Posted by Droniac on November 4th, 2009 in Articles

Yet another stellar game month has just passed us by and the coming month proves to be even more worthwhile for PC gamers. November 6th looks to be a particularly interesting date for Europeans as no less than three different RPGs launch on the same date: Dragon Age: Origins, Divinity 2 and Sacred 2: Ice & Blood. And in even better news, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has not been pushed back and will be released in November after all!

And let’s not forget Interplay’s recent stunning move: their old cRPGs are being re-released. Games like Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale and … indeed … Planescape: Torment will be freshly available as of mid-November! I think it’s safe to say that November 2009 will be the best month for RPG fans since … well, ever.

The release date list below features a few new arrivals and a handful of games that were pushed back, most notably Alpha Protocol and Natural Selection 2. Browse on through for your fill of upcoming PC games and their release dates. Keep in mind that these are European release dates, so availability in your region my vary (e.g.: Dragon Age: Origins is already available in North America).

At the very bottom you can find a quick recap of some of the more notable games to have been released during the past month.

• Alice 2 – Late 2010
• Aliens: Colonial Marines – 2010
• Aliens vs Predator (3) – February 2010
• Allods Online – Late 2009
• All Points Bulletin – Q2 2010
• Alpha Protocol – Spring 2010
• Arcania: A Gothic Tale – Early 2010
• Assassin’s Creed 2 – Early 2010
• Avatar: The Game – November 24th 2009
  
• A Vampire Story 2 – Late 2009
• Battlefield 1943 – Early 2010
• Battlefield 3 – 2010
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – March 5th 2010
• Battleswarm: Field of Honor – Late 2009
• BioShock 2 – February 9th 2010
• Black Prophecy – 2010
• Blacklight – 2010
• Blur – Q1 2010
  
• Brink – Q2 2010
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – November 24th 2009
• Colin McRae: DiRT 2 – December 2009
• Command & Conquer 4 – 2010
• Company of Heroes Online – 2010
• Crysis 2 – 2010
• Dark Void – Early 2010
• DC Universe Online – Early 2010
• Dead Rising 2 – 2010
• Demonicon: The Dark Eye – 2010
• Deus Ex 3 – 2010
• Diablo 3 – 2011
• Disciples 3 – Late 2009
• Divinity 2: Ego Draconis – November 6th 2009
• Doom 4 – Late 2010
• Dragon Age: Origins – November 6th 2009
• Drakensang: The River of Time – Q1 2010
• Edge of Twilight – Q1 2010
• Elemental: War of Magic – February 15th 2010
• Fairytale Fights – Early 2010
• Fallout: New Vegas – 2010
• Front Mission: Evolved – 2010
• Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island – Late 2009
• Global Agenda – Late 2009
• Gray Matter – 2009
• GREED – November 2009
• Guild Wars 2 – 2011
• Half Life 2: Episode 3 – 2010
• Haunted – Late 2009
• Hazen – Q1 2010
• Hearts of Iron III – Q3 2009
• Hellion – 2010
• Heroes of Telara – 2010
• Homefront – 2010
• Huxley – 2010
• I Am Alive – Late 2009
• Interstellar Marines – 2010
  
• Jumpgate Evolution – Summer 2010
  
• Just Cause 2 – 2010
• Karos Online – Late 2009
• King Arthur – 2010
• King’s Bounty: The Legend: Armored Princess – Late 2009
• Lead and Gold – Q1 2010
• Left 4 Dead 2 – November 17th 2009
• LEGO Universe – 2010
• Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood – December 3rd 2009
• Lost Planet 2 – Q1 2010
• Mafia 2 – Early 2010
• Making History 2: The War of the World – Late 2009
• Mars – 2010
• Mass Effect 2 – January 29th 2010
• Max Payne 3 – Early 2010
• MechWarrior – 2011
• Metal Gear Solid: Rising – 2010
• Metro 2033 – 2010
• Miner Wars – Late 2009
• Mount & Blade: Warband – March 19th 2010
• Mytheon – Q1 2010
• M.U.D. TV – Early 2010
• Napoleon: Total War – February 2010
• Natural Selection 2 – Early 2010
• Parabellum – Late 2009
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned – 2010
• Planescape: Torment – November 17th 2009
• Project Offset – 2010
• Rage – 2010
• Red Orchestra: Heroes of Stalingrad – 2010
• Ride to Hell – Late 2009
• Rogue Warrior – Late 2009
• R.U.S.E. – Late 2009
• Sacred 2: Ice & Blood – November 6th 2009
• Scivelation – Q2 2010
• Serious Sam HD – Late 2009
• Singularity – March 2010
• Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy – February 9th 2010
  
