Beat the heat with cool games: July 9th New Releases

Gaming took a break last week for Canada Day and the Fourth of July. This week is another siesta. Three new releases and one new expansion pack to keep you inside on these gorgeous days.

Metal Gear fans can wax nostalgic this week with Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection. This contains every single canon game in the series from the original MSX Metal Gear, right up to Peace Walker. Konami promises over 60 hours of gameplay. This bad boy is a Playstation 3 exclusive.

On the multiplatform front, EA Sports is pushing out NCAA Football 2012 on the PS3 and 360. Which gives us a scary reminder that the real NCAA season is only two months away. The 360 also gets an exclusive, Dark. A stealth-action vampire game. Haven’t we had enough of vampires?

Over on the PC, the Brave New Worlds expansion for Civilization 4 gets pushed to Steam and retail.

Playstation 3
Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection – Konami (Rated T) $49.99
NCAA Football 2014 – EA Sports (Rated E) $59.99

Xbox 360
Dark – Kalypso Media (Rated M) $49.99
NCAA Football 2014 (Rated E) $59.99

Nintendo Wii
Nothing this week

Playstation Vita
Nothing this week

Nintendo 3DS
Nothing this week

Steam
Dark – Kalypso Media (Rated M) $49.99
Horizon – Iceberg Interactive, price TBD
Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Brave New World – 2K Games $26.99
Toki Tori 2+ – Two Tribes, price TBD