July 2009 - games, that were released this month

Worms: Reloaded Game of the Year Edition

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Turn-based

July 1, 2009 → Xbox 360

Worms: Reloaded Game of the Year Edition is a third-person arcade turn-based strategy game with platformer elements. Experience the visuals of a new high-definition...

King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Arcade

July 1, 2009 → Xbox 360

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This arcade fighting game brings characters from the King of Fighters series together for a “dream match” in which selected fighters face off. Ultimate Match...

Lunnye Devitsy

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Metroidvania, Side view

July 1, 2009 → PC

Steam: 69/100

This adventure platformer follows an alien who falls from the moon onto a mountainside on a strange planet and must find a way home. The player explores unusual...

Return to Mysterious Island 2

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Point & Click, Casual game

July 1, 2009 → PC; July 10, 2009 → PC

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 64/100

Return to Mysterious Island 2 is an adventure logic puzzle game with a first-person view in the point and click genre. Mina's rescue at the end of the first game...

Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

July 1, 2009 → iOS; July 2, 2009 → iPhone

Metacritic: 90/100

This action platformer with puzzles follows a group of Rolandos on a journey across tropical islands in search of the fabled Golden Orchid. They travel through...

Street Fighter 4

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

July 1, 2009 → PC; July 3, 2009 → PC; July 7, 2009 → PC

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Street Fighter IV is a fighting game that returns the series to its classic two-dimensional combat, pairing familiar moves from Street Fighter II with...

Worms 2: Armageddon

Strategy, Puzzle, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

July 1, 2009 → Xbox 360

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Worms 2: Armageddon is a special edition of the tactical strategy Worms 2 for consoles and mobile devices. The game will tell about the famous and “unsinkable...

Burdaloo

Strategy, Puzzle

July 1, 2009 → Mac

Burdaloo is a strategy game with puzzle elements from developers from CasualCafe and Pretty Good Games Corp. studios. The game is published by...

Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie

July 1, 2009 → Mac

Players: 10/10

Steam: 65/100

This cartoon-style third-person shooter follows the last surviving Legionnaire as he takes on an entire rebel army. Its short campaign features a range of...

Jewel Twist

Strategy, Puzzle, Sandbox

July 1, 2009 → PC

Jewel Twist is a strategy game with puzzle and sandbox elements from the masters at Kristanix Studios ANS. The game is published by Kristanix Studios...

Lost City of Aquatica

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Puzzle

July 1, 2009 → Mac

Lost City of Aquatica is a top-down strategy with business simulator and puzzle elements from developers from the Camel 101 studio. The game is published by Camel...

Secrets of the Vatican: The Holy Lance

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

July 1, 2009 → iPhone; July 22, 2009 → Mac

Secrets of the Vatican: The Holy Lance is a first-person adventure with puzzle elements from the masters of Mzone Studio and SOLILAB. The game is published by...

Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 - Know Thy Enemy

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

July 1, 2009 → Browser

Several Journeys of Reemus: Chapter 3 — Know Thy Enemy is a third-person adventure with a mix of puzzle and fantasy from developer Zeebarf. The main publisher...

Tikibar

Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Puzzle

July 1, 2009 → Mac

Tikibar is a third-person strategy game with business simulation and puzzle elements from the Camel 101 studio. The main publisher of the game is Camel...

WordIt

Strategy, Educational game (Education), Puzzle

July 1, 2009 → Browser

WordIt is a strategy game mixed with educational game and puzzle game from the masters at Creative Spark Studios. The PC version of WordIt, unfortunately, has not...

Trine

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

July 2, 2009 → PC; July 10, 2009 → PC

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This fantasy action-platformer with physics-based puzzles follows a wizard, a knight and a thief whose fates become bound by a mysterious artifact called the Trine...

Red Faction 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

July 2, 2009 → PC

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 52/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A first-person shooter set on twenty-second-century Earth, where a squad of super-soldiers moves against the dictator Sopot. Five years after the rebellion on Mars...

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Online

July 2, 2009 → PC; July 3, 2009 → PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood is a continuation of the dynamic western with a first-person view in the Call of Juarez series. The events of the game will tell the...

Capcom Classics Collection Remixed

Action, Fighting, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Collection, Historical

July 2, 2009 → PSP

Metacritic: 72/100

This collection brings together 20 classic Capcom games, including 1941, Avengers, Block Block, Captain Commando, Magic Sword, Quiz and Dragons, Street Fighter...

