Hawty McBloggy Invites You to Play

Wondering what games are expected to hit store shelves next month? Here is what you can expect for the month of September, assuming there are no delays.

Infinite Undiscovery – 09.02.08
RPG – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Mistaken for a renowned hero, Capell is thrust into a conflict to sever the chains that bind the moon to his world in INFINITE UNDISCOVERY. Traverse a seamless, expansive world with a party formed from 18 characters. Rise against the wicked Order of Chains in fierce real-time combat, but beware … not all battles are won by force. The most obvious solution is rarely the right move. Shatter the chains and release the Order’s grip on the world.

Rapala Fishing Frenzy – 09.02.08
Sports – Rated Teen

Features (from IGN.com) :

Developed by Fun Labs in close collaboration with Rapala, the world’s largest manufacturer of fishing lures and #1 fishing brand in the world, the title supplies heart-pounding fishing action in over 20 tournament events.

Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise – 09.02.08
Virtual Pet – Rated Everyone

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Return to magical Piñata Island in Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise. Unfortunately, not all is well on the island, as Professor Pester and his gang of Ruffians have wiped out Piñata Central’s computer records, posing a threat to parties everywhere. Rebuild the computer database and thwart Professor Pester’s evil plot by sending piñatas at full candiosity to parties all around the world. Build and maintain your piñata gardens—using your creativity and imagination to attract, trap, protect, train, and manage more than 100 different piñata species.

Warhammer: Battle March – 09.02.08
RTS – Rated Mature

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Prepare for the Battle March invasion! Command the armies of the mighty Empire, the marauding hordes of Chaos, or the unruly Orcs and Goblins as they clash in a battle that will determine the fate of the world in Warhammer: Battle March. Experience the action and strategy of a real-time strategy game without the necessity of tedious resource management, with six fully playable armies (Empire, Chaos, Skaven, High Elves, Orcs and Goblins, and Dark Elves), plus additional controllable races, Champions and Heroes.

FaceBreaker – 09.03.08
Sports – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

The renaissance of the arcade boxing genre is upon us. Created by the same team that developed the award-winning Fight Night Round 3, FaceBreaker offers irreverent fun, immersive gameplay, and eye-popping stylized graphics.

In this in-your-face, arcade world full of ego-wielding characters, each boxer comes to life with unique attributes and distinct personal style. Pit Romeo, a Latin lover known for his pelvic thrusts, against Molotov, an oversized Russian demolitions expert with a penchant for fighting dirty, to see how Romeo’s back-handed slaps fare against Molotov’s illegal use of explosives. Add a little personal motivation to your fight by uploading a photo of your face to create a realistic likeness using Photo Game Face, and go toe-to-toe with a real-life friend or foe.

NFL Head Coach 09 – 09.03.08
Sports – Rated Everyone

Features (from Xbox.com) :

In the NFL, the right coaching decisions combined with focused preparation can turn a last place team into a championship contender. NFL Head Coach 09 gives you the opportunity to make the decisions that can turn your NFL franchise into a champion. Do you have what it takes to be an NFL Head Coach?

NHL 2K9 – 09.08.08
Sports – Rated E10+

Features (from IGN.com) :

An updated arsenal of highlight reel-worthy superstar moves, blocked shots, stick-handling moves, hit-by-puck collisions, and an enhanced skating engine make up for an exciting and all-new hockey experience complete with more than 1,400 new gameplay animations.

NHL 09 – 09.09.08
Sports – Rated E10+

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Welcome to the future of sports video gaming with NHL 09. With all-new Be A Pro mode, step onto the ice and play an entire career as yourself through a dynamic camera angle in two compelling game modes. As a single player, earn your own hockey card progressing from the AHL to the NHL, or play the first true massively multiplayer online console sports game, allowing you to assemble a team with up to 50 friends in the new EA SPORTS Hockey League. Playing with 11 live players online or storming the ice on your own, evolve your game and have a legendary career with NHL 09.

