This week's upcoming IPOs

We're going to start listing the week's IPOs in a single blog post at the beginning of the week. The coverage of each game in the blog will be shorter as we migrate to a new Wiki system for game summaries and information. The simExchange game stock IPOs for the week of April 30 are:

April 30, Monday: Level 5’s new IP, Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village (DS), will debut on the simExchange for 75 DKP. It was released in Japan on February 15, 2007. The player takes the role of Professor Layton and a boy named Ruke who set forth to a mysterious village in search of an inheritance. The game involves mysteries and puzzles in the form of geometry, number, and quiz games. The listing was submitted by Joe80.

May 1, Tuesday: Sega’s Nights: Journey of Dreams for the Wii is the long-awaited sequel to the highly acclaimed Nights Into Dreams that was released for the Sega Saturn in 1996. The game's story follows two children entering a dream world in order to prevent the real world being taken over. They are aided by the eponymous being, Nights, an androgynous flying acrobat. The game’s stock will debut at 100 DKP. The listing was submitted by Jayen.

May 2, Wednesday: White Knight Story (PS3) is Level 5’s first RPG for the PlayStation 3. The game tells the story of a boy who finds an ancient artifact that can transform him into the White Knight. White Knight Story will feature real-time combat in which a player can assign orders for characters using a Function Palette. You can assume control of a single character in combat while the AI controls your other party members. The stock will debut at 100 DKP. The listing was submitted by Zukaus.

May 3, Thursday: Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) will be publishing Valve’s Half-Life 2 for the Xbox 360 & PS3 in a premium package called The Orange Box. The Orange Box includes Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2. The games will debut at 100 DKP for the Xbox 360 version and 70 DKP for the PS3 version. The listing was submitted by Joe80.

May 4, Friday: Square Enix’s Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War will debut at 120 DKP. The Lion War is a strategy-based RPG designed for the PSP. The game is said to be an updated version of Final Fantasy Tactics (PS) and is part of the Ivalice Alliance campaign of games featuring the Ivalice world. This version features the Onion Knight from Final Fantasy III (DS) and the Dark Knight classes. The listing was submitted by presage.