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10 potentially game-changing games for 2009

What games stand the best chance of changing the broader industry in 2009, either by dramatically influencing what consumers play and purchase, or by demonstrating the commercial viability of new revenue models and genres?

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MURKERR - 355 days 18 hours ago

1 - how is ps3 ailing?

its at nearly 20 mil consoles sold with a high pricetag,these journalist are looking emabarrasing,but killzone for graphics alone and heavy rain is a new genre

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Sony PlayStation 3 - 355 days 17 hours ago

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2009 will show the huge gap between the PS3 and 360's power.

KillZone 2's graphics are going to prove to the industry that PS3's graphics capabilities are indeed far superior to the 360s. There's also of course Heavy Rain if further proof is needed.

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1.2 Cynical-Gamerzus | 355 days ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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EXCLUSIVEGAMER - 355 days ago

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killzone will dominate everything.

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power of Green - 355 days 18 hours ago

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Don't think a FPS that did alright before(1st one) will single handedly save a console assuming it sells more than a couple of million.

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n4gzz - 355 days 17 hours ago

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do you even have any +ve side in your life ?

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power of Green - 355 days 16 hours ago

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The one game will turn it all around and put the platform ontop?

Maybe a game with star power with a few others like the Peter Jackson's Halo, Forza 3 and a well done Splinter Cell game, plus something big and new to take the place of Halo like Huxley(Huxley's going to top all FPS's in 2009).

LOL at the Cherry picked list although I do think some of those Nintendo games will sell Some hardware atleast if not sell piles of copies.

The list in the article is rubbish

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Oner - 355 days 9 hours ago

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PS2 Killzone ~ 2 Million+ sold (not bad at all)
ALL GT Series ~ 51 Million+ sold (beats Flawza HANDS DOWN)

The only "rubbish" here is the absolute misinformation and bias coming out of your mouth ON A DAILY BASIS here...

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Karum - 355 days 3 hours ago

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Mentioning forza when a game like a new Gran Turismo isn't farr off is nothing short of blasphemous.

Gran Turismo is the only racing game (that isn't an off roader or rally car game) that matters. Since so many people like to tout sales as the sign of a quality game, the sales of that series should be enough to convince you if opinion doesn't.

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terrandragon - 355 days 1 hour ago

2.5 - @2.3

You just compared the whole GT series to a couple of games. Please, I played both and I like them both.

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No Way - 355 days 1 hour ago

2.6 - @Oner -

Lol. Are you seriously comparing the sales of the GT series to Forza series? Now, that is sad..

First off, the GT series is going on the number Five!(5) and the Forza series will be going on to number Three!(3). That's like comparing the FF series to.. White Knight Chronicles.. Not a fair comparison at all.

Now if you were going to compare the sales of the GT1&2 to Forza1&2 then that would be better..

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Narutone66 - 355 days 1 hour ago

2.7 - Don't compare Forza to GT

Forza is a wannabe arcadey imitation of GT.

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Oner - 354 days 22 hours ago

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Why is it I get singled out when P.O.S.G. was the one to talk the BS about Flawza to begin with? Funny how that works out isn't it...

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Narutone66 - 354 days 20 hours ago

2.9 - @2.8 Oner, my comment's not for you

But for the 360 fanboys comparing the games. I know that you and I are both fans of GT, reason why we bought the G25 specially for the games. But, you got a better driving rig. ;)

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No Way - 354 days 19 hours ago

2.10 - @Oner -

Because everyone knows POG is an idiot and talks nonsense.. No point in replying or acknowledging him. Adn, by you replying to him dissing Forza, which you failed miserably at, just brings you down to his level.

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Oner - 354 days 5 hours ago

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NP Narutone66 as it wasn't meant towards you ;)

No Way is the one who is defending the person who STARTED the BS first (as usual) and when I put him in his place with FACTS, No Way proceeded to get upset about it and call me out! But not the one who is ACTUALLY responsible for the situation...which is quite odd. Isn't it?!

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jkhan - 355 days 16 hours ago

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Killzone 2 will surely raise the bar for FPSs. It will be the Halo of this generation. I know alot of people will buy this game. I just hope it sells as much consoles as sony is hoping it to do.
But I think Killzone 2 is not the only game sony is betting on. I mean they have Heavy Rain (which if delivered on the promises can extend the gaming as whole in story telling). Infamous which looks cool for an Open World game, Uncharted 2 which looks phenomenal and God of War 3.
But what Sony is lacking are good quality RPGs both Japanese and Western. Sony really needs to push there developers in making more JRPG and WRPGs.

