Game AhBoon | 24 Feb 2009 12:25 pm
The Most Anticipating Multiplatform Games in 2009
Gaming just gets bigger and bigger. In 2007 it seemed like the industry was at bursting point, with so many awesome games hitting store shelves few could find the time to play them all – even those of us lucky enough to do it for a profession. Then 2008 rocked up and managed to squeeze even more gaming goodness into twelve short months, raising the bar once again for the exponentially growing scene. So what does 2009 hold for us all? Can we expect even bigger and better things?
The new year is going to be an exciting one for gamers with some ground-breaking games planned to be released throughout the year. Here is a sneak preview into what I believe are the Most Anticipating Multiplatform Games in 2009 for the PC, XBOX and PS3 consoles.
By “promising” I mean games with big chances of scoring at least AA, while extremely small chances of scoring below 7/10. I’ve tried choosing only games made by experienced developers(who made good games in the past) or for other reasons promising.
Arcade flight game from Ubisoft – A new air combat game set in the near future when a private military force attacks the U.S. using technologically advanced jet fighters.
Eidos’ comic book-inspired action title follows the caped crusader as he takes on the Joker and other supervillains in the titular madhouse. This presumably third-person action game takes Batman inside the iconic, ultra-creepy Arkham Asylum, which series fans will know as the place where all of Batman’s defeated foes are imprisoned.
Perhaps the best sign that this game knows what it will take to succeed is its reverence to Street Fighter II—all of the characters from that game will return, and the gameplay mirrors the measured pace of that early entry. Considering versions of SFII still sell in strong numbers, it’s easy to see how this strategy could succeed on the market.
An open-world game set in New York starring a shapeshifting man who can copy the appearance, skills, and powers of anyone he comes across. In Prototype, players take control of Alex Mercer – a dark, genetically mutated shape-shifter with no memory of his past, hell-bent on solving the mystery of his existence.
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
If you’re willing to put in the time, there’s plenty of content here to enjoy, including getting a handle on how all the various car models control and boost. For gamers looking for a different kind of high-speed racer or anyone’s who has yet to experience the thrill Criterion’s Burnout series provides, this is a solid choice. Burnout Paradise made a surprise appearance at Leipzig 2008, with EA showing off both the PC version and the new bikes pack.
In this action title that plays out through the film versions of Tolkien classic fantasy series, you can play as those boy scouts in the Fellowship or, for the first time, Sauron and the forces of evil. Maybe now you can finish off those Halflings and the wanna-be King before they become a problem.
Ancient gods known as ‘The Watchers,’ once banished from our world by superhuman Adepts, have returned with a vengeance. Dark Void from Capcom delivers a ground breaking combination of fast paced vertical combat mixed with mid-air and on-foot action.
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising
Meticulously detailed realism applied to modern warfare, with a ‘multitude of military disciplines.’ This sequel to Codemasters’ popular Cold War-themed shooter will take place in a modern setting in which tensions are high between China and Russia.
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 5: Conviction
Sneaky people, slip on your three-pronged goggles and slink like a slithery snake in this splintery sequel. Sam Fisher’s work is never done, and this installment will find him engaged in daylight operations aimed at uncovering a mole and protecting those he cares about.
A sci-fi / action Post apocalyptic RPG from acclaimed developer Gearbox (makers of Brothers in Arms series), Borderlands combines the best in first-person action with player customization and vehicular combat for incredible layers of gameplay depth.
This next-gen follow-up to the survival horror series breaks further away from the old confining standards, with a theme of escape as its core. The seminal zombie-fest just got meaner, with enemies who run like track stars and do not fear the sunlight.
Mafia 2 immerses players in the mob underworld of a fictitious late 1940’s / early 1950’s scenario. The sequel to the best-selling game Mafia again takes place in a time when gangsters were cool, liquor was something you could smuggle and everybody wore cool hats.
Mirror’s Edge offers occasional thrills, provided that you can look past some awkward stumbles. It’s ambitious in a multitude of ways, both in making a platformer from a first-person perspective and in its implementation of free running. It’s really, really good and you should play it, but damn, it could have been superb. While its elegant controls, visuals and audio weave a dreamlike tapestry that its animated cut-scenes do their best to eat away at, the whole is an experience you’d be remiss to let fly by if you missed it on consoles.
Aliens: Colonial Marines
This action game is wisely based on James Cameron’s envisioning of the franchise instead of on the cracked-out Alien vs Predator license. Let’s hope it’s not “Game over, man” for the series. The game has been hidden away in development at Gearbox, the dev with a solid track record in first-person shooters, and is most famous for its Brothers in Arms squad-based series.
Vin Diesel started his own game company and this high-speed actioner will be its first release. Combining spectacular Hollywood-style stunts with a gripping storyline, Wheelman provides an adrenaline-fueled, cinematic thrill ride guaranteed to leave you breathless.
Sequel to Monolith’s scary FPS continues the original game’s story of an escalating paranormal crisis that threatens to destroy a major American city.
The first project out of Sony Online’s Austin studio, this action-based MMO explores the various worlds of DC Comics’ superheroes and villains. DC Universe Online is an MMO based on DC comic book universe and lets you fight along side or against DC superheroes.
The team behind the “Total War” series for the PC has built a new RTS specifically for the consoles. Stormrise is a postapocalyptic real-time strategy game from the makers of Total War, with the ability to control units in the air, on the surface, and underground. Hoping for a more immersive experience, instead of controling your troops from a detached view, you’ll control them from the front line instead.
Infamous is an open-world action adventure game by SCEA. Players will experience what happens when a real person suddenly starts developing super powers. Will they exact revenge, protect the innocent or do little of both?
The ancient action-platformer gets a welcome treatment of gaming Botox, courtesy of Capcom. Bionic Commando features a hero with a grappling hook arm used to navigate levels, to take out enemies, rappel down sheer surfaces, and more.
Wanted is a video game based on the movie of the same name and features assassin time and curving bullets gameplay. It promises to deliver the same fantastic visual style, in-your-face attitude and edge-of-your-seat action as the blockbuster motion picture.
id software is executive producing a next gen Wolfenstein game. Delivers players deep behind the enemy lines of Germany, where Nazi experiments with technology and the occult threaten to turn the tide of WWII.
Dead Rising 2 takes the franchise to a new level of zombie-killing fun with tens of thousands of zombies, the all new gambling paradise of Fortune City, plus a host of new in-game objects that can be used as deadly weapons to stave off the zombie assault.
Final Fantasy XIII is the first installment in the best-selling series of role-playing games from Square Enix to appear on the PlayStation 3 and xBox 360 ( I just hopt it could be soon on PC as well).
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on 26 Feb 2009 at 5:51 am 1.ufc betting said …
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on 13 Mar 2009 at 7:18 am 2.How to start a nursing agency said …
I appreciate the fact that you are letting us see the previews
on 25 Mar 2009 at 6:10 pm 3.scottie humor said …
that resident evil 5 is the absolute bees knees… i want that final fantasy next lol i bet the summons are good
on 05 May 2009 at 2:32 pm 4.film izle said …
cool thanks alot.