Sunday, December 31, 2006

2007 Preview

Top 10 PS3 games of 2007:
T-10. Blacksite: Area 51
T-10. Warhawk
9. Battlefield: Bad Company
8. Army of Two
7. Devil May Cry 4
6. Grand Theft Auto IV
5. Guitar Hero III
4. Mercenaries 2
3. Assassin's Creed
2. Lair
1. Metal Gear Solid IV

Top 10 PSP Games
10. Winning Eleven World Soccer 07
9. 300: March to Glory
8. Prince of Persia: Rival Swords
7. Tomb Raider: Anniversary Edition
6. Elder Scrolls
5. The Warriors
4. Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters
3. Sid Meier's Pirates
2. GT4: Mobile
T-1. FFVII: Crisis Core
T-1. PSOne Downloads

Biggest Surprise of 2007:
Kingdom Hearts for PSP

PSP Games too watch for:
Jeff Corwin Experience(I can see some GPS stuff being added into it that could make it a sleeper hit)
Eye Toy Play Portable
DC Universe

Best of 2006

Game of the Year Awards:

Playstation Portable Game of the Year - Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Nintendo DS Game of the Year - Brain Age
X-Box Game of the Year - Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Gamecube Game of the Year - Zelda: Twilight Princess
Playstation 2 Game of the Year - Kingdom Hearts II
X-Box 360 Game of the Year - Gears of War
Wii Game of the Year - Zelda: Twilight Princess
Playstation 3 Game of the Year - Resistance: Fall of Man
PC Game of the Year - Medieval II - Total War
Free Game of the Year - Mount & Blade(www.taleworlds.com)
Game of the Year - Kingdom Hearts II

Genre Awards:

Puzzle - Mercury Meltdown
Innovation - Brain Age/Locoroco(Tie)
Music - Guitar Hero II
Racing - Need for Speed: Carbon
Sports - World Soccer Winning Eleven 9
Extreme Sports - Tony Hawk's Project 8
Fighter - Tekken: Dark Ressurrection
Action/Adventure - Zelda: Twilight Princess
Platformer - Daxter
FPS Singleplayer - Gears of War
FPS Multiplayer - Resistance: Fall of Man
Turn-based Strategy - Civilization IV: Warlords
RTS - Medieval II - Total War
Action RPG - Kingdom Hearts II
Turn-based RPG - Final Fantasy XII