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2010 – The Year of the Sequels

sequel-warsAs this year races towards its conclusion and the Game of the Year winners get fiercely debated around the virtual water cooler, I can’t help but take a glass is half empty approach to the coming year.  There are sequels (and prequels) coming – and there are lots of them.

Yes, between them all, there are some original IPs coming, but the most anticipated games are looking to be sequels, prequels or extensions of existing IPs.  Maybe I’m being a little cynical, but isn’t that playing it a little safe and milking the consumer a bit?  Or maybe I should learn to be more grateful, because admittedly, the list of games coming next year is awesome.

Ghost Recon Future Soldier?

Some more rumors have popped up about the rumoured 2010 release Ghost Recon. Details have been very scarce about a sequel to the much loved series. The Australian Classification Board was in the news for classifying some game called “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Predator.” But according to GameSpot, the picture becomes even more clouded when we look at a US…

Go Undercover Within The Triads [True Crime]

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Activision kept this one under the radar it seems, but has now confirmed that they are currently working on a new open-world game called True Crime, set for release in autumn in the US. Now the bit that got me interested is that it is inspired by classic Hollywood and Asian cinema style action thrillers. True Crime is being developed from scratch by United Front Games and the story is of detective Wei Shen who infiltrates one of Hong Kong’s notorious Triad crime syndicates… swwweeet!