IGN: Top Ten Most Anticipated Games

Here are the top ten games across all platforms for the week of 10/1/2006 - 10/8/2006:

1.Halo Wars (X360)

2.Assassin's Creed (X360)

3.Gears of War (X360)

4.BioShock (X360)

5.Alan Wake (X360)

6.The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)

7.Mass Effect (X360)

8.Fable 2 (X360)

9.Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (X360)

10.Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)

[joemutt]

And the other two are Zelda and Mario, what an honor it is for the 360 to be included among such gaming giants.

[uxo22]

Although the xbox360 has so many games on the list, I would have to think that the list turned out this way because, I don't know maybe not many people knew which titles would be a true launch title for the PS3.

Even 360 fans would have to admit (at least the fair ones) that MSG4, Assassin's Creed, and Killzone. Would be on lots of people most desired list if they were PS3 launch titles.

I know they'd be on my list.

It's going to be a good holiday season for both systems, and a great season for those that has the privilege of owning both systems.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

PS3 games are so awesome.

;)

[Eternal E 808]

that just gose to show M$ did there job and delivered we will have to see other big game sites list now and i think it wont differ

[Boink]

as much as I like the news, It makes me wonder why there are no ps3 games?

MGS? FFXII?

are they just too far away? but halo doesn't have a release date, and it's there.

ow well, great job MS

[Daytona]

And as we all know, "Halo 3" should of been number 1 on the list, to be honest not enough people probably know about the newest Halo game "Halo Wars" yet for it to of been number 1. I do see where most of the games would of been included but again, where's Halo 3?

[USMChardcharger]

they got this list from what everyone has been checking out on their web site (which i might point out is usually a Sony dominate site).

so they didn't just make the list up...it is what people have been looking @ on their site...they can see that you know.

my guess is the announcement of halo wars just piped people's interest. they clicked away to find any information.

[Retard]

I read something like think at like 1UP or something (can't remember.) Well either way there were no Wii-apps up there and PS3 had like 4 of the top 10 and this also included PC titles...

Half-Life:2 Epid: 2 PC
Crysis PC
MGS4 PS3
Gears X360
UT07 PC
FFXII PS3
Resistance:FM PS3
Zelda:TP Wii
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The usual that I'd expect.
Halo wasn't included because the game has yet to be previewed I guess.

[icdedppl]

yeah, i think we all know what ign caters to. i think a better place to see this kind of data would be 1up.com. go the their front page and you will see their most popularly viewed games. seems like the list there is a bit more balanced.

[Tut]

Hahahaha! Wow, anyone who believes this survey is really a unique type of person. They say right in the article that they went "big brother" on their visitors and watched where they clicked and what sites were the most frequently visited. There are far too many factors that could contribute to this list being insufficient or even false.

Zelda, Fable, and Alan Wake should still be on that list in my opinion, but the list would be completely different if I were to make it.

This story is pretty much irrelevant and should not be posted as official news on this site in my opinion.

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[uxo22]

The only person that your opinion really matters to is.....uhhhhhhh....uhhhh.. YOU!

Don't get too caught, it's just a simple list. However, please humor us with your honest top 10 list TUT.

[kmis87]

This list is compiled from the number of views of news stories on the games. Since this is only for the week of x06, and only those games had front page stories, those would be the only games casual viewers of the site would read. If there was a week where only ps3 news appeared, they would have a disproportionate presence in the top 10, and the same goes with the wii. Heck, the ps2 could get over half of the top 10 if the only games on the front page for a week were ps2 games.

[MoonDust]

I want to see the PS3 fanboys flame IGN, then they realise whats going on it's too late.
Fools comment without reading, trolling is all they have in mind.

[Asuka]

that AC is a PS3 title too, so you can "technically" say that the PS3 does have one game in that list, which is in the #2 spot ;)

[Marriot VP]

This is very surprising considering PS3's launch is about 40 days away and not one of their exclusive titles are up on the board.

And one multiplatform title shouldn't distract you from these unbiased stats.

Shocking

[Asuka]

the PS3 doesn't have any of its big name titles coming out anytime soon, so of course the 360 would have the most games on that list. I mean, how in the world is a game like FEAR (already been out for PC for a long while) going to compete with GoW which comes out next month????

[Marriot VP]

Are you saying Warhawk, Resistance, and Motorstorm aren't big titles....interesting.