• Spellforce 2: Faith in Destiny – Late 2009
• Splinter Cell: Conviction – February 23rd 2010
• Split/Second – Early 2010
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat – Early 2010
• Star Trek DAC – November 16th 2009
• Star Trek Online – 2010
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition – November 20th 2009
• Star Wars: The Old Republic – Late 2010
• StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty – Early 2010
• Supreme Commander 2 – Late 2010
• Syberia 3 – Summer 2010
• T.E.R.A. – Late 2009
• Theatre of War 2: Centauro – Q2 2010
• The Agency – Summer 2010
• The Saboteur – 2010
• The Secret World – 2010
• The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom – Q2 2010
• The Sims 3: World Adventures – November 16th 2009
• The Witness – Late 2011
• Thief 4 – 2011
• Two Worlds 2 – Late 2009
• U-Wars – Q1 2010
• Venetica – Q1 2010
• Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising – March 2010
• World of WarCraft: Cataclysm – 2010
• Worms Armaggedon 2 – 2009

Note: All release dates mentioned in italic are guesstimates.



Released last month:

• Borderlands
  It’s been the talk of gaming websites and twitter for days. My copy is still en route, but I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about this co-op shooter with a heavy hack & slash RPG flavor.
• Dreamkiller
• Elven Legacy: Ranger
  The first of three budget expansion packs for this decent turn-based fantasy strategy game.
• Eufloria
• FIFA 10
• FIFA Manager 10
• Gratuitous Space Battles
  A brilliant new space strategy game by indie developer cliffski. It’s a genuine strategy game in the sense that you design and build a fleet of ships, but do not direct them during battles.
• Hammerfight
• Lucidity
  LucasArts let itself be inspired by indie-games with this new sidescrolling platform game of theirs. Unfortunately the controls are terrible, the game repetitive and I didn’t even bother playing past the 8th level. Get Trine instead.
• Machinarium
• Men of War: Red Tide
• Metal Drift
  A new indie-game that was recently released on Steam. It’s a team based multiplayer shooter in hovering tanks, akin to Infantry Gravball. Both teams have to grab a ball in the center of the map and score it in the other team’s goal. Good fun, suitable price tag, but could do with a few additional players.
• Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
  This realistic first person shooter has been met with decent reviews. I’ve yet to receive my copy.
• Painkiller: Resurrection
  Don’t bother.
• Shattered Horizon
  An innovative multiplayer-only shooter set in space. Set to unlock later today, this is an excellent shooter with stellar graphics courtesy of FutureMark. It may be a little lacking in variety (no singleplayer, 4 maps, 3 game modes), but the low price matches the content. Well worth it for shooter fans with a DirectX-10 capable PC running Windows 7 or Vista.
• Torchlight
  A new isometric hack & slash RPG by the creators of Diablo and Mythos. It’s been met with favorable reviews, but the lack of a multiplayer component is a serious drawback.
• Tropico 3

Related Posts:

• December 17, 2009 -- Upcoming PC Game Releases – as of December 2009 (0)
• October 5, 2009 -- Upcoming PC Game Releases – as of October 2009 (0)
• September 1, 2009 -- Upcoming PC Game Releases – as of September 2009 (0)
• August 4, 2009 -- Upcoming Releases – as of July/August 2009 (2)

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