April 2011 - games, that were released this month for PlayStation 3

Crysis 2 - release date for PlayStation 3

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

April 1, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Crysis 2 is a continuation of the futuristic first-person shooter. Aliens have invaded the streets of New York, and only you have the weapon that can save the city...

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow — Reverie

Action, Slasher

April 1, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow — Reverie is an action game with slasher elements from developers from Konami and MercurySteam Entertainment studios. The game is...

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters

Golf, In real time, Third-person view, Sports game

April 1, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 82/100

This sports game focuses on professional golf and The Masters tournament. Players can step onto the grounds of Augusta National and begin a journey to win the Green...

StarDrone

Arcade, Action

April 5, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 63/100

This arcade game combines pinball and Breakout elements with fast-paced movement governed by physics. The player collects gems and power-ups, avoids enemies and...

Red Faction: Battlegrounds

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

April 5, 2011 → PlayStation 3; April 6, 2011 → PlayStation 3; April 20, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 51/100

This top-down arcade action game is set on Mars and brings the environmental destruction of Red Faction: Guerrilla into vehicle combat. Players battle in tanks and...

Final Fantasy V

Role-playing game, In real time, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Isometric, Japanese role-playing game

April 6, 2011 → PlayStation 3; April 13, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Final Fantasy V is an anime-style turn-based strategy RPG with an isometric view. Embark on an epic adventure as four heroes are united by fate: Bartz and his...

Dungeon Hunter: Alliance

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Third-person view

April 6, 2011 → PlayStation 3; April 12, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 58/100

An action role-playing game set in the fantasy world of Gothicus, where a queen seeks to bring the land to ruin. Beneath the calm appearance of its villages and...

Rio: The Multiplayer Party Game

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Board / Group Game

April 8, 2011 → PlayStation 3; April 12, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Rio: The Multiplayer Party Game is a multiplayer children's arcade game with a third-person view, created based on the animated film of the same name. Together with...

Michael Jackson: The Experience

Arcade, Educational game (Education), Music game

April 12, 2011 → PlayStation 3; April 15, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 60/100

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Logic, Puzzle

April 12, 2011 → PlayStation 3; April 13, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based strategy and puzzle elements set in the Might & Magic fantasy universe. The game's...

WRC FIA World Rally Championship

Simulation, Racing

April 14, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 66/100

WRC FIA World Rally Championship — Experience the last 3 seasons of the World Rally Championship with the WRC Collection, including WRC 5, WRC 6 and WRC 7...

PlayStation Move Heroes

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics

April 14, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 53/100

This action-adventure platformer brings together characters from Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter, and Sly Cooper. Ratchet, Clank, Jak, Daxter, Sly, and...

Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit

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

April 15, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 72/100

This fighting game based on Dragon Ball Z puts its characters into arena battles, where meeting certain conditions unlocks additional story scenes. A story unfolds...

Mortal Kombat (2011)

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

April 19, 2011 → PlayStation 3; April 21, 2011 → PlayStation 3; April 27, 2011 → PlayStation 3

VGTimes: 10.0/10

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Mortal Kombat (2011) is the ninth fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series. The game is both a continuation and a restart of the franchise. The game's plot begins...

Portal 2

Action, Online, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op)

April 19, 2011 → PlayStation 3

VGTimes: 9.4/10

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 95/100

The game takes place several years after Portal. The main character Chell wakes up after a long sleep to find that the Aperture Science complex is now in ruins...

Dino Crisis 2

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Survival horror, Adventure

April 19, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Dino Crisis 2 is an action game with a third-person view. The story follows the events of the first game, Regina is now sent on another mission, to a facility...

Fancy Pants Adventures

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

April 19, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 72/100

This action platformer stars Fancy Pants Man, a hand-drawn stick figure on a mission to rescue his kidnapped sister, Cutie Pants. His journey begins in...

Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

April 19, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This puzzle adventure follows Nelson Tethers, an agent with the U.S. Department of Puzzle Research, as he investigates the town of Scoggins. After the Scoggins...

SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs

April 19, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 67/100

An armed revolutionary seizes control of an important South Asian country, and a five-member elite squad is tasked with stopping his insurgent army. The player...

Neutopia

Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

April 19, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Neutopia is a top-down action game with fantasy game elements from the masters from the studio Hudson Soft Company, Ltd.. The game is published by Hudson Soft...

Threads of Fate

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

April 19, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.1/10

Threads of Fate is a third-person role-playing game with action, puzzle and anime/manga elements from the developers of Square Co., Ltd.. The main publisher of the...

Prince of Persia Trilogy

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

April 19, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This collection brings together three action-adventure games about the Prince’s exploits in a fantasy medieval world. In Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, he...

Section 8: Prejudice

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

April 20, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Section 8: Prejudice — The player can use Overdrive to move horizontally at superhuman speeds, or activate their jetpack to reach new heights. Rather than...

Final Fantasy VI

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Adventure, Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

April 20, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Final Fantasy VI is a turn-based tactical strategy role-playing adventure game with an isometric view. The war of magicians left behind only ashes and suffering...

Operation Flashpoint: Red River

Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view

April 21, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 68/100

A first-person tactical shooter about a fictional modern conflict, in which a squad of marines operates in a hostile foreign country. Across three acts, the story...

God of War (2005)

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Slasher, Adventure

April 21, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 94/100

God of War (2005) is a brutal slasher adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy universe. The game takes place in Ancient Greece and is based on Greek...

God of War 2

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game

April 21, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 93/100

God of War 2 is the second part of Kratos’ bloody adventures in the setting of Ancient Greece. After killing Ares, the warlike Spartan becomes the new god of war...

Clannad

Adventure, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

April 21, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Clannad is an adventure visual novel with elements of a dating simulator. The game tells the story of a young guy, Tomoya Okazaki, a student at Hikarizaka School...

Top Spin 4

Simulation, Tennis, Sports game

April 21, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Top Spin 4 is a continuation of the realistic tennis sports simulator. Expect an honest simulation of real tennis, resulting in demanding gameplay, a wide range of...

Under Siege

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

April 27, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 69/100

Under Siege is an isometric strategy game with a touch of fantasy from the developers of Seed Studios, Lda.. The main publisher of the game is Sony Computer...

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Side view, Fantasy

April 28, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This fantasy action platformer draws on the Old Testament apocrypha, the Book of Enoch. The player takes the role of Enoch, who must stop a great flood ordered by...

Virtua Tennis 4

Arcade, Simulation, Tennis, Third-person view, Sports game

April 29, 2011 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Virtua Tennis 4 is a continuation of a series of sports simulators dedicated to tennis. In the game you will find twenty-two world tennis stars, high-definition...