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The Most Anticipated Games of 2013

Posted on Monday, December 31 @ 08:50:00 Eastern by

Since we're all different people and this isn't an award show where the iron fist must be dealt, we thought it would be great to show off our individual lists for the Most Anticipated Games of 2013. What is your Top 10? Sound out in the comments!


  Anthony Severino

1. The Last of Us
2. Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes
3. The Phantom Pain
4. Tomb Raider
5. Rayman Legends
6. Injustice: Gods Among Us
7. Beyond: Two Souls
8. Grand Theft Auto V
9. Bioshock Infinite
10. God of War: Ascension



  Nicholas Tan

1. SimCity
2. Ni No Kuni
3. BioShock Infinite
4. South Park: The Stick of Truth
5. Watch_Dogs
6. The Last of Us
7. Dragon's Crown
8. Tomb Raider
9. Beyond: Two Souls
10. Deadpool



  Daniel Bischoff

1. Grand Theft Auto V
2. Bioshock Infinite
3. SimCity
4. Watch_Dogs
5. South Park: The Stick of Truth
6. The Last of Us
7. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
8. Tomb Raider
9. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
10. Dead Space 3


 
  Alex Osborn

1. The Last of Us
2. BioShock Infinite
3. The Walking Dead: Season Two
4. Beyond: Two Souls
5. Tomb Raider
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
8. Star Wars 1313
9. Watch Dogs
10. Fortnite



  Jonathan Leack

1. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Wii U)
2. SimCity
3. Bayonetta 2
4. The Wonderful 101
5. The Last of Us
6. FireFall
7. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
8. Grand Theft Auto V
9. Beyond: Two Souls
10. BioShock Infinite



  Keri Honea

1. South Park: Stick of Truth
2. BioShock Infinite
3. Gears of War: Judgment
4. Crysis 3
5. Metro: Last Light
6. The Last of Us
(And that's it!)



  Kevin Schaller

1. The Last of Us
2. South Park: The Stick of Truth
3. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
4. Bioshock Infinite
5. Rayman Legends
6. SimCity
7. Tomb Raider
8. Fuse
9. DmC: Devil May Cry
10. Star Trek



 Pierre Bienaimé

1. BioShock Infinite
2. Pikmin 3
3. Watch_Dogs
4. The Wonderful 101
5. Rainbow 6: Patriots
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. FIFA 2014
8. Star Wars 1313
9. The Last of Us
10. Aliens: Colonial Marines



  Eddy Fettig

1. The Last of Us
2. BioShock Infinite
3. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
4. Rayman Legends
5. Beyond: Two Souls
6. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
7. Dragon's Crown (assuming it's actually still coming out)
8. The OUYA
(And nothing else!)



  Kuulei Naipo

1. Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots
2. The Last of Us
3. Tomb Raider
4. Deadpool
5. Beyond: Two Souls
6. Watch_Dogs
7. Gears of War: Judgment
8. BioShock Infinite
9. Plants Vs Zombies 2
10. Grand Theft Auto V



  Devin Charles

1. The Last of Us
2. Tomb Raider
3. Madden 14
4. Star Trek
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. Gears of War: Judgment
7. Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel
8. South Park: The Stick of Truth
9. Injustice: Gods Among us
10. Watch_Dogs



  Blake Peterson

1. Aliens: Colonial Marines
2. Bioshock Infinite
3. South Park The Stick of Truth (if THQ is still around...)
4. The Last of Us
5. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
6. Ni No Kuni: The Wrath of the White Witch
7. Bayonetta 2
8. Pikmin 3
9. Luigi's Mansion 2
10. Fuse
Related Games:   Beyond: Two Souls, Gears of War: Judgment, Geneforge 3, Grand Theft Auto V, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, R-Type, Rayman Legends, SimCity (2013), South Park: The Stick of Truth, The Last of Us, Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider, Watch Dogs
Tags:   PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii U

