Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13

Title: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 3/26/2012
Overview: The greatest golfer of his generation returns to stalk the fairways in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13. You’ll walk the Tour’s greatest courses right alongside the Tour’s greatest pros, playing with optional PlayStation Move controls. Use swing metrics that deliver the most accurate shots yet. For the first time, the tempo of your swing affects your shot, with more speed delivering more distance. Get the sweet spot on the ball with a new Strike Meter and get full post-swing analysis to improve your shots. You’ll play as one of 22 of the world’s best golfers, including Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson, and Rickie Fowler, relive the greatest moments of Tiger’s career, and more.

Birds of Steel

Title: Birds of Steel
Publisher: Konami
Platform: PS3
Genre: Strategy/Sim
Release Date: 3/21/2012
Overview: Take control of planes that are part flying machine and part time machine in this World War II flight sim. Birds of Steel has mined mountains of available research and historical accounts to re-create the settings for some of history’s greatest battles. Choose from over 100 WW2-era planes and fly through 20 of the war’s pivotal conflicts, including Guadalcanal, Midway, and Pearl Harbor. Each machine has been thoroughly re-created with an emphasis on total accuracy in look, performance, and weaponry. Landscapes have been just as faithfully built, using satellite imaging and historical maps, photos, and other data to re-create the world as it looked on each of those fateful days.

Silent Hill HD Collection

Title: Silent Hill HD Collection
Publisher: Konami
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 3/20/2012
Overview: Return to the town that helped put the survival-horror genre on the map with this collection that pairs two bone-chilling classics. The Silent Hill HD Collection brings together Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 in full HD presentation, complete with sharper graphics, an updated in-game voiceover, and a soundtrack that dials up the creepy ambience. As Silent Hill 2 begins, a man is beckoned to the eerie town by a letter from his dead wife. In Silent Hill 3, dive into the mind of a teenager whose inner demons are somehow connected to the horrors that stalk the town. Each game now features fully integrated PlayStation Network Trophy support.

Armored Core V

Title: Armored Core V
Publisher: Namco
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 3/20/2012
Overview: The planet has been ravaged. Resources are scarce. The must-have look? Metal. Heavy metal. Gear up in an armored mech and enter the battle for control of a post-apocalyptic planet in Armored Core V. Prep for combat with over 500 mech customization options you can layer on top of base Thermal, Chemical, and Kinetic weapons systems. Add Close Range, Long Range, or Area “Over” Weapons that can devastate the enemy with just one shot. Five-on-five online matches are guided by an Operator who dictates strategy and tactics for each side. Store backup Armored Core units in your garage, swap items with other online players, and more.

Tales of Graces f

Title: Tales of Graces f
Publisher: Namco
Platform: PS3
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 3/13/2012
Overview: Explore an open world filled with dungeons, monsters, magic, and mystery in this anime-style RPG. On the planet Efinea, Asbel Lhant gathers his childhood friends and summons his strength. Both will be vital if he and those he loves are to survive the challenge to come. As war between three kingdoms engulfs the planet, Asbel and his friends eventually have no choice but to enter the fray. Switch seamlessly between fighting styles and dodge attacks using the Style Shift Linear Motion Battle System, then amp up the action by activating new techniques in Accelerate Mode. Up to three friends can jump in and join your party anytime with instant-on multiplayer.

Silent Hill: Downpour

Title: Silent Hill: Downpour
Publisher: Konami
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 3/13/2012
Overview: The weather in Silent Hill is rainy – but the forecast is downright chilling! Return to the hometown of horror for a dark journey into a world of madness. When a prison transport crashes outside Silent Hill, convict Murphy Pendleton is the only survivor. When he finds out what’s waiting for him, he might say the others got lucky. Freely roam through the nightmarish environment, moving through the story or going on side quests. Face horrifying creatures and unthinkable terrors as you desperately fight for your life with anything you can find. The game’s world evolves as you play, revealing new evils you summon based on your fight-or-flight style.

Yakuza Dead Souls

Title: Yakuza Dead Souls
Publisher: Sega
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 3/12/2012
Overview: The Japanese mafia members of Yakuza face a new enemy – zombies – and battle them with a new twist on Yakuza combat – guns – in Yakuza Dead Souls. Return to the fictional Tokyo red-light district of Kamurocho and play as four of the franchise’s most notorious characters as they fend off an undead invasion. Gameplay features a new-for-Yakuza emphasis on gun-play woven into a twisting Yakuza story of shifting alliances and all-out survival. You’ll use a full range of firepower, from pistols to rocket launchers to send the zombies splattering back to their graves.