TNA iMPACT! – 09.09.08
Wrestling – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

TNA iMPACT! is the exclusive Total Nonstop Action wrestling game based on the top-rated weekly television show, TNA Impact! Choose the wrestling style, custom move set and clothing to construct the ultimate champion. TNA drenches the player in moves and match types that allow amazing acrobatic and aerial feats along with the bone-jarring crush of hard-hitting impacts. The game features top wrestling talent such as Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarrett, Rhino, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Sting, Christian Cage, Abyss, and more to deliver all of the excitement and action of the television show!

Zoids Assault – 09.09.08
TBS – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

When war broke out between the world’s two main superpowers, the Guylos Empire and the Republic of Helic, the effects rippled across the globe, dragging other nations into the fight. Two such nations were Maroll and Jamil. During the war, Maroll’s attacks on the neighboring Jamil were devastating, and even a decade after the war had ended, Jamil’s economy and infrastructure hadn’t fully recovered. Animosity, paranoia, and mutual mistrust between the two nations hindered their ability to find common ground and complete their peace talks. For ten long years, the two nations found themselves in the middle of a cold war.

Now, in Zoids Assault, after a mysterious explosion at one of Maroll’s military bases, two covert ops teams are sent into Jamil territory, their exact mission details never disclosed. Somehow, the events of the present are inextricably linked to the past, to the final days of the war, ten years ago.

Rock Band 2 (game only) – 09.14.08
Music – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Harmonix and MTV Games are taking the groundbreaking music platform that forever changed the face of music video games to the next level with the release of Rock Band 2.

Rock Band 2 builds upon its foundation as the first music game to introduce co-operative band gameplay, multiple instruments, a robust online multiplayer experience, an unrivaled offering of downloadable content, and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, and authenticity.

Baja: Edge of Control – 09.15.08
Racing – Rated Everyone

Features (from IGN.com) :

In Baja, players will conquer more than 100 square miles of the toughest terrain Mother Nature has to offer, including the steepest mountains, thickest mud and deepest canyons ever created. With more than 40 vehicles in eight classes, including Trophy Trucks, 4×4s and buggies, Baja features a full array of upgradeable options with hundreds of authentic parts that affect each vehicle’s performance. Players will put their off-road machines to the test in near-vertical Hill Climb challenges, head-to-head Open Class races, circuit races and the ultimate off-road endurance challenge: the Baja. Baja’s open worlds extend thousands of miles across all landscapes in races that can last up to four hours. The game’s revolutionary vehicle physics deliver unprecedented life-like handling, and a support management system allows gamers to monitor and repair realistic vehicle damage as fenders fly, tires are blown, suspension is stressed and engines overheat. Baja supports four-player split screen multiplayer capability, 12-player online and LAN as well as multiple-screen panoramic view.

Armored Core For Answer – 09.16.08
Action – Rated Teen

Features (from IGN.com) :

In the distant future, massive urban development and pollution have critically damaged the planet. There is widespread fear that the end of the world is approaching. The League corporations, a military superpower, control the planet’s infrastructure and have forced most of the world’s population to live in huge aerial communities, called Cradles, to avoid the contamination. The ORCA, a rebel resistance still residing on the surface of the polluted planet, have amassed a formidable arsenal and are mobilizing to attack The League’s bases to put an end to their iron grip on the planet. As a mercenary armed with cutting-edge military robot technology, choose your side and defeat the other factions by harnessing the power of the deadliest and most gigantic weapons ever created by mankind.

Battle Fantasia – 09.16.08
Adventure – Rated Teen

Features (from IGN.com) :

There was once a time when the world was engulfed in darkness. Mankind fought six battles to save their world, but lost every single one. All hope was lost for humanity, but one day the darkness was finally driven back by the swords of four heroes. Light returned to the world, and with it came peace and serenity. The world was then divided into two major countries: The Magic Kingdom and the Steam Empire. The people prospered like never before. But in recent months, rumors spread among the people that the darkness was returning. However, fate has once again brought together warriors from all over the world. Some fight in the relentless pursuit of justice. Some fight due to their conviction and faith.

