[quote]Between top-selling blockbusters like Mass Effect 2, God of War III and Splinter Cell: Conviction, it's already been a banner year for gamers.
But it's just getting started. A gaggle of high-profile sequels have been announced in the past few weeks, turning an already huge 2010 into a year for the ages.
Final Fantasy publisher Square-Enix threw their hat into the ring on Monday by revealing that Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, the latest in the Disney-themed Kingdom Hearts series, would be hitting North America on September 7. Though it's exclusive to the PSP, the new game is easily among the most wanted games for Sony's portable -- and considering the franchise has sold over 14 million units worldwide, it's bound to be a top seller.
Call of Duty: Black Ops, the next game in the mind-numbingly huge war shooter franchise, is also due out this holiday. It's still a bit of an enigma, but with the Cold War pegged as the likely scenario, it's bound to touch a few nerves on its way to store shelves.
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It won't be lonely once it arrives there. Ubisoft recently revealed that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the follow-up to last year's Game of the Year contender Assassin's Creed II, will arrive in 2010 as well. Picking up where the last game left off, it tosses players back into the sneaky boots of master assassin Ezio, who now takes his acrobatic act to Rome in a new multiplayer-friendly affair.
Multiplayer is the hallmark of yet another enormous sequel, LittleBigPlanet 2. Sony's next effort in their popular platform series goes bigger by letting players build and share actual games rather than just new levels, and it too will hit shelves by the holidays.
While these newly announced sequels are sure to wow, there's plenty more planned for 2010. An octet of big hits -- including Super Mario Galaxy 2 -- are coming in the next two weeks alone, and the likes of strategy mammoth StarCraft II, first-person behemoth Halo: Reach, anticipated action adventure Metroid: Other M and the world-changing expansion to World of Warcraft, Cataclysm, are all scheduled to arrive before year's end.
The rash of announcements comes just weeks before the E3 2010 video game convention in Los Angeles, the traditional launchpad for major franchises.
Game Release Dates
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - May 23, 2010
StarCraft II - July 27, 2010
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - September 7, 2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops - November 9, 2010
Halo:Reach - Fall 2010
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - Q4, 2010
LittleBigPlanet 2 - Q4, 2010
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm - 2010[/quote]
everytime I start to hate valve every other dev on earth does shit like this
[QUOTE=Swim;22053289]everytime I start to hate valve every other dev on earth does shit like this[/QUOTE]
Starcraft is only in its first sequel.
God dammit Square-Enix, way to release a game when the school year starts.
Does it really take 8 months to translate and do some voice acting. :|
Too bad I'm not excited for any of them.
Do the KH games on the portables even matter towards the plot of the first Kingdom Hearts?
So far all the portable Kingdom hearts games have been prequels I believe.
I didn't play the GBA one so I don't know what that one is all about, but the DS one shows you who Roxas is and some background of Organization 13, and this one is going to be pretty much the same thing except less Roxas and more other characters I think.
[QUOTE=Heroms;22053754]So far all the portable Kingdom hearts games have been prequels I believe.
I didn't play the GBA one so I don't know what that one is all about, but the DS one shows you who Roxas is and some background of Organization 13, and this one is going to be pretty much the same thing except less Roxas and more other characters I think.[/QUOTE]
The one on the GBA was slightly on with the console version.
How many fucking Call of Duty games are there going to be? I mean seriously.
LittleBigPlanet 2 :D
At least valves sequels of half-life were always truly amazing.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;22054030]At least valves sequels of half-life were always truly amazing.[/QUOTE]
even though they take 2-3 years a piece for 3 hours of gameplay :/
I'm excited by SC2, playing the beta really has show just how polished the game is, even if you can lose a game in five minutes.
LittleBigPlanet 2 seems so very far away...
Damnit I want to build awesome shit now.
Where the fuck is Portal 2?
I'm getting Reach and Black Ops likely
Goddammit fucking shit why can't Square Enix release KH3 already
Stop releasing fucking prequels that have nothing to do with the main plot
KH is honestly my favorite childhood game and it still has the best story of any game.
The only thing to get excited about up there is LBP.
I was bored with LBP right after I finished the storyline
Starcraft 2. That's about it.
I don't care for any of those except Starcraft 2.
[QUOTE=Meatmuppet;22055206]I was bored with LBP right after I finished the storyline[/QUOTE]
It's suppose to be a whole different game.
Kingdom Hearts O man I cnt wait
[QUOTE=Meatmuppet;22055206]I was bored with LBP right after I finished the storyline[/QUOTE]
The storyline is shit, but the community levels are awesome.
I'm more interested in LBP. I could really care less about the rest though they'll get hyped to shit.
God damn COD. Go die already.
[QUOTE=Azenin;22053809]How many Call of Duty games are there going to be?[/QUOTE]
They will continue making CoD as long as it is profitable.
Only thing that struck my interest on there was Kingdom Hearts.
Where's portal 2, crysis 2
etc..
Give it a couple of years and there will be more call of duty games than we have of LMAO pic threads.
[QUOTE=Swim;22053289]everytime I start to hate valve every other dev on earth does shit like this[/QUOTE]
:bandwagon:you just wrote that because of CoD 7.
what are you talking about? there's nothing to dislike there... it's just plain old sequels, many of those are games that many wait for with deep excitement. whatever could be wrong with Birth by Sleep, SC2 or AC2? what about LBP2?
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