Most Anticipated Game of 2009

Andrew Weymes of The Nightly Gamer writes: "It really feels like the video game industry as a whole has no place to go but up. 2008 was an excellent year for gamers regardless of the console that you own as it saw the release of games like Metal Gear Solid 4, Gears of War 2, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Grand Theft Auto IV. Nearing the halfway point of the year, 2009 has already seen the release of some excellent games such as Street Fighter IV, Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Killzone 2, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena and a few more. This momentum looks as though it's about to continue as May is shaping up to be a fine month with the release of Infamous, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, Bionic Commando and Cross Edge among a few others. Overall, 2009 looks like it's going to leave a lot of gamers broke, especially multi-console owners. TNG has comprised a list of the most anticipated video game releases of 2009. May's releases have been excluded as the most notable have been mentioned. This list is in no particular order besides the one which is named "Most Anticipated.""

[Nelson M]

From a Number of PS3 Titles

[MrWeymes]

The Playstation 3 is certainly having a good year thus far and the exclusives on this list are looking good. I didn't put Alan Wake on the list for the reasons that I mention in the article. Microsoft should have a solid year next year and they have had a decent year so far in terms of exclusives. I liked Star Ocean: The Last Hope a lot more than most critics.

It's not like the Xbox 360 doesn't have anything coming out that looks interesting, but it wasn't worth putting on the list. Sony certainly has the more impressive exclusives. It's really hard to argue that, although if I missed anything too important for the 360, I would like to hear about it.