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Its the year 2010, the year of the video game...

Mass Effect 2:
One of the most promising releases of the year comes out in a matter of hours for gamers in North America, and a matter of days for gamers in Europe and the rest of the world. Mass Effect 2 continues the legacy and legend of Commander Sheppard with all new party members, an impressive voice acting cast including the Martin Sheen and Seth Green, amazing soundtrack, a new RPG experience and an all new menace to the human race and their place in the galaxy.

And as an avid trailer viewer myself.. check out the awesome trailers!


images from http://masseffect.bioware.com

Bioshock 2:
Big Daddy and Little Sister are back and the doors to Rapture are open once again... Bioshock was one of the most praised games to date, scoring nearly as high as the best video game epic of all time, Half-Life. Just that fact alone merits a re-visit to the series. 
image from http://www.bioshock2game.com/

Dragon Age: Awakening (Expansion Pack):
Still my favorite game at the moment, Dragon Age, is set to once again shock the RPG community with another amazing game and this time as an expansion pack to the award-winning original. In Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening you can decide to import your own Grey Warden or create an entirely new one from country of Orlais, and have to opportunity to meet new characters, and the return of one of the original party members. The archdemon has been slain but there is more work for the Grey Wardens, and an all new enemy to fight.



images from http://dragonage.bioware.com/

Star Trek: Online:

I was fortunate enough to be able to play during the open beta of Star Trek Online, and I must say, as a Trekkie it was an absolute thrill. From the combat style, to the sci-fi of Star Trek accuracy, this game holds promise to be an amazing sci-fi MMO and possibly even rival EVE. Chrissy and I have both bought the game, and plan to play it whenever we can. And here is a quote to get you started:

""The best diplomat that I know is a fully-loaded phaser bank." - Montgomery Scott




images from http://startrekonline.com/

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm:
While I myself am not a fan of World of Warcraft, just due to its undending popularity its worth a mention. And yes, it looks like Blizzard is once again ready to entertain its 10 millions players once again with an all new expansion pack. One can only wonder what they have in store for us next.





images from http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/

Star Wars: The Old Republic:
A Star Wars MMO.. who would have thought it possible? And it certainly looks like it will not disappoint. Currently still in development, and towards its final stages, Star Wars: The Old Republic has gotten a lot of attention especially considering that Bioware, the RPG super-developer, has decided to also help in its production. Features include a wide variety of classes possible, a fully voiced MMO, team based combat and much much more.

images from http://www.swtor.com/

Other titles to look forward to:
Assassin's Creed 2
Medal of Honor
Portal 2
Crysis 2
Battlefield 1943
Stargate Resistance
Command and Conquer 4
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
R.U.S.E.
Starcraft 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Gears of War 3
... and hopefully.. Half-Life 2: Episode 3!!!

- Joachim.

p.s: I will keep you updated as the games near their release dates.