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Tom's Games: Top 10 Games To Watch For 2008

Now that 2007 is well behind, it's time to look at the top games scheduled for release in 2008. In putting a list together of the 10 most anticipated games for this year, Tom's Games (of Tom's Hardware) looked at each title's pedigree, including the developer talent and track record as well as previous titles if the game is a sequel. Of course, hype played a big factor - does the game have a playable demo? Has it been shown at conventions and trade shows? Does it look polished enough for release this year. Tom's Games also examined the platforms and sales potential for each title. For example, title A may be released on three or four platforms and take in more sales, while title B may only be released on one platform but if it dominates that particular platform, then it may rank higher on the list; then again, depending on the platform, title B may not. Here's a quick look at 10 top shelf titles scheduled to launch this year.

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sonarus5922d ago (Edited 5922d ago )

well everyone is entitled to their own top 10 but mgs4 at number 9 sorta bothers me,but like i said everyone is entitled to their own decision. However when he says downside for mgs4 being since its a ps3 exclusive its subject to a narrow audience. MGS4 will more than likely outsell half of those games on the list. Ps3 is at 10 million usurs thats no longer a narrow audience plus by the end of the yr that number is expected to double. Why is everyone trying to look the other way at MGS4 jst because its exclusive to ps3. I know its jealousy but common. Not kojima's fault that 360 wasnt suitable for his vision geez. I am a playstation fan who was almost swayed to the competition by the excellent titles from last yr. bioshock, mass effect, saints row, dead rising it was like every month there was a game to play while my ps3 was almost rotting. I remember when callin all cars was the hot item on ps3 sad sad times. But i held on tight for the light at the end of the tunnel was worth all that waiting. The chance to see mgs4. If mgs4 had come to 360 i would have probably sold my ps3 and be regretting it now

DRUDOG5922d ago

Sonarus took the words right out of my mouth. As soon as I saw MGS 4 at #9 I almost stopped right there, but I soldiered on and got through it :P To each their own in terms of taste, but there are a few glaring ommissions not to mention the fact that RE5 and Starcraft probably won't be making it in '08. Where's GT5? Where's LBP? This list seems to try and have something for everyone, but two RTS's and no racing games or RPGs? Lame...

BTW who the hell is Tom anyhow?!? I need to get into this surfer girl, snowshoe dude or Tom gig and start blowing everyone's mind with my insights and gaming tastes!

IzKyD13315922d ago (Edited 5922d ago )

StarCraft II at number 1?
LMAO! you barely hear about that game (thats because not alot of people give a damn)
and starwars the force unleashed shouldnt be near that list, the person who made this is going by his own personal likings rather than going with the facts.....and MGS4 at number 9 bothers me too, its should ATLEAST be in the top 3, almost everyone i know who bought a ps3 bought it because of MGS4

ktchong5922d ago (Edited 5922d ago )

StarCraft is the national religion of South Korea.

As far as I know, Metal Gear Solid has not reached that status in any country.

StarCraft has ONE game (two if you count the expansion,) but that one game alone most likely outsold the entire Metal Gear Solid series, all games combined.

wallace10005922d ago

I am trying to think of one guy i know that hasn't played starcraft and i can't think of one. Starcraft was huge, people still play it. Starcraft 2 will be awesome. I would have picked Starcraft 2 and Fallout 3 to be on that list forsure and they were. If Fallout 2 hadn't been buggy as hell it would have be perfect, instead it was just awesome.

INehalemEXI5922d ago (Edited 5922d ago )

Metal Gear Franchise is at #37 on the top selling game franchises list and Star Craft is at #85

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

power of Green 5922d ago

Use to play Metal Gear back in the 80's whats your point?. Should I be looking forward to Mario over other games because of that list you posted this year?.

Xbox is the BEST5921d ago

MGS2 7 million sold
MGS3 3.9 million sold

ngg123455921d ago

MGS2 was what? One of the top 10 best selling games last generations. If that isn't a system seller what is. I mean honestly, so what if there huge amount of ps2's, there billions of pc's. Doesn't mean a game like starcraft, WoW, are not a big game.

Now with killzone 2, and rfom 2. Why are those games not anticipated? IT won more awards than any game on xbox 360 that is exclusive this year. So should any of those games be hyped. RFOM 2 is the sequel to the best selling ps3 game. Should that be hyped?

Come on hre.

led10905921d ago

the original starcraft sold more than 12 million copies more than any individual metal gear game....if u think its not gonna sell well.....then go ahead...enjoy ur dream

wallace10005921d ago

Plus Starcraft was so easy to burn, i think 6 or 8 of us had it from one disc. Plus as was said earlier, MGS has those sales over different games.

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Archaeox5922d ago

LittleBigPlanet, KZ2, and Resistance 2 should have been there

LBP is a new genre!

ktchong5922d ago (Edited 5921d ago )

"Tom's Games looked at each title's pedigree, including the developer talent and track record..."

BOTH the Killzone series and its developer Guerilla have a HORRIBLE track record. There is nothing in their history that suggests Killzone 2 will be a good game other than being just very pretty.

"... as well as previous titles if the game is a sequel."

The first Resistance game is average or above average but nothing spectacular or earthshaking.

Marceles5922d ago (Edited 5922d ago )

Resistance is very underrated and the media pretty much killed the game with Gears/Resistance comparisons up the wall...it was just unfairly reviewed since it didnt look like the Killzone 2 trailer

I agree with the Guerilla track record though...graphics aren't everything, but they showed like they're getting a little on the right track on the gameplay side with Killzone Liberation on PSP

sonarus5922d ago

I agree not all ps3 games must appear on top 10 if not the list will be dominated by ps3 but if we took a count of most anticipated titles by gamers half of those titles wnt make it. This is more of a pc gamers list. Everyone is entitled to their own top 10

power of Green 5922d ago

MGS has a niche colt following its nothing great MGS3 sold what 7 million(some say 3 and a half million) when many people already owned the PS2. Dam wasn't there 120 million PS2 owners. Its up to you how you wan't to divid up the numbers and then take the current size of the fanbase into account and add a few that will actually spend $400 to play Metal Gear.

