Upcoming games

The second half of last year was helluva ride; for the gamers, at least. The gaming community had experienced a sudden influx of quality games, such as Bioshock, The Orange Box, Crysis and Call of Duty which went on to share many of the game magazines/websites' Game of the Year awards among themselves. Shooters fans weren't the only ones to be pampered with such excellent releases, RPG and RTS fans also got their fair share of games -- The Witcher emerged as sort of a black horse, garnering positive reviews; expansion packs for Supreme Commander (Forged Alliance) and Company of Heroes (Opposing Fronts), together with completely IP (World in Conflict) ensured that hardcore strategy fans would be kept busy for the time being.

And those mentioned were just the PC games. Console-wise, the community saw the release of the hotly anticipated Halo 3 for the 360 (I'll never understand why people like the Halo series; games like Half Life 2 easily own Halo hands down), Super Mario Galaxy(Wii) and even the Playstation 3 got its fair share of surprise (Uncharted). All in all, 2007, especially the second half of it, was pure gaming goodness.

Which brings many of us to worry: 2007 had such a good lineup of games, would 2008 end up paling in comparison? Personally, I feel that 2007 was a fantastic gaming year, and I pretty much doubt 2008 would repeat the feat in terms of the magnitude of greatness. However, that doesn't mean I am negative about this year. In fact, some of the games I'm looking forward to are due to be released this, that is if they are not delayed at the last minute.

The first game on my radar would be the long awaited Grand Theft Auto IV, which is due in April. The release of GTA IV, and together with Metal Gear Solid 4 (which is also supposed to be out by this year) will more or less prompt me to get a Playstation 3 and rekindle my love with console gaming once again. For the PC gamers, fret not, as Spore is also rumored to be due by this year, and then there's the WoW expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, for all you hardcore MMORPG players out there to look forward to. And as of this time, the latest Smash Bros for the Wii is already out in Japan, and the game is selling like hotcakes over there. Then there is the upcoming C&C 3 expansion and the just-released Sins of a Solar Empire for the RTS fans. As for the shooters fans, well, you had an overdosage of gaming goodness last year, I'm sure you won't mind if the next few months seem a bit barren for you guys, eh? Anyway, Valve's releasing new maps and gameplay for Team Fortress 2 pretty soon, so I guess you can get preoccupied by that while waiting for the next great shooter.

Well I guess that pretty much sums the post for now, I'll be adding and editing the post now and then to add a few more games which I've missed out at the time of writing this post. Till then, cya.