I made a list of the most anticipated games from 2009. I listed the games that I expect to have the most success, in order. The games that have already been released will be placed according to the expectations after seeing how it has sold so far and how much to believe it sells in their lifetime.

Action

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
   
2. Quake Live
   
3. Half-Life: Episode 3
4. Resident Evil 5
5. Street Fight IV
6. Wolfenstein
7. RAGE
8. Bioshock 2
9. Halo 3: OSDT
10. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
    

Action-Adventure

1. Bionic Commando
2. Mafia II
3. Alan Wake
4. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
5. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
6. I am Alive
7. Beyond Good & Evil 2
8. APB
9. Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
10. Prototype

Adventure

1. Heavy Rain
2. Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures
   
3. Gray Matter
4. Cevilla
5. Love
   
6. Culpa Innata 2: Chaos Rising
7. Runaway: A Twist of Fate
8. Still Life 2
   
9. The Secret Files 2
   
10. Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper

Simulation

1. The Sims 3
2. Spore: Galactic Adventures
3. Jumpgate Evolution
4. Storm of War: Battle of Britain
5. Spore Creature Keeper
6. Digital Combat Simulator: Black Shark
7. Infinity: The Quest for Earth
8. IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
9. Heroes Over Europe
   
10. Lore: Aftermath

Sports

1. Wii Sports Resort
2. FIFA 2010
3. Madden NFL 2010
4. PES 2010
5. Punch-Out!!
6. Football Manager 2010
7. Tiger Woods 2010
8. NCAA Football 2010
9. Fight Night Round 4
10. Football Manager Live

Strategy

1. Starcraft 2
2. Empire: Total War
3. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
4. Demigod
5. Anno 1404
6. Cities XL
7. Halo Wars
8. Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
   
9. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
10. Battleforge

RPG

1. Diablo III
2. Dragon Age: Origins
3. Guild Wars 2
4. Aion: Tower of Eternity
5. Champions Online
6. Alpha Protocol
7. Mass Effect 2
8. DC Universe Online
9. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
10. Arcania: A Gothic Tale
    

Racing

1. Gran Turismo 5
2. Need for Speed Shift
3. Burnout 6
4. Need for Speed World Online
   
5. Dirt 2
6. Forza 3
7. Formula One 2009
8. Fuel
9. Need for SpeedWorld Online
10. Race Pro

forgot to add GT5, but it's fixed.

Keep in mind that some of the games are likely to not even come in 2009, like GT5, Diablo 3, FFXIII and Mass Effect 2.

You think that Diablo III will have more success than Final Fantasy XIII

Also, Lord of the Rings Conquest top in action adventure, have you seen any of the reviews? And Uncharted 2 at 8, have you not noticed the most anticipated games on this site, and the fact that the original has sold 2.5m

Diablo 2 sold atleast 8 millions, and the sequel should be even more successful.

the LotR game I thought it was only coming out later in the year. I did not know it had such low reviews. That is the risk of expectations/estimations. Uncharted may sell 2 or 3 millions, but the other games are multiplatform and can outsell Uncharted 2 because of it.

This is a sales perspective, right (it's in the sales forum after all).

The Godfather 2 does not belong on that list. It is unlikely that the title will pass 2M combined, if even 1M (see previous Godfather sales: http://vgchartz.com/games/index.php?&results=50&name=godfather&console=&keyword=&publisher=&genre=&order=Sales&boxart=Both&showdeleted=&region=All&alphasort=)

Halo 3: ODST will definitely be bigger than Bioshock and Wolfenstein. Probably Street Fighter and RE5 as well.

I also feel that this list is a bit meaningless, as there are going to be released far more titles than are currently announced, especially on the biggest platform.

i really dont get this thread. these titles are most antici[ated by who? and how can they be the msot anticipated for 2009 whensome of themwont come out until netx year?

EHHHHHH?? killzone 2 should be number 2

why is uncharted so low?

 diablo 3 over final fantasy 13?

hm you have made some very very wierd decisions my friend

We will see about Diablo, but I still have a problem with Uncharted 2 being so low, it is below APB and Alan Wake, both PC360 games, I just can't see it being outsold by all those games

obvious pc fanboy making a most anticipated game for 2009 thread hmmm....

Just made a few changes, mostly in the action-adventure top10.

I made a few changes and Uncharted 2 jumped to 6th. As I said, Uncharted 2 is at disadvantage because the other games are multiplat, and Alan Wake is a game that should appeal greatly to both PC and Xbox 360 fans (I can see it do atleast 1 million in each of them). APB has alot of potential, and just like any MMO it could sell for ages on PC, plus the added bonus of console sales.

Killzone 2 should be one of the most successful action games this year, but I foresee Quake Live to have a massive fanbase, possibly even dozens of millions of people playing it every month. With super-low requirements, and the rise of Online gaming and advertisement, Quake Live is the perfect western shooter to penetrate the Asian gaming market.

Diablo 2 possibly sold better than any Final Fantasy game, and is still selling.Diablo is a massive franchise.