Upcoming videogames to put on your 2008 Christmas wish list

by Steven Williamson on 15 August 2008, 16:33

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LittleBigPlanet

Platforms: PS3

Release date: October 2008

Set to make the Playstation Nework community explode is the upcoming puzzle platform and world creation game, Little Big Planet. Players meet on a blue and green planet scattered with individual plots - and use their character's amazing abilities to play, create and share what they build with other gamers throughout the world via PSN. With unlimited possibilities for user creativity, Little Big Planet will be huge.

Bioshock

Platforms: PS3

Release date: Oct, 2008

It's time for PS3 fans to experience the brilliance of 2K's first person shooter Bioshock. As one of the most lauded franchises in the past decade, BioShock introduces gamers into an exciting world filled with fascinating characters, intelligent enemies and complex moral choices that define the foundation of the game world.

Fable 2

Platforms: Xbox 360

Release date: Oct 21 (NA), Oct 24 (EU)

Fable 2 will be a true sequel to the wildly successful original that sold more than 3 million copies, offering even more choices and building on the core gameplay theme of Fable where players' every decision continually defines who they become. Fable 2 is an action role-playing game that truly allows players to live the life they choose in an unimaginably open world environment.

Dead Space

Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PS3

Release date: Oct 21 (EU, NA)

In Dead Space you wake up in a living nightmare when you learn that the ship's crew has been ravaged by a vicious alien infestation. This sci-fi third-person action adventure from EA's Redwood Shores Studio promises to deliver the ultimate in psychological thrills and gruesome action.

Guitar Hero World Tour

Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii

Release date: Oct 27

Activision's answer to Rock Band will marryGuitar Hero's exhilarating guitar gameplay, with a cooperative band experience that combines wireless instruments with new online and offline gameplay modes. The game will feature a newly redesigned guitar, a genuine electronic drum kit and a microphone, as well as an innovative Music Studio music creator that lets players compose, record, edit and share their own rock and roll anthems, along with online Band Career and 8-player "Battle of the Bands." Let the battle of the two big music titles begin!