Guitar Hero Metallica kicks off the new video game releases in the week ahead. It'll be available this Sunday for the Xbox 360, Wii and PLAYSTATION 3. Another new music game out this week for the Wii is Major Minor's Majestic March. It's coming from Masaya Matsuura and artist Rodney Alan Greenblat, who were the creators of the cult-classic music/rhythm game Parappa The Rapper. Lead a band of green monkeys trumpeting, blue bears drumming and cats on saxophones. Yeah, it's different. The new Nintendo DSi will be out in just about a week, on April 5th, but you may want to get your pre-order in soon! The DSi is likely to be in high demand. Early adopters will get 1000 DSi Points for logging into the DSi Shop.

New video game releases for week of 3/29/09:
(subject to change)

Xbox 360:
Guitar Hero Metallica
Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

PLAYSTATION 3:
Guitar Hero Metallica

Wii:
Backyard Baseball 2010
Cradle of Rome
Crayola Colorful Journey
Dance Dance Revolution Disney Grooves Includes Two Dance Mats
Don King Boxing
Gold's Gym Cardio Workout
Guitar Hero Metallica
Major Minor's Majestic March
Nintendo 2000 Points Card (DSi or Wii)
Offshore Tycoon

Nintendo DS and DSi:
Nintendo DSi Console - Matte Black (available April 5th)
Nintendo DSi Console - Matte Blue (available April 5th)
Don King Boxing
Fashion Studio: Paris Collection
Gardening Mama
Imagine: Family Doctor
Nintendo 2000 Points Card (DSi or Wii)
Pet Vet Down Under
Tokyo Beat Down

PSP:
Air Conflicts
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Cooking Mama's stepped out of her kitchen and into the backyard for some gardening fun with Mother Nature! Join Mama from the award-winning, multi-million selling Cooking Mama franchise as she grows, harvests and enjoys a huge variety of fruits, vegetables and flowers in the first ever gardening game.
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That Gaming Site writes: "In February Gauntlet for the Nintendo DS had surprisingly disappeared, no one was willing to comment regarding the games status and fans assumed it was cancelled. The ESRB however has revealed a listing for the "canceled" title."
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Eidos have confirmed that Gauntlet, a modern reworking of the classic fantasy hack and slash arcade game from Midway, will be released on Nintendo DS this October.
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Eidos has announced the upcoming release of Gauntlet for the Nintendo DS. Not just a port of the arcade hack-n-slash game, the DS version will include a number of multiplayer, and graphic, enhancements.
Features of Gauntlet on the Nintendo DS:
- Choose from Elf, Warrior, Wizard, and Valkyrie
- Four-player Wi-Fi cooperative or competitive play
- Voiceover IP (VoIP)
- Three realms featuring 40 maps
- Ranked multiplayer in 3 game modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Treasure Hoard
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Eidos is bringing a new version of arcade classic Gauntlet to Nintendo DS.This latest iteration on the venerable classic, which is in development at Backbone Entertainment (Sonic Rivals 2 for PSP), uses a brand new design that sounds more like it was inspired by the original title, rather than being a direct sequel.

The game will still be based around co-operative play, fighting monsters and exploring maps, but will include ...

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A sequel to the Xbox Live Arcade shooter Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved has been listed by Australian ratings group OFLC, providing extremely strong evidence that a follow-up is on the way.

Retro Evolved 2, which was submitted by Geometry Wars dev Bizarre Creations's new owner Activision, was issued a 'G' rating by the Australian group today.

Activision UK was unavailable for comment when we picked up the ...

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G4 writes:

"Some might say last week, others the week before that, but for me, there is no competition: This week is the greatest week in games EVER! Mass Effect, you say? Well, how about History Channel: Battle for the Pacific? Super Mario Galaxy? I've got my copy of Space Ace HD right here, waiting for you. That's it, fellas. I'm blowing my holiday pay on these hot titles and maybe I'll pick up a copy of The Tuttles Madcap Misadventures: Starlight Starbright Charity Challenge just to play in my down time. Tell me, how do you compete with that?"
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Kotaku reports the following update on their previous article regarding delays for Geometry Wars: Galaxies.

"Yesterday we reported that Sierra's Geometry Wars: Galaxies for the Nintendo DS and Wii had been pushed back to January 18th, 2008, and to a certain extent it was true - but only for Europe. Galaxies is still on track for the Wii release on the 20th and the DS release a week later in North America according to Sierra, who dropped us a line last night to clear things up. We report on global gaming events, and sometimes the global part gets us a little dizzy. Have you seen that thing spin? Mesmerizing I tell you. So in summary, North American gamers be happy, European gamers continue lamenting. We'll keep you updated should your emotional state need to change any further."
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Sierra Entertainment has announced that Geometry Wars: Galaxies will be available in the UK on January 18 for Wii and Nintendo DS.

An all-new title in the Geometry Wars franchise, Galaxies features masses of enemies, more than 60 planets, bigger power-ups and a brand-new Battle Drone to help players through the campaign.
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