Welcome! To the stage of history! We have entered a new year, a new era, the next generation is this year! :dance3: What 5 games are you most looking forward to owning in the first 1/2 of 2006? It could be from any next gen platform, or even on PS2, GCN or XBox. Even PC. List away! Only list games that we know are getting an early 2006 release.

The 3 games I'm most excited about [hopefully] being released this year are:

• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (Sumo/SEGA)
• Tomb Raider: Legend (Eidos)
• StarCraft: Ghost (Blizzard)
• Bully (R*)
• Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (Capcom)

All these games should be released by June 2006. What are yours, start from your most anticipated. :thumbsup:

1. Onimusha Dawn of Dreams (Studio 2, Capcom)

2. Okami (Clover, Capcom)

3. The Twilight Princess (EAD, Nintendo)

4. Capcom Classics Collection Remix (Digital Eclipse, Capcom)

5. Tales of Legendia (Namco)

Tought to rank them, so here they are in no particular order.

Dead or Alive 4

Okami

Shadow of the Colossus

The Twilight Princess

Daxter

• Gears of War
• Unreal Tournament 2007
• The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess
• Stargate SG-1: The Alliance
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

I've not much of an idea of games that are coming out in the first half...

# Unreal Tournament 2007
# The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess
# Battalion Wars

Haven't thought much about it, but here's what I can think of.

1. The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess (GCN)
2. Battalion Wars (GCN)
3. Mario and Luigi Partners in Time (DS)
4. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (DS)
5. Baten Kaitos 2 (GCN)

1. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

2. Gears of War

3. Project Gotham Racing 3

4. Shadow of the Colossus

5. Dead or Alive 4

There's more and not enough time to play them all...

- The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess
- Awesome PSP games

All I am interested in at the moment.

1. Shadow of the Colossus - Hands down. I have been anticipating this release ever since it was announced and I can't wait to get my hands on it. Only problem is, I won't be getting it at release anymore. Fuck.

2. We Love Katamari - Also been wanting this since I found out that it was getting an Australian release. Of course, much like its predecessor before it I will probably have to import it as I also won't be able to get this at launch next month. Fuck.

3. Project Gotham Racing 3 - Well I have clocked over 1000 hours on PGR 2 and still love to play that, so yes I am eager to get my hands on this one. Also looking forward to the idea of taking it online and stuff, considering I missed out on that opportunity with PGR 2.

4. Black - Well, it is from Criterion. 'Nuff said.

5. Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess - Well, it's Zelda so obviously it is a necessity but yeah, this looks to be quite the awesome game when it does finally release. I hope that it completely blows our expectations away, and well we all know how high they are.

Okami is one game I forgot about,maybe its cos I've never heard much about it. Thanks for the reminder ultracrazy1/Natrak. Okami is gaming art.

Will we see Duke Nukem Forever this year? ;)

Edit: GTA: Liberty City Stories will get a PS2 release!! :woot: Not as big as San Andreas... but its GTA, right? :P Its not on my top 5, but I'll still get it. :thumbsup:

Here's mine in no particular order:

Dead or Alive 4 (Xbox360)

Project Gotham Racing 3 (Xbox360)

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GCN)

Generation of Chaos (PSP)

Gears of War (Xbox360)

In no particular order:

Zelda: TP
Black
DoA4
Gears Of War
Half Life 2: Aftermath (hopefully it will be out).

There's a lot I haven't mentioned as well, which I will hopefully pick up once I have the money.

Oh yeah, add Black to my list as well, forgot about that one.

Those 360 games mentioned, namely DOA4 and Gears of War are looking great as well :) didnt mention them because I wont be getting a 360 at launch.

I second that. Isn't it meant to be out sometime in Feb?

At GameSpy its set for Early 2006. So thats the first 1/2 of 2006.

1. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Not to sure when it's supposed to be out but close enough)

2. Perfect Dark Zero (assuming I get a 360 at launch)

3. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

4. Unreal Tournament 2007

5. Gears of War (again assuming I pick up a 360 around launch)

Twilight Princess.
Batallion Wars.

