Game Night 2010 Recommendations

I'm looking for 2010 game night recommendations 

Please use this thread to post your recommendations. Here are some tips on how the games might be selected.

- We are currently using the bi-weekly game night schedule so there might only be 2 games played per month. Make your game recommendations count.

- Multiplayer required for all game nights so please make sure it's easy enough for newer players to play the game if they happen to rent it for this occasion. If it takes more than 15 minutes to get a new player to start this delays the times we get to play the game (unlocking multiplayer, registering multiplayer account, downloading patched, etc). If the game is too awesome to pass up be upfront with the time it takes to get a new player ready to play so we can alert them about this ahead of time.

- The hype over the game'smultiplayershould be heavily considered because we want enough GameSpotters to play with.When the game is released check the News page under the game charts (bottom of the page) to see if there have been enough sales and rentals for the game.

- Note that it will be important to have the staff communication through voice chat so please consider games or console platform/PC capabilities. We might consider third party voice chat, but this does make things more complicated when players show up late without planning for it.

- While we might have our more favorite games, be sure to also include anticipated multiplayer games and the month they are likely to be released. 

- On last note, rhythm games will not be considered as this would require staff to leave our desks and join the studio, which is not available for us until later in the day. Therefore, games like RockBand and Guitar Hero will not be considered for future game nights.

Also, don't forget to share which editor or video producer you would like to play. I'll do my best to round them up and ask them about their work schedules. 

Can games with no voice chat be allowed to reccomend? If so, I'd like to reccomend:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex (Wii)

No Wii Speak. It plays up to ten players online. We can play FFA, Team Deathmatch, etc. We can set up a private game for CGN.

-Battlefield Bad Company 2 (X360 & PC) [Releases 03/02]: To me this is really a no brainer. BFBC2 is one of the most anticipated  multiplayer games of '10. I think PC should be considerded since this game is very popular in the PC community more so than 360. I would say that the only problem is that in the first BFBC you could only chat with your squad, but since then the invention of Xbox Live Party has fixed that. I don't know how th voice communication works on the PC.

-Bioshock 2 (X360) [Releases 02/09]: Personally, I'm not that excited about this game's multiplayer. However seems like everyone else is. 

-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex (Wii) [Released]:Seems like every year the good multiplayer games on Wii seem to disappear. Of course Modern Warfare is one of the best multplayer games and it's pretty good on the Wii also. This game also has been suggested here in the union several times. 

-MAG (PS3) [Releases 01/26]: Poplular PS3 game able to have 256 players in one game. That's all I know.  Maybe someone else knows more about this game than I do.

I would recommend Modern Warfare II, Uncharted 2, and Killzone. I know most of them have been done before - but they are so good I figured you could do them again ;)

Also, when/if released - StarCraft II is a must!!!!

Battlefield Bad Company 2 when it comes out.

I don't know about MAG, I think the lowest game you can play in that is 32 people and I don't know if you can even do private games. 

Star Craft 2 was a good suggestion.

Modern Warfare 2 when new maps come out for it.

I never really liked the gameplay for the first Bioshock but the first one looks to be better and with the powers it could be kind of like Shadowrun.

Maybe Tatsunoko vs. Capcom for a Wii game. I thought that was supposed to have chat, friend codes, and player lobbies. 

I don't know how it will turn out but Alien vs Predator is also coming out next month. It looks like that might be fun.

Splinter Cell 5 should be a good one if they are still doing the 3 vs 3 multiplayer.

im just wonderin if they can have a ps3 mw2 night....

as for ppl....

van ord

off course you cali girl

giancarlo

and chris waters

if you can include greg k 2...lol

Sports game nights, especially the Be-a-pro mode (the 10v10) of FIFA10.

Gran Turismo 5, whenever it comes out :roll:

Can we play another free to play MMO/FPS/TPS like we did with Quake Live, BF: Heroes and Free Realms?

Was there ever a Ballad of Gay Tony game night? :(

and Tekken 6 would be great too.

Was there ever a Ballad of Gay Tony game night? :(

 

and Tekken 6 would be great too.

martialbullet

no there wasn't a BGT game night.

1. To start with i think the obvious would be MAG. especilly if lots of people show up for it, and finally having a game night for PS3 again.
2. Also im not sure if you ever did anything for FIFA 10? so that if not.
3. And for Demon's souls, is all of the summoning/invading random? or can freinds be summoned/invaded? that would be awesome.
4. Apart from that it has to be Modern warfare 2 or KIllzone 2 or Uncharted 2.

Perhaps even do something a little older, like see who still has the skills on modern warfare 1 or world at war etc.

-tekken 6
-mag
-STALKER - Call of Pripyat

if we can do older games or game done years back:

-Battlefield 2 (PC)
-Mario Kart wii
-Smash Bros brawl

I'm gonna keep suggesting Diablo 2 as a retro game night.

