Game Releases at J&R on February 9 2010

While rain, snow, and homework may keep you indoors, there are a lot of new games being released this week. From arcade classics to shooters to RPG, there’s excitement waiting.

Data East Arcade Classics for Wii

This classic collection from Data East lets you relive some of the greatest arcade games of all-time. From shooters to sports, puzzle and twitch action games, this compilation of arcade hits offers nostalgic appeal and full multiplayer support at a terrific value.

Includes 15 classic arcade games: BurgerTime, Peter Pepper’s Ice Cream Factory (the rare sequel to Burger Time), Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja, Burnin’ Rubber, Caveman Ninja, Crude Buster, Express Raider, Heavy Barrel, Lock ‘n’ Chase, Magical Drop III, Secret Agent, Side Pocket, Street Hoop, Super Real Darwin and Wizard Fire

Unlock multiple rewards by achieving 75 different goals. Earn Music Soundtracks, Gallery Items, Classic Arcade Marquees and Bezels, and much more. Link your high scores to your Mii characters. Save, load and pause the game at any point during play; no quarters required Supports the Wii Remote, Wii Remote with Nunchuk, Classic Controller and GameCube controller. Team up with or play against your friends in any game. All games have single and two player versions.

Bio Shock 2 for PC, X360, PS3

Single-Player Features: Evolution of the Genetically Enhanced Shooter: Innovative advances bring new depth and dimension to each encounter. New elements, such as the ability to dual-wield weapons and Plasmids, allow players to create exciting combinations of punishment. Return to Rapture: Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the story continues with an epic, more intense journey through one of the most captivating and terrifying fictional worlds ever created. You Are the Big Daddy: Take control of BioShock’s signature and iconic symbol with the original prototype Big Daddy, and experience the power and raw strength of Rapture’s most feared denizens as you battle powerful new enemies. Continuation of the Award-Winning Narrative: New and unique storytelling devices serve as the vehicle for the continuation of one of gaming’s most acclaimed storylines.

Multiplayer Features: Genetically Enhanced Multiplayer - Earn experience points during gameplay to earn access to new Weapons, Plasmids and Tonics that can be used to create hundreds of different combinations, allowing players to develop a unique character that caters to their playing style.

Dante’s Inferno PSP, PS3, X360

It’s taken over 6 centuries to adapt Dante’s Inferno as a video game. We’ve looked at it. It’s definitely worth it. Explore the nine circles of hell and see if you can be triumphant.

An abducted soul, a lifetime of sins, a journey to the depths of despair, Dante’s Inferno is a third-person action adventure adaptation of the medieval epic poem The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. The dark fiction gave birth to the Tuscan Italian dialect and is widely considered to have defined the western world’s contemporary conception of hell and purgatory. The poem tells the tale of Dante who journeys through the twisted, menacing nine circles of hell in pursuit of his beloved Beatrice.

Written in the 14th Century, The Divine Comedy was published and read aloud in Italian (unlike the Bible), thereby making the poem accessible to the mass public. The poem delivers a striking and allegorical vision of the Christian afterlife and the punishments of hell. In part one, known as Dante’s Inferno, Dante traverses all nine circles of hell; limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, wrath, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery.

Star Ocean - Last Hope International PS3

The newest RPG from Square Enix brings all the hallmarks of Star Ocean — an incredible story, intense graphics, and real-time battle action — to the PlayStation 3. The year is SD 10. Following World War III, humanity voyages into the stars in search of a new homeland a second chance. What they discover instead a terrible threat. Now, mankind must fight for a new home in the great Star Ocean!

Sins of a Solar Empire PC

Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy is the second and final micro-expansion pack for Sins of a Solar Empire. The first one, Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment, added new technologies and starbases to allow players greater military options in their conquest. By contrast, Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy, allows players the option to take on a more Machiavellian strategy towards victory.

With Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy, players get a new research tree that vastly expands the diplomatic options available to players. Computer controlled players, for instance, can become pawns in a greater game. The enhanced computer AI, however, can make back room deals as well with great subtlety.

Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy is a micro-expansion and requires the full version of Sins of a Solar Empire and Entrenchment to play.

Shren the Wanderer Wii

Shiren the Wanderer is the critically acclaimed roguelike RPG for Wii. As Shiren, a wandering adventurer with a penchant for exploration, monster-slaying, and item collection, you will trek across a beautiful and varied countryside with your companion, Koppa, a talking ferret. Randomly generated areas, intense boss battles, extensive item customization, and a cast of intriguing and unpredictable characters translate into one of the most satisfying RPG experiences of the year.

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