The Games of 2009
Over the course of December 2008, we rolled out a month of exclusive previews on some of 2009's biggest games (and a few smaller ones). It wasn't designed as a comprehensive list of everything coming out in 2009, nor a list of our most anticipated games, but rather a countdown of of exclusive previews highlighting many of the year's most promising titles. Check them all out below!
All Updates:
-
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS) -
Alpha Protocol (360, PS3, PC) -
Prototype (360, PS3, PC) -
Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? (PSP)
-
Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC) -
Wolfenstein (360, PS3, PC) -
Noby Noby Boy (PSN) -
Splatterhouse (360, PS3)
-
Trine (PSN, PC) -
The House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii) -
Bionic Commando (360, PS3, PC) -
The Sims 3 (PC)
-
Batman: Arkham Asylum (360, PS3, PC) -
Dragon Age: Origins (PC) -
Diablo 3 (PC) -
DarkSiders: Wrath of War (PS3, 360)
Staff Picks
One great aspect of looking at games of the future is that none of them suck yet. But everyone has their own "most excited for" list, so we rounded up a group of editor picks.
-
"2009 looks to be a pretty good year based on what we've seen so far, with Bayonetta, Resident Evil 5, and Uncharted 2 (if it makes it) topping my most wanted list. But the cool titles coming to the Wii also excite me: MadWorld, Muramasa, and Sin & Punishment 2, among others. These prove that the platform can also be great for hardcore gamers." --Sam Kennedy
-
"I'm hoping God of War 3, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Brütal Legend, Uncharted 2, and Alan Wake make it out in 2009, but at the moment I'm most excited for Heavy Rain, Bayonetta, and Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. And then to balance out the year with some quirkiness, I'll toss in Noby Noby Boy and DeathSpank." --Matt Leone
-
"I'm excited about GTA: Chinatown Wars since it's actually intelligently using the DS' advantages (touch screen support) and limitations (a simple and more striking graphical style). APB (from the creators of Crackdown) may be the first massively multiplayer game I log major time in, and Infamous and Prototype each have a chance at being spiritual successors to Crackdown." --Greg Ford
-
"King of Fighters XII is looking beautiful, and I'm curious about Ghostbusters and DC Universe Online (as well as Beyond Good & Evil 2). But my most-anticipated game? It's a toss-up between Street Fighter 4 and Way of the Samurai 3." --Ryan Scott
-
"I'll say Brütal Legend (because I play every Tim Schafer game), Dawn of War 2 (because I love space marines), F.E.A.R. 2 (because I love guns and weird Japanese horror), GTA: Chinatown Wars (because I love portable vehicular homicide), and Yakuza 3 (because I love foreign homicide)." --Thierry Nguyen
-
"Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo: HD Remix has given me the taste for blood, as it were, so naturally, I can't wait to jump into some Street Fighter 4. I'm also excited about a brand-new Punch-Out!!, and Resident Evil 5, but I fully expect Diablo 3 to take up the bulk of my gaming time, unless Assassin's Creed 2 arrives in 2009." --Giancarlo Varanini
