September 2012 - games, that were released this month for PlayStation 3

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - release date for PlayStation 3

Action

September 3, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

An action game about the final hours of the civil war on Cybertron, after which the Autobots and Decepticons abandon their home planet. Transformers: Fall of...

Battlefield 3: Armored Kill

Simulation, Action, Shooter, DLC

September 4, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 18, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An expansion for Battlefield 3 focused on large-scale battles fought with vehicles. Across four new maps, players can use tanks, ATVs, mobile artillery and other...

Zen Pinball 2

Arcade, Sports game, Paintball, Pinball

September 4, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 84/100

This arcade pinball game features a collection of tables, each with its own awards and leaderboards. Players launch the ball and track its movement, while action...

Dogfight 1942

Arcade, Flight Simulator, Simulation, Action

September 5, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 59/100

This arcade flight game features aerial combat and fighter missions across the major theaters of World War II. Players pilot historically accurate aircraft in...

Max Payne 3

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, Third-person view

September 6, 2012 → PlayStation 3

VGTimes: 10.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Max Payne 3 is a continuation of the legendary action game with a third-person view. Max Payne, the famous fighter for justice, returns after several years. The...

Machinarium

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Combat robots, Point & Click, Side view

September 6, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Machinarium is an amazing quest about the robot Josef, who seeks to return his beloved. The game has mesmerizing hand-drawn graphics and truly mind-bending puzzles...

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

September 6, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 90/100

This third-person sci-fi action platformer continues the adventures of Ratchet and Clank. Ratchet fights enemies, growing stronger through a system that upgrades...

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Arcade, Fighting

September 11, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 13, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 14, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is a continuation of the arcade fighting game in the popular Tekken universe. New characters await you who appeared in previous parts of the...

NHL 13

Hockey, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game

September 11, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

NHL 13 — brings the most significant changes to the series in 6 years; Updated gameplay with the latest True Performance Skating technology and EA SPORTS...

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

September 11, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 5.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly: Warzone Earth — This is a strategy with an unconventional approach. The player controls units that move along a pre-marked route. The goal is to kill...

Double Dragon: Neon

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Cooperative (co-op)

September 11, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 19, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 30, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This arcade beat ’em up follows brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee as they set out to rescue Marian and fight the villain Skullmageddon. Trained in the martial art of...

Red Johnson's Chronicles: One Against All

Adventure, Logic

September 11, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 54/100

A crime-show-style adventure puzzle game about a private investigator looking into a murder in a city with a rising crime rate. The player gathers clues, solves...

Home Tycoon

Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management

September 12, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Home Tycoon is an arcade game with simulation and business simulator elements from developers from the Hellfire Games studio. The main publisher of the game is Sony...

Rocksmith

Arcade, Simulation, Music game, Educational game (Education)

September 13, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Rocksmith is a unique music simulator that will teach you how to play a real guitar. The game offers you the opportunity to quickly and joyfully master the skills...

Borderlands 2

Action, Shooter, Beat them all, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Online

September 18, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3

VGTimes: 9.4/10

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Borderlands 2 is a continuation of a dynamic cooperative shooter with a first-person view and role-playing elements in a post-apocalyptic world. A new era of...

Jet Set Radio

Arcade, Third-person view, Stunts, Action, Platformer

September 18, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Jet Set Radio is an arcade game with a third-person view and stunt elements. You have to fight for Tokyo, mark your territory with graffiti, draw on walls, posters...

F1 2012

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game

September 18, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

F1 2012 is a simulator of one of the most spectacular and dangerous forms of motorsport — F1 car racing, in which all the main teams, drivers and F1 tracks...

Jet-Set Radio

Arcade, Third-person view, Stunts

September 18, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 74/100

R.A.W.: Realms of Ancient War

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Slasher

September 19, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 25, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 46/100

This fantasy action RPG in the hack-and-slash style takes place in a world devastated by an ancient war. In R.A.W.: Realms of Ancient War, players can choose a...

Testament of Sherlock Holmes

Adventure, Third-person view

September 20, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 25, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 27, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

This third-person adventure mystery is set in Victorian London in 1898. After a newspaper accuses Sherlock Holmes of stealing a valuable collection of gemstones...

Pro Evolution Soccer 2013

Football, In real time, Top-down view, Sports game

September 20, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 25, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A football simulation focused on freedom of ball control, individual player styles, and teamwork. Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 lets players choose how to pass and...

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

Adventure, Third-person view, Logic, Detective, Point & Click

September 20, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 25, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 27, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Set in London in 1898, this detective adventure with logic puzzles follows Sherlock Holmes as he comes under suspicion in a case involving theft, fraud and...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world

September 20, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The story of the game begins with the amazing resurrection...

One Piece: Pirate Warriors (One Piece: Kaizoku Musou)

Action

September 21, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 25, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 64/100

An action game about the Straw Hat Pirates’ voyage across the world of One Piece. Players control Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and other crew members as they fight hordes of...

Dead or Alive 5

Arcade, Fighting

September 25, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 27, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 77/100

This fighting game features more than twenty characters, including ninjas, assassins, brawlers and wrestlers. Matches take place in dynamic stages where opponents...

FIFA 13

Football, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game

September 25, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A football simulation focused on controlling a team and creating attacking chances. Precise dribbling lets players move with the ball in any direction, dodge...

Marvel vs. Capcom: Origins

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Collection

September 25, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 26, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Marvel vs. Capcom: Origins — is a compilation game that includes two Capcom games from the 1990s, Marvel Super Heroes (1995) and Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of...

Angry Birds Trilogy

Arcade, Action, Logic

September 25, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 64/100

This arcade action-puzzle compilation brings together three games in the Angry Birds series: Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, and Angry Birds Rio. It collects...

Tokyo Jungle

Arcade, Survival

September 25, 2012 → PlayStation 3; September 26, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

This arcade survival game takes place in an abandoned Tokyo, where animals struggle to stay alive among the deserted streets. Players control different creatures...

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Comedy

September 25, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is a frantic and bloody side-scrolling platformer set in Hell. You have to get used to the role of the demonic hare Ash, heir to...

Sound Shapes

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Action

September 27, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 84/100

A side-scrolling music platformer where sounds and visual elements are tied to the player’s actions. As players move through levels, they can create music using a...

Mugen Souls

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Visual novel

September 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 55/100

This turn-based Japanese role-playing game combines anime-inspired fantasy with exploration and battles on free-roaming maps. The player travels across worlds in...

Worms Collection

Arcade, Strategy, Collection, Turn-based, Tactics

September 28, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Worms Collection is an arcade game with a mixture of strategy and tactical game from the developers from the Team17 Software studio. The game is published by...