The lights are on
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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Borderlands 2 and ACIII BABY
Not as good as last year. Sure ACIII looks good as does Bioshock and Borderlands 2. But GTAV is uncertain and Valve's still too busy attempting to craft the perfect hat for TF2 to make anything with a 3 in it.
Assasin's Creed 3 and BioShock Infinite for sure, baby!!! I do hate how there aren't any 3ds games in anticpation in Autumn... I love the 3ds so thats why I said anything.
Bioshock infinite is the only day one buy for me so far. it also depends on the money situation. But its an absolute must buy and will probably get GOY. But it still is up in the air since all but one of last years nominees came out in November. Its kinda of scarey to think whats in store for November.
BORDERLANDS 2
ALL DA WAY HOMESLICE
I'll pick up Assassin's Creed III and Halo 4 at launch. I'll probably skip the others for a while.
Borderlands 2 and AC 3 definitely!
Borderlands 2 def. If gta 5 comes out this year, i think ill take off a whole week.
just preordered Borderlands 2 yesterday can't wait to slice some peeps up with zer0.
Cant wait for AC III
My most anticipated are: BioShock: Infinite, Far Cry 3, RE 6, and Borderlands 2.
No for sure day 1 buys for me for the rest of this year unless GTAV is actually released. Assassin's Creed 3, Borderlands 2, and Tomb Raider are the most likely for me to buy before they hit bargain bin status, but it will heavily depend on my reading a dozen reviews for each. The rest...I'll wait for monster price drops or just plain won't play because they don't interest me.