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2010 is here and it looks like a glorious year for the Gaming industry 2010 Most Anticipated Games
Divinty 2: Ego Draconis
Developer(s) Larian Studios
Publisher(s) DTP Entertainment
cdv Software Entertainment (United States)
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
Release date(s) EU November 20, 2009
NA January 5, 2010
Genre(s) Computer role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player
Rating(s) ESRB: M
Media DVD
Input methods Keyboard and mouse, Gamepad | |
PlotThe story of Divinity 2: Ego Draconis takes place in Rivellon, a magical and timeless world populated by humans and fantastic creatures. Once beautiful, Rivellon is now shattered by the apocalyptic wars of the past. The war seemed to be over, but the peace was deceptive. Players begin as a Dragon Slayer, hunters who travel the countryside, determined to rid their lands of dragons. Bayonetta
Developer(s) PlayStation 3:
Sega
Xbox 360:
Platinum Games
Publisher(s) Sega
Designer(s) Hideki Kamiya (director)
Artist(s) Mari Shimazaki (character designer)
Composer(s) Masami Ueda (sound director)
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (composer)
Akari Kaida (composer)
Norihiko Hibino (composer)
Yoshitaka Suzuki (composer)
Takahiro Izutani (composer)
Platform(s) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release date(s) JP October 29, 2009
NA January 5, 2010
EU January 8, 2010
AUS January 7, 2010
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player
Rating(s) BBFC: 15
CERO: D
ESRB: M
PEGI: 18
Media Blu-ray Disc, DVD-DL
Input methods Gamepad | |
PlotAt the beginning of the story, a flashback depicts a portion of the great battles that emerged between the Umbran Witches and the Lumen Sages. The Umbran Witches were a powerful and ancient clan of women who were capable of projecting magic to their own ends, fueled by the power of the Moon, and the Lumen Sages were an equal group comprised of men who worshiped the light and were fueled by the Sun. The factions shared two distinct treasures, the Eyes of the World that were separately named the 'Left Eye' and the 'Right Eye'. When these two treasures disappeared, the factions disappeared in the midst of a heated conflict that followed. From atop a cliff, Bayonetta and her companion Jeane fight away mysterious, angelic creatures that manifest as spear-carrying warriors and even a red, golden dragon. The story concludes that at the end of the Great War—The Umbra were wiped out as well as their counterparts, the Lumen Sages, and only one member of the Umbran society remained as a direct result of the "Witch Hunts" which began after paranoia spread of the witch's powers. MORE The Secret World
Developer(s) Funcom
Publisher(s) Funcom
Designer(s) Ragnar Tørnquist
Martin Bruusgaard
Engine DreamWorld Engine (proprietary)
Platform(s) Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
Release date(s) N/A (Rumor 2010)
Genre(s) Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Mode(s) Multiplayer
Media Digital distribution | |
PlotThe game will feature an original setting created by Funcom, with contemporary elements as well as "magic, myths, conspiracies and dark horrors". Contrary to rumors, spawned by this game's second working title, it has neither anything to do with, nor is inspired by the .hack franchise and its setting. Tørnquist debunked several rumors surrounding The Secret World, stating that "there are no aliens or sci-fi elements" in it. He also denied any connection of TSW to The Longest Journey. MORE BioShock 2
Developer(s) 2K Marin
2K Australia
Digital Extremes (multiplayer)
Arkane Studios (art design assistance)
Publisher(s) 2K Games
Engine Unreal Engine 2.5 (modified)
Platform(s) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
Release date(s) February 9, 2010
Genre(s) Shooter, survival horror
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Rating(s) BBFC: 18
ESRB: M
Media Blu-ray Disc, DVD
Input methods Keyboard and mouse, gamepad | |
PlotSet on New Years Eve of 1970, ten years after the events of BioShock, Rapture is now under the control of a woman named Sofia Lamb, whose ideas of human progression contrasts with the city's founder, Andrew Ryan. While Ryan believed in the genius of the individual, Lamb believes in collective effort and the power of the community, as well as a philosophy surrounding butterfly imagery, indicating some kind of rebirth. This message is spread by a deranged ex-priest, who has created a cult-like religion around Sofia. Additionally, to maintain order in the city, Lamb has created an army of Big Daddy-like enforcers called Big Sisters. Sofia has dispatched these Big Sisters to abduct little girls from towns on the Atlantic Coast and bring them back to Rapture to create new Little Sisters. On New Years Eve, the prototype Big Daddy from the original production lines, who is known as Subject Delta, re-activates with no recollection of what's happened in the past ten years. After scouring the city in a vain attempt to find the Little Sister he was originally paired with, he realizes that Sofia Lamb will lead Rapture even closer to destruction. This leads him to form an uneasy partnership with Doctor Tenenbaum and the former CEO of the plasmid company, Sinclair Solutions, Augustus Sinclair, in order to overthrow Lamb and her army of Big Sisters. Diablo III