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Marquis_de_Sade - 355 days 11 hours ago

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Killzone 2 looks like it's set to refine already existing aspects of the FPS genre rather than drastically raise the bar. Graphics don't really mean as much to compared to the visceral gameplay and ballistic physics, which look incredible.

I disagree with people proclaiming this the Halo CE of this generation, for me that game is without comparison (on a console basis, Half Life 2 on PC is exceptional) and stands as one of the greatest games of all time. However, along with Crysis and Call of Duty 4, I think it will be one of the defining FPS games of this generation.

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Beast_Master - 355 days 5 hours ago

3.2 - de_Sade

I have to disagree with some of your comment, I think Bioshock was better than Half-Life 2, just my opinion, at least one had a real ending I still don't get what happened at the end of Half-life 2. But I agree COD4 did raise the bar. I think if KZ can deliver the same multi-player experiance as Halo or COD then it will be the next Halo. If it has a good single player story that is fine but if the Multi-player isn't tight then the game will be easily forgotten.

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RebornSpy - 355 days 2 hours ago

3.3 - Meh...

I like Half-Life 2 better. Definitely one of my favorite games ever.

Hopefully Killzone 2 will be genre-defining, but LBP was supposed to be genre-defining and look what happened. Amazing game but poor sales. Hopefully Sony marketing will market the Sh!t out of Killzone. And also that it's an awesome game.

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interrergator - 354 days 23 hours ago

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im hopin that this game delivers

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AWBrawler - 355 days 16 hours ago

4 - I believe killzone2 will top 1 but....

Lets be serious banking on that as a console mover, is like banking on NMH2 to sell wiis, or Kid Icarus DS to move DSi.

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Genki - 355 days 15 hours ago

4.1 - Well, you never know

I certainly don't believe Killzone 2 to be a "game-changer" per se, but it could have an impact on the console.

Think of CoD4, a game that Killzone gets compared to all the time. IF that game were exclusive, it would most certainly have moved consoles in one direction or the other.

Now, I didn't expect CoD4 to blow up as big as it did either, because although they were good games, I don't remember the previous titles being such runaway successes. Although it came from a strong franchise, CoD4 really surprised me.

If Killzone 2 has a similar impact, I do think it would move consoles.

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Mahr - 355 days 16 hours ago

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A corporate testing game, a music band simulator, two MMORPGs, an FPS sequel, a GTA game, a camera application, and a Wii Sports sequel... wow, whole lot of change we can believe in. Are there any games without HUDs or RPGs developed by Square Enix coming out?

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gta2800 - 355 days 16 hours ago

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Nice to see some Sony games in that list.

Noby Noby Boy
Killzone 2
Eye Pet
Free Realms

All Sony stuff =D

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FaZtKiLLaR - 355 days 15 hours ago

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killzone is going to change all fps shooters
because it going to blow every away
not just in graphics but story and online
every game after going to try to reach its benchmark and its going to be great for us gamers to see what they can do

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RebornSpy - 355 days 2 hours ago

7.1 - It would have better graphics...

if it was on the PC...

But I don't care much about graphics. As long as they don't suck, I'm fine. Though I'm excited about Killzone 2, it's about the actual gameplay over how it looks. Hopefully it will be a fun shooter.

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ravinash - 355 days 1 hour ago

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It would have better graphics on the PC if your willing to fork out extra $$$ for the graphics cards.
Every time I'd get the latest game on my PC, I could never get my PC to handle the highest specs to run the best graphic settings.
At lest I know that with Killzone 2 what I see is what I'm going to get.

Of course I'll still get games like Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3.

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RadientFlux - 354 days 4 hours ago

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I agree with graphics and based on people's experience with the multiplayer demo. Probably multiplayer as well.

I have my doubts about the storyline being anything but a well done wartime storyline. Which really isn't all that new (Call of Duty4).

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fatstarr - 355 days 15 hours ago

8 - @ above

yea i agree with that ... its gonna have to hold me over till modern warfare 2 i see 5 wii games n 3 ps3 and 10 ds games that have my interest for 2009 and if gta ctw is good it will sell like crazy.

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solideagle1 - 355 days 15 hours ago

9 - Link is not working

and i do believe that it will set a new bar and i hope it sells like HALO numbers because that would be very good but the most selling game on PS3 is GTA and that is 5 million i think. so its very difficult to do Halo numbers. but it should do atleast 5 million and then Killzone 3 will be as mch huge as GTA.
thanks

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pArkEr125 - 355 days 15 hours ago

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Huxley best FPS of 2009? Thanks for lolz.

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Marquis_de_Sade - 355 days 10 hours ago

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Some of those games deserve to appear on that list, but I think some are missing, if Ensemble Studios pull of Halo Wars and make a strategy game from the ground up for a console with intuitive controls, I think that would be more deserving than another music game from Harmonix, much as I like the beatles.

