While many publications are wrapping up their look at the best games of , we have decided to peer ahead. Most gamers know what titles came last year, but keeping track of upcoming releases can be a bit more difficult. We are going to take a look at some of the most anticipated PC games of , from top to bottom in alphabetical order we have a total of 31 games spanning nearly every genre.
Naturally, this list is subjective, but we hope it will allow you to keep tabs on what will likely be some of the best games this year. Hopefully a majority of these actually see the light over the next 12 months. As you know, development delays are common with ambitious game projects -- just ask the folks at 3D Realms. Developed by Rebellion Developments, the studio behind the original hit, Aliens versus Predator, the latest title will bring three FPS campaigns Aliens, Predators, and Colonial Marines that form one overarching storyline.
Based on gameplay footage, Predators will remain true to the way they are depicted in films: stealthy, efficient, technologically advanced hunters. They are outfitted with a cloaking device, several vision modes, and a host of other gadgetry. Aliens seem to focus on close range combat, using their tail, claws, and jaws -- not to mention that their acid blood can damage opponents.
Another FPS title based on this theme, Aliens: Colonial Marines, is currently under development by Gearbox Software and is also expected to debut this year. Hop into the shoes of rookie CIA field agent Michael Thorton after he is cut off from all of his contacts, betrayed by his superiors, and wanted from the US government.
Thorton resorts to the "Alpha Protocol" -- something usually reserved for more experienced agents -- and begins to operate undercover, unraveling the conspiracy behind his dilemma. The game blends espionage-style action with RPG elements, allowing the player to customize Thorton's attributes as well as weapon and gadget load-outs, permitting a highly dynamic approach to missions.
Chaos Rising will be released as a standalone expansion pack that will add a new campaign to Dawn of War II, where the Blood Ravens will go up against their bitter rivals, the Chaos Space Marines. Taking a cue from Relic Entertainment, EA Los Angeles appears to be shifting game-play focus from base management to squad management. The recently released information on some of the design choices did not win over too many fans of the original series; however many are waiting with hope and bated breath nonetheless.
Among other features, Cataclysm will add two new races in to the world, new locations and flying mounts. To accommodate all the new content, the level cap for a character will be raised to Since this is Blizzard, we do not have a fix on a release date yet. Blur is a new style of powered-up racing. The game drops players into heart-pumping racing action with 20 cars on a track all targeting the finish line and battling each other as they trade paint and collect intense power-ups, including the ability to blast other cars out of the way with huge bursts of energy, boost their speed, and more.
Gamers can use offensive and defensive attacks as they battle for the lead and careen through real-world track locations ranging from L. This unique story-driving social network evolves dynamically as players compete in different races, make new friends, rivals and fans, and connect with other racers both in-game and in real life. Looking beyond Blur's single player story, gamers can engage in competitive and team-based multiplayer races with up to 20 players online, or on a single console via 4-player split-screen.
An otherworldly power for controlling matter and space calls to the strongest and strangest who might wield it -- intergalactic warlords and eldritch gods, under-dwellers and scholars of the arcane.
Napoleon: Total War defines a new standard within the genre with exciting characters and a cinematic narrative, mind-blowing battle sequences and an unrivalled mix of turn-based and real-time strategy. Take command and lead your armies on land and sea over three campaigns: Italy, Egypt and Mastery of Europe.
The seamless mix of objective-based missions and sandbox experience makes this the most complete Total War experience to date. Napoleon features fully integrated multiplayer modes and a complete set of online functionalities: Steam achievements, gameplay bonuses, uniform editor and voice communications.
Advanced weaponry enables new tactical options and even more exciting real-time battles on an epic scale, while the highly detailed environments and improved battlefield buildings guarantee a realistic recreation of famous historical battles. Treyarch is developing the next installment in the Call of Duty franchise, rumored to be set during the Cold War. Sam is a six-foot dog in a baggy suit sporting a trombone-sized.
Max is three feet of pure unleashed id with a saw blade grin and the impulsive nature of the average piranha. Together they patrol the sticky streets of a fantastical New York City, righting wrongs, pummeling perps, and ridding the urban landscape of the shifty legions of "self-propelled gutter trash" that litter their streets.
The gameplay in Toki Tori is a blend of two genres. While it looks like a platform game, it's a puzzle game at heart. To progress through the game, the player must pick up each egg in a level using a set number of tools. Players will have to look and plan ahead carefully while using items such as the Telewarp, Freeze-o-Matic and InstantRock.
The events of S. Having discovered about the open path to the Zone center, the government decides to hold a large-scale military "Fairway" operation aimed to take the CNPP under control. According to the operation's plan, the first military group is to conduct an air scouting of the territory to map out the detailed layouts of anomalous fields location. Thereafter, making use of the maps, the main military forces are to be dispatched.
