July 30th - August 3rd
I hope you've been saving your money, because a reckoning is coming. This week may be one of the last for some time where I can comfotably say that there isn't much to get excited about, and while I'm going to casually cast Game of the Week to Mario Strikers Charged on the Wii, it is with little fanfare that I do so. But that's all about to change. Do you have any idea how many big games are set to arrive this year? Bioshock, Halo 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Mass Effect, Rock Band, Call of Duty IV, Warhawk, Lair, Assassin's Creed, Hellgate: London, Tabula Rasa, Unreal Tournament III, Mercanaries II, World In Conflict, and more, all still to come this year. Now, granted some of those are probably going to get pushed back -- I'm looking at you Hellgate: London and Assassin's Creed -- but even still that's an impressive list, and while you may not be excited about everything, it's certain that one or two games are on your radar. So Mario Strikers Charged is the official Game of the Week, but the future is where the action is.
Save your money! The reckoning _is_ coming.
Has it been too long since you yelled "Sparta"? Well, this week's DVD release gives you a new opportunity with the DVD release of 300. Also, Hot Fuzz lands on DVD this week, and more.
PC:
Let's Ride: Friends Forever (08/01)
Ride! Carnival Tycoon (08/01)
Virtual Villagers: The Lost Children (08/02)
Combat Mission: Shock Force (08/03)
PS2:
World Championship Cards (07/31)
DS:
Chameleon: To Dye For! (07/30)
Bratz Ponyz (07/30)
Picross DS (07/30)
Spelling Challenges and More! (07/31)
Glory Days 2 (07/31)
PSP:
Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl (07/31)
World Championship Cards (07/31)
Brave Story: New Traveler (07/31)
WII:
Mario Strikers Charged (07/30)
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Is it me or do quality FPS titles all tend to come out within a couple of months of each other?
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Didn't see Hot Fuzz until 3 or 4 weeks ago - and it's definitely the best and most entertaining movie I've seen this year so far. Not a single boring second in the movie. I'll pick up the DVD the minute it comes out over here.
Bratz Ponyz. Hmm. Ponyz with a "Z"? Because ponies are so f*cking street?
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kaostheory wrote:
I wish it was only one or two games. Even if Assassin's Creed and Hellgate London slip, that still leaves these before the end of the year:
Unreal Tournament 3
HL2: EP2 / Team Fortress 2 / Portal
Left4Dead
Bioshock
Mercenaries 2
Kane and Lynch
Stranglehold
Call of Duty 4
Mass Effect
Halo 3
GTA4
That's like $700 worth of games. AND I WANT THEM ALL.
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baggachipz: Who cares about Japan, let them have their silly pointless dog games and countless re-hashes of anime-based dragon princess super lucky crapitty crap.
THIS IS SPARTA!!!!
Fedaykin98 wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
Ha! I scoff at your list.
My list, by month (the asterisks are games I know now that I will want to buy rather than possibly just rent, but more could become purchases depending on what kind of press they get when they come out):
August
*Bioshock
*Blue Dragon
Lair
Stranglehold
Warhawk
Metroid
September
*Halo 3
Skate
*Heavenly Sword
PGR4
October
Tony Hawk
*GTA4
Guitar Hero 3
Edit: *Zelda DS
November
*Assassin's Creed
*Mass Effect
*Mercenaries 2
*Mario Galaxy
Army of Two
*Half Life Orange
Haze
Uncharted
COD4
*Katamari
Unreal Tournement 3
Enemy Territory
Edit: *Rock Band
December
*Smash Bros
Unknown
Folklore
*Lost Odyssey
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That is one hell of a list. Fortunately, I can automatically ignore any titles that aren't coming out for 360 or PC.
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baggachipz: Who cares about Japan, let them have their silly pointless dog games and countless re-hashes of anime-based dragon princess super lucky crapitty crap.
Ahem. I don't see Rock Band on there anywhere. Are you deserting Rock Out With Your Cocktopus Out already?
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kaostheory wrote:
Amen! I almost wish I had never found the join of console gaming, would have at least cut my selection down. Cannot imagine you guys that own all systems...
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Oh sh*t! I did forget that. Well, add that and another $200 to November.
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November is the cruelest month.
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Missing from Zero's list that belong on mine:
(bolded guaranteed purchases)
America's Army: True Soldiers
Ratchet & Clank Future
Left 4 Dead
SOCOM: Confrontation
TimeShift
Madden NFL 08
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
WipeOut HD
NHL 08 / NHL2K8
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You have to believe, we are magic.
