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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've already gotten Fifa 13, Madden 13, Forza Horizon, Medal of Honor, tonight I'm getting AC3, AC3 Liberation, NFSMW Vita, and next week Halo 4. Also planning on getting Far Cry 3. What can I say, I'm a hoarder.
I really want to download Okami, but it still isn't on the PS Store. How long does it take to put a game up? Seriously
Can't wait for Halo 4 and Black Ops 2.
These games sound great, but the next must have on for me is Bioshock Infinite.
Halo 4, hands down.
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I'm hoping for Black Ops 2 and Borderlands 2
AC3!!!!!! Already is fantastic but I do want BO2!
Keep them coming!
I have WWE 13, ACIII, and NFSMW pre-ordered and paid off, but the recent hurricane left my local GameStop without power so I can't get them. If it happens to open back up when I'm not assisting in the relief efforts, I'd be more than happy to pick'em up.
I'm looking forward to scribblenauts and possibly the mass effect trilogy for ps3, but, must importantly, gotta have me some of that Assassins Creed 3
Nothing compares to last years list and Batman: Arkham City!!!!!
Out of that entire list, all I want to play is...
Darksider 2
Assassins Creed 3
Halo 4
Far Cry 3
I've already beaten Borderlands 2 to death. Nothing else seems all that interesting to me.
can't wait for Darksiders 2 on Wii U and Halo 4.
This is great GI, thanks. Perhaps give ZombiU some love as well, then I think you'd have all the unique Wii U games covered ;)
Forza Horizon, AC3, Halo 4, Black Ops 2
Sticker star is almost here!!!
Such a good years :D its been a good few years actually :)