It looks like the Summer doldrums have come to a close with a very large slate of new releases for the last week of August on every platform.

The latest expnasion to The Sims 2, Apartment Life, is coming to the PC. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 will get dueling exclusive RPGs in Tales of Vesperia (Xbox 360) and Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (PS3). Meanwhile, Mario steps to the plate again in Mario Super Sluggers on the Wii. And N+, a game about a tiny ninja in search of gold sneaks onto the DS and PSP.

On the multiplatform front, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames brings its open world gameplay to the PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360 while Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 tees it up on the PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii and Xbox 360.

Here's the full list of the rest of the new releases.

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