How have you been doing with this year’s heavy hitting line up of fall and Christmas block buster games? 2009 has been another amazing year in the video game industry to say the least. Words like ‘compelling’ or ‘visceral’ have been used in many reviews which should tell us that 2009’s games were nothing short of amazing (even though some reviewers used them a bit too freely).
Let’s quickly recap some of the titles we have seen this time around. There were finally some great PS3 exclusives like Killzone 2, InFamous and of course Uncharted 2, VGA’s Game of the Year. The Xbox 360 wasn’t too shabby either. Microsoft’s console had Halo 3: ODST, Forza 3 and Left 4 Dead 2. Nintendo’s Wii has seen more of what it does best; the New Super Mario Brothers Wii and Wii Sports Resort had soccer moms all across America throwing their Wii-motes into Plasma and LCD TVs. Then there was of course the juggernaut that is Modern Warfare 2, great RPG’s like Dragon Age: Origins and Demon’s Souls along with some of the best DLC and indie games we have seen in a long time. Stories from Liberty City, World of Goo, Shadow Complex and Flower come to mind. Read full post here
If you have gotten through most of Q4 2009 you might not want to hold your breath while trying to read the list of games coming up in 2010. I have compiled a list of upcoming confirmed and dated titles along with a few recently announced titles which will be hitting sometime this year. Q1 2010 has quickly become a second Christmas for gamers due to the many ‘delays’ which just might be a tiny excuse to get the hell out of MW2’s way. Remember the push-backs of Mafia II, BioShock 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction? Yea, those are all hitting in Q1. Better finish off whatever leftovers you have from the holidays before the avalanche of Q1 2010 buries you until the new Prince of Persia rewinds time. Check the list below, some of the unconfirmed release dates were taken from Amazon.com.
January
• Beyonetta – 1/5
• Darksiders – 1/5
• Army of Two: The 40th Day – 1/12
• Dark Void – 1/19
• MAG – 1/26
• Mass Effect 2 – 1/26
• No More Heroes 2 – 1/28
February
• RUSE – 2/1
• Lost Planet 2 – 2/2
• White Knight Chronicles – 2/2
• BioShock 2 – 2/9
• Dante’s Inferno – 2/9
• Dead Rising 2 – 2/10
• Splinter Cell: Conviction – 2/23
• ModNation Racers – 2/24
• Heavy Rain – 2/26
• Mafia 2 – 2/28
• Red Steel 2 – ?
March
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – 3/2
• Final Fantasy 13 – 3/9
• Metro 2033 – 3/9
• Just Cause 2 – 3/23
• Yakuza 3 (Subtitles) – est 3/31
• God of War III – 3/31
• Gran Turismo 5 – 3/31
• Singularity – 3/31
• Monster Hunter 3 – ?
April and Beyond
• Red Dead Redemption – 4/27
• Split/Second – 5/1
• Alan Wake – 5/31
• Max Payne 3 – 6/30
• Alpha Protocol – 6/?
• Medal of Honor – 10/31
• Crackdown – 2 ?
• Halo Reach – ?
• Call of Duty 7 (Treyarch) – ?
• Fallout New Vegas – ?
• I Am Alive – ?
• Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands – ?
• Spec Ops: The Line – ?
• True Crime – ?
• Dead Space 2 – ?
• Crysis 2 – ?
• Ghost Recon 4 – ?
• No More Heroes – ?
• Starcraft II – ?
• Brink – ?
• …..and more.
I bet you were raising your eyebrows a few times while reading this list; I sure was when putting it together. Time to sell some of those ‘old’ games, it’s a recession!
Feel free to add to this list in the comments, we’ll update it as we get more games and release dates.
