Upcoming Line-Ups Thread - Post-E3 2011

Roughly a year ago I made a thread after E3 to examine each home console's updated upcoming line-ups (partly for my own reference) and partly as a general source of info.

A new year, a new E3, a new thread.

The list comprises officially announced full retail games and is listed with any available slated release information.

As with the other thread, it's subject to change I'll continuously edit the list adding games as they're announced and removing games that lose exclusivity, have scored below 7 on GS or never get scored.

I've also separated out the HD consoles' games that require their motion control peripherals.

If I've missed any you know of that should be included, then post them and I'll edit them in. Likewise if I've put any in that shouldn't be included. (The PC list is woefully incomplete I imagine.)

Which of the system line-ups are you most interested in?

Or are you more interested in the multiplatform games they share between them?

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Microsoft XBOX 360

2012 Scores:

• Akai Katana - 8.0

2011 Scores:

• Gears of War 3 - 9.5
• Forza Motorsport 4 - 8.5

Kinect required:

• The Gunstringer - 8.5
• Dance Central 2 - 8.5
• Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster - 8.0

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Upcoming:

• Halo 4 (November 6th, 2012)
• Forza Horizon (2012)

Kinect required:

• Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor (2012)
• Fable: The Journey (2012)
• Kinect Rush (2012)
• Ryse (TBA)

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Nintendo Wii

2012 Scores:

• The Last Story - 9.0
• Pandora's Tower - 8.0
• Rhythm Heaven Fever - 8.0

2011 Scores:

• Xenoblade - 9.0
• Lost in Shadow - 7.5
• Kirby's Return to Dream Land - 7.5
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - 7.5
• Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident - 7.0
• Trackmania: Build to Race - 7.0
• Conduit 2 - 7.0

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Upcoming:

• Inazuma Eleven Strikers (JPN 2011, NA TBA)
• Earth Seeker (JPN 2011, NA/EU TBA)
• Pandora's Tower (EU 2012, NA TBA)
• Dragon Quest X (TBA)

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Nintendo Wii U

Upcoming:

• Pikmin 3 (TBA)
• Killer Freaks From Outer Space (TBA)

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Sony PlayStation 3

2012 Scores:

• Twisted Metal - 8.0
• Starhawk - 7.5

2011 Scores:

• LittleBigPlanet 2 - 9.0
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - 9.0
• Killzone 3 - 8.5
• MotorStorm: Apocalypse - 8.5
• Resistance 3 - 8.5
• MLB11: The Show - 8.0
• Yakuza 4 - 8.0
• SOCOM 4: US Navy Seals - 7.5
• infamous 2 - 7.5
• Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten - 7.5
• Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One - 7.0

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Upcoming:

• Atelier Mereru: The Alchemist of Arland 3 (May 22nd, 2012)
• Dust 514 (Spring 2012)
• Mugen Souls (Fall 2012)
• Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (TBA 2012)
• Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (TBA 2013)
• The Witch and the Hundred Knights (TBA 2013)
• Yakuza 5 (TBA)
• The Last Guardian (TBA)
• The Last of Us (TBA)
• God of War: Ascension (TBA)
• LittleBigPlanet Karting (TBA)
• Tales of Xillia (JPN 2011, NA TBA)

PlayStation Move Required

• Sorcery (Spring 2012)

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PC

2012 Scores:

• Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai - 8.5
• Diablo III - 8.5
• Star Wars: The Old Republic - 8.0
• Crusader Kings II - 8.0
• Tribes: Ascend - 8.0
• Warlock: Master of the Arcane - 7.5
• TERA - 7.5
• Microsoft Flight - 7.0

2011 Scores:

• Shogun 2: Total War - 9.0
• The Witcher 2 - 9.0
• Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II: Retribution - 8.5
• Rift: Planes of Telara - 8.0
• Men of War: Assault Squad - 8.0
• Out of the Park Baseball 12 - 8.0
• TrackMania 2: Canyon - 8.0
• Football Manager 2012 - 8.0
• Panzer Corps - 8.0
• World of Tanks - 8.0
• Heroes of Might & Magic VI - 8.0
• The Book of Unwritten Tales - 8.0
• Cities in Motion - 7.5
• Darkspore - 7.5
• King Arthur Fallen Champions - 7.5
• Nuclear Dawn - 7.5
• Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad - 7.5
• Magicka - 7.0
• Storm: Frontline Nation - 7.0