Also do these 360 titles look more appealing to the masses, than the PS3's launch games??? Think about it, I'm not saying they are.

And there's 360 titles that aren't going to be released for quite some time. Like Halo wars, mass effect, bioshock, alan wake, and fable 2.

[Asuka]

Resistence, Warhawk, and Motorstorm are not really "established" titles.

anyway, no of this matters, the PS3 and Wii aren't even out yet.

[kmis87]

Please read my earlier post about why the results are so "shocking." If the front page stories on Ign for the past week had been Warhawk, Resistance, and Motorstorm, they would have been on the list. Instead, the only major video game news coming out of the one week that information was taken to make this list (as opposed to any other week that someone could have posted an article like) was x06, hence all of the x06 titles on the list. You guys don't honestly think that Halo Wars is the most anticipated game in the world, even more anticipated than Zelda, or Halo 3, or Gears, or MGS4? It was just the major front page story for the week. Don't try to read into this list and get information which isn't there.

[Marriot VP]

kmis, nope it's just a good week or 2 for microsoft with X06 that's all. It's just shocking to me to not see one ps3 exclusive on there regardless. The wii didn't have anything special like a show but still managed 2 spots.

Also lance how can you call the PS3 launch titles not established. Their shipping in a little more than month.

[Asuka]

"Also lance how can you call the PS3 launch titles not established. Their shipping in a little more than month."

that answers itself there. The games aren't even out yet. Plus 2 out of 3 of those games are new franchises, and Warhawk is way too old to count. So naturally, those games haven't established themselves yet. Sure they looks nice and get great previews, but nothing is certain till the consumers get there hands on the game themselves.

[Marriot VP]

No my point is that how are those games any less established than GOW, Mass effect, bioshock, and assassins creed.

Their releasing at the same time. Same amount of details in general.

[kmis87]

Those two wii games have been on that list regardless of anything for months. Zelda was actually the number one game until this past week with x06.

[m23]

no ps3 games and mostly xbox 360 games. its probably because x06 just passed, otherwise i think it would be different

[original seed]

i'll be playing most if not all of those games.

[no_more_heroes]

I'm not so sure. Notice how there is a total and complete lack of ANY PS3 games. (sniff,sniff) I smell somethin' fishy...

[NextGen24Gamer]

Ps3 fans are far and few now a days. Sure some of you hang out on this site...but you don't represent most gamers. Most gamers have lost interest in the ps3. The titles they are most excited for with the ps3 don't even come out for another year or more. Final Fantasy and MGS. Some of yall care about resistance, lair and motostorm...but thats because you guys are extreme fan boys. Most gamers could care less about those games. Sony is going to have an uphill battle this next gen. Ms and Nintendo have all the hype this time around. Sure it sounds fishy to some of you...but the truth hurts if you are only interested in the ps3. It sounds right to me. Everyone I know is excited about those games and could care less about any of the ps3 launch games. Thats the truth of the matter.

[kmis87]

I'm excited about games like MGS4, Devil May Cry 4, the new Ratchet game (whenever that comes out, come on 2007), Guitar Hero, Resident Evil 5, White Knight Story, Motorstorm, and some others. The fact of the matter is that, for me, most of the games that I'm looking forward to are coming to the ps3, and this may not be true for other people so they should get 360's instead. People like you who believe that one console is obviously superior than all others and that everyone must think the same as you are being intellectually dishonest, letting personal bias cloud your judgement which should be coming to the logical conclusion that each console appeals to different people for different reasons.

Oh and by the way, this story has no real meaning. It's a measure of what games had news stories about them read the most during the week of x06. That's why Halo Wars (it had the front page article on ign for almost the whole week) is at the number one spot as opposed to a ps3 game, or Halo 3 for that matter. No ps3 news and a ton of frontpage 360 news in one week = many more articles about 360 games being read. This is also the first week in a long time that Zelda wasn't number one, and SSBB and Super Mario Galaxy weren't in the top 5 for that same reason. If you still try to make the claim that this story proves anything except that there was a lot of good 360 news during x06 and that SSBB has amazing staying power (it's only news is that old trailer, which I still watch almost once a week because it's amazing) then you have to face the fact that you're nothing but a pathetic fanboy.

[DJ]

So the numbers make sense. Either way, it's not IGN's opinion of top titles. It was just popularity of the pages at the moment. PS3 fans already got their information fix from TGS.

