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Check out this murderers' row of highly anticipated games scheduled to ship this fall. Ladies and gentlemen, start your saving. If you want to play the biggest games of the year, your wallet warning level will be at Defcon 1 come the autumn months.
Here are the confirmed dates we have so far. Click the game name to read our review.
August
Darksiders II – August 14Sleeping Dogs – August 14The Last Story – August 14New Super Mario Bros. 2 – August 19Transformers: Fall of Cybertron – August 21Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – August 21Dark Souls (PC) – August 24Guild Wars 2 – August 28Ratchet & Clank Collection – August 28God of War Saga – August 28Infamous Collection – August 28Madden NFL 13 – August 28Journey Collector's Edition -- August 28
September
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 – September 11NHL 13 – September 11Borderlands 2 – September 18Kinect Sesame Street TV – September 18Kinect Nat Geo TV – September 18La-Mulana -- September 20World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria – September 25Dead or Alive 5 – September 25Tokyo Jungle -- September 25LittleBigPlanet PS Vita -- September 25
October
Resident Evil 6 – October 2NBA 2K13 – October 2Pokémon Black & White 2 – October 7XCOM: Enemy Unknown – October 9Code of Princess -- October 9Dishonored – October 9Dance Central 3 – October 16Doom III: BFG Edition -- October 16Silent Hill: Book Of Memories -- October 16007 Legends -- October 16Skylanders: Giants – October 21Medal of Honor: Warfighter – October 23Street Fighter X Tekkan (Vita) – October 23Forza Horizon – October 23Killzone Trilogy -- October 23Elemental: Fallen Enchantress -- October 23Liberation Maiden -- October 25King's Bounty: Warriors of the North -- October 26Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – October 28Assassin's Creed III – October 30Assassin's Creed III: Liberation – October 30Need for Speed: Most Wanted – October 30Nike+ Kinect Training – October 30Sports Champions 2 – October 30Zone of the Enders HD Collection -- October 30WWE 13 – October 30LEGO The Lord of the Rings -- October 30Okami HD -- October 30Pid -- October 31
NovemberHalo 4 – November 6LittleBigPlanet Karting – November 6NASCAR The Game: Inside Line – November 6Paper Mario: Sticker Star – November 11Call of Duty: Black Ops II – November 13Wonderbook: Book of Spells -- November 13Wii U Launch – November 18Disney's Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two – November 18Disney's Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion – November 18Scribblenauts Unlimited -- November 18New Super Mario Bros. U -- November 18Nintendo Land -- November 18Hitman: Absolution – November 20PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royal – November 20 Persona 4 Golden -- November 20Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – November 20
December
Far Cry 3 – December 4Guardians of Middle-earth -- December 4
Which games are you planning to splurge for first?
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Dishonored?
Darksiders 2, Borderlands 2, Resident Evil 6, Dishonored, AC3, Hitman, and Bioshock. Sorry wallet but it has to be done.
It's not up there, but Darksiders II August 14th I believe. Oh, and Fall of Cybertron is going to be great.
XCOM FTW!.
RE6, XCOM, Dishonored, Halo 4, Bioshock.
Man ASSASSINS cred is lookin goood
Epic Mickey 2 has a release date of October 1
Wii U is first! A couple of launch games like Killer Freaks and another to be named later. Resident Evil 6 and Halo 4 are two of my most anticipated, since Colonial Marines and Bioshock Infinite are delayed.
Assassins Creed 3, Resident Evil6, Skyrim DLC and Luiguis Manion 2.
thanks for puting up the fall of cybertron date up, also for everyone else to know xcom(the fps) as well as the new devil may cry got pushed into 2013 as well.
Honestly I don't think there is enough love for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. I think it really does look like an improved and amazing game.
It's going to be a great Holiday season.
Damn GI no love for fighting games? You forgot about Tekken Tag Tournament 2 coming out this September.
Borderlands 2 for me and AC3 and COD:anything for my husband.
I didn't think I'd buy another CoD game, but Black Ops 2 actually looks interesting lol. I also can't wait for Halo 4, Medal of Honer: Warfighter, Assassin's Creed III, and Boarderlands 2 :l of course I'm probably not gonna be able to get all of them lol and who knows what else has yet to appear. C'moooon income...
Already have dishonored pre-ordered, along with Halo 4 and Assassin's Creed III which I already have both paid off in full. Hoping to see the new Tomb Raider in there somewhere soon. Also have to get into Bioshock so I can be ready for Infinite.
How come you guys didn't mention Tekken tag 2 which supposedly comes out on september or October for consoles.