12 Highly Anticipated Games 2011

Rage
PLATFORMS: PS3/Xbox 360
PUBLISHER: Bethesda Softworks
DEVELOPER: id Software
ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE: September 13, 2011
RAGE™ is a groundbreaking first-person shooter set in the not-too-distant future after an asteroid impacts Earth, leaving a ravaged world behind. You emerge into this vast wasteland to discover humanity working to rebuild itself against such forces as bandit gangs, mutants, and the Authority – an oppressive government regime that has a special interest in you in particular. Featuring intense first-person shooter action, breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore and jaw-dropping graphics powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech™ 5 technology, RAGE™ promises an experience like no other.


Gears of War 3
PLATFORMS: Xbox 360
PUBLISHER: Microsoft Game Studios
DEVELOPER: Epic Games, Inc.
ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE: September 20, 2011
In Gears of War 3, players fight on as Marcus Fenix, the grizzled war hero and leader of Delta Squad. Eighteen months after the fall of the last human city, the war against the Locust rages on. Meanwhile, deep beneath the surface, a fearsome new threat is infecting the planet from within. With survivors scattered and civilization in ruins, time is running out for Marcus and his comrades as they fight to save the human race. The Gears of War series is one of the most popular franchises in Xbox history, with more than 12 million games sold worldwide, an upcoming film, New York Times best-selling novels and more.


Uncharted 3 (Drake's Deception)
PLATFORMS: PS3
PUBLISHER: Sony Computer Entertainment
DEVELOPER: Naughty Dog
ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE: November 1, 2011
A search for the fabled "Atlantis of the Sands" propels fortune hunter Nathan Drake on a trek into the heart of the Arabian Desert. This journey pits him and his mentor Victor Sullivan against the occult treachery of a shadowy clandestine organization and its ruthless leader. When the terrible secrets of this lost city are unearthed, Drake’s quest descends into a desperate bid for survival that strains the limits of his endurance and forces him to confront his deepest fears.




Resistance 3
PLATFORMS: PS3
PUBLISHER: Sony Computer Entertainment
DEVELOPER: Insomniac Games
ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE: September 6, 2011
In an alternate 1950's where WW II never occurs because humanity finds itself in a struggle to survive against the unstoppable invasion of a mysterious alien race called The Chimera. Four years after Resistance 2, dishonorably discharged Sentinel Joseph Capelli has given up fighting the Chimeran menace; he has been reduced to hiding with other survivors, including his wife and young son. When Dr Fyodor Malikov arrives with the opportunity to deliver a blow to the occupying Chimeran force, Capelli leaves his family to journey the harrowing road from Oklahoma to New York City. Along the way, he encounters the remnants of humanity left in the aftermath of the brutal Chimeran invasion.


Max Payne 3
PLATFORMS: PS3/Xbox 360
PUBLISHER: Rockstar Games
DEVELOPER: Rockstar Studios
ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE: August 1, 2011
Max Payne 3 tells the story of a retired police detective embroiled in a world of corruption, turmoil and intense violence. The award-winning Max Payne franchise put players in the role of Max Payne, a hard-boiled New York City detective with a penchant for violence, out to avenge the death of his family. The latest installment delivers more of the classic elements and hyper-intense action that fans have come to love, while moving the story of Max in a new direction. Since leaving the NYPD and New York itself behind, Max has drifted from bad to worse. Double-crossed and a long way from home, Max is now trapped in a city full of violence and bloodshed, using his weapons and instincts in a desperate search for the truth and a way out.


Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
PLATFORMS: PS3/Xbox 360
PUBLISHER: Ubisoft
DEVELOPER: Ubisoft
ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE: October 30, 2011
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is a tactical shooter in the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon franchise which drops players in the middle of a covert operations throughout Europe against fictional ultranationalist groups. Armed with the most advanced combat technology, the Ghosts are an untraceable unit of soldiers who track down the highest-value targets in the highest-risk conflict areas around the world. In the near future, 4 of these elite soldiers serve as the tip of the spear in a hidden war raging across the globe. As the Ghosts accomplish their objectives, they discover a far greater threat - one that could alter the international balance of power forever. In this hot war players must use both individual skills with weaponry large and small, as well as be able to work with their fellow squad members to complete mission-based objectives.


