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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I'm more in ACIII, but I'm looking at Infinite, and hoping to see when Dishonored drops.
RE6's earlier release date than planned only means one thing: Either Halo 4 or the new Call of Duty's coming ouy on November 20th and Capcom doesn't want to compete with those beasts.
Halo 4 is top priority. Then AC3. After that I'll just buy whatever awesome game just came out when I have money, which will be never since I will have just bought an awesome game days before.
don't forget COD the second tuesday of every November... it always is.
Most of these games will probably have some special edition too. Meaning my wallet will be even more sad than usual. But I will be one happy gamer, no matter what.
awww man, im REALLY looking forward to Assassins Creed3, and Halo4, im also thinking about far cry3 which looks promising.
Assassin's Creed 3 at launch and Brother's in Arms Furious 4 looks promising. Halo 4 and Bioshock Infinite also look awesome.
every year the lineup gets better
Far Cry 3, Dishonored, Halo 4, and Bioshock Infinite are definite buys for me.
Out if those 6 games, I plan on getting AC3 and Bioshock Infinite at launch. As for RE6, I'll wait for the reviews to determine if it's an immediate buy. The others Im not planning on picking them up at full price.
Oh wait, they mentioned GTA V. nvm.
AC3-definitely Far Cry 3-most likely MoH:Warfighter-maybe
Really keeping an eye on Borderlands 2, that game looks great. I will be picking that, Resident Evil 6, Halo 4, and NBA 2K13 up. Those should be enough to hold me over through the rest of the year.
As a huge Resident Evil fan I am hopeful that Resident Evil 6 will wash the bad taste of Operation Raccoon City out of our mouths. It looks very interesting and the game-play tweaks could make the game more fun to play. Halo 4 seems to be coming together nicely and should be a great entry into the franchise and I always buy NBA 2K, this year will be no different.
Assassin's creed III for sure, possible of Bioshock Infiite and Resident evil 6