TopGamer continues to say that Sony's losing popularity amongst gamers, which is a bit odd considering the fact that PS2 is still outselling the 360. If anything, people are getting more and more hyped up about the PS3. I literally hear people talk about it; Motorstorm, MGS, and Devil May Cry are titles that keep getting brought up.

[THE TRUTH]

Let's be rational at least please, fanboy talk aside I know this list is compiled from worthless material and doesn't represent a worldwide view!

I see this list and I ask myself where is God of War 2, FF12, FF13, GTA Vice city stories, take your pick of upcoming Gameboy games, MGS4, White knight story, DMC4, GT HD, GT 5, Halo 3, GTA 4, Fifa 07, PES 06, those are just off the top of my head!

Let's just be real and say this list highly debatable and mostly flamebait. We will be able to shy away from these types of list in alittle more than a month when both Wii and PS3 hit the market!

And to topgamer, how does anyone know who or what the "average gamer" is? Anyone talking about the "average gamer" like they are in the know needs to get their heads examined ASAP

[original seed]

and if you had an xbox 360 you would too. The fact of the matter is that this is a TOP TEN list ofr that week. The fact of the matter is that XBOX dominates the list. The fact of the matter is that all Sony FANBOYS will call it BS. I just sit here with a big smile.

[DJ]

Those were the most visited pages on IGN for the week, and it's easily explainable since X06 was just held and TGS was over two weeks ago. In response to PowerofGreen, 360 fans comment a lot more on the PS3 than PS3 fans. In fact, the Xbox 360 section is usually pretty empty since everyone's in the PS3 section.

Everyone has at least some opinion about the Playstation 3, and it's great/free publicity. As for knowing Sony's every move, they've been the most unpredictable console company I've ever seen. They've revised the PS3 console specs something like 3 times before its release, changed the controller twice, and then added an upgraded HDMI port, etc. No one knows what the hell they're going to do next. And that was just the hardware side of things...

[power of Green]

PS3 is launching in one month for gods sake. People know Sony's every move. And it seems judging by this site and others PS3 fans know more about PS3 games than 360 fans know about 360 games. I wonder why?.

[THELANDSOFSAND]

maybe because PS3 fans are obsessive and insane?

;)

[f1r3waII K1LL3r]

I mean I love my 360 as much as the next guy but come on Resistance looks awesome and that lair game is very impressive, if anything those should be on that list at least resistance.

[TheMART]

I see people asking if Resistance, Motorstorm and Warhawk aren't big titles.

Actually, after seeing the latest ingame footage. No. I WAS actually excited about Resistance before. But the latest footage did show me COD2 mixed with BF2 and aliens added. It ran straight forward as a standard FPS, the movement was static, the graphics allright but not shocking, the enemies well...

It won't be that AAA title that will knock out this Christmas. It's just a descent start, like COD2 made on the 360. Motorstorm same story, but even worse actually, nowhere close CGI E3 2005 and I think it will only be fun for 10 minutes. I wouldn't pay 50 or 60 euro's for it at least. Warhawk? That's on the bottom of the list, flying into radars and mountains without penalties and the walking part looks worse then the first GTA.

So actually, this list will be biased because I see no PS3 title at all. Even Assassins Creed should be have mentioned to be 360/PS3. But still then I think the list of the top titles are accurate.

I see no current PS3 title that could knock out the first 5 titles on there for sure

[Bhai]

...about 5 months from now could've had a prospect but today its simply 'HILARIOUS' !!! Man, its just too late to have such news published on sites...PS3 is everywhere but its much, much more intense than ever before, and with titles like Resistance, MotorStorm, Heavenly Sword, White Knight Story, FFXIII, MGS4, DMC4, GTHD and many more...its simply unbelievable that somebody was not expecting 'em. Hah ! its from the pen of a single 360 fanboy !!!

[Deceased]

the 360 is going to have a merry christmas! These are gamers that voted not the sites editors, so i guess people want 360 games more than any other platform.

[drewdrakes]

In PS3's defense, Assassins Creed is for it aswell, not just 360.

[Funky Town_TX]

Look at your list most of those games have number behind then. GTA saved the PSP. Rehashed games over and over. Those games are from PS1. Try new games out okay. Kudos to Bungie for not making a Halo4. Moving to new games and ideas are great. If these were PS3 games you guys would not be calling it fanboy writing. Get a grip. All those games listed look to be killer apps. PS3 will have killer apps as well. There is more than one console on the earth guys so get over it. If it aint pro-sony then it's ani-sony right.