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THELANDOFSAND - 355 days 7 hours ago

12 - what a fantastic list. um.

1- Killzone 2 looks to be fu(*king awesome.
2- Yes, car insurance games are the reason I bought a 360.
3- noby noby boy: "Worst game title of the year award 2009"

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AnttiApina - 355 days 5 hours ago

13 - Huh?

The link gives me 404? Why?

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00 - 355 days 3 hours ago

14 - The link's not

working.

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MalharP16 - 355 days 1 hour ago

15 - Broken Link

Anyone have a mirror?

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BRG9000 - 355 days 1 hour ago

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Since the link's not working I'll just comment on the title. It's terrible. "Game-changing games"?

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Narutone66 - 355 days ago

16 - Here's the working link

http://www.mb.com.ph/TECH20...
It's a website for a newspaper in the Philippines. A country where the 360 is leading, because it is easy to mod the console and play pirated games.

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AnttiApina - 355 days ago

16.1 - Thanks

Thanks for the link.

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witchking - 355 days ago

17 - Killzone 2 is so tempting

As someone who has had a 360 since launch and has played more than 50 games on it, there's no doubt it's my favorite console of all time.

But having loved God of War and God of War 2, I know that I'm just biding my time to pick up a PS3. After all, I'm a gamer, and I'll play games on whatever console they're on. In fact, if the PS3 wasn't so expensive, I'd already have one.

So I wait for GOW3 before I pick up my PS3... but then along comes the glorious looking Killzone 2 and for the first time my resolve to wait is being tested. I think I'll be able to hold out until Sony brings the price down to $300, but man, it'll be a tough wait because of KZ2.

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N4360G - 355 days ago

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Killzone 2 will change console gaming forever...

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dylz - 355 days ago

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wii sport is on the wii and made by nintendo so you can guarntee no inovation unless it s a stupid gimick that all these stupid yuppie parents and littile kids dig up

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Shoko - 354 days 23 hours ago

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It's not so much as the game that will change gaming but the technology that it uses- WiimotionPlus, or rather, 1:1 motion sensing precision.

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00 - 354 days 23 hours ago

20 - Since I can't read it

I'll say that APB well be a game-changing game.

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iraqmilner - 354 days 23 hours ago

21 - Playstation 3 needs some power houses...

or else it is going down. The truth is that games that come out for both systems are substantially better on the Xbox 360. So, in order for Sony to be a contender during this round they need to provide games that set the bar higher than previously set by Microsoft's system.

Games like Resistance 2 look horrible and did nothing for the system but to help power the Xbox 360 ahead of the PS3. Sony will have to fine tune their games to look like Killzone 2 with the playability of Gears or COD:4. The Xbox received the amazing fall update which powered all kinds of new features. The PS3 was punished with Home that half the time the user can't even log into. Come on...

Time will tell if Sony still has it in them. My fear is that the system has been in a downward spiral for so long that it may be impossible for them to catch up.

Tell me what you guys think.

IRaq

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IWentBrokeForGaming - 354 days 21 hours ago

22 - I just picked up my Killzone 2 Demo Code today!!!!

now it's going to kill me to wait a month to play it and a few more weeks after, to get to enjoy the real deal... oh the torture, lol!

But I have no problem playing my other amazing games that I own for my 3 consoles this gen... although the wii is in the box!

Gears 2 and Left4dead will ease the wait, pretty well... and lbp, dead space, mirrors edge, mk vs dc,... damn I've bought so many games and it's about to only get harder to find which ones to play. Although I bet Killzone 2 will make that choice easy for me!

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macalatus - 354 days 21 hours ago

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I say Killzone 2! Hell yeah!

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FaZtKiLLaR - 355 days 15 hours ago

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Killzone 2 going to set new benchmark for graphic and online multiplayer

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Microsoft Xbox 360 - 355 days 15 hours ago

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It is true.

Graphical Benchmarks:

2007 - Uncharted
2008- MGS4
2009- Killzone 2 / Heavy Rain

My hardware simply can't put out graphics the PS3 has been able to push in 2007. I'm sorry my fellow Xbots, we maxed out.

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FaZtKiLLaR - 355 days 4 hours ago

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agree

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FaZtKiLLaR - 355 days 4 hours ago

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i think uncharted2 might look better than killzone 2 in some ways

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Shoko - 354 days 23 hours ago

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Respect to Microsoft Xbox 360 for not being a fanboy.

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maverick1191 - 355 days 8 hours ago

2 - wow

an honest xbot how rare?

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goflyakite - 355 days ago

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Yea right, I wish.

But he does speak the truth.

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