# So will I ever see the sun this winter? (AKA Lots of Games coming out!) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 13, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576 "2011-08-13T14:44:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/1 "2011-08-13T14:44:27Z")
Let’s see, just off the top of my head we have coming out around this fall/winter: Arkham City, Skyrim, a complete face-lift/update to City of Heroes, Star Wars: Old Republic (just by itself, will be a huge time sink I imagine), Rage (new post apocalyptic game from Bethesda), LotR: War in the North and Mass Effect 3 (later in the winter but still…). Also for every gamer who isn’t me, there’s a new Call of Duty. Wow! I just might have to quit my job (but then how will I buy all these games? hmmmm…) ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/2 "2011-08-14T07:00:45Z")
Rage is an id game. It’s published by Bethesda but that’s not really meaningful. The new call of duty game is going to be the exact same as the last 3, only probably worse because it’s three new game studios collaborating rather than IW. BF3 and Red Orchestra 2 will mostly be massively better. MW3 will still outsell both of them combined I’m sure - a Call of Duty game made by a special ed student as an extra credit project would still sell 7 million copies. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/3 "2011-08-14T07:13:13Z")
Arkham City, Skyrim, SWTOR, and ME3 are all on my list. But my biggest want right now is Zelda: Skyward Sword and Sonic Generations, those are my two favorite franchises and I want those games more than anything. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/4 "2011-08-14T07:45:27Z")
Skyrim is on my “must-buy” list. Arkham City is a “probably buy”. I loved Arkham Asylum, but I never got close to finishing it. I just have a hard time pushing myself to finish games like that. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/5 "2011-08-14T12:08:07Z")
I am refusing to get my hopes up for the old republic, after having my heart broken by galaxies. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/6 "2011-08-14T12:48:47Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Arkham City, Skyrim, a complete face-lift/update to City of Heroes, Star Wars: Old Republic (just by itself, will be a huge time sink I imagine), Rage (new post apocalyptic game from Bethesda), LotR: War in the North and Mass Effect 3 (later in the winter but still…). Old Republic has no release date yet (EA says 2011, but I really doubt it) and Mass Effect 3 was pushed back to March. And what about GoldenEye Reloaded? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/7 "2011-08-14T16:54:58Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Rage is an id game. It’s published by Bethesda but that’s not really meaningful. The new call of duty game is going to be the exact same as the last 3, only probably worse because it’s three new game studios collaborating rather than IW. BF3 and Red Orchestra 2 will mostly be massively better. MW3 will still outsell both of them combined I’m sure - a Call of Duty game made by a special ed student as an extra credit project would still sell 7 million copies. Rage intrigues me slightly, however, there have been enough hyped games recently that didn’t deliver at all (Brink, Homefront, Crysis 2). No, unfortunately, the only “safe” game, and I say it’s safer because Infinity Ward is out of it, is Modern Warfare 3. Battlefield 3 is also extremely intriguing, but are they going to learn to build a rudimentary lobby system and to stop arbitrarily gimping their chat system? Skyrim is also pretty much a buy for me, too. There are a few good games coming out, but only one or two I’ll consider getting on release day. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/8 "2011-08-14T21:11:11Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Old Republic has no release date yet (EA says 2011, but I really doubt it) Given there’s beta leaks everywhere that indicate the game is more or less done and given all the trailers and other marketing material they are spewing out these days, I’d be very surprised to see the game pushed to 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/9 "2011-08-15T17:40:34Z")
I told my girlfriend that come November, don’t expect to see me move from the couch until March. Coming out are Assassins Creed: Revelations, God of War: Origins (for those not familiar with the franchise, the two PSP titles are being rerendered in HD), Prototype 2, and Konami is rerendering Metal Gear Solids 1 through 3 in HD for the PS3. I’ll probably also pick up Skyrim at some point. On top of it all, the NFL season is only a breath away and I still have several projects due in Minecraft. It’s going to be a hell of a winter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/10 "2011-08-15T18:30:07Z")
If these corrections bother people, let me know, I’ll stop. > [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Konami is rerendering Metal Gear Solids 1 through 3 in HD for the PS3. The MGS HD Collection will include MGS2, MGS3 and MGS: Peace Walker. Sadly, MGS1 isn’t part of the package. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/11 "2011-08-16T14:25:49Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Old Republic has no release date yet (EA says 2011, but I really doubt it) and Mass Effect 3 was pushed back to March. > > And what about GoldenEye Reloaded? That’s on the Wii, yes? I never got into Mass Effect. It sounds like a game I’d really dig, but I’ve just missed it completely. ---
**Author:** ![thebenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@thebenn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thebenn)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/12 "2011-08-16T14:32:26Z")
Also coming out are: [ul] [li]Bioshock Infinite[/li][li]Uncharted 3[/li][li]Gears of War 3[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/13 "2011-08-16T14:40:52Z")
I’m probably going to be spending much of the winter replaying Mass Effect 2 so that I can get various desirable save games to transfer over into ME3. I’d probably love SWTOR, but I’m already Bioware’s bitch and I recently kicked my WoW habit; I don’t need to completely surrender all my non-work waking hours to them. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/14 "2011-08-16T14:42:01Z")
Deus ex 3, heroes of might and magic 6. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/15 "2011-08-16T17:16:14Z")
[Some new BF3 PC footage.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnM1HRh0FFI) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/16 "2011-08-16T17:22:14Z")
Still no date for Torchlight 2. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/17 "2011-08-16T19:04:45Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > That’s on the Wii, yes? It’s on the Wii now. It’s coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 this Winter. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/18 "2011-08-16T19:23:21Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > [Some new BF3 PC footage.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnM1HRh0FFI) This looks so incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/19 "2011-08-17T02:48:34Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > It’s on the Wii now. It’s coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 this Winter. Is it just a remake or something? I just see a video on the website. Any multiplayer? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576/20 "2011-08-17T03:16:33Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Is it just a remake or something? I just see a video on the website. Any multiplayer? It’s an HD remake of the Wii reimagining that was released last year. And of course there’s multiplayer. It’s GoldenEye. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-i-ever-see-the-sun-this-winter-aka-lots-of-games-coming-out/592576.md?page=2)