2008

PC vs 360 vs PS3 vs Wii

The biggest and most important games slated for release this year by platform...

EDIT: Added Wii

NOTE: since this isn' t about which platform has the best software lineup, multiplatform games are only listed on the platform either confirmed to be, or most likely to be the lead development platform. For example, Far Cry 2 is planned for PC, 360 and PS3, but the console versions will be ports of the PC version, so it gets listed under PC. Some i' ve had to guess so a couple could be wrong, ...if you know something is incorrect then let me know and i' ll amend it.


PC

Sins of a Solar Empire

Stalker: Clear Sky

Spore

Dragon Age

Empire: Total War

StarCraft 2

Huxley (also on 360)

Far Cry 2 (also on PS3/360)

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (also on 360)

Brothers in Arms: Hell' s Highway (also on PS3/360)

Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising (also on PS3/360)

Project Origin (also on PS3/360)

Postal 3 (also on 360)

Fallout 3 (also on PS3/360)

Warhound (also on 360)

Sabotage (also on 360)

Rise of the Argonauts (also on PS3/360)

Race Driver: GRID (also on PS3/360)

Left 4 Dead (also on 360)

Dead Island (also on 360)

Legendary: The Box (also on PS3/360)


360

Banjo Kazooie 3

Lost Odyssey

Ninja Gaiden II

Fable 2

Halo Wars

Infinite Undiscovery

Too Human

Alan Wake (also on PC)

Condemned 2: Bloodshot (also on PS3)

Prototype (also on PS3/PC)

Bionic Commando (also on PS3/PC)

Tomb Raider: Underworld (also on PS3/PC)

Tom Clancy' s Endwar (also on PS3)

Viking: Battle for Asgard (also on PS3)

The Last Remnant (also on PS3)

Battlefield: Bad Company (also on PS3)

Grand Theft Auto IV (also on PS3)

Brutal Legend (also on PS3)

Tom Clancy' s Air Combat (also on PS3/PC)

Splinter Cell: Conviction (also on PC)

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (also on PS3/Wii)

Turok (also on PS3/PC)

Dark Sector (also on PS3/360)

Street Fighter IV (also on PS3)


PS3

Killzone 2

Resistance 2

Tekken 6

SingStar

LittleBigPlanet

WipEout HD

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Gran Turismo 5

MotorStorm 2

Infamous

SOCOM:Confrontation

White Knight Chronicles

Yakuza 3

Haze (also on 360/PC???)

Devil May Cry 4 (also on 360/PC)

Burnout Paradise (also on 360)

Destroy All Humans 3: Path of the Furon (also on 360)

Midnight Club: Los Angeles (also on 360)

Soulcalibur IV (also on 360)

Mercenaries 2 (also on 360/PC)

The Agency (also on PC)


I know i said i wasn' t going to but...

Because there' s so much trash being developed for Wii (Garfield gets Real, De Blob, Cocoto Magic Circus, My Horse and Me, Wild Petz Tigerz, etc, etc, etc...) i' m only listing what i' ve either heard of or what sounds passable. If there' s something genuinely interesting or something that will sell by the assload - and i haven' t posted it, let me know.

Again i' m not listing games that are already on the market in some form, so House of the Dead 2 & 3 isn' t on there because they' re not new games. Same for Bully, same for Brother in Arms etc...


Wii

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

Endless Ocean

No More Heroes

Bomberman Land

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

Sega Bass Fishing

Worms: A Space Oddity

Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed

Rygar: The Battle of Argus

Mario Kart Wii

Samba de Amigo

Animal Crossing

Wii Fit

Wii Music

Monster Hunter 3


Games that could make 2008, could slip into 2009, or could be cancelled...


Final fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Gears of War 2
Castle Wolfenstein
Project Offset
Mortal Kombat 8
Indiana Jones
Halo: Chronicles
Call of Duty 5
Avalon
2 Days to Vegas
Warhound
Theseis
Silent Hill V
Heavy Rain
Mirror' s Edge
Alone in the Dark 5
Elveon
Dark Void
Dead Space
Black 2
Afrika
Driver
Duke Nukem Forever (LOL)
Hitman 5
Parabellum
Possession
TimeSplitters 4
Steambot Chronicles 2
Star Ocean 4
ArmA 2
Borderlands
Eyedentify
WarDevil


I must have missed loads, so help me fill the gaps

2008 will piss all over 2007

My most anticipated:

-PC
Huxley
Spore
StarCraft 2

-360
GTA4
Fable 2 (iffy)

-PS3
MGS4
Killzone 2
DW6
Little Big Planet
Home

Hey Nitro you forgot Ghostbusters!!!!!

