[General Discussion] Most Wanted 2009. Worms 2 Armageddon or GTFO

Most people are probably still recovering from the Q4 flood of 2008 and all the games they got over Christmas and in the holiday sales, but it's 2009 and so time to start getting excited for the future. I've already read a few comments saying that 2009 could be a bit dry on the gaming front (including one from Skills' favourite Peter Molyneux), but I'm always ready for a nice surprise.

Even so, there's already a couple of games I'm excited about or looking forward to. Street Fighter IV is an obvious starting point, and Uncharted 2 I'm quite excited about. I also have my fingers crossed that we see the English version of Professor Layton 2 this year.

So how about everyone else, what are you looking forward to in '09? What do you hope gets a release, or are you most excited about arriving, do tell.


To help you out, here are some random titles that come to mind that will apparently see the light of day in 2009: APB, Bioshock 2, FEAR 2, God of War III, GTA: Chinatown Wars, Halo 3: ODST, Halo Wars, H.A.W.X., Heavy Rain, Killzone 2, MadWorld, Resident Evil 5, Skate 2 and others.

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Originally Posted by K_ Takahashi

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I said what are you looking forward to being released in 2009, not 2019.

Capcom Lord: Dead Rising may have Capcom and zombies, but it's nothing like Resident Evil. It is, however, an awesome game and if they've done a good job with the port to the Wii it should be worth a look.

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Originally Posted by Tails

I kind of hope H.A.W.X. works out, it'd be nice to see AC actually get some decent competition for once, and it'd give us an another flight game to play online.

The one issue I see with H.A.W.X. as far as you and Skills are concerned is I'm pretty sure I saw a dev diary type thing where they were saying that they've made it use a fixed external camera.

Also, LeHah: that forthcoming Indiana Jones game has been forthcoming for about 4 years or so no, I wouldn't be holding my breath for a 2009 release. But then again, you never know.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Where are people getting this idea that FFXIII is going to see a release this year. In Japland maybe (maybe), but not in the rest of the world. If it does see an English release in '09, well I'll eat my hat. I mean what's next, people listing Gran Turismo 5?

Lukage: Get out of here, SFIV looks fantastic, why lie.

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Originally Posted by Cetra

I hear a Valkyria Chronicles followup isn't out of the realm of possibility.

Are you talking about the DLC that will allow you to play the otherside of the campaign (as the Empire)? Because I've not heard anything that implies we should be be even remotely expecting a sequel. I'm willing to be pleasantly surprised on that front, but I highly doubt it.

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Originally Posted by Elfstar

Not true. The HAWX website has a load of stuff where they say you can play from in the cockpit but there's a special camera you can activate that follows missiles homing in on you and targets and stuff. You also get big arrows telling you when to turn to avoid the missiles when using that camera.

Good shit. To be fair, my memory was harking back to a video I saw some time ago and it may have been that they were just talking about the 3rd person chase cameras and so I assumed it wouldn't have a first-person camera. Makes sense they've added one though, cheers for the info.

I am kind of interested in HAWX, but it's one I'm waiting to see more of until I decide whether I'm properly interested or not.

Originally Posted by Elfstar

That's coming out in about a month I thought? I'm sure the release date is February, I don't see how it's such a complex game it'll slip ten months this late in the day.

You're not wrong. It's down as 13th Feb release for the UK, so this might be another game we get before the yanks. The last rumours I saw for the US were 'early 2009', hinting at a Feb release there too.

Surprisingly, talking to Skills last night about the early 2009 releases and looking over GAME's upcoming release list, there's actually quite a lot down for the first three months that I'd be tempted to purchase (something like 10 games).

One thing I'm definitely adding to my 'probably going to pre-order' list is Killzone 2. Yeah, I said it.

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Originally Posted by LeHah

Just got an email - the nextgen Indiana Jones has been offically canned.

I wish I could say I was surprised, but I'm not. Though amusingly, I swear I saw some news either today or a few days ago from LucasArts saying they were commited to a next-gen Indy game. Oops.

FELIPE NO

Given the Indy game could quite easily avoid the issue a lot of people seemed to cite with Crystal Skull (old Indy) I really don't see why it was all that risky. I can see why companies might be rather wary in the current financial climate, but honestly.

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Originally Posted by LeHah

I don't think Indy's age was the problem with the movie (frankly, there was no discerning problem with the movie...)

No I agree, I'm one of the people who is with you in that I found it a rather enjoyable film and don't get what most people were complaining about. However, I did know a few people that had most issue with seeing an old Indy (not saying I did).

What I meant though, is the game could basically ignore Crystal Skull and be closer to the originals, which remain as popular as ever (Lego Indy being one of the biggest sellers of 2008 would seem to demonstrate that). Any which way, a shame as Indiana Jones would be a great basis for a good adventuring type game.

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