Comments
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 9:20 am
    Is it just me or does this list look overall pretty weak compared to 2012?
    1 1
  • Guernica
    Guernica
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 10:25 am
    I don't know about weaker but there are defiantly a lot more new ip's and a lot less 2's and 3's.
    0 3
  • reiandcoke
    reiandcoke
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 12:00 pm
    Agreed. But notice most of the release dates are first half of 2013. Really appears as though the heavy hitters to be released in the second half of the year will be next-gen launch titles that won't be revealed until the Systems are. Who am I kidding, launch titles blow.
    1 1
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 12:01 pm
    Too true. I don't think I've ever really anticipated a launch title.
    0 1
  • Klandathu
    Klandathu
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Jan 11th, 2013 at 3:53 pm
    I had pretty high hopes for Condemned: Criminal Origins on the 360. To this day I've never been able to finish a full playthrough. It gets boring and frustrating pretty quickly.
    0 0
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Jan 2nd, 2013 at 11:46 am
    Actually, after a second look I'd like to retract that statement. It's your lists that are kind of weak. Once I started to think about it, there's some major PC releases that weren't mentioned at all: Fortnite, The Elder Scrolls Online, SC2: Heart of the Swarm, DOTA 2, Total War: Rome II, Company of Heroes II.
    0 0
  • friggest
    friggest
    Joined: Mar 2008
    Posted: Jan 2nd, 2013 at 6:27 pm
    Agreed, those dufuses at GR forgot a whole system.
    0 1
  • NecroWolf
    NecroWolf
    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 9:25 am
    When was it mentioned that Ellie is Joel's daughter in Last of Us? I thought she was cargo to him, a request by Ellie's mother. Joal's a bad dude, if you didn't know. He's a smuggler and bandit, basically... Ellie's mother isn't that nice either. The newest video showed us some origins of that, and in interviews, its mentioned Joal isn't a nice guy, nor is Ellie's mother.
    0 3
  • Nick_Tan
    Nick_Tan
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 3:55 pm
    Thanks for catching that. Ellie is definitely more like a surrogate daughter to Joel. (Unless there's some twisty "he's really your actual father" development.)
    0 1
  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 9:37 am
    I'm excited for Ni No Kuni, Beyond: Two Souls, GTA V, Last of Us, Tomb Raider, and South Park (a little), but not necessarily in that order. I would say Watch_Dogs, but I'm not expecting it next year.
    0 2
  • Ranim
    Ranim
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 10:04 am
    Oh yeah and Day Z...
    0 3
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 12:03 pm
    Hard to anticipate a game that's already widely available in some form or another, like Minecraft. Still, I hope it gets polished up so I'm actually motivated to play it.
    0 0
  • DigitalJeff51
    DigitalJeff51
    Joined: Oct 2012
    Posted: Jan 1st, 2013 at 5:15 am
    DayZ is still in alpha of course its a little buggy.
    But for an alpha its not too bad.
    0 0
  • spartan317
    spartan317
    Joined: Dec 2005
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 10:24 am
    Not his daughter... Also i did not know about that Studio Ghibli game...

    Goddamn you Game Revolution and your incessant game temptations... DAMN YOU!!!
    0 2
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 12:03 pm
    Ni No Kuni is shaping up to be one of the BEST LOOKING games ever. I'm excited to actually get my hands on it though.
    1 2
  • MandaloreHunter
    MandaloreHunter
    Joined: Aug 2012
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 12:23 pm
    Demo is up of PSN, get it now!!!!!
    0 2
  • Noritama
    Noritama
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 10:53 am
    Needs more dota 2 less other games
    1 1
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 12:04 pm
    Like I said to Ranim, with 2mm people already playing the game (concurrently even) on Steam, it's hard to "anticipate" the game.
    0 1
  • zanzibarmcfate
    zanzibarmcfate
    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 12:22 pm
    I'm surprised at the relative unenthusiasm for GTAV when looking at the individual lists. Most of them list it as middle of the pack or perhaps nowhere at all. Seems odd for a Rockstar game.