You say Indiana Jones could make 2008, I would think seeing as the film is a definate release this year so would the game.

2008 will be better than 2007 if not much better, 2007 would have been the best year in VG history " ever if hadn' t many games slipped to 2008."

please correct my grammar.

Listen to the wise

The Club (PS3/360)
R6 Vegas 2 (PS3/360/PC)
The Agency(PS3)

And for the possible games of 08:

Next Prince of Persia game
Next Black
Next Jak and Daxter
Dead Rising 2
Tom Clancy' s Air Combat
GH IV
Rockband 2
DOA 5

I' m guessing the Final Fantasy games won' t make it out this year, especially Versus. It' s also kinda funny what I' ve learned about the White Engine being used to power the games.

1- It' s a multiplatform engine that Square plans on making as their company standard. Does this mean FF is coming to 360... not really, just that we will see 360 games powered by the engine at some point.

2- The engine still doesn' t have the game running on the PS3. That' s at least the most recent update I' ve heard. The game is still running on workstations. That' s the main reason I doubt we' ll see Versus if not both games being released this year.

3- The White Engine isn' t really an engine at all. It' s numerous separate programs developed to run specific pieces of a game. It' s nothing like a normal, all-in-one engine like UT3 for example where everything pretty handled by a single program (unless you count Unreal Script as separate). It' s been developed to cater specifically to their needs and not for other companies to use.

This comes from a guy at Square but I really can' t say anything else about it.

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

GH IV

Guitar Hero is irrelevant now that Rock Band has been released.

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

ORIGINAL: mastachefbkw

The Club (PS3/360)
R6 Vegas 2 (PS3/360/PC)

No dice. Vegas looks trash and the Club is trash.

ORIGINAL: mastachefbkw

And for the possible games of 08:

Next Prince of Persia game
Next Black
Next Jak and Daxter
Dead Rising 2
Tom Clancy' s Air Combat
GH IV
Rockband 2
DOA 5

Added Black 2, The Agency and Air Combat. The rest are less likely this year than Duke Nukem Forever.

Lead fallout 3 platform is the 360!

Wait, we' re supposed to be posting only good games?

ORIGINAL: mastachefbkw

Wait, we' re supposed to be posting only good games?

ORIGINAL: Majik

The biggest and most important games slated for release this year by platform

You got a problem with SingStar???

You got a problem with SingStar???

LOL, How' d ya know thats what I was looking at

ORIGINAL: mastachefbkw

You got a problem with SingStar???

LOL, How' d ya know thats what I was looking at

I' m good like that.

It' s not my kind of game either, but it' s " important" for PS3 - so it gets listed.

Did you play the 360 demo of The Club??? The PS3 version is awful [:' (]

Guitar Hero is irrelevant now that Rock Band has been released.

Not hardly. Rock Band is bloody expensive, and Guitar Hero still has the name behind it. The rich kiddies are going to be playing Rock Band, but the hype, the label, the tournaments... they all still belong to Guitar Hero as far as I' m concerned.

Content and playability wise? That' s a whole other story, but there' s no denying it' s still going to be huge for quite a while.

Edit:

Brutal Legend
FEAR 2

You think StarCraft 2 is coming out in 08? They haven' t even stated a release date yet. I know it looks done, but this is blizzard here.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

The game is basically done. They have just been working on balancing the game pretty much since it was first announced. The game was playable for pretty much the entire Blizzard staff the week after it was first announced. The technical and artistic aspects are from what I' m told from my friend at Blizzard basically complete. I can definitely see a winter release for this game.

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

Does it still have that colourful look compared to the first game?

Meh, I' m not too excited about the bright colours either but the animations more than make up for that. I can' t wait to play this game.

It' s going to keep the new bright colors. I don' t really like how it makes everything look all cartoony but my friend at Blizzard said it' s for gameplay purposes. It makes units really stand out from the background making it easier to locate units and keep them form blending in with the background. That' s understandable considering how in WCIII I tend to misplace some of my units.

