Video games you're looking forward to

What video games have caught your eye recently that are either not released yet or you haven't picked up yet?

I was browsing the Nintendo e-Shop to see what new things have cropped up, and I found a picture of a cowboy armadillo on the picture for the "Coming Soon" section. The trailer for his game, Dillon's Rolling Western, ended up requiring a download so I just checked it later on Youtube. After seeing it, I've been officially looking forward to this game. It's an original Nintendo IP, too (it's been a while, I know), and looks to be a unique one, involving 3D action-adventure gameplay mixed with that of tower defense games. I read here that the controls need work, but it's still in development so there's always time for that.

Check out the trailer!

I'm looking forward to Silent Hill: Downpour. A lot of critics didn't like the previous game in the series, Homecoming, but I actually enjoyed it quite a bit.

Also, being a Megami Tensei nut, I'm looking forward to the version of Persona 4 coming out on the Playstation Vita next year.

Hitman: Absolution, Silent Hill: Downpour. There are also a couple of new Resident Evil games coming out. Bring it on! :)

I'm also looking forward to Downpour and the supposed remake of Fatal Frame II for the Nintendo Wii. Also, Last Guardian.

Did you manage to fix your PS3, ape?

Article about PS Vita sales in Japan

Did you manage to fix your PS3, ape?

Nope. It wasn't fixable...Somehow the system got so hot that the solder actually spewed out from beneath the CPU. Instead I bought a used system of the same model, which I wouldn't have done had I known that hard drives aren't compatible with different systems without reformatting.

On the plus side, I feel completely comfortable taking apart and putting together a PS3 now, so if a similar issue happens again, and it's fixable, I should have no problems.

As for the PS Vita sales, that's disappointing. I would have thought that the sales would have been good in Japan...Perhaps if they can get a few "must have" titles, the sales will jump, like 3DS sales did. The Vita seems like a really neat handheld...I hope it doesn't die before its full potential is used.

I'm interested for these for now.

Ni no Kuni "Second Country: The Queen of White Sacred Ash"
BioShock Infinite
Tales of the Abyss for 3DS
Rhythm Thief and the Emperor's Treasure for the 3DS
Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance for the 3DS
Phantasy Star Online: Episode I & II for the Gamecube.

1. Grand Theft Auto V
2. Hitman: Absolution
3. Max Payne 3
4. Prototype 2
5. I Am Alive
6. Gotham City Imposters

Dragons Dogma and Testament of Sherlock Holmes

I wasn't into it at first, but THIS impression has piqued my interest in Kid Icarus: Uprising. Formerly, it looked like a basic combination of rail flight shooter and ground brawler, but with all this talk about customizable weapons and the videos of multiplayer gameplay, I'm sold.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier looks pretty badass, and mighty slick. Guess we'll see if the gameplay holds up.

I can't wait for Resident Evil 6! I'm so obsessed with that series. I also hope to see Half Life 3 be announced someday soon lol

Fatal Frame for the 3DS - April - this year...yes. I've got so much bejesus I've been saving up just for the right game to scare it out of me. The bejesus is ready to be scared.

I got DRW, It's ok. The 3D on it is awesome :). I can't wait for the new Animal Crossing for 3DS! :O

you can watch the trailer on your 3DS. It's better when you watch it like that.

And also @astroman are you serious? I am officially ready to be scared by 3D ghosts.

Lollipop Chainsaw
Epic Mickey 2
South Park: The Game

Max Payne 3
Dead or alive V
Grand Theft Auto V
Tekken Tag team Tournament part 2

I'm looking forward to Far Cry 3 & Bioshock Infinite, especially Infinite. Anyone see the video for Infinite where the girl briefly sends them forward in time to the eighties? I hope they expand on that in the game itself.

After reading THIS article detailing Nintendo Power's coverage of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate, I can say my apprehension is much lower and I'm on board so long as the information is correct.

Here are the good points:

-Trevor and Simon are both playable, along with two other characters.
-The Belmont featured in one of the screenshots of the Nintendo Power article is swinging with his whip a la Indiana Jones or, more pertinently, Simon Belmont in his Super Castlevania IV incarnation.
-It will be styled after the DS Castlevanias, with 3D segments added; that's okay by me so long as it's mostly a Castleroid.

The combat system and overall look of the game are looking to be a lot like that of the Griptonite Spider-Man games, and the space-time warping in which you take control of different characters in their respective places sounds extremely Shattered Dimensions-esque. I'm not sure how I feel about that yet; but, like I said, if the rest of the story checks out I'll be happy with it.

THIS article includes a few other points as well.

There's a solid rumor Skies of Arcadia and Shenmue I and II HD have already been made and Sega's waiting for the right time to release them. It would be so cool if Shenmue III can be made.

I'm very excited for a handful of late 2012 or 2013 games: The Last of Us, Tomb Raider, Beyond: Two Souls, Devil May Cry, Resident Evil 6, and the game I'm most excited for is Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. It's weird, because I've been so anti-this-generation because I'm so absolutely tired of Call of Duty and Halo and Sports games being "the big ones" that I've tended to catch up on older games or buy the game here or there that seems interesting. I've also been anti-western games for a while, but I've opened up a bit. I will never be a FPS or sports gamer, but I realize there are some smaller companies that deserve love (Ninja Theory, Quantic Dream) and even some big ones that make wonderful games (Naughty Dog, Eidos). But frankly, I'm tired of the anti-Japanese state of Western gaming, and I praise publishers like Atlus and XSEED who still bring games I want, and even if I don't really have interest in a game they publish, I'm happy they are bringing niche games here for people that do enjoy them.

I get a bit sad when I realize that colorful, vivid worlds teeming with creativity in it's locales, creatures, and mythos have taken a back seat to realism. Videogames are escapism.

I've went off on a tangent, I apologize.

Forgot about the big Japanese localized heavy hitters: Ni no Kuni, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Kingdom Hearts 3D, and Tales of Xilia!

Dead Space 3!
I am excited for the co-op mode, if I can get someone to play with me it will be so much fun. Also just happy to see another game in the series.

Splinter cell blacklist....ahhh I can't wait I luv Luv the series

Tales of Xilia
Bioshock: Infinite
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Grand Theft Auto V
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Dead Space 3
Resident Evil 6
The Last of Us
Tomb Raider
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Hitman: Absolution

Not enough time, not enough money.

Super Smash Bros for 3DS. Play this game in a handheld will be a dream coming true.

Grand Theft Auto V, Watch_Dogs.

Pokemon X, as long as it brings back the Musicals and Movies, and not the difficult Cntests and Pokeathlon.