First week of October is here so let’s take a look at this month’s noteworthy gaming line-up.

Week of Oct. 6

• Demon’s Souls (PS3)
  • A seemingly tough JRPG with a western aesthetic. I’m intrigued by it and would love to play it, but it’s an incredibly crowded month.
• NBA Live 10 (360, PS3, PSP)
  • Surprisingly, my brother isn’t picking up an NBA game this season.
• Wii Fit Plus
  • It’s a nice replacement for new comers, but is it worth picking up for current owners? My mom says no.
• Afrika (PS3)
  • An African safari simulator. I’d love to try this out.
• MotorStorm: Arctic Edge (PSP, PS2)
  • It’s MotorStorm for the PSP and PS2. Intrigued, but that’s about it.
• Critter Crunch (PSN)
  • It came out on iPhone already and if it wasn’t for the attractive price tag of $6.99, I wouldn’t have given this a second look. But here we are.

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Announcements

• Tekken 6 confirmed for PlayStation Portable as well (via IGN)
• Lost Planet 2 Xbox 360 demo releasing around E3 2009 (via Kotaku)
• Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth announced for winter 2009 (via Kotaku)
• SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny confirmed for PlayStation Portable (via GameSpot)

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The “year of the fighters” will have a strong finish later this year with the release of Tekken 6. I dabbled with Tekken 5 and its Dark Resurrection rerelease for the PSP, but I just couldn’t get into it. And not because it was a bad game, the game just never clicked with yours truly. Between the two Namco fighters, I rather play SoulCalibur.

However, that doesn’t stop me from admiring how Namco got schoolgirls and pandas to fight one another.

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