After looking back over the best of 2009, it’s natural to look forward, to my most anticipated titles of 2010. I’ve put together a list of the titles that I personally can’t wait to play, hopefully they all come out this year.
The Last Guardian
Shadow of the Colossus and Ico are two of my all time favorite games, trailers show an exciting mix of themes and gameplay from these previous titles. Unfortunately with no announced release date, rumors point to this coming in 2011.
Crackdown 2
Due in Q1, a sequel to the game that made collecting stuff fun again. 4P co-op, and a host of new toys are the most interesting points to me. The wingsuit in this trailer alone is enough to warrant jumping all over Pacific City again for me.
Alan Wake
6 Years after Max Payne 2, Remedy demoed Alan Wake at E3 2009, it immediately grabbed my attention. The Finnish studio appear to be trying a lot of new and interesting things, I cant wait to see if they pull it off.
Mass Effect 2
This game drops at the end of January. Early reviews all point toward it being vastly improved over the original, which I thought was a great game despite its flaws. Sign me up!
Brink
With only rumors of a sequel to Mirrors Edge around, Splash Damage appear to be moving the FPS genre forward. While I don’t play Multi-player FPS games much anymore, the movement & controls shown in this video have my fingers tingling.
BioShock 2
I didn’t feel like Bioshock needed a sequel, it was so well done. However recent trailers do look interesting, I hope the game can live up to the first. Let alone 2K Boston’s unannounced title, if that was public I’m sure it would be here.
Red Dead Redemption
This trailer shows a ‘western’ world with the depth and attention to detail of a GTA, your horse can be bitten by a snake and die! I’m excited to play in a different kind of sandbox.
Fez
After winning the 2008 GDC Design Innovation Award, I’ve been keeping my eye on this XBLA title, hopefully coming out soon!
Just Cause 2
This simply looks like a lot of fun, I never played the original game, but the grappling hook shown in this trailer had me grinning.
Half Life 2 – Episode 3
The cliff hanger ending of the fantastic episode 2 has me keen for even a word about the concluding episode from Valve. Will it link up with Portal’s Aperture science? will it come this year?
Pikmin3
Another long shot here, Miyamoto has been quoted that the game is being worked on, but only by a few people. Perhaps 2011 is more likely..