Assasin's Creed (Revelations)
PLATFORMS: PS3/Xbox 360
PUBLISHER: Ubisoft
DEVELOPER: Ubisoft
ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE: November 15, 2011
In Assassin's Creed Revelations will feature all three of the series' major characters so far: Altaïr ibn La-Ahad, Ezio Auditore da Firenze and Desmond Miles. It will take Ezio to Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) in 1511 AD, consisting of four districts: Constantin, Beyazid, Imperial, and Galata; Cappadocia at the peak of the Ottoman Empire, part of which will be a completely underground city populated solely by Templars; and Masyaf, which holds the old Assassins stronghold to which Ezio travels at the beginning of the game. In addition to Ezio's award-winning story, a refined and expanded online multiplayer experience returns with more modes, more maps and more characters, allowing you to test your assassin skills against others from around the world.


Deus Ex: Human Revolution
PLATFORMS: PS3/Xbox 360
PUBLISHER: Square Enix
DEVELOPER: Eidos Montreal
ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE: August 23, 2011
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is the third game in the Deus Ex first-person role-playing video game series, and a prequel to the original game. You play Adam Jensen, a security specialist, handpicked to oversee the defense of one of America’s most experimental biotechnology firms. But when a black ops team uses a plan you designed to break in and kill the scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes. At a time when scientific advancements are turning athletes, soldiers and spies into super enhanced beings, someone is working very hard to ensure mankind's evolution follows a particular path. You need to discover where that path lies. Because when all is said and done, the decisions you take, and the choices you make, will be the only things that can change it.


Batman: Arkham City
PLATFORMS: PS3/Xbox 360
PUBLISHER: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment & DC Entertainment
DEVELOPER: Rocksteady Studios
ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE: October 18, 2011
Batman: Arkham City is the upcoming sequel to action-adventure stealth video game Batman: Arkham Asylum, based on DC Comics' Batman. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand-new story that draws together a new all-star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight.



The Last Guardian
PLATFORMS: PS3
PUBLISHER: Sony Computer Entertainment
DEVELOPER: Team ICO
ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE: December 31, 2011
The Last Guardian is the third game by the acclaimed development staff behind ICO and Shadow of the Colossus. The Last Guardian's story follows that of a yet-to-be-named boy who is trying to escape from a setting resembling the ruins of a large expansive castle. The game will revolve around the developing friendship between the boy and a giant, feathered creature resembling a griffin named Trico. Trico has spears and arrows stuck in its back, and is initially bound to a chain. Later, it is freed and is shown attacking an armored soldier. Trico will at first be hostile toward the boy, but during the course of the game, the two will develop an emotional attachment to each other.


Battlefield 3
PLATFORMS: PS3/Xbox 360
PUBLISHER: Electronic Arts
DEVELOPER: EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE)
ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE: October 25, 2011
Battlefield 3 leaps ahead of the competition with the power of Frostbite 2, the next installment of DICE's cutting-edge game engine. This state-of-the-art technology is the foundation on which Battlefield 3 is built, delivering superior visual quality, a grand sense of scale, massive destruction, dynamic audio and incredibly lifelike character animations. As bullets whiz by, walls crumble, and explosions throw you to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before. In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines where they will experience heart-pounding single player missions and competitive multi-player actions ranging across diverse locations from around the globe including Europe, Middle-East and North America.


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
PLATFORMS: PS3/Xbox 360
PUBLISHER: Activision
DEVELOPER: Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software (multiplayer)
ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE: November 8, 2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is an upcoming first-person shooter video game. It will be the third installment in the Modern Warfare series, and the eighth Call of Duty installment in total. Continuing with the tales of bravery and confrontation in battle, the game will immediately follow the events of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, where Russia continues its invasion of the United States of America, and has also expanded its offensive to Europe, including England, France and Germany. Campaign stages are also planned for Somalia, Sierra Leone, Moscow and Dubai. The game will see the return of Task Force 141 Captain John "Soap" MacTavish, former SAS Captain John Price and Russian informant Nikolai who are on the run after killing the rogue U.S. Army Lieutenant General Shepard. Russian Ultranationalist Vladimir Makarov will also reprise as the game's primary antagonist.