New game releases for the first week of August.

DS
Aliens in the Attic
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Reversal Challenge

PC
Amazing Adventures: Around The World
Hearts of Iron III
Hoyle Poker Series

PlayStation 2
Aliens in the Attic
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
SingStar: Queen

PlayStation 3
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
SingStar: Queen

PSP
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Hannah Montana: Rock Out the Show

Wii
Aliens in the Attic
ATV: Quad Kings
Brave: A Warrior's Tale
Build'n Race
Daisy Fuentes Pilates
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Real Heroes: Firefighter
World Championship Athletics

Xbox 360
Brave: A Warrior's Tale
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
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THQ's All Star Cheer Squad looks to follow Namco Bandai's We Ski/Family Ski as one of the first third party Wii Balance Board-controlled games on the Nintendo Wii. IGN recently caught up with developer Gorilla Games to see how its development was coming along, and it seems like they were pleasantly surprised, even calling it better than DDR's efforts on Wii.
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Surfer Girl writes: A kind person has forwarded the fact sheet for Shellshock 2: Blood Trails (the lack of proofreading in this goes hand in hand with this blog, which more often than not, also lacks proofreading), which can be found below.

ShellShock 2: Blood Trails is a violent, first-person, survival horror game set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Gameplay centers on the use of psychological horror and fear, relying on the power of suggestion, mood, tension and foreshadowing - implying the notion of danger, potential danger, imminent danger, and horrifying acts that have or are implied to have occurred or will come to pass. On course for war torn Vietnam, a plane carrying a top-secret cargo known only as Whiteknight is lost over the uncharted jungles of Cambodia. The special ops squad sent in to retrieve it disappear wtihout [sic] trace. Until, a month later, one of them walks out. Something in the darkness has driven him insane... Somehting [sic] from the darkness has followed him out...
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THQ has announced All Star Cheer Squad will be coming to the Wii and DS this fall. The game will feature Wii Balance Board support and choreography from Tony G, the man responsible for Kirsten Dunst's moves in Bring It On and all its sequels.

According to THQ, this is also the first cheerleading game ever created.
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ATARI UK are running a January Sale of their own, suggested by a brief visit to the online ATARI store. Available now til 10th February, 2009, any purchases with a total value exceeding £9.99 will be eligible for a £3 discount – equivalent to a 30% reduction on many titles!
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That Gaming Site Writes: "Since it's release Alone in the Dark has received some pretty harsh criticism regarding the control scheme. Even we here at That Gaming Site admit the controls could use some work! Atari has taunted us with a patch that may never make it to the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game! Instead of waiting for the day that may never come we have found a way to make your experience with the controls a little more tolerable!"
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Antoine Villette, founder of I Am Alive developer Darkworks, has told VG247 he believes Alone in the Dark can still be great, but only if Atari is prepared to make radical changes to its format.
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Gamedaily.biz writes: "Break out the champagne. After endless losses, Atari has posted a net income of $3.5 million for its first quarter. The release of Alone in the Dark was a big factor.

A couple weeks ago French publisher Infogrames reported its own first quarter fiscal results, revealing a 91 percent rise in sales, which was driven in large part by a "strong recovery" of the U.S. business (i.e. Infogrames' subsidiary Atari). Today, Atari announced its own fiscal results, and Infogrames wasn't kidding: Atari posted a profit of $3.5 million for the quarter, a vast improvement from the net loss of $11.9 million during the same period last year."
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Atari have announced that Alone in the Dark for PS3 will be undergoing improvements, rather than just being a direct port of the Xbox 360 version.
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Videogamer writes: "Atari has revealed it wants more from its major summer release, Alone in the Dark, despite the title placing at No.1 in the Xbox 360 chart and at No.3 in the All Formats chart.

"The positive review scores continue to come in and marketing support is scheduled to run through to the end of August," Atari product manager Ben Walker told MCV. "Our target now is to build upon the start and keep Alone in the Dark selling through-out the summer"

We found Alone in the Dark to be one of the most disappointing games of the year so far, scoring only 6/10 despite much early promise and plenty of good ideas"
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