Uh.. =/

Is HL2 Aftermath a single player experience?

I think it is single player add on, yes. Check out GameSpy.

Here are the release dates for all your most wanted games (some dates may be changed later on):

• Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (PS2) - March 10, 2006 [PAL/AUS]
• Okami (PS2) - March 1, 2006 [USA]
• The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess (GCN) - April 1, 2006 [PAL]
• Capcom Classics Collection Remix (PS2/PSP) - March 2006 |?| [PAL]
• Tales of Legendia (PS2) - February 1, 2006 [USA]
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R (PC) - August 1, 2006 [USA]
• Dead or Alive 4 (360) - March 2, 2006 [PAL]
• Shadow of the Colossus (PS2) - February 24, 2006 [PAL/AUS]
• Daxter (PSP) - Mar 28, 2006 |?| [PAL]
• Gears of War (360) - July 1, 2006 [USA]
• Unreal Tournament 2007 (PC) - June 1, 2006 [USA]
• Stargate SG-1: The Alliance (PC/XBox/PS2) - May 1, 2006 [USA]
• Battalion Wars (GCN) - February 16, 2006 [PAL/AUS] *thanks borgy!
• Mario and Luigi Partners in Time (DS) - February 24, 2006 [PAL]
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (DS) - March 31, 2006 [PAL/AUS]
• Baten Kaitos 2 (GCN) - May 31, 2006 [PAL]
• Project Gotham Racing 3 (360) - March 2, 2006 [PAL]
• We Love Katamari (PS2) - February 2, 2006 [PAL/AUS]
• BLACK (PS2) - February 14, 2006 [USA]
• Generation of Chaos (PSP) - February 28, 2006 [USA]
• Half Life 2: Aftermath (PC) - April 28,, 2006 [PAL]
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PC/360) - March 21, 2006 [USA]
• Perfect Dark Zero (360) - March 2, 2006 [PAL/AUS]
• Bully (PS2/XBox) - April 1, 2006 [USA]
• StarCraft: Ghost (PS2/XBox) - June 1, 2006 |?| [USA]
• Tomb Raider: Legend (PS2) - April 1, 2006 [USA/PAL]
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (PS2) - March 3, 2006 [USA]

DZ, Battalion Wars has a release date of Feb 16 according to Nintendo Australia's website, but otherwise nice list :)

Thanks for that borgster101. If anyone see's something wrong in the release dates, post. Also if you get the Aus release dates. :thumbsup:

Also, I've been looking for some sort of date for Duke Nukem Forever instead of "When its done". And Amazon.uk currently have it down for April 21, 2006. But over at the 3D Realms site they say that any date is totally fake unless it comes from them. So yeah, my hopes aren't too high atm. But it would be nice to see some footage at E3. And lets pray they don't decide to switch to another engine again... :|

I've given up on Duke Nukem Forever I remember watching footage of the game when the Xbox and GCN were at their first E3, those consoles are now soon to be replaced with new ones, and Duke Nukem still hasn't arrived and probably won't.

Just wanted to say that Shadow of the Colossus' date is currently set for the 24th of February. Or it was last time I heard anyway.

Thanks for that Nismo. Updated.

Eurogamer have announced that the PAL/EU release of HL2: Aftermath will be on April 28th. Downloadable through Steam and a boxed versio from EA.
There is also HL2 Platinum being released on the same day which contains Half-Life 2, HL2 Deathmatch, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and HL2: Aftermath. I don't own HL2 yet so this Platinum edition is looking tempting. ;)

Yeah sounds good, even better than my HL2 game of the year edition, which contained HL2, HLSource, CS Source, and HL2 Deathmatch.

Hopefully the expansion pak will actually release on that date :) .

Starcraft Ghost
UT2007
Dead or Alive 4
Final Fantasy XII (English Version)
Perfect Dark Zero