Dementium: The Ward

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Old school, Survival horror, Survival

July 2, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Waking up in an abandoned hospital with no memory of the past, the hero finds himself in a nightmare where the walls whisper, shadows breathe, and the only weapons...

FUEL

First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Post-apocalyptic, Motorcycle racing, Racing

July 2, 2009 → PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; July 3, 2009 → PC; July 23, 2009 → PC; July 29, 2009 → PC

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 67/100

FUEL is an arcade racing simulator with first-person and third-person views. The game takes place in a dystopian future, where the entire world is mired in a harsh...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

July 2, 2009 → PSP, Nintendo DS

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 60/100

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) — in the game you can freely travel throughout all the lands of Hogwarts and cast spells on any object, like its...

Time Gentlemen, Please!

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

July 2, 2009 → PC

Metacritic: 84/100

A third-person adventure puzzle about time travel and an attempt to undo events that wiped out all human life. In Time Gentlemen, Please!, the protagonist must deal...

The Punisher: No Mercy

July 2, 2009 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 47/100

A first-person shooter inspired by Marvel Comics’ Punisher stories, built primarily around fast-paced online combat. Players choose from the Punisher’s allies and...

2K Huge Games Pack

Collection

July 2, 2009 → PC

2K Huge Games Pack is a game. The game is published by 2K Games...

Aubergine Sky

Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

July 2, 2009 → Browser

Aubergine Sky is a third-person adventure game. There has still been no announcement of Aubergine Sky for...

Ceville

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Strategy

July 2, 2009 → PC; July 7, 2009 → PC

Players: 3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This fantasy point-and-click adventure follows Ceville, a former tyrant driven from the palace of Faeryanis after the people rise against him. While Queen Gwendolyn...

G.H.O.S.T Chronicles: Phantom of the Renaissance Faire

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

July 2, 2009 → PC; July 31, 2009 → Mac

G.H.O.S.T Chronicles: Phantom of the Renaissance Faire is a first-person adventure with a touch of horror and puzzle from the developers of Aisle 5 Games, Inc.. The...

Ishar Compilation

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, First-person view, Collection, Fantasy / Medieval

July 2, 2009 → PC

Ishar Compilation is a first-person RPG with action and fantasy elements from Silmarils. The main publisher of the game is DotEmu...

M¿nd Quiz

Action, Educational game (Education)

July 2, 2009 → PSP

M¿nd Quiz is an action game with a touch of educational game from the masters from the SEGA Toys studio. The main publisher of the game is Ubisoft. Sometimes...

MoneySeize

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

July 2, 2009 → PC, Browser

MoneySeize is a third-person action game with a dash of platforming. The main publisher of the game is Kongregate. In some circles MoneySeize is also called...

NumBlast

Strategy, Puzzle, Board / Group Game

July 2, 2009 → PlayStation 3, PSP

Players: 7/10

NumBlast is a strategy with puzzle elements from developers from the studio Sony Computer Entertainment Japan. The game is published by Sony Computer Entertainment...

Overlord: Dark Legend

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

July 2, 2009 → Wii

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 68/100

This fantasy action-adventure with strategy and puzzle elements takes place before the original Overlord and gives fairy-tale lore a satirical twist. Players...

Personal Nightmare

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

July 2, 2009 → PC

Personal Nightmare is a first-person adventure with a touch of horror from developers from the Horror Soft studio. The game is published by Horror...

Pokémon Platinum Version

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Turn-based

July 2, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 83/100

This turn-based role-playing game is set in the Sinnoh region and introduces the mysterious Distortion World, a place unlike other locations in the series. As the...

Rats! (2009)

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view

July 2, 2009 → iPhone

Rats! (2009) is a top-down...

Boku no Natsuyasumi 4

Simulation, Adventure

July 2, 2009 → PSP

Boku no Natsuyasumi 4 is a simulator with adventure elements from developers from the Millennium Kitchen studio. The game is published by Sony Computer...

Powerboat Challenge

Third-person view, Sports game

July 3, 2009 → iPhone

Powerboat Challenge is a sports game with a third-person view from developers from the Fishlabs Entertainment GmbH studio. The game is published by Fishlabs...

Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Hidden Objects

July 3, 2009 → PC

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This first-person adventure with puzzles and horror elements unfolds at a Welsh estate where ancient myths begin to intrude on modern life. The player is asked to...

Virtua Tennis 2009

Third-person view, Sports game, Tennis

July 3, 2009 → PC; July 10, 2009 → PC

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Virtua Tennis 2009 — Includes a World Tour mode and a fully integrated online ranking system. All of the new player creation options give the player the...