Gaming and Consoles Forum - Big release dates for 2012 - Page 1

For PS3 and 360 I'd throw in GTA V and The Last Of Us (no definite release windows as yet) but other than those nothing on the horizon excites me. What the list does tell me is that the end of current generation machines is nigh. Expect some announcements on new machines this year. Maybe with a Q4 release or 2013 release depending on whether they want the Xmas rush or not.

There will obviously be a new FIFA game where nothing needs to be said and also a new CoD. This years CoD will be by Treyarch though which are normally the weaker of the studios. Most people seemed to play Black Ops and go back to MW2's online and the same with World of War where people went back to MW1. Maybe the same pattern will happen here.

Other than that there will also be Bioshock Infinite which is getting a lot of buzz. Personally I find the Bioshock universe too dark and quirky and struggled to care about the first one to the point where I never finished it and the second one was largely ignored. There will need to pull out some serious stops for Infinite to be a success, although I'm sure it will do well critically.

Personally though I can see the next twelve months being filled with games from 2011. Skyrim will take me an age to scratch the surface of, MW3 I have done the single player but little multiplayer, FIFA I haven't completed a season yet and not touched Uncharted 3 or Batman yet and I would still like to pick up F1!!!! That'll sort me out nicely

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I was in TESCO the other night and I saw promo boxes for Max Payne 3 and The Darkness 2, both of which interest me (especially the latter). Think there was another sequel that I liked the look of as well, but I forget which one (my memory is so full of work stuff lately it pushes everything else out).

GTA and Bioshock Infinite are the only 2 titles I have named off top of my head but I'm sure there's more to come.
I enjoyed Max Payne 1 on my PC years ago, didn't play 2, so will follow 3, and I've seen mention of The Last Of Us.

Gamasutra's Best Of 2011: Top 5 Most Anticipated Games Of 2012

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/39163/Gamasutras_Best_Of_2011_Top_5_Most_Anticipated_Games_Of_2012.php

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5. Max Payne 3 (Rockstar Vancouver, Take-Two/Rockstar)



4. Sound Shapes (Queasy Games, SCE)

3. BioShock Infinite (Irrational Games, Take-Two/2K Games)

2. The Last Guardian (Team Ico, SCE)

1. Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar North, Take-Two/Rockstar)

There's no guarantee that the game will come out in 2012, but at the very least we're hoping to see more of the game next year.



Other notable 2012 titles: Diablo III, Borderlands 2, Mass Effect 3, Hitman: Absolution, Halo 4, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Rhythm Heaven Fever, Xenoblade Chronicles (U.S.), the sequel to that one game that you liked and the surprisingly fun social/mobile game that no one knows

A guy at work writes for a Hungarian computer games magazine (odd I know)...but he also gets early releases and invites to Rockstar's HQ for demos etc.
He says he's due to see (and possibly play) a demo GTA V in Jan.

Bioshock is the only one I'm really looking forward to myself.


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Reg Hardware:2012 Games Previewhttp://www.reghardware.com/2011/12/28/games_preview_2012/

A couple have been mentioned already, but a few I didn't know about

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Bit-Gamer - The Games of 2012

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2012/01/12/the-games-of-2012/2

I forgot about Prey 2, Prey 1 was excellent

Co-optimus games of 2012:
http://www.co-optimus.com/editorial/975/page/1/the-co-op-games-of-2012-preview.html

Just found this site the other week, because I much prefer playing games co-op than single player.


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