Author’s Note: This article is just one fangirl’s excited ramblings about the upcoming PC titles of 2010 and possibly beyond. There are many other fine games to be released which will not necessarily be covered in this article.
2010 is shaping up to be a big year for PC gamers everywhere. With the recent gaming buzz coming out of E3 coupled with the imminent release of Starcraft II, it is a good time to be a PC gamer. Just within the next few months are some much anticipated game titles such as Starcraft II, Civ V, Star Wars – The Old Republic, World of Warcraft Cataclysm, and Portal 2.
Of course, the big ticket item is Starcraft II (SCII). The decade long wait for real time strategy fans is almost over. Due to be released July 27, the second last day of class, SCII is bound to tear apart many UW gamers, unable to decide between gaming and passing. With the world-wide success of the first Starcraft (I’m looking at you, Korea), the second title is sure to become a hit immediately. With sneak-peeks and battle reports releasing over the course of the past two years, the anticipation has been building until the recent beta-testing release. Many fans had a chance to test out the game for themselves, and I must say I am already formulating strategies with all the new units available to be experimented with.
The other title that has me on brink-of-my-seat excitement is Civilization V. The fifth PC game to be released in the popular Civilization franchise looks even better than Civ IV, if that’s possible. Civ IV has already perfected the franchise in many ways, but Civ V somehow managed to push the envelope even more. With a new introduction of hexagon tiles, upgraded graphics, new leaders, ranged bombardment, and new modding capabilities, Civ V is promising to be another game which will rob days, if not months, of my life. Luckily this game is not released until September, when most of us will be on our work terms.
Of course, there’s the new expansion to World of Warcraft which is promising two new races, a higher level cap of 85, new high-level zones, and more raid content. As if gaming crack wasn’t addictive enough, Blizzard has found yet more ways to suck the time out of our fingers. In addition, there are the ever-promised Valve titles such as Half-Life 3 and Portal 2. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that Half-Life 3 will forever be in development on Valve Time, but the recent announcement of Portal 2 at E3 had me giddy like a school girl again. After all, who can resist a reunion with GladOS and our best friend, the Companion Cube.
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