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US Sees Blockbuster Games Release Week

Posted by Zonk on from the my-brain-is-going-to-snap dept.

If you've been looking forward to a game's release, odds are that it's coming out this week. Gamasutra has the full list of titles hitting stores in the next few days, and it's a tsunami of gaming goodness. Assassin's Creed, Mario Galaxy, and Crysis are probably the three headlining titles, but no console is spared the deluge. PC Highlights: EverQuest: Secrets of Faydwer, EverQuest II: Rise of Kunark, Kane and Lynch, SimCity Societies. PS3 Highlights: Assassin's Creed, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Kane and Lynch, Beowulf. 360 Highlights: America's Army: True Soldiers, Assassin's Creed, Beowulf, BlackSite: Area 51, Kane & Lynch. Wii Highlights: Mario Galaxy, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, Geometry Wars: Galaxies.

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  1. is it true by Mipoti+Gusundar · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you've been looking forward to a game's release, odds are that it's coming out this week.
    Even the Duke Dukem forever? I will be racing large mug of frosen pees!
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  2. None of those stand a chance against... by IceCreamGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I predict that ET on the Virtual Console is going to eat up all the hype. It might even be the biggest entertainment launch in history.

  3. In the true spirit of gamers by jdgeorge · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let me be the first to say:

    [My game platform of choice] totally r00lz, and is going to pwn the game market this year! On the other hand, [your preferred game platform] is ugly, hard to use, buggy, and will soon be remembered as the game platform nobody can remember!

    LittleBig Gears of Mariohunt 3 kicks A$$!

    1. Re:In the true spirit of gamers by ShawnCplus · · Score: 3, Funny

      your program (n): a maze of non-sequiturs littered with clever-clever tricks and irrelevant comments. Compare MY PROGRAM.

      my program (n): a gem of algorithmic precision, offering the most sublime balance between compact, efficient coding on the one hand, and fully commented legibility for posterity on the other. Compare YOUR PROGRAM.
      -Coding Horror Sound very similar
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    2. Re:In the true spirit of gamers by Achoi77 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I laugh at the prospect of the success of [your preferred game platform], or at the [other game platform], since [vaporware PC game] will be coming out soon for [PC with my favorite OS]. No need to spend [excessive amount of currency] every [interval of time] in order to enjoy the latest games, just upgrade my [PC hardware] for [considerably less amount or money than your favorite console] and I can have a cutting edge gaming experience now instead of [whenever the next generation of consoles are released to match the graphical processing power my machine has right now]. On top of that, I don't have to worry about spending money on getting [extraneous game peripherals/hardware add-on] to enjoy additional functionality that should have come with [your favorite console] to begin with!

      In addition to that, [delayed MMO] will be coming out soon and will pwn [your favorite console], and you know that's what everybody is going to be playing anyways. [your favorite console] is dying, [netcraft/sales in japan/competiton from other console platform] confirms it.

    3. Re:In the true spirit of gamers by feepness · · Score: 2, Funny

      [My game platform of choice] totally r00lz, and is going to pwn the game market this year! On the other hand, [your preferred game platform] is ugly, hard to use, buggy, and will soon be remembered as the game platform nobody can remember! You leave my nGage alone!
    4. Re:In the true spirit of gamers by Cornflake917 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Sweet, I love ad libs!

      Pussy totally r00lz, and is going to pwn the game market this year! On the other hand, your ass is ugly, hard to use, buggy, and will soon be remembered as the game platform nobody can remember!

      Sigh, filling in the blanks with naughty words like "pussy" and "ass" never gets old.

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    5. Re:In the true spirit of gamers by jollyreaper · · Score: 3, Funny

      Sigh, filling in the blanks with naughty words like "pussy" and "ass" never gets old. I tried that on my 1040. The IRS was not amused.
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  4. Re:Next week is bigger... by trdrstv · · Score: 4, Funny

    with just one title too (there may be more, but really, who cares):

    Mass Effect.

    Thought I agree in spirit that the biggest game of the year comes out next week, but somehow you misspelled "Rock Band".

  5. What? by HairyNevus · · Score: 2, Funny
    No games from Valve? This week is pointless.

    :P

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    1. Re:What? by trdrstv · · Score: 2, Funny

      No games from Valve? This week is pointless.

      :P

      This week is a lie!

  6. I felt a great disturbance... by CaseM · · Score: 2, Funny

    in the economy, as if millions of checkbooks cried out in terror, and were suddenly empty.

    1. Re:I felt a great disturbance... by Furious+Purpose · · Score: 2, Funny

      in the internet, as if millions of broadband connections cried out in terror, and were suddenly saturated with bittorrent traffic. Fixed that for you.