This week's release list can be described in a few words: college football. Tuesday marks the release of multiplatform sports game NCAA Football 2009 on every modern console there is to date. During our search, we've found that some games haven't surfaced in the previous weeks - even on online retail. So expect to see a repeat showing this week. Maybe we should consider renaming "On Shelves This Week" to "Should Be Out This Week"... Now there's a thought. Upcoming releases follows at the full story.

 

Sad news for the folks looking forward to Ancient Wars: Sparta. It seems that WorldForge, the developer of the game, has stopped working with PlayLogic, the game's publisher.

Checking WorldForge's site, we found the following news tidbit:

Software developer WorldForge today announces that because of the multiple material breaches committed by PlayLogic publishing company the agreement for the development of Ancient Wars: Sparta game was terminated since 1st June 2007. All rights for Ancient Wars: Sparta since 1 June 2007 unconditionally were reverted back to WorldForge, and Play Ten Interactive was appointed as a worldwide agent for the game on the same date.

As you can probably guess, no word has been given as to a new publisher for the game other than the info about Play Ten Interactive, but we're mostly hoping the game continues development. The demo made it look like such a promising game, and we definitely want to see more of it in the future.

  

The video game Ancient Wars: Sparta developed by WorldForge and published by Playlogic is an accurate historical depiction of the Spartan Civilization. The game has 30 missions which cover the major battles that occurred from 700 to 300 BC. The game itself has multiple features, all of which help in the retelling of the history of one of the most powerful military nations during the time.

Features:

• Nature's Elements will be a factor (Wind and Fire)
• Heroes with different role effects
• More than 15 different buildings for each tribe
• Huge armies with hundreds of troops
• Huge selection of weapons, kit, and armory

While the promises from the game developer WorldForge are all good, you might want to know that the developing team's head is none other than "The Settlers" veteran Torsten Hess. We can only hope that with his experienced leadership, the video game will turn out well. Ancient Wars: Sparta is expected to be out in the US on March 13, 2007 at an MSRP of US$ 39.99. Before you go, check out the screenshots of the game and see if it's for you.

  

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