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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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I hope Halo 4 crushes CoD Black Ops 2
Definetly Ac3 and maybe Halo 4 well be all.
Resident Evil 6 and Assassin's Creed III, still not sure on Halo 4
The only one I can think of isn't on the list and that's transformers FOC and I pre-ordered it.
I've already saved for Assassin's Creed 3 and Resident Evil 6. Bioshock: Infinite and Medal of Honor: Warfighter I will definitely play, but they'll have to for a while. I need AC3 now.
When did the Res Evil release date get shifted up?!
At this point Borderlands2 is my only day1 buy. I'll hold out for the inevitable Black Friday sale on AC3. I'm reserving judgement on Halo4 and MoH.
I'm thinking Borderlands 2 and Halo 4
far cry 3, halo 4, ac III, and bioshock infinite are all on my list
When I first heard that the new assassin named "Connor" was going to climb trees, I was a bit skeptical at fist. But as I read and learnt more about their new engine, my worries were laid to rest. With the amount of effort that has gone into making this new installment,I beleive that UBISOFT would not want to have any problems, hence being the most polished Assassin's Creed game.
This game looks *** amazing!
The two games I'll be getting from the list are; AC3 and Halo 4. Seeming as I have every Halo and Assassin's Creed game that is on store shelves, even Halo 1 and 2.
Darksiders 2 should probably be added to the list since it got moved to August.
Damn October is such a busy month
Any one herd about Hitmans release date?
Ummmm... Why isn't Pokemon Black on this list? It comes out in Fall... Anyway, I'm looking forward to BioShock Infinite the most.
Halo, Resident Evil, and Assassin's Creed. My nephew and his friends hated the first Black Ops with a passion, and since I don't buy games very often, I'll be giving the second one a pass.
anyone else find it odd that activision decided to release black ops 2 a week after halo 4 will be released?
Resident Evil 6, AC III, and BioShock Infinite. Forget having a life.