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This week sees Nintendo launch the latest installment in its long-running action adventure
franchise, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Announced for the DS at the 2009 Game Developers
Conference, Spirit Tracks features the same visual style as Legend of Zelda: The Wind
Waker, released for the GameCube in 2003. The game focuses on a magical locomotive,
which hero Link uses to travel around an equally magical island. Railway-based gameplay will
consist of blowing up powder kegs on the tracks and shooing wild animals away with a horn
blast. The game will also have numerous puzzles and dungeons
Just weeks after Pandemic Studios was folded into EALA, The Saboteur arrives for the Xbox
360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The Saboteur tinkers with the stale World War II genre by introducing
gameplay similar to Pandemic's open-world action adventure Mercenaries. Taking the role
of Irish-racecar-driver-turned-resistance-fighter Sean Devlin, players are encouraged to wreak
covert havoc upon the Third Reich in Nazi-occupied France.
Konami's Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for the Wii represents the final big-name release
on the week. A remake of the maiden installment in the survival horror franchise, Shattered
Memories features a revamped user interface and puzzle system. Shattered Memories will
reportedly be the last overseen by producer/composer Akira Yamaoka, who has been credited as the
driving force of recent installments in the franchise.
For further details on the week's games, visit GameSpot's New Releases page. Release dates
are based on retailer listings and are subject to change.