New Releases This Week

Most new videogames get released on Tuesday. Why that is the convention, I cannot say, but I say most because there are the occasional exceptions. Torchlight 2 came out on a Thursday (9/20) because the developer, Runic Games, promised it would be out late in the summer, and September 20th was the last day they could get away with releasing and have it still be considered summer. Since it was a digital only release Runic didn't have to bother shipping boxes to retailers for release and so it was less important that they launch on the day of the week that titles usually launch.

I promise I'll shut up about Torchlight now.

Nintendo, on the other hand, has always marched to the beat of their own drum. In fact, they march to their own drum so often the adage about them marching to the beat of their own drum has become cliché. Their new releases typically happen on Sundays (again, I’m unsure as to why), as is the case for Pokemon White Version 2 and Pokemon Black Version 2, which come out October 7th.  Pokemon is one franchise I've managed to stay away from, so you won't be getting my thoughts on the games, but I'm sure tons of people will snap them up. Nintendo often gets called out on rehashing franchises, but Pokemon is a huge cash cow for Ninty, so yearly releases have become the de facto standard. I’m sure millions will buy one or both of them, but I won’t be one of them.

The only way to win is to not play.

No new actual releases today (10/2) as far as RPGs go. Resident Evil 6 came out today, and while apparently it's trying to be many things, a RPG is not one of those. I’m a fan of the series, but based on critics’ reviews, I might just skip it. At any rate, I won’t take up any more time talking about it here.