Release This: Prototype 2 hits retail, Bloodforge debuts for XBLA

Gamasutra's regular round-up of worldwide video game releases, "Release This!", takes a look at every game title we know to be shipping to stores this week, in a custom compiled list. This week brings Radical Entertainment's Prototype 2 to North America and Europe alongside digital highlights Bloodforge and UEFA Euro 2012. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available -- across all platforms and regions -- for the week ending April 28th, 2012. Games Released in the United States: Radical Entertainment open-world action game Prototype 2 premieres for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this week in North America and Europe, boasting a variety of new player abilities, an upgraded side quest system, and a greater emphasis on environmental destruction. This week also brings the retail release of Fishing Cactus's puzzler Shifting World for the Nintendo 3DS. Climax Group's gritty brawler Bloodforge is set to debut for Xbox Live Arcade, as EA readies a digital-only FIFA 12 expansion in the multiplatform UEFA Euro 2012. Nintendo Wii: - El Chavo Xbox 360: - Bloodforge (Xbox Live Arcade) - Prototype 2 - UEFA Euro 2012 (online) PlayStation 3: - Prototype 2 - UEFA Euro 2012 (online) Nintendo 3DS: - Shifting World Nintendo DS: - Chuck E. Cheese's Arcade Room (DSiWare) PC: - UEFA Euro 2012 (online) - Risen 2: Dark Waters Games Released in Europe: A retail PC version of UEFA Euro 2012 arrives exclusively in the UK this week, joining PopCap's multiplatform puzzler Bejeweled 3 and Synetic's region-exclusive car chase title Crash Time 4: The Syndicate. Nintendo Wii: - Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion XL Xbox 360: - Bejeweled 3 - Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion XL - Crash Time 4: The Syndicate - Prototype 2 PlayStation 3: - Bejeweled 3 - Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion XL - Crash Time 4: The Syndicate - Prototype 2 Nintendo 3DS: - Cradle of Rome 2 - Crash Time 3D - Secrets of the Titanic Nintendo DS: - Bejeweled 3 PC: - Bejeweled 3 - Crash Time 4: The Syndicate - UEFA Euro 2012 - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Ultimate Collection Games Released in Japan: Nintendo's Mario Party 9 hits retail in Japan this week alongside Capcom's multiplatform release of the Resident Evil spinoff title BioHazard: Operation Raccoon City. Spike's PSP RPG Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Unde Kure!! and Gust's Ciel Nosurge: Ushinawareta Hoshi e Sasagu Shi headline this week's portable console lineup, while the Nintendo 3DS hosts Tecmo Koei's Dynasty Warriors offshoot Shin Sangoku Musou VS. Nintendo Wii: - Mario Party 9 Xbox 360: - BioHazard: Operation Raccoon City - Major League Baseball 2K12 PlayStation 3: - BioHazard: Operation Raccoon City - Major League Baseball 2K12 - The IdolM@ster: Gravure For You! Vol. 7 Nintendo 3DS: - Mame Goma Yoi Ko Marui Ko Genkina Ko! - Shifting World: Shiro to Kuro no Meikyuu - Shin Sangoku Musou VS PlayStation Vita: - Ciel Nosurge: Ushinawareta Hoshi e Sasagu Shi - Next Revolution: Eibunpou Tettei Tokkun PlayStation Portable: - Ao no Exorcist: Genkoku no Labyrinth - Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Unde Kure!! - Game demo, Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai! - Major League Baseball 2K12 - Mirai Nikki: 13 Hitome no Nikki Shoyuusha Re:Write - Phase-D: Akaki no Shou - Scared Rider Xechs I + FD Portable - Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling - Yamada Hajime Box