We’re going to type the following in a text-based whisper: um, there are an awful lot of games on this week’s release lists. And we’re going to type the next line in an almost imperceptible light-fingered mumble: there are, you know, a lot of next-gen games in there.

GamerSquad has been hammering on for weeks about the lack of next-gen titles on the market while Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo incessantly harp on about the appeal of their respective consoles. Well, it might yet become but a brief respite from the banal summer offerings that have largely come our way as of late, but this week sees a solid 12 next-gen releases pencilled in for arrival by Friday in North America.

mistermostyn via gamersquad.com »