El amigo Adrian Werner de nuevo se ha molestado en crear una lista con todos los lanzamientos de juegos comerciales que veremos en 2009 en nuestros PCs.
adrianwerner.wordpress.com/games-of-2009/¡¡AGÁRRENSE LOS NACHOS!!
STRATEGYStarcraft 2: Wings of Liberty Do I really need to explain why?
Empire: Total War Finally! Total War is heading into XVIII century. With naval combat!
SIMS 3 Jagged Alliance 3Jagged Alliance series is pure turn-based perfection. now it returns running on highly modified Silent Storm engine and developed by F3 Games( new developer composed of veteran Russian developers, including ex-Nival people)
Disciples III: RenaissanceDisciples II: Dark Prophecy was one of best turn-based fantasy strategy games of last few years. It was released in 2002,around the same time such “monsters” from this subgenre like Heroes4,Age of Wonders 2 and Etherlords were released. And yet it stood proudly next to them and secured it’s place as one of premier franchises of this type. Now it’s back in full 3D and done by Akella.
Anno 1404Anno 1701 got 7.6 from Gamespot
Hearts of Iron IIIHearts of Iron 2 scored 8.3 from Gamespot
Majesty 2 – The Fantasy Kingdom Sim Sequel to 8.8 fantasy management strategy.
League of Legends: Clash of FatesThe makers of the Defense of the Ancients decided a mod wasn’t enough and the result it this: their first commercial game, expanding on DOTA concept
Cities XL City Life turned out be a very good(7.8 from GS) city-builder that achieved quitenice financial success, so now Monte Cristo is preparting a follow up with much bigger budget and increased depth (in atempt to satisfy SimCity fans who were dissapointed by Sim City Societies)
Dawn of War 2 Sequel to 8.8 RTS
Demigod New strategy game from GasPoweredGames, makers of Supreme Commander(8.7), a mix of RTS and RPG gameplay heavily inspired by DoA mod for Warcraft3
BattleforgeA hybrid of RTS and card-game from creators of Spellforce series
Solium InfernumNew strategy card game from maker of Armageddon Empires(87/100 Average on Metacritic)
Hegemony: Philip of MacedonFrom makers of Tread Marks(76% at GR)
Star Trek SupremacyA 4X game that’s a follow up to Star Trek: Birth of the Federation
Company of Heroes: Tales of ValorSecond add-on to Company of Heroes (the original game got 9.0 from Gamespot and the first add-on scored 8.0)
Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment First mini-expansion to one of best strategy games of recent years (9.0 from Gamespot)
Gray Matter New adventure game from the empress of the genre: Jane Jansen (creator of Gabriel Knight series)
Still Life 2Finally a sequel to one of most loved adventure games in recent years (9.0 at Adventuregamers).
Gobliiins 4 Sequel to classic adventure series, it’s being designed by a small indie dev run by Pierre Gilhodes, the original creator of all three Goblins games
Mata HariAdventure game from 4Head (most well known for Europa 1400 (8.5) ), designed and written by Lucas Arts veterans: Hal Barwood and Noah Falstein ( guys behind Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade as well as legendary Indiana Jones games The Fate of Atlantis)
HeavenAn Adenture game from Stephan Martiniere(visual art director at Cyan where he worked on Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, Uru: The Path of the Shell and Myst 5), Dylan Cole(who worked on the films Superman Returns, Daredevil and The Chronicles of Riddick) and former employees from Digital Domain( James Cameron’s special effects company)
Memento MoriNew adventure game from Anaconda label.
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the RipperMozartAlternativaCyberpunk adventure from makers of Memento Mori in c.lassic point&click s.tyle using 2.5D engine with non-linear story and alternative storylines.
Art of Murder 2: Hunt for the PuppeteerSequel to an adventure game that got 7.0 from Adventuregamers
Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio RitualArcheological adventure game from makers of Art of Murder ( 7.0 from Adventuregamers)
Culpa Innata 2: Chaos RisingThe first one got 7.5 from Gamespot
Untitled Fushiosphere titleAdventure game that takes place in Asia in 30s, from makers of Secret Files Tunguska series
The Book of Unwritten TalesMachinariumFirst full lenght adventure from Amanita Design (makers of marvelous Samorost 1-2)
The Whispered WorldEmerald City ConfidentialA noir adventure game set in a world inspired by Wizard of OZ, designed and written by Dave Gilbert (maker of Shivah and Blackwell series)
The PathFrom makers of Endless Forest
ResonanceFirst commercial game from maker the incredible freeware adventure game “What Linus Bruckman Sees When His Eyes Are Closed”
Love” First-person-not-so-massively-multiplayer- online-procedural-adventure-game”
Dead Mountaineer HotelLast-Express like adventure game(meaning non-linear, NPC have AIs, goals, daily routines and walk freely over the gameworld) based on Strugacki Brothers’ novel, made by Akella.
