Flop or not? These six games are on the horizon to come out this year, will they flop or not?
1. Haze:
Haze is traditionally an atmospheric phenomenon where dust, smoke and other dry particles obscure the clarity of the sky. The WMO manual of codes includes a classification of horizontal obscuration into categories of fog, ice fog, steam fog, mist, haze, smoke, volcanic ash, dust, sand and snow. [1] Sources for haze particles include farming (ploughing in dry weather), traffic, industry, forest fires and peat field fire. Seen from afar (e.g. approaching airplane), haze appears brownish, while mist is bluish-grey. While haze formation is a phenomenon of dry air, mist formation is in humid air. However, haze particles may act as condensation nuclei for later mist droplet formation.
2. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (commonly abbreviated to MGS4) is an upcoming stealth action video game in the popular Metal Gear series. Directed by Hideo Kojima, Shuyo Murata and Yoji Shinkawa, Guns of the Patriots is currently being developed by Kojima Productions exclusively[4] for the PlayStation 3 video game console. The game is being designed around the motto, "No Place to Hide!" MGS4 will reportedly be the last Metal Gear game developed by Hideo Kojima, and the last game in the series starring Solid Snake. The game will be released worldwide on June 12, 2008.
3. LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet—abbreviated to LBP; and developed under the working title The Next Big Thing — is an upcoming puzzle platformer and world creation video game for the PlayStation 3, first announced on March 7, 2007, by Phil Harrison at the 2007 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California. It is being developed by Media Molecule, a British company founded in part by Rag Doll Kung Fu creator Mark Healey, and will be published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.The game is scheduled for a European release in September 2008 and a North American release in Fall 2008.
4. Killzone 2
Killzone 2 is an upcoming first-person shooter for the PlayStation 3 video game console, currently in developement by Guerrilla Games and to be published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. It is the third installment in the Killzone franchise that originally began on the PlayStation 2. It was first announced at E³ 2005 in Los Angeles, California, and is set for release in Europe in September 2008.
5. Resistance: Fall of Man 2
Resistance 2 (working title) is an upcoming science fiction first person shooter video game for the PlayStation 3. It is currently in development by Insomniac Games, and will continue to be published by Sony Computer Entertainment America. The game is scheduled for a European release in November 2008 and a North American release in Fall 2008. The game is a sequel to the 2006 launch title Resistance: Fall of Man. The first teaser had its debut on the April 11th edition of GameTrailers TV, which also tells of a trailer featuring gameplay to arrive on June 13th only on GameTrailers. According to the marketing boss of SCE, Scott Steinberg, the game will be put onto a 50 GB Blu-ray Disc.
6. Grand Theft Auto IV:
Grand Theft Auto IV (also known as GTA IV and GTA 4) is an upcoming sandbox-style action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North. It will be the ninth title in the Grand Theft Auto series and the first in its fourth generation. Grand Theft Auto IV will be released worldwide on 29 April 2008 for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Exclusive Xbox 360 episodic packs are due for release in August via Xbox Live.
The game will be set in a re-imagined GTA universe, with little-to-no continuity with previous games. The setting is a redesigned Liberty City, based heavily on New York City, as well as New Jersey. The game will follow Niko Bellic, an Eastern European who comes to the United States in search of the "American Dream," only to find his cousin has lied to him about the wealth that would be waiting for him.
The story of Grand Theft Auto IV was written by Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser. The game will be the first in the series to use the new RAGE game engine, which also powered Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis.
On the 24th April 2008, the Xbox 360 PAL version of the game was leaked onto the internet, finding its way onto numerous torrent sites. Videos of gameplay were uploaded onto Youtube, but were subsequently taken down due to violation of terms.
So, Flop or not?
