2009 is coming to a close, and that means that the majority of this years major game releases have now been, well, released. Usually this would be a time to reflect back on what’s happened this year, but fuck that (for the time being), lets take a gander at what i’m personally looking forward to at some point next year.
Dante’s Inferno
I do love a good hack and slash game, even if i’m absolutely terrible at them, and Dante’s Inferno certainly has my interest. It’s based off of a poem by Dante Alighieri called The Divine Comedy, which described the nine circles of hell. It’s probably going to be a pretty disturbing game – hence the reason why i’m interested in it. Needless to say you should check out some of the developer diaries.
Brink
Brink is something that I only actually found out about yesterday, it’s an FPS set in the future on something called “The Ark”, which is an artificial island in the middle of the ocean somewhere. However, The Ark has lost contact with the rest of the Earth, and now there’s a struggle for resources.
Brink interests me for two reasons, the first being the SMART system that they’ve put in the game, which allows you to jump, or vault over objects to get where you want to go. It kind of reminds me of Mirror’s Edge, only it actually looks good. The second reason this game interests me is the class system, which actually seems to alter the way that you can achieve your objective, which means that there should be a lot of replay value in store for us here.
Also, it has 8 player co-op. Bitchin’.
Bioshock 2
Although unlikely to be a game that i’ll get on release date, Bioshock 2 still holds interest. The first game (Which I only completed earlier this year) was awesome in every sense of the word, the atmosphere, voice acting and story telling were all excellent, so i’m pretty excited to see what the sequel has to offer.
Bad Company 2
This game will completely dominate my spare time when it’s released in March. The first Bad Company is already an excellent multiplayer title, the large-scale battles and destructible environments really do it for me. It’s awesome to roll in to battle with a few tanks and Helicopters with your buddies in them. Good times indeed. This’ll be a day-one purchase for me fo’ sho’.
Halo Reach
Although ODST has put a massive dent in my love of the Halo games, Halo Reach is still something that i’m going to be keeping an eye on at the very least. We’re going to be treated to some in-game footage on the 12th December, so fingers crossed that it’ll be good, right?
Split/Second
I was actually surprised to discover that Disney is the publisher of this title – which looks like a bit of a cross between Need for Speed and Burnout. It’s an arcade-style racer, where you can cause parts of the track to explode to create new shortcuts, or to take out an opponents car. It looks pretty awesome, and is certainly something that’s worth keeping an eye on.
Blur
Another arcade style racer here – this time I was dismayed to learn that it’s published by Activision, but the actual game itself looks pretty good, and reminds me of a game that I used to play in my childhood called RC Revenge, so in a strange way I think it’ll actually be somewhat nostalgic.
Crackdown 2
Last but certainly not least, it’s Crackdown 2. The original Crackdown came out in 2007 – admittedly the only reason I ever heard of it was because of the Halo 3 Beta. Luckily, Crackdown was actually a pretty damn good game. The levelling system was pretty fun and gave you something to aim for, although it lacked challenge at times, it was still something that you could pick up, play, and have a good time with. Even better – the sequel supports four player co-op. Can you say “Win”?
That’s my list for titles that i’m looking forward to for 2010 – and I have a feeling that i’ve missed some as well. Needless to say next year will be a bad year for my wallet.

Here’s my review for Modern Warfare 2. Sorry it took so long – real life and Assassins Creed 2 got in the way. Still, I hope it’s enjoyable. You should probably note that it contains approximately one naughty word though.

