Despite thorough preparations, the operation fails. Most of the avant-garde helicopters crash. In order to collect information on reasons behind the operation failure, Ukraine's Security Service send their agent into the Zone center. From now on everything depends on the player.
Construct and command your ground defences in a series of increasingly massive battles across the solar system, in our frenetic arcade mash-up of Real Time Strategy and Tower Defence! Cart Life is a retail simulation for windows which portrays the lives of street vendors. Indeed, while the most celebrated features of the series are present and correct, Worms Reloaded also sports a large amount of new additions to almost every facet of the gameplay experience.
Brain exercise in 3D - Train your spatial visualization ability by navigating increasingly complex 3D puzzles. The objective "pick all the sunflowers" sounds simple - but Puzzle Dimension is not your ordinary game world. Here up and down are relative terms as the gravity depends on where you roll the ball. Competitors vie to be the first across the finish line in a made-for-TV city built for destruction, with the ultimate goal of becoming the season champion.
Players must use strategy and pinpoint timing to derail opponents, tactically alter the track or create entirely new routes. Tropico 3: Absolute Power is the first official expansion pack to follow Tropico 3. Downloadable Game Create your own paradox Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie in The Misadventures of P.
Record yourself and harness your time-bending abilities to cooperate, compete against, and disrupt your past, present, and future selves. Winterbottom's debut misadventures present a whimsical spin on the notions of time, space, and play. Join Winterbottom as he travels through over 75 "movie" levels, causing mischief and mayhem in pursuit of the mysterious and elusive Chronoberry Pie on his spectacular journey through space-time. The Settlers: Paths to a Kingdom is the latest game from the award-winning kingdom building strategy series.
In Paths to a Kingdom, the military, economic, and research systems are richer than ever. This allows players to play and win the way they want.
Beyond the game campaign, fully customizable pre-designed maps, downloadable expansions and anticipated player-generated content will guarantee wide-ranging experiences. The innovation does not stop at the game content. By allowing consumers to play the way they want and share their progress with their friends, this is truly the most accessible and innovative Settlers title to date.
Build the adventure from Privet Drive to the Triwizard Tournament and experience the fun of the first four Harry Potter stories — Lego style. Explore Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learn spells, brew potions and relive the adventures with tongue-in-cheek humor and creative customization that is unique to LEGO videogames.
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 to explore and conquer plus a host of new in-game objects that can all be used as deadly weapons to stave off the zombie assault. Dead Rising 2 is set several years after the infamous zombie invasion of Willamette.
Unfortunately, the zombie virus was not contained at the conclusion of Dead Rising, spreading unchecked throughout the United States and Dead Rising 2 depicts a country where zombie outbreaks continue to strike. DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue picks up right where the original left off. The game will feature two new campaigns, quests, spells, units and a full-scale game editor. Also known as "Anno Venice" New Venetian setting: The rich Dawn of Discovery environment is complemented with a new Venetian setting offering new possibilities of interaction: Build two new Venetian ship types: the small and big tradesman cog.
Develop secret cabinets, infiltrate your enemies and sabotage their expansion. Multiplayer: Play Dawn of Discovery online in multiplayer mode: Choose to play versus or co-op to defeat the AI by combining your techniques.
Up to 8 players. New Challenges and Quests: Up to 60 new items and new quests with two new types: trading race and ship boarding. Discover and exploit a new type of island, the Volcano island. New scenarios to face new challenges with new achievements, medals and crests. Featuring a deep mobster-driven narrative packed with both behind-the-wheel and on-foot action, Mafia 2 is the sequel fans have been clamoring for. Like the original Mafia title, Mafia 2 immerses players in the mob underworld of a fictitious late 's-early 's scenario.
Players easily become engaged in the game's cinematic Hollywood movie experience with strong, believable characters in a living, breathing city. This is a new game series written by Ron Gilbert that follows the adventures of a misguided hero named DeathSpank. Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes.
Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet's surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility.
Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine. Experience brutal battles on a massive scale! In Supreme Commander 2, players wage war by creating enormous customizable armies and experimental war machines that can change the balance of power at any given moment.
Take the role of one of the three enigmatic commanders, each representing a unique faction with a rich story that brings a new level of emotional connection to the RTS genre, or fight the battle online.
Where do your loyalties lie? When Fenton Paddock, a former British soldier and hapless smuggler, is asked to look for his friend Richard, who went missing in Tibet, he has no idea that this search will lead him across three continents to a secret that could turn the whole world upside down.
