Mine's probably Crackdown 2 :-)

The Last Guardian, Brink, the new Zelda game, Monster Hunter Tri, Red Dead Redemption and (for some reason) StarCraft 2.

The Last Guardian will be good. Hopefully it will turn up before it starts to look dated.

Did you play the first StarCraft?

Not extensively, but enough to know how crazily ahead of its time it was. I haven't played a really good real-time strategy game for a while - transcribing Adam's interview with the C&C4 peeps has given me the itch :p

Empire: Total War is good, as is Supreme Commander.... but nothing beats World in Conflict as far as I'm concerned.

Forget Empire - I'm still on Rome! Need to give World in Conflict a try. Did you ever get hold of Warzone 2100?

Nah... I spent most of 99 playing Metal Gear Solid. Well, until Dreamcast hit the UK.

Right now Final Fantasy 13, only about 2.5 weeks away.

I think I've already had mine in ME2.  It delivered.

Next up, Halo: Reach.  It's a brilliant year already and I'm looking forward to a host of other titles aside from these two.

Anything from Cave (or any other capable developer(s)) that falls under the 2D shoot 'em up category.

If I had my way we'd also be getting a follow-up to last year's Bourne game, Wrestle Kingdom 3 and Project Sylpheed 2. Also a sequel to Ninja Blade, which I actually enjoyed more than the Ninja Gaiden games (ducks for cover).

StarCraft 2  Blizzard please send me a beta key.

Halo: Reach  I'm not sure if it will be good or not, I don't really know what to expect.  

Pwnage of Empires  RTS for 360 where you can pilot individual units like a shoot 'em up.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwzEDwPTCTw 

Never even heard of Ninja Blade.  Is that GameBoy Advance or something?

Terry, play Bayonetta if you want some Sega fan-loving.  Welcome to the fantasy zone.

As long as you didn't enjoy Ninja Blade more than Devil May Cry, that's fine with me :)

Tell you what I'd like to see? A sequel to Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. Absolutely loved that game, despite getting repeatedly creamed by the last boss. Used to play it with my brother on PS2.

Bayonetta was better than any Devil May Cry game.

I think I might pick up Heavy Rain for PS3 after playing the demo.  I don't like how slow the characters move or that I sometimes have to shake the controller, but otherwise it's cool.  I will also pick up 3D Dot Game Heroes.  I don't know of anything else that is coming out.

Joe Redifer


Never even heard of Ninja Blade.  Is that GameBoy Advance or something?

Terry, play Bayonetta if you want some Sega fan-loving.  Welcome to the fantasy zone.

Ninja Blade is for the Xbucket 360 and it's basically Shenmue meets Ninja Gaiden. ;)

*runs from rabid Shenmue fans and dodges shurikens from maniacal Ninja Gaiden fans*


I checked out the demo of Bayonetta the other night but was half asleep while doing so! I'll have to give it another go when I'm wide awake because I actually fell asleep during a boss battle, lol. I am SERIOUSLY sleep-deprived.

Bayonetta is one of the few games any more with a sound test... granted you must beat it first.  The soundtrack comes on 5 CDs otherwise.  Contrary to what you might think sometimes while playing, it does have more than one piece of music in the game.

This year seems crazy already.

I already bought Darksiders, which was a nice surprise since i cant have Zelda on the consoles i own.

Also Mass Effect 2 was really ace, though they killed a bit too much of the RPG feel from the first one.

I preordered God of War 3, as im playing through the God of War collection now, its awesome, though i can't quite get my fingers and head to understand im not holding an Xbox pad so i have a hard time with the QTE's

Which brings me to heavy rain, nice mood in the demo, though why couldnt i fuck the prostitute? and the thug afterwards really beat the crap out of me, since i couldnt hit any button the right way. In anycase its on my to get list, though im not sure ill get it on wendesday since i have Bioshock 2 i need to play as well.

As for games not yet released, im looking forward to Alan Wake, itll be nice to finally see what Remedy has been doing for 6 fucking years.

Definetly Starcraft II, and should we be so lucky Diablo 3.

Halo Reach will be awesome, i loved the book.

As someone said, Last guardian, i keep hoping sony will do a Team Ico collection, so i can complete Ico and SotC

ohh and Civ 5 ofcourse.

StarCraft 2 and SupCom 2 (which looks fucking SICK)

2010 is looking good already but in my eyes it will be year of the RTS

Joe Redifer


Bayonetta is one of the few games any more with a sound test... granted you must beat it first.  The soundtrack comes on 5 CDs otherwise.  Contrary to what you might think sometimes while playing, it does have more than one piece of music in the game.

The only track that ever seems to play in the game is the one with the vocals which are apparently in some form of bastardized english, I don't even know what the fuck the lyrics are saying.

I found the lyrics for it online, LOL:

Bayonetta, you´re a mystery (Who)
You come along with a destiny (are you?)
This is your life, a battlefield telling you who you are
(A mystery, Bayonetta)
Bayonetta, this is your time (Hold tight)
You gonna sparkle, you gonna shine (Moon light)
Girl, when you fight it looks like a dance, you are magic, you´re magic...
(you´re dancing beautiful, Bayonetta)

ROFL!  That game is bat-shit crazy.  It's set to the tune of Fly Me To The Moon.  You hear the real lyrics in the end credits.