Man ZX Advent
    NeoGeo Battle Coliseum
    Street Fighter III Double Impact
    SVC Chaos: SNK Vs. Capcom (only on Xbox and XBLA at the moment..GRRR)
    X-Men vs. Street Fighter

    If you can get all of these games released on the PSN or maybe on a BluRay for the PS3, then I can assure you guys that these games would sell A LOT!

  • Atelier Meruru for me! Got the special limited edition from NISA on the way :)

  • you guys should put prices next to the games. people would be more prepared before it cameout.

  • Nice looking forward to Burning Skies and Gravity Rush Demo, hey Rey any word on when we’ll see next months PS+ perks? Been wondering about the DUST 514 beta.

  • I’m hoping that Sony releases Retro City Rampage for the vita next week, isn’t anyone even exited for that title, I am :D.

  • Nothing of interest for me.

  • Any news on Dragon Quest VIII?

  • When they first revealed the Arkham City GotY cover a month or so ago, I always hoped it would turn out to be a joke. In a way I guess I was right, because even though it’s real, it’s definitely a freaking joke.

    I don’t usually re-buy games I already own, but I did with Arkham Asylum GotY just because I wanted to show my support that much. I’ll likely do it again for Arkham City, but wow that cover is really trying to talk me OUT of a purchase.

  • I hope a “SALE PRICE” for Crysis 2 … or maybe a discount to Battlefield 3 for PSN+ members.

  • SToRM-TROOP3R_LG

    Awesome content i wanna get revelations and the new harley quinn dlc,that looks so sick, and it comes out tommorrow

  • Can’t wait for Gravity Rush!

  • Burning Skies is mine for the taking!. I’m also excited for Atelier Meruru and the Gravity Rush demo. A good week this will be. : )

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