[USMChardcharger]

I see that a lot of sony guys saying IGN is biased toward M$?!

I almost never go there any more because of how bad they cater to Sony. I thought that was a happy place for sony fans?

Now that they put out a list that shows where people have visited on there web site and it reflects in favor of M$ they are a M$ web site? wierd.

IGN can't control what people look at. they try, sony this and sony that all the time.

i think sony fans should write a letter of appreciation if you ask me.

[USMChardcharger]

o, and if you need to write that letter...M$ has a great Word Perfect program. :)

[THE TRUTH]

But both mine and DJs lists have more than just GTA on their! And for the millionth time I OWN A 360! Last time I'm gonna say that.

Whatever your opinions are is perfectly fine with me, but if your telling me this list is what we should based anything viable on, I would have to say your opinions are skewed and biased at best!

Believe what you will but games like FF13, DMC4, MGS4 and RE5 are proven system selling franchise titles and the fact that they didn't make the list for games like fable 2, marvel alliance (which is also multiplatform) is not only disrespectful but also laughable!

Notice I didn't even mention games like Lair and Heavenly Sword

[OutpostCommand]

I read 10 comments and that was enough.

First of all, Maven is a X360 fanbot himself.
All of his views and opinions are worthless.
He is one of the worst examples of a immature fanboy.

Secondly, come on, all Ill say is 'IGN', and youll get the idea.

Thirdly, Ill add something to 'IGN'.
Ill add xbox360.ign.com
The above equals the most extremist fanboyism known to man kind.

Lastly, apart from roughly 8 people, I really am surrounded by absolute IDIOTS.
Does almost everyone take the most useless and pathetically biased articles for granted ?

Oh, and just you watch it, for saying something 50% of the users of this site think, I bet you this post will get deleted.
Hahaha...what a rubbish news site this is.
ADMIN, since its likely this would have got you attention, for once in your rule of this site, fight the good fight...

And by that I mean, put resitrictions on this site so that Sony fanbots like me can have our own section, where some kind of verification will be needed, and 360 fanbots can have their own section, where verification will also be needed.
Ah yes...thatll be the day...
Sigh

[USMChardcharger]

? it is just a list of what people have been clicking on.

proably due to X06. no one made this list. it is a stat on what people have been viewing. what is so hard for you to understand?

no one is saying M$ won anything. damn.

o, watch that idiot comment you are throwing around. like the old PS3 controller it might come back and smack you in your head.

[OutpostCommand]

Oh no..I cant edit my post.
Oh well.

I just got a bit...er...overexcited, thats all :-D

[USMChardcharger]

i deleted this myself...somehow double posted...and i had used all my bubbles.

comment below is what i was saying to you.

[USMChardcharger]

lol, our favorite system will do that to us.

no big deal

[SPAWN]

The xbox 360 has all of the games this time around! It`s not about who`s graphics are better! It`s all going to boil down to the games people. And this time, the xbox 360 has the games!

[kewlkat007]

Of the matter is, most PS3 fans are waiting for PS3 sequals. Hey it's all good MGS, Devil May Cry, FF13 and some others.

While most Xbox360 games are Brand new titles. I will always be less excited for SEQUALS, just cause all your expecting is better graphics instead of an entirly new Game in all aspects. Same ol, same ol.

I'm not surprised about this list. Eventhough I will eventually own a PS3 just as I've asked most gamers I know they will stay away cause of the price. Gamer 25+ have other things to worry about instead of an expensive console regardless what your getting. (ofcourse we have already gone over the useless features).

For now I will get FF12 for my PS2, Zelda for Wii and I won't be able to keep up with the 360 lineup this holiday season.

[Raist]

Are White Knight, RFOM, Heavenly Sword, Motorstorm, Lair sequals ?

:|

[ApocalypseShadow]

and the fanboy roaches have come out to eat.where IS the bugspray!?anyone with higher brain function and intelligence can see how the list was compiled,when it was compiled and what the results would be.being that x06 just happened it makes sense.i wonder if the list would be the same if they took a snapshot of the week during tgs?or just after?or before?how about during nintendo's press conference?somebody turn the lights on for all these fanboy roaches to scatter.

