Worldwide PS3 releases for the week of July 27th

by Jem Alexander { Jul 27th 2008 at 8:00AM }

Soulcalibur IV gets its worldwide release this week. If you're not into weapon based fighting games with a Star Wars twist, there's very little else that might interest you. By "very little" we do, of course, mean "nothing." If you live in Europe, however, you might be interested in knowing that a bunch of Platinum titles are being released this week. All of these five games are well worth their new £20 price, despite the yucky yellow packaging. Here's the full release list:

US Games

Soulcalibur IV

EU Games

Asian Games

Protip: Play.com have cut £2 off their Platinum price for the full range. £18 for Uncharted or Ratchet & Clank? You'd be mad not to. Release dates are constantly subject to change, so check with your local retailer if you're concerned.

Tags: euroreleases, platinum, releases, soul-calibur-iv

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Brodie-san @ Jul 27th 2008 9:02AM

For my fellow Europeans: this price is €29.99 where the euro is currency of choice. Which is 320 million people by the way.

Please: If you're going to say "Europe" can you also try and give the euro price? It makes the post relevant and is more inclusive than just giving the sterling price.

Thanks.

Brodie-san @ Jul 27th 2008 9:18AM

I just wanted to say (before the flames arrive) that I'm a big fan of this site and I do appreciate all the bloggers' contributions.

Rowdehaj @ Jul 27th 2008 9:32AM

Thanks for saying exactly what's been on my mind with every Europe-post made on this (otherwise fantastic) blog. I don't think people should flame you for this, either.

Davis @ Jul 27th 2008 9:47AM

This isn't really a flame but isn't it supposed to be awkward to call yourself -san?

ymmv @ Jul 27th 2008 10:50AM

Brodie-san makes a very good point. If you write about EUROPEAN games, use the EUROPEAN EURO instead of the British pound. And please, if you want to use Play.com links, use one with prices in Euros instead! The UK is a part of Europe, not the other way round.

Brodie-san @ Jul 27th 2008 11:07AM

Thanks for the positive comments guys. It's a small thing really but it does peeve me sometimes.

@ Davis.
Yes, calling yourself san (or sama) is a big no-no in Japanese. The "san" suffix is an honorific for addressing other people. When registering for this site the handle "Brodie" was taken so, looking for something similar and taking into account the fact that I study Japanese I added it on to make the name unique.

So, now it's just my handle, it's not meant to be "grammatically accurate". :)

Good catch though.
;)

RG @ Jul 27th 2008 9:13AM

Wait a minute... when do the Platinum titles hit the American shores? I've never played Uncharted, but I really want to purchase the title since trophies are hitting in less than a month.

Or.. maybe I should just rent.

Bob @ Jul 27th 2008 9:22AM

never because we have greatest hits not platinum

maroofh @ Jul 27th 2008 9:47AM

lol

gb @ Jul 27th 2008 9:56AM

These are even cheaper at dvd.co.uk @ £15.95 each

AMG @ Jul 27th 2008 9:58AM

Really looking forward to Soul Calibur IV and The platinum series! Lets hope xbox 360 guys dont get darth vader mwahaha.

PSN: AMG777

kevin @ Jul 27th 2008 6:55PM

they are getting it in form of dlc.

Laurens Holst @ Jul 27th 2008 10:48AM

Soul Calibur IV is a definite buy for me :). Of the platinum titles, I have all of them already, except Motorstorm, maybe I should get that after all. OTOH, might as well wait till Motorstorm 2 is out…

aMIGA_dUDE @ Jul 27th 2008 12:22PM

SUPER PROTIP

Amazon UK has cut the price of Platinum by £3 to £17 a title

benny boy @ Jul 27th 2008 12:49PM

Why is the blogger called "PS3Fanboy Staff" instead of someone's name?

eugene @ Jul 27th 2008 1:44PM

He's still in the PS3 closet and doesn't know how to break the news to his friends and family yet.

Petri @ Jul 27th 2008 3:10PM

Because of this: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/24/aol-makes-big-budget-cuts-across-blogs/#comments

Young_Jey @ Jul 27th 2008 2:26PM

do you guys know if soul calibur will have trophies?

Andrew Yoon @ Jul 28th 2008 1:58AM

No Trophies, sorry.

dip @ Jul 27th 2008 2:54PM

Why is Europe getting Uncharted with their Platinum, but NA isn't getting it with Greatest Hits? :(

rainking187 @ Jul 27th 2008 7:58PM

Or Heavenly Sword or Ratchet? Seriously I've been waiting for some sort of price drop on Ratchet for a while now.

Dan @ Jul 28th 2008 5:15AM

"Brodie-san makes a very good point. If you write about EUROPEAN games, use the EUROPEAN EURO instead of the British pound. And please, if you want to use Play.com links, use one with prices in Euros instead! The UK is a part of Europe, not the other way round."
But what about those of us in the UK who want the price in Pounds Sterling and really don't care what the price is in Euros?

Michel @ Jul 28th 2008 11:19AM

I would answer that you are in minority since euro is used or will be in 90% of European Union while the British pound is only used in your island... It's more logical to use EURO when you speak about EUROPE. What else ?