The official fall session for the game industry has begun, bringing an end to the summer drought of games. Borderlands 2 opened, setting a high water mark that will be challenge by a variety of different games this year.
The next heavy hitter up is probably Dishonored, which releases for PC, Xbox and PS3 on October the 9th. Dishonored is a brand new IP created by Arkane studios and published by Bethesda. And from the serious marketing push they have been generating, the game looks amazing and is currently sitting as one of the favorites for the session. Here at work, Marguerite is planning on playing it.
XCOM, which releases the same day, will probably become the strategy game of the Fall, simply because there is no other competition, but that won’t stop Firaxis (the team that has been creating Civilization) from doing an amazing job. XCOM is a reboot of classic squad, turn based strategy game and is what I am eagerly awaiting to play.
Mike has been a long time Resident Evil fan, and seven days before Dishonored and XCOM, the 6th iteration in the series will release. Resident Evil 6 has been making some big promising, linking all of the stories of the previous versions together, creating a unique cast of beloved characters, and finally giving the player the ability to reload while moving.
Other big titles included in this season are Halo 4, Call of Duty 2, Assassins Creed 3, Far Cry 3, Hawken, and on top of all that the WiiU launches. It’s the last hurrah for current generation consoles, with next year looking mighty slim because everyone is anticipating the arrival of the next generation. But who knows what next year brings, for the moment 2012 is looking to be a pretty heavy contender for games attention.
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