Nick Vlamakis

An FPS on the Wii and Tyson vs. Ali.

(All games are shipping on Tuesday, June 23, unless otherwise noted. Your local store may not receive the game until the following day or later.)

The eagerly awaited first-person shooter, The Conduit is shipping on Tuesday, at long last, and only for the Wii. The Wiimote was pretty much made for headshots, so what’s taken so long? Yeah, it’s another space-alien/government conspiracy game, but developers High Voltage are showing off some pretty promising gameplay.

Another big Wii exclusive this week is Overlord: Dark Legend, which is a prequel to the first Overlord and distinct from the other Overlord games coming out this week. It was, of course, developed from the ground-up for everyone’s second-favorite waggle stick. Meanwhile, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are getting Overlord II, which as we’ve already read, is all about rampaging, pillaging, and various other nasty gerunds. Never one to be excluded, the DS is offering the puzzle-action game Overlord: Minions.

Commanding armies of the damned not doing it for you? The Transformers are appearing on even more platforms than the minions this week. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is coming to the Wii, 360, PS3, PC, and PSP. It allows you to play on the side of either the Autobots or the dread Decepticons. Showing either system limitations or marketing genius, the DS has an Autobots version and a Decepticons version. Yes, separate purchases.

The DS also has Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, an entry level strategy RPG with strong story elements. The PSP is shooting back with a massive RPG of its own, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (June 22), that lets you capture monsters with your friends.

Probably the biggest release, however, is Fight Night Round 4, which promises a revamped engine with deeper gameplay than ever before. Considering Round 3 was so good, that’s pretty exciting. You can even put your own lovely mug in the game using a PC or console camera. Round 4 is shipping for the 360 and PS3.

Beyond that we have Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires, the latest historically influenced Koei beat-’em-up; a Wii version of the GameCube version of the PlayStation game, Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil; and a PlayStation 2 bundle containing two PSP Grand Theft Auto games, Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories.

Not a bad week, no matter what you like. Well, maybe a 2D Overlord fighting game would have made it complete.