FIFA Street

Title: FIFA Street
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 3/12/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an EA Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

Street football is football at its creative, improvisational best, and the authentic experience of FIFA Street is as good as street football gets. Build the ultimate squad from real pros and legendary street players. Play in a variety of styles based on how the game is unfolding on streets around the world, from London’s physical, more formal play to the freestyling play of Amsterdam. Compete for the championship in World Tour Mode or enter your team in full-season online play where you can move up to better divisions or get sent down to lower ranks. Master ball movement then school your opponent with show-stopping moves you can only unleash on the street.

Top Gun Hardlock

Title: Top Gun Hardlock
Publisher: 505 Games
Platform: PS3
Genre: Strategy/Sim
Release Date: 3/9/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

Only the best of the best are chosen for Top Gun. The chance to prove your skill is a given – but survival is not guaranteed. Use an accessible control scheme to pilot 14 of the world’s most advanced aircraft in this fast-moving flight combat sim. Fly through 15 white-knuckle missions in a story-based single-player campaign that unfolds in cinematic style. Choose from co-op and competitive online dogfights for up to 16 throttle jockeys. The stakes are highest in Hard Lock Mode, where there’s no escape once you’ve got a target lined up. Use the Hard Lock feature to engage the enemy, lock on, and let ’em have it.

Blades of Time

Title: Blades of Time
Publisher: Konami
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 3/8/2012
Overview: You are Ayumi, a warrior equipped with gunswords and the power to bend time. You’re trapped on an island full of secrets, treasures, and enemies – lots of enemies. Welcome to hack-and-slash paradise! Use your weapons and your time-travelling ability to fight your way off the island with all the bounty you can carry in a blend of melee, tactical, and combo-based combat. Activate Time Rewind to turn back time or clone yourself to solve a puzzle or beat back an oncoming enemy horde. Use Ayumi’s special Dash ability to instantly catapult yourself close to your prey. Master over 40 skill sets in solo or co-op campaigns or in PvP multiplayer.

Order Up!

Title: Order Up!
Publisher: Ignition Entertainment
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 3/7/2012
Overview: See if you can run your own business without running yourself ragged in this restaurant sim that serves up addictive fast-paced action with a heaping side of frantic fun! Wait tables, cook food, and deal with hungry customers, doing your best to keep them happy and build the reputation of your new restaurant, Kung Fusion. Serve up tasty Asian fusion dishes in quick and quirky single-player action, split-screen co-op, or turn-based head-to-head multiplayer. Use classic Six Axis controls or PlayStation Move controls in a challenge where every table is a wacky new adventure.

Major League Baseball 2K12

Title: Major League Baseball 2K12
Publisher: 2K Sports
Platform: PS3
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 3/5/2012
Overview: They say the baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. Here’s your chance to see if you can dig in and make it to the finish line. For the first time, experience an MLB season as it unfolds, taking the helm of your favorite team and playing your own virtual season right alongside the actual 2012 schedule. A Dynamic Tendency System tracks your style just like an opposing scout would, forcing you to adjust your approach from game to game and at-bat to at-bat. The top-flight feature set includes highly realistic controls, pro-level scouting reports, a new Throw Meter that lets you gamble for speed over accuracy, and much more.

Street Fighter X Tekken

Title: Street Fighter X Tekken
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 3/5/2012
Overview: Fight an unforgettable crossover battle as the worlds of Street Fighter and Tekken collide in the ultimate melee mashup! Street Fighter X Tekken is built on the explosive, battle-tested Street Fighter IV engine and art style. Favorite Tekken characters slide into Street Fighter visuals but bring their trademark moves and elegant Tekken style. Win brawler bragging rights in Versus Mode, form a dream team and use special combos and knockout assists in Tag Team Mode, or master the moves in Training Mode. Make a furious push to finish a fight (or forfeit) in ten seconds or less by activating the new Pandora system and get a boost from new gem-based powerups.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2

Title: Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2
Publisher: Koei
Platform: PS3
Genre: RPG
Release Date: 2/29/2012
Overview: Oddly original RPG Hyperdimension Neptunia returns with a new story and streamlined gameplay. The four anime goddesses known as CPUs (Console Patron Units) – video games personified – have been captured. It’s up to their younger sisters to save the day. Play as young CPU candidate Nepgear and travel through the world of Gamindustri, fighting the evil Arfoire and battling monsters on a quest to free your sister Neptune. Combat is more strategic thanks to a freer-roaming battle system, random character encounters have been eliminated, and cutscenes have been upgraded from 2D to 3D animations.