Woo! I like spending money!
Ouch, I have lost myself again
Last.fm
Crap! That's another one.
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I think Bioshock will be pushed back also. To like, November.
After all, they must be very busy cramming all those "moral choices" into the game. Such as, do I shoot this little girl now, or do I beat her to death with my flashlight to conserve ammo ?
If we're playing this game:
August
Bioshock
September
Halo 3
October
Disgaea PSP
FFT PSP
Half Life 2: Orange Box
Zelda Phantom Hourglass
Panzer Tactics
Hellgate: London
November
Unreal Tournament 3/2K7
Assassin's Creed
Mass Effect
Rock Band
There are a large handful of others with either indefinite release dates or I'm not ardent about owning them right away. Who am I kidding? I've already spending more than I planned on current games. This fall is going to break me. I am definitely signing up for Gamefly. No question.
MrDeVil909: I feel it necessary to point out that there are drug resistant strains of most STDs. Especially in developing nations.
Funkenpants: Great. Yet another area in which we're losing our lead to foreigners.
My list:
Aug:
Mario Strikers
Metroid Prime 3
Sept:
Oct:
Half Life Orange Box
November:
Mario Galaxy
Is Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the DS? I might be getting that, too.
Mystic Violet wrote:
Hmm, FFT PSP has to go on my list too.
But before it, I have to put, well, a PSP.
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My list:
- 2007.
BioShock
Moto GP 2007
Stranglehold - Still debating PS3 vs Xbox 360, Free Movie vs PS3 Controller.
Heavenly Sword
Eternal Sonata
Halo 3
Folklore
Half-Life 2 Orange Box
Grand Theft Auto IV
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Mass Effect
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Assassin's Creed
[edit] Project Gotham Racing 4 - Duh!
- 2008.
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Devil May Cry 4
Lost Odyssey
Too Human
Burnout: Paradise
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Killzone 2
Fallout 3
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Well, here goes mine (all these are titles I'm going to buy... at least eventually):
2007:
-Bioshock
-The Witcher
-Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
-Assassin's Creed
-Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
-Mass Effect
2008:
-Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
-Metal Gear Solid 4
-Alone in the Dark 5
-Alan Wake
-STALKER: Clear Sky
-Fallout 3
-Silent Hill 5
Hey, guess when I was born!
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Hope you guys don't mind me using your guys list but it's pretty accurate for me as well, though I probably won't buy Mario Galaxy right away, it looks meh to me and I will hold off on Rock Band as well, it looks awesome but way to expensive for all the games coming out.
Edit: I forgot to mention either or both NHL 08 and 2k8.
Still that's way to many games coming out in the next 6 months, but a great time to be a gamer
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Mex refering to Actresses:
Make no mistake, I'd hit them all so hard that my pelvis would have to be classified as a deadly weapon, I just don't think they're all
Still, there will be so much out there, that your lists missed even... World in Conflict.
Not to mention Quake Wars, new Medieval: TW expansion, Jericho, NWN2 expansion, new NeedforSpeed and Gears for PC.
INT is my dump stat.
Does anyone know how much Picross should appeal to my wife, who is a Sudoku Grandmistress?
Fedaykin98 wrote:
Aperture Science wrote:
MMORPG
Pirates of the Burning Seas
Age of Conan
RTS
World in Conflict
RP
Assassin's Creed
FPS
Unreal 3
Crysis
Call of Duty 4
Frontlines
Prederick wrote:
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis.
I have some bizzaro stuff on my list that hasn't made any others I see here. They are Wii titles that have not gotten nearly enough attention. And before anyone starts up the debate I have no problem with any other platforms I just like the look of these games:
1. Trauma Center new blood - I liked the first one and leaderboards + Co-op play have me stoked
2. Battalion Wars 2 - If you never played the first one on cube check it out, an awesome hybrid of RTS and third person action.
3. Zack and Wiki - Ignore the horrid name it looks like a really cool puzzle adventure game even with its childish art style.
Seeing as how this year has so many awesome releases maybe we aught to start a what are your plans for the rest of the year thread.
-OMG
Personally, I think btw Mass Effect and Bioshock I'm set until about mid 2008. I just don't think I'll even have time to get to... *gasp* ... Halo3!
The Witcher... forgot about that one. But I have to find a computer that can run STALKER first.
At this rate I may buy all my games from the bargain bin and never play a new one again.
wordsmythe wrote:
Crouton wrote:
I'm with Wandy, even if he doesn't post much anymore.
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