GAMES THAT WILL COME IN 2010

STRATEGY

Elemental: War of Magic
Turn-based fantasy wargame in vein of Master of Magic, from Stardock (their Galactic Civilization 2 plus both add-ons to it all got 9+ ratings on Gamespot)

Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty
Do I really need to explain why?

Jagged Alliance 3
Jagged 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)

World War Two Western Front Combat Mission
After disappointing affair with modern combat Battlefront returns to what they do best: WWII tactical wargames

Command and Conquer 4

Society
A MMORTS without fees. From makers of GalacticCivilizations2(9.0)

ROLEPLAYING

Diablo 3

Drakensang: The River of Time
Prequel to Drakensang

Torchlight
A MMORPG from the team who made Mythos

Mytheon
MMORPG from Petroglyph, a company responsible for Star Wars: Empire at War

North Star
A space trading/combat RPG with turn-based combat by Kerberos (ex Barking Dog guys
and makers of Homeworld: Cataclysm and Sword of the Stars)

Cyclopean
Indie RPG, with hardcore focus on roleplaying, inspired by Lovecraft mythos.

Dropship
A turn-based SF wargame with RPG elements developed by ex-Troika guys using the Source engine

Avernum VI
The final chapter in the long running indie RPG series

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)

Star Trek Online

Star Wars: The Old Republic
Star Wars MMORPG from Bioware.

Otherland
Cyberpunk MMORPG based on novels by Tad Williams, handled by the development studio Real U, formed around a core of ex-Melbourne House talent (as Eurogamer put it” 8-bit heroes of The Hobbit and The Way of the Exploding Fist, and then cult classic Shadowrun, who in later years struggled valiantly with the tide of licences and conversions heaped on them by Atari, sometimes triumphing against the odds (as in PS2 Transformers)” )

All Points Bulletin
GTA-like MMO from David Jones, the creator of original Grand Theft Auto

Jade Dynasty
Martial arts MMO from company that developed Perfect World Online (a MMO that scored 7.5 at IGN)

Forged by Chaos
Online action-rpg using CryEngine2

Mount & Blade Multiplayer Expansion
The base Mount and Blade recievied 8.0 from IGN.

ADVENTURE

15 Days
Thriller adventure game from House of Tales, makers of Moment of Silence and Overclocked, which both got 8+ reviews at Adventuregamers

Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island
Monkey Island inspired comedic adventure game from Autumn Moon, company created by ex-LucasArts guys. Autumn Moon’s previous game: Vampyre Story scored 7.6 at IGN

Vampyre Story 2: A Bat’s Tale
Sequel to one of the best adventure games of 2008

Next Frictional Game
New horror adventure game from creators of Penumbra series (Penumbra: Black Pleague got 8.0 from Gamespot)

Haunted
New aventure from Deck 13, makers of Ankh series and Jack Keane

Deponia
Post apocalyptic cyberpunk adventure game in 1400×900 resolution

Coven
New game from makers of Rhiannon (7.5 from Gamespot)

ACTION

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Sequel to 8.5 WWII tactical shooter. What’s more, RO2 will singleplayer campaigns for both Russian and German sides.

Ground Branch
Tactical shooter from Blackfoot( which is composed of RainbowSix, Rogue Spear and Ghost Recon leads)

Shattered Horizon
Muliplayer FPS that takes place in zero gravity setting from Futuremark

BlackStar Chronicles
An action MMO described as a mix of the single-player traditions of Wing Commander with the multiplayer feel of Descent. It’s being developed by a team of people who previously worked on sadly canceled Privateer Online as well as on Star Wars Galaxies

Project Offset
A fantasy FPS from makers of Savage(which won Indie GOTY 2003)

Iron Seed 2
Follow up to forgotten classic (it’s not well known now, but back in the days it rivaled Star Control 2 in quality)

RACING

rFactor 2
The first rFactor became the rulling standart of PC racing sims and the most popular modding platform for fans of the genre, not to mention it’s engine was the basis for majority of other good PC racing sims of recent years (like GTR 1-2, Race series, Arca simracing or GT Legends)

The Turismo Competición 2000
A new racing sims based on ISI’s Gmotor engine (the same engine that powers GTR and Race series, rFactor and Arca), a follow-up to Turismo Carretera.
777 Studios is publishing previous game in the series in US, so there is high chance this one will see an English release too.

SIMULATION

Storm of War: Battle of Britain
From makers of Il2 Sturmovik

World of Tanks
A MMO PvP tank combat game set in World War 2 setting from Wargaming.net,akers of Massive Assault (8.4 from IGN) and upcoming Order of War

Infinity: The Quest for Earth
MMO space simulator with huge procedurally generated universe

Steel beasts 2
The follow-up to most realistic and hardcore tank sim ever. First one\ got 8.8.

Supreme Commander 2
Sequel to one of best RTSes of 2007 (it recieved 9.0 from IGN)

RAGE

Metal Gear Solid: Rising

Brink
TPP Shooter from Splash Damage, makers of Quake Wars (8.5 from IGN)

Mafia II
At last! A sequel to one of very best (9.3) action games ever made.

Mechwarrior
The classic series returns.

Alien Breed Evolution
The legendary Amiga series is finally back!.

Beyond Good & Evil 2

Deus Ex 3

Six Days in Fallujah

American McGee’s Alice II
The first one got 9.4 from IGN

Aliens: Colonial Marines
FPS from Gearbox (known for Brothers in Arms series)

Alien vs Predator 3

Mass Effect 2
Sequel to 9.2 (IGN) RPG

Max Payne 3
Max Payne got 9.3 from IGN, while it’s sequel scored 9.4

Singularity
FPS from Raven Software

Splinter Cell 5

Dark Void
Action-adventure from Airtight Games, a team formed by people who created Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (8.9 from Gamespot)

Bioshock
Sequel to a game that scored 9.7 at IGN

Afterfall
A post apocalyptic roleplaying game following the good old school principles of the genre: non-linearity, turn-based combat, lots of roleplaying and decisions having real effect on the game world

Dungeon Hero
From Firefly studios (makers of great Stronghold series and medicore Stronghold: Legends and CivCity, we’ll see how they do here)

Final Fantasy XIV Online
New MMO from Square Soft

Agency
Spy-themed action MMO from SOE

DC Universe Online
Superhero MMO from Sony Online Entertainment (Everquest 1-2, Planetside, Star Wars Galaxies)

The Secret World
A MMO from makers of Age of Conan and Longest Journey franchise

Split Second
New racer from Black Rock Studio (makers of PURE, which got 8.4 from IGN)

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.