New SOCOM, Katamari and Viva Piñata in January EGM Rumors

In the upcoming issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, the rumors section has news on a bunch of new SOCOM, Katamari Damacy and Viva Piñata titles coming out as well as Microsoft's plan for continued domination.

* Sticky Balls - New Katamari for Wii, PS3 and Xbox Live arcade.

* Turning War Around - Microsoft is crafting a brilliant plan to flip flop Gears and Halo every year, so expect Gears of War 2 in 2008 and a new Halo game in 2009.

* Count the COMs - three new SOCOM games are in the works. One on PSP and two on PS3.

* Mii Crossing - Mii's will be your avatar in the next Animal Crossing. All the shirts and accessories you collect will cross over to other games.

* Hudsun is releasing a TG16 pack with 3D remakes of Bonk, Adventure Island, and Super Star Soldier for the PS2.

* Rare is working on a Viva Pinata Kart racing game.

* NFL may drop EA once it's contract expires in a few years.

I always wonder why game companies continue to turn any type of successful franchise into a cart game but they must sell if the trend continues. Oh, before I forget, I hope the NFL drops EA like a bad habit if they don't step up their next gen efforts with Madden in the upcoming years.

[DixieNormS]

Madden is great but if 2k was still out, Madden would of been sh!t loads better. But 2k would still beat it.

[original seed]

katamary was the only reason why i had a PS2 in my house. They were hella fun. It would be awsome to have part3 as a Live Arcade game. Very covinient. Hope it pans out.

[kingboy]

hell yeaaa!! Socom for ps3 is what i need onine only

[Gh0stDrag0n]

Yes, the lag should be just as good on the PS3 as it was on the PS2.
A good game ruined by a horrable network service.

[MicroGamer]

are still better.

[big_tim]

Would be awesome every year. They will be luck if they can get a Halo game every other year unless they have other companies working on it. Maybe Halo wars in 2009!

[r1000]

OH man i hope EA gets dropped..... I loved the NFL2K series....

[kingboy]

duh!atleast this isn`t for ps2 online..socom is great and will be even better more on ps3

[Gh0stDrag0n]

Hopefully you are right, the game will be killer if the online service dosn't suck.

[MicroGamer]

Best gaming news I've heard in 2 years.

[Juevani]

lol, I never played that gane and will never touch it, and EA sucks when it comes 2 sport games, except Fight Night 3..

[Monchichi025]

I hate Madden! It's a pathetic excuse for a Football Game!! Bring back 2K!!!!

[shotty]

This is why I like Rare, they brings things to the xbox 360 that normally wouldn't have made it, Nintendo has Mario Cart and now Xboxers have Pinata Kart racing. I say bring on the Rare games they are so much fun (I hope a PDZ2 and Kameo 2 are in the works). As for Gears and Halo being released every 2 years, thats what I figured, 2 years is plenty of time to start on the next halo project which is already in development with Peter Jackson.

[rowdy 1]

SOCOM FOR PS3 WILL ROCK. BEST ONLINE GAME.

[Harry]

Socom was very meh..

[sjappie]

The only game I ever really liked on ps2 next to GTA. I wish it would come out for the XBOX360 to, but I know that's not gonna happen. This could force me to also buy a ps3 if the game is any good. Never thought i'd say that.Ha

[Grown Folks Talk]

garbage, especiallcy compared to ghost recon (ps2 ghosts suck as well compared to xbox). socom is very boring to me.

[mellowspaz]

The Viva Pinata kart racing game sounds like a 70% probability to me. Rare was working on Donkey Kong Racing for the Gamecube before they were bought out by Microsoft. Then the project was entirely scrapped. They'll probably use some of the level assets they created.

[HaKeRsCanRotINHEL]

kick EA to the curb, VP kart racing, thats got to be a joke! Yes too Gears and Halo flip-flop, Brilliant.