SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- GameSpot (http://www.gamespot.com), a
leading source for trusted gaming information and a property of CBS
Interactive today unveiled its annual list of the Top 20 Most Anticipated
Games of the upcoming holiday season. The list is comprised of this season
hottest and most talked about titles that have been whittled down from the
hundreds of games that have recently launched or will launch in the holiday
timeframe from August to December 2008.
"The hundreds of new games releasing this fall might be overwhelming
for people new to games," said Ricardo Torres, editor in chief, GameSpot.
"Given that every penny counts in today's economy, we want to point people
in the right direction with this list of games from a broad range of genres
that are generating the most interest from the GameSpot editors as well as
the GameSpot community."
The Top 20 Most Anticipated Games for the 2008 holiday season were
chosen based on a multitude of criteria: GameSpot editorial opinions,
consumer web site polls, blogosphere buzz, and general consumer interest
surrounding titles. The list also incorporated data from GameSpot Trax, the
industry's most advanced tool for tracking and analyzing essential game
data, such as consumer awareness, interest and purchase intent, competitive
mindshare, campaign effectiveness, audience profiles, and editorial
coverage.
GameSpot's 20 Most Anticipated Games for the 2008 holiday season
(listed in alphabetical order not in order of importance) are as follows:
Call Of Duty World at War (PC--release date: Nov. 11, 2008)
Dead Space (PC--release date: Oct. 20, 2008)
Fable II (X360--release date: Oct. 21, 2008)
Fallout 3 (PC--release date: Oct. 28, 2008)
Far Cry 2 (PC--release date: Oct. 21, 2008)
Gears of War 2 (X360--release date: Nov. 7th, 2008)
Guitar Hero World Tour (X360--release date: Oct. 26, 2008)
Left 4 Dead (X360--release date: Nov. 17, 2008)
LittleBigPlanet (PS3--release date: Oct. 21, 2008)
Mirror's Edge (X360/PC--release date: Nov. 11, 2008)
NHL 2K9 (Wii--already released)
Prince of Persia (PC--release date: Dec. 2, 2008)
Resistance 2 (PS3-release date: Nov. 4, 2008)
Rock Band 2 (X360/Wii/PS3--already released)
Soulcalibur IV (X360/PS3--already released)
Spore (PC/Wii/DS--already released)
Tales of Vesperia (X360--already released)
World of Warcraft: Wrath of Lich King (PC--release date: Nov. 13, 2008)
About GameSpot
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guides, hints, and more. GameSpot also has one of the most active online
gaming communities. The GameSpot family also includes GameFAQs, Game
Rankings, SportsGamer, and GameSpot Trax, the industry's best real-time
market intelligence tool.
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