Developer(s) Blizzard Entertainment
Designer(s) Jay Wilson (lead)
Leonard Boyarsky (world design)
Composer(s) Russell Brower
Series Diablo
Engine Havok
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Release date(s) (Rumor Q4 2010) 2011 or later
Genre(s) Action role-playing (hack and slash)
Mode(s) Single-player, Online via(B.Net)
Media DVD
Input methods Keyboard, mouse | |
PlotThe game takes place in Sanctuary, the dark fantasy world of the Diablo series. This world was saved twenty years prior by a handful of unnamed heroes in Diablo II. Warriors that survived the onslaught of the armies of the Burning Hells have gone mad from their ordeals and it is up to a new generation of heroes to face the forces of evil threatening the world of Sanctuary. Players will have the opportunity to explore familiar settings such as Tristram. The only confirmed NPC is Deckard Cain, who has appeared in both of the previous games. Cain's journal on the official site brings the player up to speed on the events of the first two games. Brink
Developer(s) Splash Damage
Publisher(s) Bethesda Softworks
Distributor(s) Valve Corporation (Steam)
Designer(s) Paul Wedgwood (game director)
Neil Alphonso (level design)
Engine id Tech 4 (modified)
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release date(s) NA Fall 2010[3]
Genre(s) First person, 8v8-player Coop
Mode(s) Single Player, Cooperative and Multiplayer
Input methods Gamepad, Keyboard and Mouse | |
PlotIn Brink, two sides, "Resistance" and "Security", fight in the outskirts of a utopian city known as The Ark, a floating city surrounded by the waters of a flooded Earth. The Ark was designed as a prototype of a perfect city, with renewable resources and no pollution, large enough to support 5,000 residents. Its population has grown to 50,000 however, leading it to the brink (hence the name of the game) of a civil war. There has been some discussion towards a Linux port, though nothing close to definite. World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Developer(s) Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher(s) Activision Blizzard
Series Warcraft
Platform(s) Mac OS X, Windows
Release date(s) (Rumor Q4 2010) TBA
Genre(s) MMORPG
Mode(s) Online
Input methods Keyboard, mouse | |
PlotThe plot of the expansion revolves around the return of the evil black dragon, Deathwing. Last seen in Warcraft II, Deathwing has spent the time that has passed since then mending his wounds in Deepholm, one of the four Elemental Planes, which are prison worlds created by the universe's creators, the titans, to forever contain the raging spirits of the elements. However, his destruction of the barriers that keep the different dimensions apart in preparation for his return to Azeroth triggers a catastrophic cataclysm that reshapes most of the surface of the world, and also leaves it open to attacks from the now freed elementals of the Elemental Planes. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Developer(s) Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher(s) Activision Blizzard
Designer(s) Dustin Browder
Artist(s) Samwise Didier
Series StarCraft
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Mac OS X
Release date(s) (Rumor Q1/Q2 2010) TBA
Genre(s) Real-time strategy
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer (via Battle.net)
Media DVD
Input methods Mouse and keyboard | |
PlotSet in the 26th century in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy, the game is built around three species: the Terrans, human exiles from Earth; the Zerg, a race of insectoids; and the Protoss, a species with vast psionic power. Wings of Liberty specifically focuses on the Terrans, with the two expansions covering the Zerg and Protoss. The game is set four years after the events of StarCraft: Brood War, and follows the exploits of Jim Raynor as he leads an insurgent group against the autocratic Terran Dominion. However, unable to inflict major damage against the Dominion, Raynor's forces are relegated to the roles of mercenaries, recovering artifacts of an ancient species thought extinct, the Xel'Naga, for their enigmatic employers. The game reunites old characters from the original game, as well as introducing new characters and locations to the franchise. Fable III
Developer(s) Lionhead Studios
Publisher(s) Microsoft Game Studios
Designer(s) Peter Molyneux
Platform(s) Xbox 360
Release date(s) Q4 2010
Genre(s) Action RPG, Sandbox
Mode(s) Single-player, Cooperative gameplay, Xbox Live
Media DVD-DL
Input methods Gamepad | |
PlotSet roughly 50 years after the events of Fable II, the continent of Albion, where the Fable series is set, is under the control of a tyrant king. The player's character, known as a "Hero," is forced into a quest to become a revolutionary leader to defeat the king after an "injustice" happens to their parent, believed to be at the hands of the tyrant. Over the course of the first half of the game, the Hero will overthrow the tyrant and become ruler of Albion themselves. During the second half of the game, a foreign nation will threaten Albion and the player has to decide how to react to it. Most Anticipated Games Of 2010 Most Anticipated Games Of 2010 |
