{"id":1845,"date":"2009-03-01T08:08:32","date_gmt":"2009-03-01T14:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamesanityblog.com\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2009-03-01T08:08:32","modified_gmt":"2009-03-01T14:08:32","slug":"this-week-in-games-march-1-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/01\/this-week-in-games-march-1-7\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Games: March 1 &#8211; 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1855 alignright\" title=\"halowars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamesanityblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/halowars-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"halowars\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/halowars-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/halowars.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 105px) 100vw, 105px\" \/>No need to change the headline this week as we see more major releases, including some hotly anticipated exclusives!  The XBOX360 gets the hotly anticipated strategy game <strong>Halo Wars<\/strong> while the PSP gets <strong>Phantasy Star Portable<\/strong>, and a decent list for every other platform.  Perhaps the biggest surprise is that there are <strong>five<\/strong> new games out for the PS2 this week!  Check out the list!<!--more--> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/360.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1365\" title=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/360.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Halo Wars<\/li>\n<li>Tom Clancy&#8217;s HAWX<\/li>\n<li>Major League Baseball 2K9<\/li>\n<li>SBK Superbike World Championship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1366\" title=\"ps3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Major League Baseball 2K9<\/li>\n<li>Tom Clancy&#8217;s HAWX<\/li>\n<li>MLB &#8217;09: The Show<\/li>\n<li>SBK Superbike World Championship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/wii.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1367\" title=\"wii\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/wii.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We Ski and Snowboard<\/li>\n<li>Major League Baseball 2K9<\/li>\n<li>Sonic and the Black Knight<\/li>\n<li>Grey&#8217;s Anatomy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1368\" title=\"ps2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ps2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spongebob Square Pants Happy Squared Double Pack<\/li>\n<li>MLB &#8217;09: The Show<\/li>\n<li>Major League Baseball 2K9<\/li>\n<li>King of Fighters 98: Ultimate Match<\/li>\n<li>Tomb Raider Underworld<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/psp.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1369\" title=\"psp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/psp.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SBK Superbike World Championship<\/li>\n<li>MLB &#8217;09: The Show<\/li>\n<li>Phantasy Star Portable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ds.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1370\" title=\"ds\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/ds.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MLB 2K9 Fantasy All Stars<\/li>\n<li>SpongeBob vs. The Big One: Beach Party Cook Off<\/li>\n<li>Littlest Pet Shop: Spring<\/li>\n<li>Grey&#8217;s Anatomy<\/li>\n<li>Peggle Dual Shot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/pc.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1371\" title=\"pc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/pc.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Empire: Total War<\/li>\n<li>Major League Baseball 2K9<\/li>\n<li>Grey&#8217;s Anatomy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As for last week &#8230; well, <strong>Killzone 2<\/strong> is apparently excellent, so all those who have been anticipating the arrival of their pre-orders have been rewarded.  Most other things were a mixed bag &#8211; the XBOX360 <strong>Star Ocean<\/strong> game got mixed reviews but is apparently solid, while the Wii version of <strong>Dead Rising<\/strong> is generally seen as under-performing and somewhat disappointing.  And the multi-platform 50 Cent game is, well, better than the last one anyway &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Last week I seemed to have torn through loads of games, including several more iPhone games including the excellent <strong>iDracula<\/strong> (think Smash TV) and <strong>The Quest<\/strong> (old school first-person RPG).   I also finished up a load of other stuff, including the campaign for the solid PC RTS <strong>Warhammer Dawn of War II<\/strong>, as well as <strong>Fire Emblem: Dragon Storm<\/strong>, <strong>Blue Dragon Plus<\/strong>, and <strong>Legacy of Y&#8217;s<\/strong> on the DS and finally being done with replaying different parts of <strong>LocoRoco 2<\/strong> on the PSP. <\/p>\n<p><strong>What I&#8217;m Currently Playing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>PC:<\/em> <strong>Drakensang: The Dark Eye<\/strong> &#8211; this is right up my alley: classic but modern RPG with loads of quests and character development and interactions and a fun &#8216;real-time with pause&#8217; combat system!<\/li>\n<li><em>DS:<\/em> <strong>Puzzle Quest: Galactrix<\/strong> &#8211; I love this franchise, so I put off touching it until I could put in some time &#8211; will report back next week.<\/li>\n<li><em>PSP:<\/em> <strong>Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII<\/strong> &#8211; replaying this one after a discussion with the editor on another sight &#8211; he puts it at the very top of the PSP library, I just reviewed it as &#8216;solid&#8217; &#8230; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy gaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No need to change the headline this week as we see more major releases, including some hotly anticipated exclusives! The XBOX360 gets the hotly anticipated strategy game Halo Wars while the PSP gets Phantasy Star Portable, and a decent list for every other platform. Perhaps the biggest surprise is that there are five new games [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-week-in-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}