Developed by ARC System Works, creators of the highly popular Guilty Gear series, Battle Fantasia utilizes RPG-stylish elements and blends them with high level gameplay. Players will also be able to pick between 12 beautifully illustrated characters by Emiko Iwasaki, and battle it out in front of gorgeous high-definition 3D environments.

Pure – 09.16.08
Racing – Rated Everyone

Features (from Xbox.com) :

The action sports off-road racing game Pure has been developed by Disney Interactive Studios’ award-winning development team, Black Rock Studio, in Brighton, England. Pure takes off-road racing to a new level. Featuring vertigo-inducing massive aerial jumps and spectacular airborne tricks in photo-realistic real-world locations all over the globe, Pure delivers heart-pounding action unique to the genre. Experience pure adrenaline and emotion as you execute incredible aerial tricks and death-defying massive jumps.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed – 09.16.08
Action – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

The saga continues in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, casting players as Darth Vader’s “Secret Apprentice” and unveiling new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. Set in the era between Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV: A New Hope, players must assist the iconic villain in his quest to rid the universe of Jedi, and face decisions that could change the course of their destiny.

Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway – 09.23.08
FPS – Rated Mature

Features (from Xbox.com) :

Delivering on the franchise’s compelling story, unrivaled authenticity and intense squad-based action, Brothers in Arms Hell’s Highway drops you into the largest WWII airborne operation: Operation Market Garden. The Allies were fresh from their victory at Normandy and had a simple plan to get some trucks up a highway and be home by Christmas. But it didn’t happen as planned.

Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 09 – 09.23.08
Hunting – Rated Teen

Features (from IGN.com) :

Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2009 puts players in bone chilling, pressure-packed hunting situations as they seek out savage animals in the world’s most dangerous locations.

Players will face raw danger as they encounter the fiercest animals on earth, including lions, grizzly bears, jaguars and more. Accurately modeled Cabela’s equipment in the game means the firearms, tactics and gear are all realistic and precise – but this won’t always help in the face of an unpredictable, open environment packed with avalanches, elephant stampedes, and piranha infested waters. If you do miss a shot and fail to stop a charging man-eating animal, you will be forced to fight it via a melee defense – but pay attention; it’s likely another nearby animal will join the attack.

LEGO Batman: The Videogame – 09.23.08
Action – Rated E10+

Features (from Xbox.com) :

In LEGO Batman: The Videogame, play as Batman and his sidekick Robin as you build, drive, swing, and fight your way through Gotham City capturing escaped villains including The Joker, The Penguin, and Scarecrow and putting them back in Arkham Asylum where they belong. Then jump into the story from the other side and play as Batman’s foes! Enjoy the power you wield and battle Batman while spreading chaos throughout the city. There’s no rest for the good (or the evil!).

Warriors Orochi 2 – 09.23.08
Action – Rated Teen

Features (from Xbox.com) :

The worlds of Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors are about to collide in Warriors Orochi! Without warning, the venomous Serpent King Orochi has descended from the skies and used his unworldly powers to kidnap the strongest, wisest, and most courageous warriors from ancient China and feudal Japan in a scheme to test his might.

Guilty Gear 2: Overture – 09.30.08
Action – Rated Teen

Features (from IGN.com) :

A 3D action spin-off in the Guilty Gear franchise in which humanity must battle the awesome power of biological weapons known as Gears. Guilty Gear 2: Overture features refined mechanics, multiplayer action, dual language capability, tactical melee action and more.

Legendary – 09.30.08
FPS – Rated Mature

Features (from Xbox.com) :

All creatures of ancient myth, legend and lore are real. They’ve just been sealed away for thousands of years inside Pandora’s box, waiting … for you … in Legendary. When a thief named Deckard is hired to steal an ancient artifact, he unwittingly triggers a war between man and myth.

Griffons rule the skies, werewolves tear the innocent limb from limb, and cities are held under siege as creatures we’d dismissed as imaginings of our ancestors prove to be very real and very angry for being held prisoner for untold millennia. As the only person able to return these creatures to the box, Deckard finds that he must work with a shadowy secret society to save civilization before it is torn apart by tooth and claw.