[jacen1000]

who was the survey carried out on 360 owners? lol
wat a joke zelda will outsell all that 360 crap

[THE TRUTH]

Look the facts are that every point any fan can make to support this list has been shot down. I'm tired of hearing from the same tired fanboys giving the same tired excuses! I mean seriously COME ON! You talk about sequals!! How bout PC ports and FPS! Where's my big time RPG? Where's my big time racer? Where's my big time hack and slash DMC type game? I have played nothing origional all year on my 360 and I'm tired of hearing the excuses! These games on the list just don't do anything for me as a gamer! I want games like Heavenly Sword, God of war 2, DMC4, RE5, Motorstorm, Lair, Zelda, Metroid, Super smash bros, Fatial Eternia, FF13, White knight story, Eight Days, GOW, RFOM, Ico, Mario, soul calibir, virtua fighter, ect ect ect!!

The list of AAA that truly deserve high rankings aren't on their but games that are subpar such as fable 2 and marvel alliance are and that just make me sick!

Stop with the damn excuses wake up and come to the conclusion this list means nothing!

[THE TRUTH]

Look the facts are that every point any fan can make to support this list has been shot down. I'm tired of hearing from the same tired fanboys giving the same tired excuses! I mean seriously COME ON! You talk about sequals!! How bout PC ports and FPS! Where's my big time RPG? Where's my big time racer? Where's my big time hack and slash DMC type game? I have played nothing origional all year on my 360 and I'm tired of hearing the excuses! These games on the list just don't do anything for me as a gamer! I want games like Heavenly Sword, God of war 2, DMC4, RE5, Motorstorm, Lair, Zelda, Metroid, Super smash bros, Fatial Eternia, FF13, White knight story, Eight Days, GOW, RFOM, Ico, Mario, soul calibir, virtua fighter, ect ect ect!!

The list of AAA that truly deserve high rankings aren't on their but games that are subpar such as fable 2 and marvel alliance are and that just make me sick!

Stop with the damn excuses wake up and come to the conclusion this list means nothing!

[original seed]

Xbox dominates this List. FACT. It dont matter about X06. X06 is not the argument. The FACT of the matter is you Sony FANBOYS call it BS because it doesn't have a SH!t PS3 games on it. I laugh at you for being mad due to a list. Let it go.

[NextGen24Gamer]

And to call Fable 2 sub par and you know absolutely nothing about the game...shows your true fanboyistic ways. Don't get upset that teh 360 is garnering all the attention at a time that ps3 should be getting it. Its one month away from launch. You would think the sites would be flooded with gamers checing out ps3 games. Nope. The 360 is still selling. the 360 is still getting AAA games that people are looking foward to prior to christmas. Why does that bother you? Ask yourself. You have a 360 right? ha ha ha.... Bottom line is this. Sony fans can yell and scream as loud as they want. But when I was at my local EB this morning reserving my ps3 to put up on Ebay....there were only a 7 others there. And most were planning to do the same thing I was. Where are all the die hard ps3 fans? When I got my pre orders for the 360 way back, there were over 50 people in line at the store opening to reserve a 360. When I left the Eb games at 10:30...they still had 7 ps3's to sell. There was even someone there asking about the Wii pre orders. And the lady told him next week that will start. When she asked if he would like to pre order a ps3...he said no and left. Interesting. Now the Truth is the truth. I just thought it was strange that there wasn't people lined up to pre order the ps3. Maybe...just mabye...gamers have been affected by the bad news...the batterie fires...the cell problems...the out dated RSX GPU....the blu ray player....and the over half a grand price point. Who knows.....But the closer the ps3 launch comes...the more excitement is building over the 360 games coming, thus the 360 dominating this list of games checked up on , on IGN. WOW.

[ApocalypseShadow]

there was no information put out there by eb/gamestop to go preorder.it came out of a conference call.not put out there to the public.only gamers who were reading up on gamesites knew.you talk about the ps3 before playing it,but you're the fool going out to buy it.then the next fool will be the one buying it from you and gets price gouged.360 will have a good end of year.that was certain to everyone 6 months ago.the real battle is next christmas when all the systems are out.that has always been the case.but you call yourself a multisystem gamer.6 360s?i wonder if you bought as many dreamcasts?gamecubes?ps1s or ps2s?bet it was more than one xbox1 systems though.THANKS TOP GAMER for supporting us with ALL YOUR MONEY and giving us free advertising.we still don't love you but THANKS.

[4me2]

maybe poll was taken on XBOX LIVE!!

just kidding.....