Kaptain Brawe Indie oldschool comedy adventure game
CevilleRPGsDragon Age Bioware next epic
Diablo 3Drakensang: The Dark EyeFinally a new game based of DarkEye pen and paper RPG (previously used in wonderful Realms of Arkania series)
DropshipA turn-based SF wargame with RPG elements developed by ex-Troika guys using the Source engine
Warrior EpicReluctant HeroAn innovative RPG that follows entire career of your character, till his very death from old age. By makers of Kult:Heretic Kingdoms (74% at Gamerankings)
Eschalon: Book2Kivi’s UnderworldA casual hack and slash game from makers of Depths of Peril
Untitled Carbine Studios MMORPG Carbine is a team composed of RPG veterans(including Blizzard ones) like Tim Cain
(one of creators of Fallout and Arcanum) and Jeremy Gaffney (founder of Turbine)
Age of DecadenceHardcore indie RPG
The Broken HourglassAn old-school Baldurs Gate 2-like RPG, done by Planewalker Games-indie team consisting of cRPG modders, lead by Jason Compton (the best BG2 modder, he did wonders to NPC and party members dynamic interaction). The game takes place in Tolmira (sword-and-sorcery setting, which PlaneWalker licensed) has isometric perspective, unlimited party, complex party-to-party interactions, lots of good old-school roleplaying and real-time with pause combat system
Risen New RPG IP from creators of Gothic franchise
King’s Bounty: The PrincessFirst add-on.
Star Trek OnlineSIMULATIONStorm of War: Battle of BritainFrom makers of Il2 Sturmovik
Digital Combat Simulator: Black SharkHeli sim from Eagle Dynamics, best known for Flanker 2.0 (8.7 from GS)
Jet ThunderHistorical air combat sim from Thunder Works
Fighter OpsJumpgate EvolutionA sequel to space sim MMO that got 8.6 from Gamespoit
Infinity: The Quest for EarthMMO space simulator with huge procedurally generated universe
Universe OnlineA space sim MMO from team of MMO veterans( Colony studios is composed of people who worked on Eve, Wow and others MMOs)
Microsoft Train Simulator 2Finaly a sequel to one best train sims ever made( 8.2from GS), this time it
will be made by AcES (company responsible for Flight Simulator series) using
their Flight Simulator X engine
Rise of FlightA WWI sim.
Steel beasts 2 The follow-up to most realistic and hardcore tank sim ever. First one got 8.8.
Seven-GIndie F-18 Flight Sim.
PUZZLESubversionFourth Introversion game (after Uplink, Darwinia and Defcon)
OverflowNew fluid-centered puzzle game from makers of The Odyssey: Winds of Athena(8.0 from Gametunnel)
ACTIONGround BranchTactical shooter from Blackfoot( which is composed of RainbowSix, Rogue Spear and Ghost Recon leads)
Delta Force: Angel Falls Shattered HorizonMuliplayer FPS that takes place in zero gravity setting from Futuremark
Natural Selection 2Commercial Source-based sequel to one of best mp MODS
Naumachia - Space WarfareA multiplayer space battle sim in which you can start piloting individual fighters with standard FPS controls (mouse/keyboard) and then when your rank advances it’s possible to command capital ships and their fighter squadrons with a dedicated RTS-like interface. Developed by people who previously made Specialist mod for first Half-life
Untitled Konjak gameKonjak is the guy who made the great Chalk and Noitu Love 2
Chrome 2Original Chrome was good(7.2) FPS shooter that had lots of unrealized potential. Since then Techland has been consistently improving and their last title:XPandRally has 85% average at GameRankings we can propably expect good things from this game
Lone Wolf: Flight from the DarkAction-adventure based on legendary “Choose your own adventure” gamebook series
Alien Swarm: InfestedAlienSwarm was one of very best and definitly the most original UnrealTournament2004 mods ever. Now the sequel is coming as commercial game running on Valve’s Source engine
Global AgendaTactical MMOFPS running on Unreal Engine 3.0
FinnWars 2Commercial follow-up to one of best Battlefield1942 mods ever made.
Zeno ClashFantasy FPP action game running on Source engine
AscensionFreeware spiritual successor to Tribes, created by the team that made the Renegade mod for Tribes, Tribes2 and Tribes: Vengeance
They Hunger: Lost SoulsOriginal Hunger was THE best single-player mod for Half-life. Now the team returns with commercial follow up based on Source engine
Sugar RushOnline arena combat game from Klei Entertainment (indie dev responsible for Eets)
Americas Army 3This version will run on Unreal Engine 3.0
Mafia 2At last! A sequel to one of very best (9.3) action games ever made.
