Releases in July

Not many releases this month but I guess we'll see if whatever we get will surprise us. You all know the drill so let's list them down.

JULY 5

• Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
• PS3, Xbox 360
• Developed by Vicious Cycle Software
• Published by D3 Publisher

JULY 12

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
• PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Windows PC, Nintendo DS
• Developed by EA Bright Light Studio
• Published by Electronic Arts

• The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
• PS3, Xbox 360, Windows PC
• Developed by Snowblind Studios
• Published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

• NCAA Football 2012
• PS3, Xbox 360
• Developed by EA Tiburon and EA Canada
• Published by EA Sports

JULY 19

• Captain America: Super Soldier
• PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, 3DS
• Developed by Next Level Games
• Published by Sega

• Call of Juarez: The Cartel
• PS3, Xbox 360, Windows PC
• Developed by Techland
• Published by Ubisoft

JULY 20

• From Dust
• Xbox 360 (will be released for other systems later this year)
• Developed by Ubisoft Montpellier
• Published by Ubisoft

JULY 26

• Catherine
• PS3, Xbox 360
• Developed by Atlus Persona Team
• Published by Atlus

• The Cursed Crusade
• PS3, Xbox 360, Windows PC
• Developed by Kylotonn Games
• Published by Atlus

• El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
• PS3, Xbox 360
• Developed by Ignition Entertainment
• Published by Ignition Entertainment

My Pick

Frak me, I don't know which one to pick. Not because of too many choices but because of a lack of choices. Atlus has some stuff coming out and they've always published and developed some great stuff but I don't know much about Catherine or The Cursed Crusade so I can't really give a full opinion on those two.

In the end, I'm going to have to go with The Lord of the Rings: War in the North.

I've made my concerns about this game clear when I talked about it in E3 coverage. But it did get a positive reception at E3 from critics and there have been some fantastic Lord of the Rings games, and this is a new story that was only hinted at in the books.

Like I said, this is a difficult month to choose from but if I had to pick one game to buy for this month, it would be War in the North, with either Catherine or The Cursed Crusade following.