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Posted on Friday, October 15 @ 22:51:28 Eastern by danielrbischoff

Holy crap, it's the holidays! Nick had Fallout: New Vegas on his desk today. Rock Band 3 is in the office. There's a ton of games coming out next week! What are they?

You know, sometimes we get confused too! There's just so much going on in video games from week to week. Call this a temporary title, but every week, along with a Haiku contest, we're going to deliver a round up of all the releases coming next Sunday through Saturday. We'll try to give you a fairly complete release list (you're going to have to look up Barbie Horse Adventures yourself), and highlight a few that have been buzzing in the office.
I think GR's pick of next week is easily Vanquish. If the game were in the office today, we would have had our own little Mexican stand-off over the title. Nick has his hands busy with Fallout: New Vegas. I've got plenty of work to hold me over. Blake is always partying. But I think it's safe to say that we're all looking forward to a little Mikami mix of Gears of War and a little game by the name of P.N. 03.

Have you never heard of P.N. 03 (Wikipedia Page)? Years ago, before Resident Evil 4 in fact, Capcom signed a deal (Capcom Five) with Nintendo to bring five different games exclusively to the little purple lunch box known as the Gamecube. Of those five games, one was Viewtiful Joe, another was Resident Evil 4, another still was Killer7, another was canceled (Dead Phoenix), and the last was P.N. 03. The producer of P.N. 03? Shinji Mikami. Weird how similar Vanquish and this earlier Mikami game look, right? I've long loved P.N. 03, just for its pure obscurity, and tracked a copy down in a Gamestop in San Jose. That's why I'm excited about Vanquish!

So enough history, what games are you picking up next week?


  • the_mighty_toast
    the_mighty_toast - Joined: Jul 12, 2006
    Fallout New Vegas, assuming that my worries are put to rest and it is as good of a game as 3, or better. I don't know, all the videos and screen shots I see of it make it look ugly, mainly the character models. Lets hope that its due to crappy pre-release video!
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    Posted: Oct 16th, 2010 at 12:26 am
  • Lien
    Lien - Joined: Feb 1, 2008
    I gotta admit vanquish looks like a good deal for me!
    But i'm also struggling between Fallout and Gothic 4 (but i may be putting too much hope in this one...)
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    Posted: Oct 16th, 2010 at 12:36 am
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester - Joined: Jun 5, 2006
    Fallout New Vegas will be in my hands.
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    Posted: Oct 16th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
  • astrowabbit
    astrowabbit - Joined: Nov 26, 2009
    I will be getting Fallout New Vegas. I still play Fallout 3 on occassion, though I beat the game long ago. We are now getting into prime season. I have 4 games on order in the next 5 weeks, plus I just got one this past week. But what I need to do is beat all the games I bought last fall.
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    Posted: Oct 16th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
  • UglykitteN
    UglykitteN - Joined: Mar 30, 2006
    Might buy myself Medal of Honor for my birthday next week, since I have no real parents/friends to buy me anything.
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    Posted: Oct 18th, 2010 at 10:44 am
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff - Joined: Nov 13, 2009
    @UglykitteN: ;_;
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    Posted: Oct 18th, 2010 at 3:56 pm

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