Archaeox5922d ago

Ok maybe not KZ2, but resistance 2 without a doubt

I mean it has 60 player online 8 player coop and two full campaigns, that should at LEAST be 10

sonarus5922d ago

dnt you ever give up man. Every 360 owner has yelled mgs4 is coming to 360 because they want it. MGS series has always been great regardless of sales and the sales have been there as well. I agree not everyone is super psyched about mgs4 as i am but if you were given the chance to play it will you turn away. Common man dnt kid yourself. If you can honestly tell me no (and be man enough to say no and not jst anonymously disagree so you dnt look like a fool) you wouldnt play then there is no need for me to say anymore. You are a lost cause who will be missing out on one of the greatest games of 2008

ngg123455921d ago

it was on msnbc top 10 games to watch for, killzone 2. I guess they are die hard fanboys. :)

wageslave5921d ago

LBP is a platform game. With a level editor.

A new genre? No.

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avacadosnorkel5922d ago

Translation: Tom is an XBOX owner

PirateThom5922d ago

Blatantly obvious too.

Halo Wars
Downside: Being an XBox 360 exclusive will give it a narrow audience

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Downside: Being a Wii exclusive will give it a narrow audience

ktchong5922d ago (Edited 5922d ago )

Actually, the author Rob Wright owns every console that has ever existed including those from before he was born, that includes the very first Atari. He said so himself in a video.

i.e., He has a weekly webcast called "Second Take" in which he talks about video games.

avacadosnorkel5922d ago

what are you trying to be a smartass?

He's not one of the Wright Brothers.

They invented the airplane...

I own video games too. He doesn't impress me.

Phytonadione5922d ago

looking at his list and comments, I would assume that he is a PC gamer first and a PS3 hater second. Placing MGS4 in 9th place isn't my biggest objection to the list, but rather the games he chose to put ahead of it. Now don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of PC games (a former die hard of RTS games) but I am very aware of the popularity of PC gaming versus console gaming and have to disagree with a list that is supposedly a list of the top 10 games to watch for that is populated with PC/PC eccentric games. Just my $.02.

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Marceles5922d ago (Edited 5922d ago )

looks alot like a PC gamers list more than a 2008 list despite having a couple of console games...

funkeystu5921d ago

there were 5 games for ps3, 5 for 360 and 4 for the PC, I'm not sure how this translates to PC-centricism but whatever, its just an opinion anyway.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies8d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken7d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing698d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker8d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing698d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt8d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken7d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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Now is the Best Time to Get This Incredible RPG Bundle on Steam

If you are looking for an awesome RPG, look no further. Steam is offering a significant discount on its Fallout Franchise Bundle.

SimpleSlave9d ago

"You can get all Fallout games in a bundle at a significant 20% discount on Steam. Individually, all these games add up to $244.91. With the discount, you can get them all for $195.91. That is $49 less than the original price. Quite a significant discount for such a popular franchise."

😊 😂 🤣 😐 - But why?

Just wait for a sale and get most if not all of it for a fraction of that price.

20% off...lol

Tacoboto9d ago

The games were just on a real sale over the last week or two for the show promotion. Fallout 4 was $10, 3 was $5, NV was cheap as heck too.

So what the heck is this

Inverno9d ago

The original games have been given out for free by Amazon for GOG and Epic, 76 is free now on Amazon if you have prime, Epic has also given out new Vegas for free and 4 has gone down to pretty cheap prices. 194 bucks is a total ripoff when you can get these games individually for less. Don't forget cd keys might sell em for a dollar less at times too. Come on man, us cheapskates won't touch anything near or above 100 lolz

isarai9d ago

Bro that's a ridiculous ripoff are you kidding me? 🤣

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Fallout 3's Reveal Led To Death Threats And Bethesda's First Security Guard

The artist behind Fallout 4’s Deathclaw reveals just how bad things got back when Bethesda took over the series

anast10d ago

People are stupid I get it. No one should feel unsafe,

But I think they need to talk about why they cut so many corners during the development process and why none of their games ever look current. And why they think all of this is okay while they charge full price.

LucasRuinedChildhood10d ago

As much as Bethesda deserve criticism, that's not really relevant to the reveal of Fallout 3 in 2007.

VenomUK10d ago

The default angle Kotaku always go for is to highlight the worst in gaming.

I would’ve focused on the creative.

anast9d ago

The game went downhill at Fallout 3's release. This is when they started to cut corners.

gold_drake10d ago

there is no "but". the hell lol
you dont send death threats, period.

anast9d ago

Usually, you have good comments but this isn't one of them. It just rides the mob. We can do both condemn the actions and not let them use it for other things.

I can say I received a death threat and everyone needs to shut up. People are not honest and will use horrible things to their advantage.

Armaggedon9d ago

Not all games “look” current.

anast9d ago

Their games always look like the gen before it.

Armaggedon9d ago

Yeah, but thats not the result of laziness, incompetence, or a bad engine. Thats what happens with their type of open world games. Its hard for people to find a point of comparison because no one makes games like Bethesda does.

gold_drake9d ago

mh ok thanks, i still think ur wrong in this mate.

anast9d ago

No problem. I'm not here to convince you. I'm only stating an actuality. What your words do if we look at them like events.

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