"Gaming is an interesting field because professionals in it do research by playing video games, a form of entertainment."

Isn't that the case for any field in the entertainment, whether it be theater, music, movies, they all do research by analyzing works from their field, which are entertainment. But I would not say they simply consume (play) the products, when it comes to research. The research takes the fun out of video games usually. It's kind of like game testing, which sounds like a great job, but in reality it is not fun at all.

Get your predictions in for April (of at least 3 games) and you can already predict for May, though of at least 5 games due there being many major releases.

Last moment predictions for the Division anyone?

Also after seeing more of UFC 2 I will drop my prediction to 77. It will do better than the original, but the gameplay doesn't really seem to have improved that much.

My updated UFC 2 prediction.

• EA Sports UFC 2 - 77

Since I am no longer predicting in increments of 5, I will also adjust my Hitman first episode prediction from 75 to 77. The lack of content and overall criticism of the episodic model will bring the score down, however the gameplay looks pretty solid for Hitman.

My updated Hitman prediction.

• Hitman: Episode 1 — Intro - 77

Last moment to predict the score for The Division. You can still predict since there are no early reviews, the embargo is set for launch day and no reviewers have gotten early copies meaning reviewers are starting to play only on the launch day so still a while until first reviews appear.

The more I see/hear about the game, the more I believe The Division will not do well with critics. I will lower my prediction while I still can (especially since otherwise kingcrimson24 would have the same prediction as me). Even though I normally predict only in increments of 5, I will make an exception and lower my The Division prediction by 1. (From 80 to 79)

My updated prediction for The Division.

• Tom Clancy's The Division - 79

@suicidesn0wman: Quite a high prediction for the Division. I'm somehow much more skeptical about the game. And yea all 5 predictions are fine, it's just no fewer than 3 from the ones posted. Could be 3, could be 4, could be 5, 6 etc. There is no max limit.

Also for anyone else, as long as you have 3 from the ones listed, you can also add any other game releasing in March as long as it's not a remaster, rerelease, port, and doesn't already have a metascore/reviews, I'll add it to the predictions.

My predictions for March.

• Hitman: Episode 1 — Intro - 75
• Tom Clancy's The Division - 80
• EA Sports UFC 2 - 80

I'll remind you have to chose at least 3 games from March.

@suicidesn0wman: Well I would love for this idea to be more popular so if you do implement it on your site, let me know. :) I'd prefer if someone else was running it as it would be less work for me. :D

@suicidesn0wman: I was actually editing my post but you already replied. I was gonna expand on that. For your site, you'd ideally want something that would require users to participate daily, and they would be interested in following every single day (which would also help with keeping users visiting your site every day). It would encourage users to engage daily, encourage participation and could get everyone on your site involved. For example user voting greatest video game character tournament with daily match ups, set it up like a sports tournament with groups before knockout stages. Many similar ideas work.

As for this, it's not due to the forums being dead, it's really that 99% of people don't care, out of over 400 people only 2 people made serious predictions. I've actually tried/seen this idea in several places, and same exact reaction, most people don't care. And even if many people participated, all people need to do is post once a month (also bad for months when there are no interesting games), and there is no interaction really (which also leads to most people being disinterested). But either way, good luck with your site. :)