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No one said it has to be games, right? :p

I am currently looking forward to:
Skyrim
SC2:HotS
Cant think of 3rd, soo many candidates here.
 
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Actually, I revise my choice...

Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Diablo III
BF3

Hnorable mention:
Dragon Age II
Dirt 3
Crysis 2
DNF
 
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No one said it has to be games, right? :p

I am currently looking forward to:
Skyrim
SC2:HotS
Cant think of 3rd, soo many candidates here.

that basically sumed up my list too :)
 
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Crysis 2
skyrim
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The Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim
Dirt 3
Crysis II (though only for the graphics, not for the game if gameplay resembles the preceding ones).

Agreed not sure what the Crysis hype is all about, I installed and played for maybe 20 mins, un installed it and never looked at it again. It makes a nice coaster tho :D

Much better games imo than Crysis
 
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there is no way i could limit my 2011 list to 3 games. im not evne sure i coul think of all the games i want off hand right now lol
 

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It's amazing how everyone thinks blackops sucks.. wow sucks.. Yet they are the most popular games right now.. Either people are lying nobody on this forum plays it :D

Deus Ex, Witcher 2 on top of my head.. Maybe Brink.
 
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It would be more fun to make up names:

Railroad Tycoon 12
Jessica Fletcher's Murder Party
Family Guy versus Predator

However:

I have a hard on for:

Deus Ex 3 (but fear it may be consoled into gashness)
Rage (I started with Id games and John Carmack is a masterful chap)
Skyrim (Love open world rpg games)
 
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and Battlefield 3 fuck yeah.
 
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I am not sure we will see Diablo untill the very end of the year... It would be my top pick.

Crysis II
Deus Ex
Test Drive Unlimited II

TorchLight II or Dungeon Seige III will take the place of Diablo.

Also hoping BioShock Infinity is good.

So many games and a couple are coming out in Feb!
 
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It's amazing how everyone thinks blackops sucks.. wow sucks.. Yet they are the most popular games right now.. Either people are lying nobody on this forum plays it :D

Deus Ex, Witcher 2 on top of my head.. Maybe Brink.

Its purely opinion. You think WoW sucks but its a great game. It's just not your style. Its all a matter of opinion. Thats why i cant stand when ppl bash games because your opinion isnt fact.

Ive also got 2 console games im looking foward to this year and im sure most will agree with me; Gears of War 3 and Mortal Kombat 9. (Krato's from God of War is going to be in the PS3 version)
 

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I have so many..lol

Game Trio
1. Rage
2. Batman: Arkham City
3. Battlefield 3

Hardware Trio

1. Bulldozer
2. New SB SATA 3.0gb chipset.. :)
3. 2011
 
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umm gonna need a new thread and way more details, vid post say 2009. so hopefully it didn't die.

It's still posted on Piranha's as "under development," but outside of that I can't find any news about Mechwarrior (reboot) besides anything you get from a Google search. :(
 
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It's still posted on Piranha's as "under development," but outside of that I can't find any news about Mechwarrior (reboot) besides anything you get from a Google search. :(

see that's what i was afraid of.


oh and I'd also like to add to the list Shogun 2 Total War. I loved the first one.

edit: oh and warhammer 40k: Space Marine.
 
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I am not sure we will see Diablo untill the very end of the year... It would be my top pick.

Crysis II
Deus Ex
Test Drive Unlimited II

TorchLight II or Dungeon Seige III will take the place of Diablo.

Also hoping BioShock Infinite is good.

So many games and a couple are coming out in Feb!

fixed, also, Infinite won't release till 2012. (although it will be early 2012)

my list is
Battlefield 3
Guild Wars 2
Portal 2 <-- cause no one has is showing any love to valve.
 
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Portal 2 <-- cause no one has is showing any love to valve.

How in the hell did I forget about Portal 2? Maybe Valve time sapped my memory banks.
 
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