    Also, Capcom's Remember Me sounds like an interesting concept. We'll have to see how that one turns out.
    0 1
  • MandaloreHunter
    MandaloreHunter
    Joined: Aug 2012
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 12:25 pm
    Looking forward to Remember Me and Watch Dogs big time!! With Dragon's Dogma this year and now Remember Me, and Lost Planet 3 Capcom seems to be getting it's groove back :)
    0 2
  • Nick_Tan
    Nick_Tan
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 4:00 pm
    A part of it is because it's one of the few sequels on the list, and it's hard to imagine how GTAV won't be a bigger, badder GTAIV. A lot about anticipation is not knowing whether something will be good or bad. We know that GTAV is going to be awesome, unless something horrible happens.
    0 1
  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 12:51 pm
    Bioshock Infinite
    Watch Dogs
    Bayonetta 2
    Crysis 3
    Metro: Last Light
    Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes
    Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium
    Shadowrun Online
    Shadowrun Returns
    South Park: Stick of Truth
    0 1
  • Zajix
    Zajix
    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 12:53 pm
    Dead Space 3 and The Last of Us are two games that I cannot wait for! However GTA V, God of War: Ascension, and Gears of War: Judgement will find their way into my game library in 2013 as well.
    0 1
  • ballabert
    ballabert
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 1:09 pm
    i'm really amped up for Beyond
    whatever happened to The Agent?
    0 1
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 1:13 pm
    The only games that I'm looking forward to next year are:

    The Last of Us
    Bioshock Infinite (if it ever actually gets released)
    Tomb Raider
    Ni No Kuni

    ...and that's really it. I might eventually pick up a used copy of God of War, but the multiplayer doesn't interest me at all, so it'll just be for the main campaign. GTAIV was a huge disappointment for me, so I'm not really looking forward to V. I really don't expect Watch Dogs or the new Star Wars game to actually come out next year, so I'm not listing them, though the little bit I've seen will keep them on my radar.
    0 1
  • Canon44
    Canon44
    Joined: Dec 2012
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 1:35 pm
    San Andreas was my favorite GTA, so hopefully they make V a worthy entry. I don't like the multiple protagonist thing.

    R6 Patriots is probably my most anticipated, me and my friends had a blast with Vegas 2, hopefully this one won't suck. I don't like a lot of online games. You can have a great concept, add people, then everything goes to hell.

    Gears of War. I fail to see how a gun with a chainsaw attached to it EVER gets old.
    0 1
  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 2:49 pm
    GTA V & The Last of Us are my only sure buys. I'm interested in Rayman, but not frothing for it.
    0 1
  • draftling
    draftling
    Joined: Jun 2012
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 2:55 pm
    With the way things are going you just watch, Bioshock Infinite will be on this list for 2014 lol
    0 0
  • usaglory
    usaglory
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 4:01 pm
    Sniff. . .sniff. . . The Last Guardian. . .
    You know what, I don't think all of the games that have been announced for March will come out at that time. Too much competition, so expect several to be delayed to "polish them up".
    0 2
  • Nick_Tan
    Nick_Tan
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 4:08 pm
    I actually hope some of them are delayed for polish or even pushed earlier. It doesn't do them much good to be all bunched up in March.
    0 2
  • Lenin17301
    Lenin17301
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2012 at 4:13 pm
    For me, my most anticipated game overall is GTA V, apart from it, here are the rest:

    1. Injustice: Gods Among Us
    2. Bayonetta 2
    3. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
    4. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
    5. PES 2014.
    0 1
  • R0ADK1LL
    R0ADK1LL
    Joined: Jul 2009
    Posted: Jan 1st, 2013 at 12:27 am
    Some really exciting games on that list, I don't think I could put them in order but I'm looking forward to some new IPs.
    0 1
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Jan 1st, 2013 at 1:21 am
    I hope they put NHL 14 on Vita.
    0 1
  • MattAY
    MattAY
    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: Jan 2nd, 2013 at 2:23 pm
    It annoys me that Ni No Kuni is coming to Xbox :(

    But lots of fine substitutes on the list. And no Dead Space 3? I must admit I'm not as excited about it as I was the second.
    0 0
  • friggest
    friggest
    Joined: Mar 2008
    Posted: Jan 2nd, 2013 at 6:25 pm
    All you *******es left out Company of Heroes 2. And luckily Blake said AvP.

    But atleast I agree with like 75% of this list with BioShock, GTA 5, and AvP tickling me the most.
    0 0
  • pacjoc
    pacjoc
    Joined: Jan 2013
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2013 at 2:26 am
    I've always wanted to see what Heavy Rain would look like if it had ghosts
    0 0
  • hanuka
    hanuka
    Joined: Jan 2013
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2013 at 2:36 am
    What the heck who expects Sims City to get out?
    0 0
  • hanuka
    hanuka
    Joined: Jan 2013
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2013 at 2:38 am
    Actually, nevermind my sister just said she wants to play Sims, I guess there is an audience for this game afterall.
    0 0

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