Resident Evil 5 Beyond Good & Evil 2Mirror’s EdgeDICE’s new first-person action adventure game
NecrovisionFPS from Farm21(company created by people who worked on games like Painkiller or MOH: Allied Assault), running on heavily upgraded Painkiller engine
The CrossingSource based shooter mixing singleplayer and multiplayer. Developed by Arkane Studios( Arx Fatalis, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic) and Half-Life 2’s art director
Dungeon Hero From Firefly studios (makers of great Stronghold series and medicore Stronghold: Legends and CivCity, we’ll see how they do here)
Alpha Protocol Spy-themed action RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, makers of Knights of the Old Republic 2(8.5) and Neverwineter Nights 2 (8.6)
Divinity 2 Sequel to one of best action-rpgs ever(8.6 at GS), running on Gamebryo 2.0 engine
(Oblivion, Gothic3, Guild2 all used it)
The Lord of the Rings: ConquestWhat Pandemic did to Star Wars with their Battlefront series they will now do to Tolkien’s world giving us a multiplayer-centered action game.
Tom Clancy’s HAWXArcade flight game from Ubisoft
Splinter Cell 5Aliens: Colonial MarinesFPS from Gearbox (known for Brothers in Arms series)
BorderlandsPost apocalyptic shooter from Gearbox (makers of Brothers in Arms series)
TotemsAction-adventure from the makers of Outcast
RAGEAgencySpy-themed action MMO from SOE
Lord of CreaturesMade by lead designers of Commandos and Commandos2.
Operation Flashpoint 2Armed Assault 2PrecursorsAn open ended action/rpg game which takes action in space and on planets(think STALKER mixed with Privateer), from makers of BoilingPoint
Battlestations: PacificSequel to Battlestations: Midway (7.9 from Gamespot)
The Secret WorldA MMO from makers of Age of Conan and Longest Journey franchise
StormrisePost apocalyptic RTS from Creative Assembly (makers of Total War series)
The Last RemnantEpic RPG from Tri-Ace, makers of Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile series
DC Universe OnlineSuperhero MMO from Sony Online Entertainment (Everquest 1-2, Planetside, Star Wars Galaxies)
FEAR 2: Project OriginSequel to FEAR (9.1 from GS)
Project OffsetA fantasy FPS from makers of Savage(which won Indie GOTY 2003)
Alan WakeA psychological thriller from makers of Max Payne series
Duke Nukem ForeverSky GodsA tactical shooter from BlackfootStudios(made by Red Storm veterans), bassicaly this is a smaller game that will provide funding for Ground Branch as well as be a testing ground for the tech and gameplay ideas,
Godfather 2The first one was scored 8.1 by Gamespot
SingularityFPS from Raven Soft.
WolfensteinBurnout Paradise Port of a great arcade racer that got 9.0 from Gamespot
White Gold: War in ParadiseFPS/RPG hybrid that’s a successor to Boiling Point.
Bionic CommandoWallace and Gromit’s Grand AdventuresStreet Fighter IV Saints Row 2The first Saints Row got 8.3 from Gamespot.
Project OwlboyRetro platformer
Overlord 2First one got 7.5 from Gamespot
DiRT 2The first one got 8.3 from Gamespot
Return to Mysterious Island 2The first one got 8.0 from Adventuregamers and 7.3 from Gamespot.
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark AthenaA remake of 9.3 FPS with additional single-player and multiplayer content.
FuelOpen-world racing game from Codemasters
VeneticaRoleplaying game from Deck13, makers of Anhk (7.3 from GS) and Jack Keane (7.0 from GS)
A New Beginning Section 8 Unreal 3.0-based FPS from makers of Kohan trilogy(which got 8.6, 7.7 and the last one for 8.5 from GS)
Postal 3 Runaway 3: A Twist of FateHero Arcania: A Gothic TaleThis game is effectively a Gothic 4.It’s tainted with plenty of drama with Gothic 1-3 developer breaking away from the publisher, which resulted in other developer (Spellbound), but at the very least it will be interesting to see how it will compare to Pyranha Bytes’ (Gothic creators) own RPG
Prototype Champions Online A Superhero MMORPG from Cryptic, makers of City of Heroes (8.4 from Gamespot)
and City of Villains (8.2 from GS)
Deus Ex 3 Unnamed Ferrari Project Blimey games (makers of GTR2 and GT Legends) are preparing this game on brand new engine
and they also hired Richard Burns Rally physics coder to create the physics engine for it.
HuxleyA MMO FPS from Webzen running on UE3.0
Veces editado: 3
Última edición: 13/12/2008 20:58