As for upcoming / recently released titles, the obvious ones have been mentioned, but I'll go with

MAG
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
BioShock 2
Super Street Fighter IV
Lost Planet 2

Alright, here is the list of suggestions I sent to Editorial staff. Let's see what they end up wanting to do, and the days they don't want to drop by we'll select a game we can play. Note that the plan is to continue with the bi-weekly format for the time being. 

Already Released
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex (Wii)
- Uncharted 2  (PS3)
- Killzone II
- Tekken 6
- FIFA10
- MAG (PS3)
- Mario Kart Wii
- Super Street Fighter IV

February
- Bioshock 2 (X360)
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

March
- Battlefield Bad Company 2 (X360 & PC)

May
- Lost Planet 2

Q2 2010
- Starcraft II

TBA 2010
Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)

In case we're doing a MAG CGN, I suggest giving people a bit of a heads-up. Since you can only have one character per account, it would be good to know what faction we'd be playing, so we could prepare on an alternate account / create a new character on that faction. Especially since you need to be level 8 in order to have access to all the game modes.

Also, Super Street Fighter IV is not out yet, it's coming end of April :P

Looks like editorial staff are super swamped at this time. I have decided that we need to have these game nights with or without them!

Let's start game nights back up in the first week of March and rotate bi-weekly for the time being. 

Also, I am considering to rotate times and days just to change things up a bit this year. Vote for the time that you are likely to attend and we will experiment with the best times and days you are likely to drop by.  

Looks like editorial staff are super swamped at this time. I have decided that we need to have these game nights with or without them!

Let's start game nights back up in the first week of March and rotate bi-weekly for the time being. 

Also, I am considering to rotate times and days just to change things up a bit this year. Vote for the time that you are likely to attend and we will experiment with the best times and days you are likely to drop by.  

JodyR

Great news

Any day first three times in the poll is good for me, others would make me leave early. Monday any time will work.

League of Legends would be another good candidate for a free-to-play PC game. It's a refined DotA that can be downloaded for free with additional content like new heroes and runes either available through in-game progress or buying with cash.

Afaik, you can create custom games with passwords, there's a friend list for easy join and text chat both in the lobby and in-game.

-Battlefield Bad Company 2 (PS3) - :D

March 31
Battlefield Bad Company 2 (X360/PC/PS3)
Chris Watters told me he would like to play. Shaun McInnis also enjoys this game series so he might show I need to see if I can get all platforms covered with a staff member per platform. 

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In April we'll have game nights every Wednesday for a test run and because we need to do catching up on some games!

There are also less games to review for GameSpot staff so we might see more appearances of them in April. 
 
April 7
Wii Game TBD
This is the week prior to some popular shooter releases. Wii needs some love, but I need you all to vote if you want a current game or an older one. VOTE HERE

April 14
Borderlands (PC/X360)
Maybe Chris Watters and Justin Calvert will play.

April 22
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction [Apr 13 release]

April 28
MAG (PS3)
Chris Watters might play

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May
Looks like there aren't that many multiplayer game releases in May. I'll go back to the bi-weekly game nights here due to hearing whispers around the office that this month is going to be hectic. There are some TBD May 2010. If an even better game option opens up we might be able to squeeze it near the end of May. We'll see! 

May 5
- Super Street Fighter IV - Apr 27, 2010 [Brendan Sinclair wants to play it]

May 19
- Uncharted 2 OR Killzone 2 OR MAG (PS3) - might have you all vote or we'll play each of them. Chris loves all three of these games on the PS3 so he might show for any of them. 

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June 2

Game TBD
Only 1 game night due to E3 prep and aftermath catchup!

Think that's all for dates at this time. 

March 31,April 14,April 22

A series of splinter cell conviction nights, on the different modes.

Oh and there is supposed to be some red dead multiplayer, I dont know what it is yet but it might be good.

Be a pro (10 vs 10) Fifa 10 (xbox 360)

Good OLD Fashioned Halo 3 (xbox 360)

TF2 (xbox 360)

-Battlefield 2
-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. :Call of Pripyat
-Super Smash Bros. Brawl
-Age of Empires III
-Aliens VS Preditor

I would really like a Mario Kart Wii or a SSBB game night.

I don't own a Playstation or xbox  so not much multiplayer.

Halo Reach Beta.RealKilla_789

[QUOTE="RealKilla_789"]Halo Reach Beta.JodyR

Unfortunately the beta ended the 20th.

[QUOTE="JodyR"][QUOTE="RealKilla_789"]Halo Reach Beta.RealKilla_789

Unfortunately the beta ended the 20th.

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[QUOTE="JodyR"][QUOTE="RealKilla_789"]Halo Reach Beta.JodyR

Unfortunately the beta ended the 20th.

They did extend it. It was originally the 19th and they exended it one day. lol.