ACTION S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
Prequel (With various improvements, including added dx10 support) to 8.6 FPS.
Ground Branch
Tactical shooter from Blackfoot( which is composed of RainbowSix, Rogue Spear and Ghost Recon leads)
Enemy in Sight
Tactical shooter from makers of Mafia.
Far Cry 2
Natural Selection 2
Commercial Source-based sequel to one of best mp MODS
Tomboish Witches
English version of great doujin shump. It's great news, not only because the
game is simply a very good game, but also because it's the first doujin game
officially translated to English, so there's hope many more will follow.
Captain Claw 2
The first one got 7.7 and was one of most loved 2D PC platformers in recent decade
Global Agenda
Tactical MMOFPS running on Unreal Engine 3.0
Hammerfall
Physics based action puzler.
Chrome 2
Original Chrome was good(7.2) FPS shooter that had lots of unrealized potential.
Since then Techland has been consistently improving and their last titlePandRally
has 85% average at GameRankings we can propably expect good things from this game
Lone Wolf: Flight from the Dark
Action-adventure based on legendary "Choose your own adventure" gamebook series
Battlefield Heroes
Freeware ad-supported multiplayer third person shooter.
Quake Live
Freeware ad-supported version of Quake 3 playable through web browsers.
Fallen Empire: Legions
Garagegames ( company formed by ex-Dynamix people, responsible for Tribes 1 and 2)
are finally making a successor to Tribes.
Fez
Innovative mix of 2D and 3D platforming. One of IGF nominees for most innovative game of the year
Gumboy Tournament
Multiplayer-centered sequel to Gametunnel's Indy GOTY 2007
The Great Tree
Action games from makers of Wik and Fable of Souls (9.0 from GS)
Kohatogaoka koukoujoshi guro-bu Gleam of Force.
New doujin fighting game from French Bread (makers of Melty Blood series)
Kwari
Online FPS from Microforte (makers of Fallout Tactics (8.3 from Gamespot)
Zeno Clash
Fantasy FPP action game running on Source engine
Gish 2
A sequel to one of best 2D platformers of last 5 years( 8.2 at GS, IGF Game of the year 2005 winner)
FinnWars 2
Commercial follow-up to one of best Battlefield1942 mods ever made.
Audiosurf
Audiosurf allows you to experience the intensity and emotion of your songs in
real time, in full color, and in 3D in form of futuristic racing game.
One of finalist for IGF 2008 Game of the year award.
The Spirit Engine 2
Commercial follow-up to a great 2003 freeware
Ascension
Freeware spiritual successor to Tribes, created by the team that made the
Renegade mod for Tribes, Tribes2 and Tribes: Vengeance
Fireteam Reloaded
Team-based multiplayer action game from Pixel (Austin-based studio formed by veteran developers
who worked on games like Ultima, Wing Commander, Medal of Honor and Deus Ex series)
King Solomon's Treasures
Old school platformer from team who previously released excelent freeware remakes of
Goody and Super Colt 36.
Alien Swarm: Infested
AlienSwarm was one of very best and definitly the most original UnrealTournament2004 mods ever.
Now the sequel is coming as commercial game running on Valve's Source engine
Cryostasis
Innovative FPS from ( small team most well known for Carnivores(7.1) and Carnivores 2(7.3) )
Cletus Clay
A platformer with visuals made of Clay made by maker of Platpus
Eduardo The Samurai Toaster
Face wound
Platformer made by creator of Garry's Mod
Savage II: Tortured Soul
A sequel to innovative RTS/FPS mix that won Indie GOTY 2003
Black Sky
Open ended StarControl2 like game
They Hunger: Lost Souls
Original Hunger was THE best single-player mod for Half-life. Now the team returns with
commercial follow up based on Source engine
Armada Online
Limbo
Indie platformer
Collapse
TPP post apocalyptic action game from Creoteam(new team formed mostly by ex Crytek and Frogwares guys)
American McGee's Grimm
Finally a follow up to Alice
Americas Army
this time on UE3.0
SIMULATION Storm of War: Battle of Britain
From makers of Il2 Sturmovik
Digital Combat Simulator: Black Shark
Heli sim from Eagle Dynamics, best known for Flanker 2.0 (8.7 from GS)
Jet Thunder
Historical air combat sim from Thunder Works
Fighter Ops
Jumpgate Evolution
A sequel to space sim MMO that got 8.6 from Gamespoit
Infinity: The Quest for Earth
MMO space simulator with huge procedurally generated universe
Universe Online
A space sim MMO from team of MMO veterans( Colony studios is composed of people who
worked on Eve, Wow and others MMOs)
Microsoft Train Simulator 2
Finaly a sequel to one best train sims ever made( 8.2from GS), this time it
will be made by AcES (company responsible for Flight Simulator series) using
their Flight Simulator X engine
Knights of the Sky
A WWI sim made on IL2Sturmovik series engine
Silent Hunter 4: U-Boat Missions
Add-on to 8.3 submarine simulator
BattlestarGalactica: Beyond the Red Line[/color][/b]
Freeware space-sim on modified freespace2 engine
Starfox: Shadows of Lylat
Freeware fan-made game running on modified Freespace2 engine
Wing Commander Saga
Freeware fan-made sequel running on modified Freespace2 engine
The Tomorrow War[/color][/b]
A space sim based on the trilogy of novels written by a famous Russian author, Alexander Zorich.
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
Mosquito fleet simulator from Akella
Rail Simulator
from the team that made Microsoft Train Simulator(8.2)
RACING Live for Speed S3
Major upgrade to already great Live for Speed S2
FiRST RACING
Ex-Lead guys from Papyrus(basically the GOD of racing sims until Sierra closed
them down)are now working on self-funded online-centered hardcore racing sim to be released in 2007
ARCA Sim Racing
Finally a stock car sim.
