My 2008's Ten Most Wanted Games

1. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Releases: Q2 - June 17, (U.S.)

Genre: Third Person Stealth Action

Plot (brief)

Taking place five years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Snake is going for one last mission. Snake is aging considerably faster than a usual human (clone side effects) but is that going to stop Snake to assassin Ocelot. Ocelot is now fully controlled by Liquid Snake, Snake's dark twin because Snake severed Ocelot's hand in Metal Gear Solidand he (Ocelot) then put Liquid's in replacement. Liquid Snake was killed by a genetic virus but can control Ocelot by using his own hand. Now Liquid is in control and wants a world where soldiers are always needed.

2. Killzone 2

Releases: Q1 Jan. - March(U.K.) / April 7, (U.S.)

Genre: First Person Shooter

Plot

Two years after Helghast assault on Veka the ISA is taking the fight to the Helghast's home planet to bring the war to a halt by stopping the Helghast war machine. In order to do that they must capture Emperor Visari in order do to so Sev and his members much secure Pyrrhus (capital city). Sev and his Legion discover that they have not just adapted to the hostile conditions they have harvested a source of power to use against the ISA. Finding out that the Helghast troops are just minons and the planet itself might be their fiercest opponent yet.

3. LittleBigPlanet

Releases: April 7, (U.S.)

Genre: Action

Info.

This is a game where it's going to be available over the PLAYSTATION Network / Blu-ray disc and can create highly detailed 3D sidescrolling game play. You can share them with your friends post yourcreation to the world and have rating / commenting on your game.

4. Gran Turismo 5

Releases: Q4 Nov. - Dec.(U.S.)

Genre: Racing Simulator

Info.

This will feature 16 players online, in the car view, new physics, new tracks, and many other features relating to cars.

5. Final Fantasy XIII

Releases: TBA (To Be Announced)

Genre: RPG (Role Playing Game)

Plot

The Final Fantasy XIII is part of three games called Fabula Nova Crystallis (The New Tale of the Crystals) taking place in the other Final Fantasy game's universe yet storylines not relating. Everything outside a floating environment called the Cocoon believe everything outside is dangerous so they fear it. They call the outside the Pulse and the "Holy Government" of Cocoon have quarantine people to the Pulse. The people who try to influence the Cocoon believers are called the Outsiders but the Cocoon believers see them as prisoners. On the outside there's something called the overworld plagued by monsters but little is known.

6. Getaway (The Getaway 3)

Releases: TBA (U.S.), Q1 Jan. - March(U.K)

Genre: Third Person Action

Plot

This game is said to be set in London and to have a sand box environment with highly detailed environments to continue the criminal underworld story.

7. SOCOM US Navy Seals: Confrontation

Releases: TBA

Genre: Third Person Shooter

Info.

This is another full downloadable game from the PLAYSTATION Network with a focus on multiplayer only. There will be leader boards, clan support, customize your appearance, customize your guns, clan ladders, tournaments, 32 players online, and more.

8. Tekken 6

Releases: TBA

Genre: Fighting

Info.

This is the second game that will be on the next generation PlayStation and will set the bar even higher than its predecessor.

9. Haze

Releases: Jan. 18, (U.K.), March 18, (U.S.)

Genre: First Person Shooter

Plot

Mantel Global Industries was founded by David Bloomfield has the best soldiers called Mantel Troops that are the most feared around. A guy named Shane Carpenter is one of these Mantel Troops and each Mantel Troop has something called Nectar. Nectar is a drug that the troopers use to make them fight harder and stronger. Shane soon realizes that Nectar and Metal Core Industries isn't what it's cracked up to be. The game will take place over three days of how Shane Carpenter's life changed forever.

10. The Agency

Releases: TBA (late 2008 )

Genre: Persistent Online Action (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games)

Plot

The United Nations Intelligence and Tactical Experts (U.N.I.T.E) are the world's most elite secret agents. They are the forefront of the fight against terrorism, corruption, and rogue states around the globe. UNITE agents are deadly specialists in stealth and subterfuge, with access to technology the public has never seen before. Headquarters: Unknown Location - USA (8). The Paramilitary Global Operations Network (ParaGON) is one of the largest private armies in the world, serving clients both upstanding and unsavory. ParaGON's efficient, honorable, and often unconventional mercenaries can be found putting duct tape and high explosives to new and exciting uses on every continent. Headquarters: Unknown Location - Africa (9).

Mentionable Games

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific, MotorStorm 2, Coded Arms Assault, Fallout 3, Dead Space, Winning Eleven Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, Grand Theft Auto IV, L.A. Noire, Devil May Cry 4