Enough mystery? Not in the mood for another crime story? The Makers of the award-winning Secret Files series invite you to experience a technically outstanding, carefully designed game featuring an absolutely thrilling story at the side of Kim and Fenton. Cut off from the outside and under attack by an army of nightmarish creatures, Captain Nathaniel Renko is forced to battle his way through the hostile territory armed with the TMD Time Manipulation Device — a time altering weapon created over 50 years ago.
Who created the TMD and why is just one of the many Cold War secrets Renko must uncover as he is thrown back and forth across time, making choices that will alter the course of world history. Plain Sight is a multiplayer arcade game about suicidal ninja robots. Fly through space, leap over planetoids and destroy opponents with your trusty katana.
Killing fellow robots lets you steal their tasty, tasty energy. Packed with spinach-like goodness; energy makes you bigger, stronger, faster and generally more awesome. It makes you a target. To win, you have to convert your energy into points. How do you do this? Kill yourself. Press the button and turn your happy little robot into a vicious ball of enemy-absorbing plasma.
The more opponents you take out, the better. Upgrade your robot, respawn and get stuck in again. Players are plunged into the action thanks to the exclusive IRISZOOM Engine which offers an intuitive interface that allows for smooth, rapid transitions from a birds-eye view of the entire conflict, down into the heat of the battle and vice versa. A first in a strategy game, R.
Combines intense versus and team modes for up to 16 players and in over 18 multiplayer maps, demo recording option, spectators and dedicated server support. Find the delicate balance between harvesting the land for resources and preserving it to stay alive. Will you defend your territory or sacrifice it to keep it out of enemy hands? Manage the finite available resources to build your army and use the collapsing terrain to your advantage. Destroy your enemies, or destroy the very land they stand on, before they do it to you.
The game features a comprehensive single player campaign, introducing you to the four factions that inhabit the world.
A large collection of unique maps is available outside of the campaign, specifically designed for 2, 3, or 4-player battles.
Matches can be played with any combination of local, online and AI players, allowing for quick access to multiplayer action and offering multiple unlockables for a variety of challenges. Din's Curse is a single player and co-op multiplayer action RPG with class combinations, infinite number of dynamically generated towns, real consequences, and a dynamic, evolving world.
Din, champion of the gods, has cursed you into a second life of service because you selfishly squandered your first one while causing misfortune to those around you.
To redeem yourself, you must impress Din by building a reputation for helping others. Travel the spacious western plains of Aleria and save desperate towns from the brink of annihilation. Until you're redeemed, you're doomed to wander the earth alone for all eternity. In Din's Curse, you will explore an extensive underground, slaying dangerous monsters, solving dynamic quests, dodging deadly traps, and in your spare time, plundering loot. Quell uprisings, flush out traitors, kill assassins, cure plagues, purge curses, end wars, and complete other dangerous quests or the danger WILL escalate.
Not all is as it seems though, traitors will gladly stab you in the back, renegades can revolt against the town, spies can set up ambushes, and items might even curse or possess your friends. Created by the developers of Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron, Victoria 2 is a grand strategy game set during the colonial era of the 19th century and is scheduled for release in Q3 Gamers will guide their nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization in hopes of becoming a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century.
A point-and-click adventure where you play as a couple, Victor and Alicia, who have recently moved into their new apartment only to discover an unsettling secret about their new home. FIFA Manager 11 tasks players with managing of a football club and features new lineups and tactics. Visiting his brother's kingdom following his adventure in Azad, the Prince finds the royal palace under siege from a mighty army bent on its destruction.
When the decision is made to use the ancient power of the Sand in a desperate gamble to save the kingdom from total annihilation, the Prince embarks on an epic adventure in which he learns to bear the mantle of true leadership, and discover that great power often comes with a great cost.
The third game in the Dark Fall adventure game series. Jump in to intense turret defense action with Sol Survivor! Build turrets to defend your colony and the innocent colonists within.
Smash enemies with volleys of actively-controlled orbital support. Play with friends in co-operative and competitive multiplayer matches or test your mettle against our new Survival mode. To gain entrance into the most elite clubs in town, players need to keep their attitude in check otherwise they'll be given the cold shoulder by tough bouncers or find another way onto the list.
If chilling is the player's forte, their Sims can lounge at a chic club or dive bar or if they like to live on the edge, they can discover the secret of becoming a vampire. Whether embarking on a new career, painting the town red, or throwing a party on the rooftop of a penthouse, it's always up to the player to tell their unique stories with The Sims 3. What will happen when the lights go out and Sims get all access?
Widen your Sim's horizons with a bunch of killer new career opportunities. With The Sims 3 Ambitions, decide whether your Sim will be the brave town hero or cause loads of mischief among their neighbors. Make your Sim save the day as a brave firefighter, change the town as a leading architect, or live on the edge as a tattoo artist.
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