Game Releases from now until the end of the year...

Just thought I'd make note of some significant PC game releases due out between now and end of the year. Guess it's time to make out your holiday lists anyways!

Great end of year selections!

Let me know if there's anything I missed!

September 2009:
Need for Speed Shift (racing) - 9/15
Batman Arkham Asylum (3rd person shooter) - 9/15
Resident Evil 5 (3rd person shooter) - 9/15
Red Faction: Guerrilla (3rd person shooter) - 9/15
Age of Empires 3 Complete Collection (RTS) - 9/15
Majesty 2 (RTS) - 9/18
Aion (MMORPG) - 9/21
Order of War (RTS) - 9/22
Fallen Earth - 9/22

October 2009:
Risen (RPG) - 10/2
Operation Flashpoint 2 Dragon Rising (Military Shooter) - 10/6
League of Legends (RPG) - 10/6
Cities XL (Strategy) - 10/9
Fallout 3 GOTY (FPS/RPG) - 10/13
Tropico 3 (Strategy) - 10/16
Borderlands (FPS) - 10/20
Star Wars Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition (Action) - 10/23
Alpha Protocol (RPG) - 10/27
Rogue Warrior (Tactical Shooter) - 10/27

November 2009:
Dragon Age: Origins (RPG) - 11/3
Blur (Racing) - 11/3
Modern Warfare 2 (Military Shooter) - 11/10
Assassin's Creed 2 (Action) - 11/17
Sims 3 World Adventures (Role Playing) - 11/17
Left 4 Dead 2 (Online FPS) - 11/17

December 2009:
The Saboteur - 12/8
Supreme Ruler 2020 - 12/22
Lego Indiana Jones 2 - Q4 2009

 

DA:O is definitely the standout game for me on that list.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UkhruEEWmc&

It looks pretty good. Never heard of this game before you mentioned.

 

Yeap dragonage origins and Modern Warfare2 are the two must have games from that this for me.....already pre ordered DA-O and cant wait....

 

can't wait for Assassins Creed 2, COD MW 2, and am curious to see how L4D 2 does...

 

Can't wait for Stalker call of pripyat and Metro 2033 : The Last Refuge

And i'm curious about borderlands and alpha protocol (loved Mass effect)

 

Me too, I am looking forward to those more than anything else on the list. XD

 

I didn't add those because they have no confirmed (or at least published) release date other than TBA. Although I'm up for another Stalker game.

 

what no star craft yet.... or diablo 3

 

hehe no chance this year, and a good chance diablo3 wont be next year either.....ive put those games into the 'not thinking about them any more until they are in a store steering me in the face' category.

 

Now for the waiting game, Gonna pick up Modern Warfare 2 on release and I am probably gonna wait and see if any of my friends get Borderlands before I pick it up.

 

Was looking forward to L4D2, until I found out it was being banned in Australia due to its "graphical violence"...

 

lol, wut.
Are you serious?
If they ban this, it is like banning, Dead Space, Resident Evil 5, and many more games. Or they just don't like Valve...

 

Star Wars Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition (Action) - 10/23 is what I want to play from that list. I'm guessing this is console only release?

 

Great games in the list! I can't wait for Assassin's Creed 2, it will rock!

 

No, supposed to be for PC as well.

 

IM DEFinitively gonna buy Modern warfare 2 and L4D2

but then again... i lag while playing saint row 2 and l4d with my 9800 gts... dunno if i can handle em

 

Plus Mass Effect 2 in January. Wow there's no way I can purchase every one of these.

The next Golden Age of Gaming is upon us.

And my backlog is already treacherous....

 

Well GT5 comes out years end but that isnt for PC so i guess that doesnt count.

On a side note L4D2 and Modern Warfare 2 is DEFINITELY what im waiting for this year on PC.

 

games i will prolly get...
shift - 360
batman - PC
operation flashpoint (maybe depending on reviews) - 360
blur - 360
MW2 - 360
MW2 - PC
AC2 - 360
L4D 2 - PC

thats all folks for 2009. actaully i wanna get a few arcade games as well and DEFINITELY Ballad of Gay Tony...GTA DLC FTW!!!!

 

AC2 will probably look and run better on your 260M. I don't expect the 360 version to be close to a stable 30 frames per second.

 

Im really looking forward to borderlands and to the guy who wasn't sure if anyone would get it I dont think my friends will either but im goin for it anyway I think. Im not sure if I will get pc or 360 though... Does anyone know if this will be cross compatable online or will the servers be seperate? As for starcraft 2 im highly dissapointed in the slow progress blizz is making here. The beta was supposed to start in june now I refuse to read sc2 news or post on boards because I bet the game wont even be out next june, Its been 12 years or more since starcraft came out blizzards not done til its done policy is just an excuse for them to hype the game and capitalize on internet buzz to boost sales imho. Hopefully it will be more balanced then wc3 was when that came out.

 

Glad both of you have the same thoughts as me. I'm tired of game previews. ANY game previews. You see these big articles about the game engine, the AI, etc, and in the end it doesn't matter until the code is actually out to press, or better yet as mtness states, staring you in the face.

I used to get excited about upcoming games but 99% of the time they were a total letdown because either (a) the release date kept getting pushed back again and again and/or (b) the game ended up being bad in some respect or another that it wasn't fun.

So now I just wait for the initial user reviews to come in and see how it really plays before I buy.

Speaking of which the November issue (yeah, they get them out early) of PC Gamer has some detailed info on Starcraft 2. The one good thing I got out of it is that there will be lots of units in the single player to make the campaign flow better, but most of those units won't end up in multiplayer.

 

Saints Row 2 is even worse optimised than GTA IV and will lag on every single system, especially while driving, even the most powerful ones. There is a problem with how they make more use of the HDD as opposed to making use of System RAM.

Ironically, Saints Row 2 is near unplayable in Windows 7 because it runs way too fast with you being able to drive from one entire stretch of landscape to the other in 1 second flat.

 

You're right about Saints Row 2 being optimized badly. But I don't think GTA IV is that bad optimized. I mean is running perfectly on my PS3, but once in a while it's a bit laggy but that almost never happen.

 

I've already pre-ordered the collector's edition of Dragon Age. There are a few others that sound interesting, but I'll wait for the reviews.

 

yea but i doubt it will be supported by LIVE, and i liek to collect achievements...such as i got all flags in AC 1 and 1000/1000 gamerscore cuz OF ACHIEVEMENTS. ach. are like need for gamnig and really should be implented. they dont harm they only extend playtime and thats why i like em. makes me feel good when i achieve em.