411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Fight Night Round 4, BlazBlue, Wii Sports Resort, Another Code: R, Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta, PangYa: Fantasy Golf, Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, The Conduit, Dawn of Discovery, Rorona no Atelier, and Overlord.
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411mania gives a rundown on this week's game releases. Highlights include Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica, Star Ocean: Second Evolution, Commander in Chief, Big Bang Mini, The Excitement of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Ultimate Shooting Collection.

Ar tonelico II
"Overall, the better-than-average story, unique battle system, and all the little things that you can do in the game help to make this a worthy purchase for those of you who like JRPGs and do not mind buying PS2 games this late in the system's life."

Star Ocean: Second Evolution
"As far as changes go, you can expect new playable characters, updated artwork, cut scenes, and voice work, as well as new dialog."

Commander in Chief
"While I am apprehensive about juggling so many issues at once, I was sold on the idea that I can 'determine the course of world events by invading a neutral country, toppling an unfriendly regime, or plotting assassinations' and then face the 'economic, political, and military consequences.'"

Big Bang Mini
"Obviously, maneuvering around enemy fire, debris, or anything else that's moving about is done with the stylus. To keep the controls completely on the touch screen, the game requires you to flick the stylus toward the top screen to launch attacks. Making it through the game requires you to figure out when to attack and when to move your ship to safety."

Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekidou
"The main game plays simply enough - all you have to do is watch the bar at the bottom of the screen and wave the Wii remote as instructed."

Ultimate Shooting Collection
"Despite its shovelware-looking cover and shovelware-sounding name, the three games that are included might actually be worth more than the shovelware-price, at least if you are a shmup fan."
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411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Oboro Muramasa, Suggoi! Arcana Heart 2, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Hammerin' Hero, Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity, and Rhythm Heaven.
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The sequel to moe arcade fighting game Arcana Heart, Arcana Heart 2, got a PS2 port. That port is getting an arcade fighting stick.

It's like we've come full circle.

Starting today, Japanese peripheral maker Hori is taking pre-orders for the Sugoi! Arcana Heart 2 stick, which goes on sale April 9 in Japan. It's priced at ¥7,980 (US$82) and pastel cute.
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Atlus’ Arcana Heart is best known for being one of the only 2D fighters that isn’t a total sausage fest. You won’t find any professional wrestlers with over-sized pectorals trying to bear hug you or scrappy karate champs hurling fireballs. Instead, Arcana Heart kicks all the boys out and features an all-girl cast of brawlers. New screenshots from the upcoming PS2 version suggest that no stereotypical anime fetish has been ...
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Featuring the vocal talents of David "Mulder" Duchovny and Marilyn "what a strange looking woman" Manson, and boasting the monster-creating talents of Stan Winston Studios, the time and budget is really starting to pay off for Area 51, which is shaping up to be one of the best shooting games this year. Which is why we're bringing you a further six actual in-game shots (not the HUD-free, 'posed' images normally sent out), showing just how well this game is coming along. With the ...
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Here are the games shipping for the week of June 12, 2006. MotoGP on the 360 looks pretty hot and the PS2 gets some more Street Fighter love. Which game(s) have you interested?

Major League Baseball 2K6 (GCN)
MotoGP 06 (XBOX360)
Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War (PC)
Armored Core: Last Raven (PS2)
Mega Man Battle Network 6 (GBA)
Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel (PSP)
Street Fighter Alpha Anthology (PS2)
Urban Chaos: Riot Response (XBOX, PS2)
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Agetec, Inc. today announced that Armored Core Last Raven for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system has achieved gold master status.
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Agetec, Inc. today announced that Armored Core Last Raven for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system has achieved gold master status.
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Check out this week's new releases, complete with descriptions and trailers.

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