October 2008 games guaranteed to make your wallet cry
Well my fellow gamers, October 2008 has finally come. This month will feature must-have titles that are highly anticipated to say the least. Use this list as a guideline for this pre-holiday season so you’ll know what to look for while you fight through zombie-like hordes in the mall. There are more than 200 titles coming out in this month including cross-platform releases but I’ll focus on the cream o’ the crop.
The following are the best games coming out October 2008 for every major platform:
Nintendo DS
- Exit (Square-Enix) October 7, 2008
- Korg DS-10 Synthesizer (XSeed Games) October 14, 2008
- Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi (Gamecock) October 14, 2008
- Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (Konami) October 21, 2008
- Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Activision) October 21, 2008
- Ninjatown (SouthPeak Interactive) October 21, 2008
- MySims Kingdom (Electronic Arts) October 28, 2008
- Robocalypse (Vogster) October 28, 2008
PSP
- NBA ‘09: The Inside (SCEA) October 7, 2008
- NBA Live ‘09 (Electronic Arts) October 7, 2008
- FIFA ‘09 (EA Sports) October 14, 2008
- Star Ocean: First Departure (Square-Enix) October 21, 2008
- Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Activision) October 21, 2008
PS3
- NBA 2K9 (Take-Two Interactive) October 7, 2008
- FIFA ‘09 (EA Sports) October 14, 2008
- Dead Space (Electronic Arts) October 14, 2008
- Saints Row 2 (THQ) October 14, 2008
- SOCOM: Confrontation (SCEA) October 14, 2008
- Rock Band 2 (Harmonix) October 19, 2008
- Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Activision) October 21, 2008
- BioShock (2K Games) October 21, 2008
- LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule) October 21, 2008
- Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft) October 21, 2008
- Guitar Hero World Tour (Activision) October 26, 2008
- MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (SCEA) October 28, 2008
- Fallout 3 (Bethesda) October 28, 2008
Xbox 360
- NBA 2K9 (Take-Two Interactive) October 7, 2008
- FIFA ‘09 (EA Sports) October 14, 2008
- Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 (Konami) October 14, 2008
- Dead Space (Electronic Arts) October 14, 2008
- Saints Row 2 (THQ) October 14, 2008
- Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Activision) October 14, 2008
- Fable 2 (Microsoft) October 21, 2008
- Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft) October 21, 2008
- Guitar Hero World Tour (Activision) October 26, 2008
- Fallout 3 (Bethesda) October 28, 2008
Wii
- Sam and Max Season 1 (Telltale Games) October 7, 2008
- Dokapon Kingdom (Atlus) October 14, 2008
- Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Activision) October 21, 2008
- Naruto:Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 (Tomy) October 21, 2008
- Guitar Hero World Tour (Activision) October 26, 2008
- My Sims Kingdom (Electronic Arts) October 28, 2008
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My wallet is silently sobbing due to that list concerning the Xbox and the Wii. Ive already reserved or will be reserving half the games from those categories.
on October 8, 2008 at 12:44 PM - LINKGames cost more and are more time consuming to make and yet presumably only a certain number will shift as many units as they should this Xmas. I may be wrong, but I suspect that the games with an established IP (Gears, Fallout) will sell while those that don’t won’t.
on March 23, 2009 at 09:39 AM - LINKerectie