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The last of the big 2010 games are coming out, 2011 looks like a promising year with Gears of War 3, Killzone 3, Brink, Fear 3, Dead Space 2, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Bioshock Infinite, Rage, Max Payne 3 and many more. 2010 offered Crackdown 2, Call of Duty Black OPS, Assassins Creed Brotherhood, Halo Reach, Fallout New Vegas, Bioshock 2, Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption, Kane and Lynch 2, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (PS3, Windows), Alien vs. Predator, Dante’s Inferno and many others.

But 2011 has a huge number of cool games. Although the first games of 2010 were disspointing to most people. Games like AVP and Dante’s Inferno would be an example. Mass Effect 2 reminded us that 2010 would not be a fail for the gaming industry. 2010 continued to hold it’s place with games like Lost Planet 2 and Red Dead Redemption, the occasional bad or mediocre game like Kane and Lynch 2 would drag things down though. Although 2010 has been a great year, we have seen Rockstar, Bioware, Ubisoft and more. Mostly sequals this year like Splinter Cell Conviction (5th splinter cell game), Bioshock 2 (sequal to Bioshock 2007), Mass Effect 2 (sequal to Mass Effect 2007), Alien vs. Predetor (5th AVP game), Red Dead Redempion (spin-off sequel to Red Dead Revolver 2004), etc. 2011 has original titles like Homefront and Bulletstorm. 2011 also has many sequals, in some ways, more than 2010. Fear 3, Portal 2, Dragon Age 2, Dead Space 2, Batman Arkham City and many more.

Now that 2011 is almost here, 2012 will be the big deal. What games will come out then. Games are usually announced about a year ahead of their release date. I do have very early predictions.

Grand Theft Auto 5: I saw a product page for this game on the gamestop powerup rewards site. I have not seen anything related to this project on Rockstar. But I know things are leaked, I just learned about GTA5 yesterday so I don’t know much about it. The only thing I really noticed was the fact that this game is a direct sequal, usually after a 3rd or 4th game title, other sequals are spin-offs. Also, this title did not appear to be on Xbox 360 at this moment. It appears to be a PS3 exclusive, I imagine that GTA5 will be revealed on Xbox 360 and Windows as time progresses.

Mass Effect 3: This game was unofficially announced during loading screens in Mass Effect 2, a product page on the gamestop powerup rewards site did appear. 2010 to 2012/2013 sounds like 2007 to 2010. I also predict that Mass Effect 3 would be scheduled for a late 2012 release but delayed to an early 2013 release. Rumors and unoficial announcements have been floating since before Mass Effect 2 even came out. Other rumors include Mass Effect 3 being part of a three-part series of $20 DLC’s to Mass Effect 2 because of the game’s size. Mass Effect 2 was on two discs, Mass Effect 3 is supposed to be even larger.

Assassins Creed Cold War: A comic about the Assassins during the Russian-American Cold War has been announced, a leaked image with a metallic and futuristic Assassins insignia could be from the Cold War. This Assassins Creed game would probably be a spin-off and will most likely be released around 2012 or 2013. Although this game has really no information that I have to show. The game is probaly in post-production and I am excited to see if this will be a real game. The Assassins Creed universe is very expansive beyond games, but all of the other comics are based on the games in some way because Assassins Creed is a video game franchise.