Disengage The Simulator

The future of gaming for this year is already shaping up to be a great year. With the 360 putting out more classic gold and the ps3 being more established and publishers ironing out the problems with programming games it may just surpass the 360 this year. I hate to bring up the hi-def movie format wars but with bestbuy backing blu-ray that may have just put the final nail in the hd-dvd coffin. But enough about the whole format wars some games I’m looking forward to this year:

• Grand Theft Auto 4

The next in Rockstar Games groundbreaking series puts you in the shoes of Niko Bellic a Russian immigrant coming to Liberty City under the advice of his cousin Roman to partake in the riches that his cousin has claimed. When Niko arrives he finds that things aren’t as his cousin has said in-fact quite the opposite. Roman has got mixed up with the wrong people and needs your help to get him out. This will be the first GTA game to involve online multiplayer if done correctly this will be a huge improvement over the other GTAs. Im really hoping for some type of online co-op where you can go on missions with another person. This game is definitely going to be a day 1 pick up and i feel compelled to buy the special edition that comes with a duffle bag and lockbox.

• Star Wars The Force Unleashed

Take the role of Darth Vaders secret apprentice in this game that takes place between episode 3 and 4. Not much is known storywise with this game other than you are Vaders apprentice and your job is to hunt down and kill all the remaining jedi in the galaxy. Thinking of this game has me remembering one of my favorite star wars games ever Shadows Of The Empire for the N64. If you don’t own this game go get it and smack yourself with the cartridge because you missed out on something great.

• Fallout 3

The next offering from the creators of The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion. I am expecting nothing but solid gold with what this game will have to offer. Post apocalyptic world full of giant monsters for your killing pleasure. Imagine playing Mad Max the video game. This is one of my top 3 games I will without a doubt be picking up 1st day.

• Dead Space

You take the role of a deep space engineer. The game begins when you receive a distress call so of course you go to see what all the fuss is about and sure enough theres no survivors and the spacecraft is overran with aliens. The story of this game has been done on numerous occasions in different situations the entire Aliens series, and the games System Shock, and Bioshock. So-far the weapons lineup seems pretty cool including a Half Life like gravity gun and a laser cutting tool.

• Left 4 Dead

Who doesn’t enjoy a zombie plague unleashed upon the world? Oh you dont well how about if it included a 4 player co-op? Ok your interested now. How about if I say the makers of Half-Life is going to be helping work on it? Put all that together and you have Turtle Rock and Valves offering Left 4 Dead. Not only will the game have 4 player co-op but it will also have online versus. The idea of playing as a zombie doesn’t sound all that cool at first moving slow moaning with you hands out but I’m sure the zombies in this game will be nothing like that. Hey one good thing the only thing that will kill you is headshots.

• Duke Nukem Forever

You might laugh at me but i have faith that this game will see the light of day sometime this year. I mean its only been in development for almost over 10 years. I mean you can look at it this way you’ll be playing this game before the new Guns N Roses Chinese Democracy record. Maybe……?

• Dragonball Z Burst Limit

I don’t care if anime isn’t your thing or not this will be a top notch fighter period. If the last 2 budokai tenkaichi games is any type of sign you’ll probably have over 170 fighters to choose from. I’m going to go out on a limb and score this game before its release I will give it a score of OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!