Turismo Carretera
Racing sim thaty recreates most important series in South America. It's using the gMotor 2.0
technology licenced by ISI.( the same physics and graphics engine that GTR2 and RACE use)
MOTORM4X
offroad racing game from EasyCo (company formed by ex-members of IlussionSoftworks
where they worked on Hidden and Dangerous 1-2 and Mafia)
MULTIPLATFORMS Mafia 2
At last! A sequel to one of very best (9.3) action games ever made.
Fallout 3
Frontlines: Fuel of War
The Crossing
Source based shooter mixing singleplayer and multiplayer. Developed by Arkane Studios
( Arx Fatalis, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic) and Half-Life 2's art director
Heavy Rain
New adventure game from the makers of Indigo Prophecy(one of the best and most unique
adventure games of last couple years, Gamespot gave 8,4 and Adventure GOTY in 2005)
Sacred 2
Sequel hack and slash RPG that probably was the best DIablo2-like game(aside from Diablo
itself ) ever released. This time Ascaron is making the game in in full 3D
Rise of the Argonauts
UE 3.0-based action-RPG from Liquid, makers of games like Battle Realms(8.7) and Dragonshard(8.5).
Project Origin
Sequel to FEAR (9.1 from GS)
Project Offset
A fantasy FPS from makers of Savage(which won Indie GOTY 2003)
Alan Wake
A psychological thriller from makers of Max Payne series
Duke Nukem Forever
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
Tiberium
FPS set in command and Conquer universe
Mirror's Edge
ICE's new first-person action adventure game
Elveon
Unreal Engine 3.0 based RPG from 10Tacle
Blood Bowl
Sports game based on great Games Workshop board game, it will have both traditional
turn-based mode as well as real-time one. It's being developed by Cyanide Studios
(makers of similar Chaos League
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
Legendary: The Box
Bionic Commando
Operation Flashpoint 2
The Secret World
A MMO from makers of Age of Conan and Longest Journey franchise
Interstellar Marines
FPS using Unreal Engine 3.0
Totems
Action-adventure from the makers of Outcast
RAGE
Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway
Splinter Cell 5
Assassins Creed
Command and Conquer 3: Kanes Wrath
Add-on to 9.0 RTS
Agency
Spy-themed action MMO from SOE
Fracture
SF shooter from makers of Mech Assault series
Left 4 Dead
C-op centered Source-based shooter from Turtle Rock and Valve.
Lord of Creatures
Being made by lead designers of Commandos and Commandos2.
The Club
Third person shooter by Bizzare Creations ( makers of Project Gotham Racing series)
Mercenaries 2
Sequel to 8.8 game
Strike Force Red Cell
Commercial follow-up to great UT2004 mod
Rogue Warrior
Unreal Engine 3.0 based tactical shooter
Galtrix
Simple space strategy game made by creators of Warlords franchise
Borderlands
Post apocalyptic shooter from Gearbox (makers of Brothers in Arms series)
Armed Assault 2
Lost
Untitled Junction Point Project
From Warren Spector (creator of Deus Ex)
Precursors
An open ended action/rpg game which takes action in space and on planets(think STALKER
mixed with Privateer), from makers of BoilingPoint
Age of Conan
Devil May Cry 4
Commanders: Attack
TUrn-based wargame from Southend Interactive, makers of Deathrow(8.7)
White Gold: War in Paradise
FPS/RPG hybrid that's a successor to Boiling Point.
Mass Effect
PC version of 8.5 360 RPG.
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Dead Space
Red Alert 3
Necrovision
FPS from Farm21(company created by people who worked on games like Painkiller
or MOH: Allied Assault), running on heavily upgraded Painkiller engine
Huxley
A MMO FPS from Webzen running on UE3.0
Alone in the Dark 5
Braid
Winner of IGF 2006 Innovation Award
Everyday Shooter
game nominated for 2007 IGF's Design Innovation, Excellence in Audio and Grand Prize awards
2009 EXCLUSIVESS Steel beasts 2
The follow-up to most realistic and hardcore tank sim ever. First one got 8.8.
Iron Seed 2
Follow up to forgotten cla$$ic (it's not well known now, but back in the
days it rivaled Star Control 2 in quality)
Aquarica
A game by Benoit Sokal (Amerzone, Syberia 1-2, Paradise)
Untitled Carbine Studios MMORPG
Carbine is a team composed of RPG veterans(including Blizzard ones) like Tim Cain
(one of creators of Fallout and Arcanum) and Jeremy Gaffney (founder of Turbine)
New Pyranha RPG
New RPG IP from creators of Gothic franchise
North Star
A space trading/combat RPG with turn-based combat by Kerberos (ex Barking Dog guys
and makers of Homeworld: Cataclysm and Sword of the Stars)
MULTIPLATFORMS Dungeon Hero
From Firefly studios (makers of great Stronghold series and medicore Stronghold: Legends
and CivCity, we'll see how they do here)
Divine Divinity 2
Sequel to one of best action-rpgs ever(8.6 at GS), running on Gamebryo 2.0 engine
(Oblivion, Gothic3, Guild2 all used it)
Section 8
Unreal 3.0-based FPS from makers of Kohan trilogy(which got 8.6, 7.7 and the last one for 8.5 from GS)
Postal 3
Deus Ex 3
Unnamed Ferrari Project
Blimey games (makers of GTR2 and GT Legends) are preparing this game on brand new engine
and they hired Richard Burns Rally physics coder to create the physics engine for it.
