Upcoming Games to Pre-order (September to November)

Gaming at the end of 2008 is going to be awesome, with many great titles heading on to the shelves. I currently have 16 games on my shortlist for the end of this year, but have pre-ordered six… for now, to cover me gaming wise for September and some of November This post ties up nicely with my last one!!

The list I have compiled is mostly a collection of PC and Xbox 360 games, but there might be some that are also going to be released on multiple platforms, such as PC, 360, PS3, Wii, etc. – Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for example, which will be on 360, PS3, PS2, Wii and DS. I’ll be ordering my list by Date Released, starting with the closest to release, to furthest away and then Alphabetically should any dates have more than one release.

I am not going to give a huge description of why you should buy each game on the list, because there are plenty of websites and magazines that would do a much better job of hyping them up than me, but here are some titles you should definitely be keeping an eye out for/on.

Title	Platforms	Days to Go*	Date Released**
September
Spore	PC	5 days	05/09/2008
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	360, PS3, Wii, DS	19 days	19/09/2008
Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway	PC, 360, PS3, Wii (BIA: Double Time)	26 days	26/09/2008
Mirror’s Edge	PC, 360, PS3	26 days	26/09/2008
October
Fifa 09	PC, 360, PS2, PS3, Wii, PSP, DS, Mobile	35 days	03/10/2008
Fable 2	360	56 days	24/10/2008
Far Cry 2	PC, 360, PS3	56 days	24/10/2008
Dead Space	PC, 360, PS3	63 days	31/10/2008
Fallout 3	PC, 360, PS3	63 days	31/10/2008
F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin	PC, 360, PS3	63 days	31/10/2008
November
Gears of War 2	PC, 360, PS3	70 days	07/11/2008
Left4Dead	PC, 360, PS3	70 days	07/11/2008
Tom Clancy’s EndWar	PC, 360, PS3	70 days	07/11/2008
Need for Speed: Undercover	PC, 360, PS3	84 days	21/11/2008
Alan Wake	PC, 360	91 days	28/11/2008 (Most likely a misprint :[ )
Tom Clancy’s Hawx	PC, 360	91 days	28/11/2008

* “Days to go” dates as of 31/08/2008
** Release dates are tentative, at developers’/publishers’ discretion and are liable to change at any time.

Obviously some games may not to be the taste of some people, but these are the main games I will be watching over the next couple of months, and there should be a few in there that you should be too

EDIT: As of 05/09/2008 (5th September), the release date of Far Cry 2 has been pushed back a week to the 31/10/2008 (31st October).

EDIT: As of 17/09/2008 (17th September), the release date of Mirror’s Edge has been pushed back to 14/11/2008, although there are rumours in the air that release has been pushed back to Jan 2009.
The PC version of Brothers In Arms: HH, has been pushed back to 03/10/2008 (3rd October).