Strong lineup to boost PC gaming in '07

by James Ransom-Wiley on Jan 3rd 2007 11:25PM

Here at Joystiq we don't always pay proper attention to PC gaming. Luckily FiringSquad has picked up the slack. The site has issued its 'Most Anticipated' games of the year list, featuring twenty upcoming titles. Here's a look at the top five:

Supreme Commander (Gas Powered Games/THQ) - spiritual successor to Total Annihilation; sci-fi RTS with dual-monitor support
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Splash Damage/id Software/Activision) - prequel to Quake 2; two playable sides (Human and Strogg) are said to offer vastly different gameplay experiences
World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade (Blizzard) - the expansion to end all expansions ('cha-ching')
Spore (Maxis/EA) - from single-celled to universe conqueror; the video game to end all video games
Crysis (Crytek/EA) - it has the looks, can it live up to the hype?

Which games are you planning to upgrade your rig for?

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Um shouldnt that "will" be replaced with "with" in the first game?

I'm a sucker for teh pretty. Thus I will be gawking at Crysis every chance I get. I say gawking because I couldn't possibly afford the machine to run it. Sucks to be "po foke".

Unreal Tournament 2007, obviously.

No need for upgrade, but I'll be getting Spore for sure, I love evolution sim games.

Crysis. I'll be upgrading my rig just to be able to play it on maximum settings in DX10.

No love for Hellgate: London?

Blasphemy I say! BLASPHEMY!

No care for PC-gaming, I'm off to have sex on the beach. Come on everybody.

I heard they're releasing Duke Nukem Forever

Spore has no need to upgrade... that is my dream game... I used to love sim-earth, but the complexity and the lack of control kind of made me lose intrest... Crysis I might consider, but only if I get either farcry, or a gametap subscription first.

but seriously...

Unreal 2007
Portals
Team Fortress 2
Half-Life 2 Ep.2 and Ep.3
Giants Citizen Kabuto 2
World of Diablo
Return of Monkey Island
Zeliard 2
Gish 2

Dual monitor support?
*rubs eyes*
Is this the future? Wow! This must be the glorious year of 1999, when win98se brought widespread multi-monitor support!

also: spore for wii? and tf2 now pls.

darkfall??/

In response to QuakeUlf, i think your mind is melted. Viva la PC !!!! Dont really need to upgrade for any of those, although my free vista will be here in a month or two.

Whoa whoa whoa... what about the killer Portal/TF2/HL2 Episode 2 triple threat?

spore will pretty much dominate my pc experience... can't wait for that one.

...Am I the only one waiting for Command & Conquer 3? I know it's EA, but come on, KANE is back!

What about Halo2 PC!!!

All I'm really looking forward to PC-wise is Spore and Portals.

SPORE!!!

@madato

"World of Diablo?" You can't be anticipating made-up titles. If a new diablo game hasn't been announced yet, it won't be released this year.

If you had all read the article, you'd see that most of the "omissions" are on the full list. I'd personally rank TF2/HL ep2 first, and then Bioshock, and then Crysis - if only because we have only the developer's promises that Crysis's gameplay won't lag far behind its graphics a la Far Cry (if they match them, then that takes the top spot, of course).

all the people stating console games are annoying, if u're not a PC gamer, IGNORE THIS SECTION, in stead of polluting this with 'Spore is gona be on Wii' posts. anyways 20bucks says the Spore on Wii won't be the same as on PC, cause they always do that. ;-)

I will be building an entirely new rig for Supreme Commander~! w00t that game rocks :-) saving up a very nice pot for it ;-) water cooled and everything.

No love for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars?

I already upgraded :)

I've been waiting for Supreme Commander for quite some time now. When it and Spore come out, I think I'll be abandoning my console systems for months.

This all brings up the question on how much you’re willing to spend on a system just to play amazing games? Because now a day when I price out a pc for myself I’m looking at spending around 3k… and all this just for these games????

I will spend nothing, I already got a laptop. It's not getting upgraded. But it will run Spore. That is all I need. Fuck Spore on Wii. Mouse controls with actual precision and resolution FTW!

Good point I take a mouse over a joystick any day for any game but sports and driving

What about Alan Wake? Isn't it coming out at some point this year? Have you *SEEN* the video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGoiQaMM61E

*DROOLS*

Wow, people still care about Quake? Really?

Sheesh, why all the wii hate around here. I'm a PC Gamer (SupCom W00t!) who also consoles. Nothing like swing a bat to hit a homerun, versus clicking my mouse.

@24: You should be able to buy a computer in six months that comfortably runs these games for a maximum of $1500, and I would bet you could find something for under $1000. If you're spending more than that, then you're not simply looking for a computer that will run these games, you're trying to get a lot more.

More FPS and RTS games for the PC. Oh boy....

Wrong Otam. WRONG.

PC games are the future! The Keyboard and Mouse combination is the best! Nintendo really didnt think it was a fucking goofy input device and drop it 10 years ago.

Its, uh, accurate! Yeah!

Spending 3 thousand dollars > spending 3 hundred dollars for the same game. Loser.

"Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - prequel to Quake 2"

Uh, wouldn't that be Quake 1?

Spore is actually getting released in 2007?

Spore, Spore, Spore, oh, and did I mention, Spore?

""Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - prequel to Quake 2"

Uh, wouldn't that be Quake 1?"

No. A prequel is a chronologically later film or game that takes place before the events of the predecessor. Quake (aka Quake 1) is not a prequel. It came before Quake 2. ET:QW could take place before or after Quake 1, but it'll take place before Quake 2.

Armed Assault, the sequel to Operation Flashpoint. Probably the most realistic wide-scale military FPS ever.

Also, Hellgate: London, UT 2007, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Crysis, Storm of War: Battle of Britain (new sim from maker of IL2 Sturmovik), Steel Beasts 2 (ultra-realistic tank sim), Silent Hunter 4 (submarine sim), Bioshock, HL2:EP2, Alan Wake, Brothers in Arms 3 and all the racing sims, particulary S3 for LFS.

Actually since Quake didn't take place in the same universe as Quake2 I don't think it even enters the equation.

Also, Spore on the Wii is a great idea, seems like a nice fit. Then all Nintendo would need is a WoW port and i'd declare the console wars just about over for this gen.

"Also, Spore on the Wii is a great idea, seems like a nice fit. Then all Nintendo would need is a WoW port and i'd declare the console wars just about over for this gen."

Yeah, cause just think how simple it would be to get 7 million people together with Nintendo's joke of an online service. Friend codes, anyone?

Meh. Show me something new. I'll be scouring the indie sites for something different that's worth my money.

I know I'd be stressing my computer to play Crysis, but is Spore a low power game? I have a gig of ram, a Pentium 4 at 3 ghz, and 256 mb gpu with 2.0 shader capabilities. Thanks if anyone could reply.

PORTALS.

Seriously. Best idea for a puzzle game ever...

I don't even play PC games much except Wow...

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