I also went on a huge bitch fest over how retarded the Reapers look for the Terrans and that' s when he told me that the game was already to the point where they weren' t making changes to the art or the technical stuff. What we' ve seen is pretty much what were going to get. I freaking hate how stupid the reapers are. They seem like a useless unit and their look doesn' t fit the SC universe at all. F*cking Reapers!

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

It is just hard to believe after all of the delays blizzard has had.

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

Fingers crossed.

I' ll leave it on the list for now

Added Project Origin and Brutal Legend.

Added Wii...

Just with MGS4 and NG2, my year is made. Though I am eagerly awaiting several of those titles, specially LBP and FFXIII, though Versus will probably slip into 09, but I am keeping my fingers crossed for XIII to manage to make it this year. I am also waiting on new info for Heavy Rain. Supposedly it was gonna show up this year sometime, but I have no idea wether or no the Quantic Dream team will finish it for this year.

The Wii will own the other two... someday...

Anywhooo, I think this is going to be the best year to get a PS3 (especially if a certain Kingdom Hearts 3 is confirmed).

I guess a KH3 confirmation is not out of the question, though I' ll probably be a long time before we see something, as Nomura is busy with Versus and that doesn' t seem like it' ll be out this year.

I thought haze was only for the ps3.

You should do Xbox Live/PSN Games as well.

ORIGINAL: mikayd2

I thought haze was only for the ps3.

You should do Xbox Live/PSN Games as well.

I' ll be adding PSP, DS, Live Arcade, PSN, the Virtual Console and a screenshot for every game under it' s name... just as soon as i get some time...

As for Haze, ...i don' t think anybody really knows now. It was PS3 exclusive, ...then it was multiplatform, ...then it was PS3 exclusive... then i stopped caring and lost track...

Haze is currently a timed exclusive.

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

ORIGINAL: Rampage99

Haze is currently a timed exclusive.

But obviously that' ll depend on getting the PS3 version shipped on time. It' s already slipped once (or twice), and Ubisoft is unlikely to move the other versions further back into the fiscal year.

I' d like to know whether they' ve been having difficulties with the PS3 game. Every preview so far has looked rough and the multiplayer looks like ass. I love Free Radical, but i can see the game bombing badly at this point.

I' d rather not guess but if I had to it would be working with the PS3 that' s been causing the delays. They wouldn' t be the first company encountering problems. I' m really not to excited about this game anyway. I remember their presentation at E3 2006 and it was pretty lackluster. At least I got free mints out of it...

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

Weren' t you at E3 for the Gears of War onstage demonstration where Cliffy first showed off the chainsaw?

I don' t think anything could top that.

I think you should probably put both FF13/Versus in the 2009 category Nitro. While Japan may see them end of 08, it' s almost certain that we won' t before 2009. It' ll take months for any localization to be done.

ORIGINAL: UnluckyOne

I think you should probably put both FF13/Versus in the 2009 category Nitro. While Japan may see them end of 08, it' s almost certain that we won' t before 2009. It' ll take months for any localization to be done.

Good point.

Consider it done.

ORIGINAL: Nitro

Weren' t you at E3 for the Gears of War onstage demonstration where Cliffy first showed off the chainsaw?

I don' t think anything could top that.

Yes, and I quivered with joy!

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

Yay for fat friends(who has a better shocker BTW)!

Also I heard something about a Bourne Conspiracy game to come out this summer(though missed the platforms), just thought I' d through that out there.

Also I heard something about a Bourne Conspiracy game to come out this summer(though missed the platforms ), just thought I' d through that out there.

Thats true, it looks fairly decent!

Thats true, it looks fairly decent!

Yeah, it looks a heck of a lot better than all movie to game adaptations. Well, not that accomplishing that should be hard, but I am glad to see that the developers seem to be putting some true effort into it. The ghostbusters game is also looking mighty nice!

I give Ghostbusters about a 5% chance of being good. I' d love for it to be a really cool game, but so many movie to game adaptations are just phoned in. Maybe this one has a chance because it' s a bit more of a cultural icon than just any movie.

When' s Rock Band going to be released in British territories?

I give Ghostbusters about a 5% chance of being good. I' d love for it to be a really cool game, but so many movie to game adaptations are just phoned in. Maybe this one has a chance because it' s a bit more of a cultural icon than just any movie.

Well, both Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis are writing the script, and all original cast members are back, so at least we can say its coming from the same masterminds from the film. Hopefully they do get the engine up and running and the gameplay to the point they promised it would be.