Binary Domain

Title: Binary Domain
Publisher: Sega
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 2/27/2012
Overview: The battle between man and machine has begun. The challenge is knowing who – or what – is on which side. Tokyo, 2080: A corporation breaks an international accord and creates incredibly lifelike robots. The machines have disappeared into the sea of humanity. It’s your job to weed them out. Lead a squad of soldiers through a futuristic version of Tokyo that’s split between a beaten-down lower city and a posh upper sector. Strategically choose your weapons and analyze the damage you inflict, searching for the quickest way to destroy your enemies. As the squad begins to operate with robotic precision, the line between man and machine blurs with the blast of every bullet.

SSX

Title: SSX
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/27/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an EA Online Pass code to earn experience for online play, but not to access online multiplayer. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

1260-degree Double McTwist? That’s nothing. In SSX, the greatest trick is simply surviving the run. Ride in the most extreme conditions imaginable as you conquer the most unforgiving peaks on the planet. Hold your breath in Himalayan altitudes where the air is so thin you might black out, chase sunlight in Antarctica where temps in the shadows plunge to 120 below, and more. Each peak has been re-created with incredible detail using topographical data from NASA. Race, roam, and explore a massive barrier-free world that’s rigged for multiplayer at any moment. Compete against ghosted images of your friends’ runs or go live in global competitions at any point in any drop.

Syndicate

Title: Syndicate
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 2/18/2012
Overview: It’s hard to say which weapon in Syndicate is more powerful, the one you hold in your hand or the one that sits inside your head. In 2069, people are connected by digital chips implanted in their heads. Three corporations are about to battle for control of the American market, and there are no governments left to get in the way. Choose your side in this cunning action shooter. Use your chip to hack into the head of your opponent and take them down digitally. Upgrade your hacking abilities to unleash more ferocious attacks – just don’t forget your opponents will still come at you the old fashioned way: with bullets.

Asura’s Wrath

Title: Asura’s Wrath
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 2/18/2012
Overview: Asura has just been blamed for a murder he didn’t commit. His wife has been killed. His daughter has been kidnapped. He has been stripped of his powers and cast out of his kingdom. Cue the epic, unyielding rage. Undertake an episodic quest for revenge in this titanic fusion of Asian mythology and cinematic sci-fi. Use your inner wrath to vanquish your enemies as story and action merge in unprecedented style – you’ll have control of Asura even during cutscenes. Your search gets interrupted by other demigods you’ll be forced to destroy.

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift EXTEND

Title: BlazBlue: Continuum Shift EXTEND
Publisher: Aksys
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 2/15/2012
Overview: Anime-style fighting saga BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger just keeps getting bigger! This extension of an expansion pack builds on the action, characters, and storylines of Calamity Trigger’s sequel/expansion, Continuum Shift. Head into the unknown with four new story scenarios or charge back into the events of Calamity Trigger. Familiar characters fight in new ways with a rebalanced combat system that’s stocked with new combos and calls for new strategies. Conquer any type of challenge as you navigate dungeons in Abyss Mode, command an army in Legion Mode, or face only the fiercest enemies in Unlimited Mars Mode. Online multiplayer has also been extended, with team battles playable for the first time.

EA Sports: Grand Slam Tennis 2

Title: EA Sports: Grand Slam Tennis 2
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 2/15/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an EA Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

You can’t win the Grand Slam without winning the biggest titles in tennis, and EA Sports offers the only chance to do it. Take home the sport’s top four trophies in the only tennis game that lets you compete for the Wimbledon Championship. Whether it’s the clay of Roland Garros, the grass of Wimbledon, or the hard courts of the U.S. and Australian Opens, you’ll compete on the world’s greatest stages. Play as and against top players from the current tour or take up a racquet as a legend from championships past. Work the court like a pro with precision controls designed to bring home a realistic tennis experience.