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Upcoming:

• End of Nations (TBA 2012)
• DOTA 2 (TBA 2012)
• Guild Wars 2 (TBA)
• Torchlight II (TBA)
• Firefall (TBA)
• Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm (TBA)
• Black Mirror 3 (TBA)
• Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War III (TBA)
• Warhammer 40K: Dark Millenium Online (TBA)

The future looks pretty bleak for a couple systems.. but I'm not naming names. :P

Great job Shinra as always my friend.:)

Man all those Kinect titles..:o And the 360 has no exclusives!:lol:

Please tell me that Xbox 360 list is fake.

Still some good stuff coming from Sony first party. Agent is basically confirmed not to be exclusive anymore, though.Cherokee_Jack

Pc>wiiU>ps3>360.

I hate Nintendo of America.

Well this certainly makes things much easier. Sweet.:D

Ugh Disgaea 4 y u make me wait til September!?:cry:

And people say Xbox 360 has no exclusives. They have Hulk Hogan! Thats a midnight launch right there body!

Everyone is hyping Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3, but Red Orchestra will sneak up and be amazing!

Thanks for the informative list Shinra. It's great to have a go-to place for direct factual info.

MS is really going all out on their halogearsforza combo

Gosh, I forgot all about Dragon Quest X. Given the general silence I've heard on the game and the Wii's precipitous drop out of favor in Japan (everywhere), I can't believe they didn't shift development over to PSP/3DS/Vita.

Still some good stuff coming from Sony first party. Agent is basically confirmed not to be exclusive anymore, though.Cherokee_Jack

Well, a Take-Two rep recently said, "On Agent, there's no change in situation on that title." I guess that can be interpreted as "still exclusive". Maybe not. :P

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Either way, great thread Shin.

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"]Still some good stuff coming from Sony first party. Agent is basically confirmed not to be exclusive anymore, though.Episode_Eve

Well, a Take-Two rep recently said, "On Agent, there's no change in situation on that title." I guess that can be interpreted as "still exclusive". Maybe not. :P

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Either way, great thread Shin.

And on the thread, thanks, although it was a pretty easy update from the old thread, considering how little was announced at E3. Hopefully GamesCom and TGS brings more.

[QUOTE="Episode_Eve"]

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"]Still some good stuff coming from Sony first party. Agent is basically confirmed not to be exclusive anymore, though.shinrabanshou

Well, a Take-Two rep recently said, "On Agent, there's no change in situation on that title." I guess that can be interpreted as "still exclusive". Maybe not. :P

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Either way, great thread Shin.

And on the thread, thanks, although it was a pretty easy update from the old thread, considering how little was announced at E3. Hopefully GamesCom and TGS brings more.

Lol, that article is like a year old, I just noticed. It was recently posted on N4G as if it was new! :P (don't ask me why I visit N4G)

My 360 just RROD, but as soon as I get it back, I'm definitely going to go preorder a couple of those Kinect games. I wonder if I can import Dance Central songs into Dance Central 2. Luxen90

[QUOTE="Luxen90"]My 360 just RROD, but as soon as I get it back, I'm definitely going to go preorder a couple of those Kinect games. I wonder if I can import Dance Central songs into Dance Central 2. TREAL_Since

Then again... His 360 is like 3 years old.:P Me and Lux are soo gonna rock some Urshur baby on DC2!8)

selling my xbox 360 confirmedjoel_c17

[QUOTE="joel_c17"]selling my xbox 360 confirmedTREAL_Since

[QUOTE="TREAL_Since"]

[QUOTE="joel_c17"]selling my xbox 360 confirmedjoel_c17

[QUOTE="joel_c17"][QUOTE="TREAL_Since"]Iono about that man. There are still a few must have games like Gears 3 and Halo 3. I don't wanna sell mine simply for those. Then again, I won't have Live for more than a month at a time.

TREAL_Since

I thought the Witcher 2 for pc scored a 9.0 here at gamespot ? update it please.

I thought the Witcher 2 for pc scored a 9.0 here at gamespot ? update it please.

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