2012 is coming to an end, and its the perfect time to post game of the year stuff! Everybody else is doing it, so why hop straight to 2013; I mean will we even see 2013? Well Im pretty sure we will, the reason for my glance into future is not apocalyptic fear but because my traditional top ten just isnt finished yet. I have enough games under the belt, I have the things I have played in a tentative order, but I am painfully aware that I havent played Far Cry 3 yet or Assassins Creed 3. These two games are hopefully Christmas games, so will be played and they may impact the top 10. Well I dont think AC3 will, I loved AC1 and simply adored AC2 but since then the series has somewhat lost me. That Far Cry 3 game though, I hear it is good. I feel that one thing 2012 games have lacked for me so far is wallets made of sharks, and I hear FC3 can remedy this grave oversight. The knock on effect of this is I will not have a top 10 until Ive played through Far Cry 3, so instead I will produce some premier filler with a most anticipated top 10 for 2013. So without further ado, I bring to you, part one of my most anticipated games of next year:

10. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

Is it Sly, is it Batman with a tail? Find out in 2013!

Thanks to a wonderful HD collection I was able to catch myself up with this series. Sly 1 may not have rocked my world, but Sly 2 was just excellent. It had the humour, it had the characters and it was just incredibly fun. Its a kind of game that you dont really get nowadays so the promise of more is always welcome. Of course I played Sly 3 as well, which frankly I really enjoyed. A step down from 2 and featuring notable issues, but still a fine video game! Im more than ready to jump back into this cell shaded world, so why only number 10? Well first, I would advise against words like only, to make it onto this list is an achievement after all. The reason why it is at the lowest spot is because theres a level of uncertainty. Im pretty sure it will be good, but delays due to the Vita version made this fall off my radar somewhat, and of course it is a new developer. A handheld game developer as well, and if you know me you will know I dont overly care for handhelds. Though on the other hand, this could be a good move, Sucker Punch disappointed me with inFAMOUS 2. Their new love for badditude and forgetting how to write decent characters or narratives would have made Sly 4 an interesting game. So new blood may be in order, lets just hope it doesnt end up like a Golden Abyss.

9. Star Wars 1313

2013's Disney Game of the Year?

Is this game even coming out in 2013? Who knows, thats a big reason why this is relatively low down. I think it looks amazing, but we know little about it and let us be honest here, it looks a bit generic. Its Star Wars: Uncharted, but ridiculously pretty. But wait a minute, I love Uncharted, and I love Star Wars and Im a fan of a pretty game as well! So Im waiting out for more info on this one, but if all goes as planned it should kick some arse. Like all clichéd Star Wars nerds, I love me some Boba Fett, so a dip into the Bounty Hunting side of Star Wars is something I can wholly get behind. After playing a Bounty Hunter on the Old Republic for 100+ hours I still have more room in my heart to shoot some people and not use a lightsaber or throw people with my mind. I mean why would you throw people with your mind and use an elegant weapon of a more civilised age when you can shoot a dude? Ok, put like that it sounds lame... But its not!

8. WatchDogs

What do they think this is, Fez 2?

Another game that looked amazing at E3, but we have had silence on since. If this game lives up to its promise then it should be a lot higher on this list, but really we know too little. In theory this game will be astounding, it looks like a really interesting world that you can interact with in a new way. It also looks gorgeous, of course it could just be a standard shooter with a tacked on hacking mechanic... Lets hope its not. It may not even come out in 2013 also. In theory, colour me excited.

7. Tomb Raider

A lovely clip of Lara and a thug extracting information from a poor girl

This game could go one of two ways, its marketing campaign has been equally impressive and troubling, but for now Im just going to hope its great. This could be an opportunity to add something to a character who has become a bad punch line, and the survival stuff if pulled off could be really exciting. Im imagining a mix of Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid 3 and Heavy Rain. I love all three of those games, so lets get our quick time event on as we pull branches from our legs and utilise a cover system. Im down for that, it could be all flash and no substance, and it could be just exploitation, but it does look at least interesting. Im always down for interesting.

6. SimCity

I plan to do this a lot...

As somebody who has recently returned to PC gaming, I am fully prepared for some typical PC thrills. Back when I was but a young boy I put many an hour into Sim City 2000 and later Sim City 3000. Sure I was pretty terrible at it, but that didnt matter to me back then, I just liked placing loads of landmarks and pelting my city with asteroids and the like. It will be great to jump into Sim City as a legal adult and probably still spend my time childishly destroying cities, and now I can kind of destroy other cities. I am eagerly anticipating joining up my city with some friends nearby, and then polluting the hell out of them. If you build near Stephenage City be prepared for a hard time. So far this game is just looking excellent; all I see of it excites me greatly. Sure you could say its dumbed down or simplified, but Im kind of all for that. Im not a hardcore strategist, just make a quality title and I dont care if its a step down in complexity from previous titles, those still exist after all.

Those five games will do it for now. My top five will hardly be a surprise to anybody but I will leave you waiting anyway. Check back soon for five games that excite me more than these five, and these games are pretty exciting!