Regardless of your preferred style of role-playing game, you should have something to look forward to in 2012. From fast-paced kill and loot fests like Torchlight II and Diablo III to sprawling open-world adventures like Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning to visually stunning titles like Ni no Kuni, there's a lot of variety across multiple platforms. The list below is far from all-inclusive, but mentions some of the bigger games. If you're a Wii owner in North America, keep in mind you'll also be able to pick up Xenoblade Chronicles this year, which you can read more about in IGN's review.
--Find out more about Diablo III
--Find out more about Disgaea 3 Returns
--Find out more about Final Fantasy XIII-2
--Find out more about Game of Thrones
--Find out more about Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
--Find out more about Mass Effect 3
The Hunger Games (2012) In what was once North America, the Capitol of Panem maintains its hold on its 12 districts by forcing them each to select a boy and a girl, called Tributes, to compete in. In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Panem is divided between 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal retribution for a past rebellion, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem.
<b><big>Diablo+III</big></b>
Quick quote:Konica minolta pagepro 1350w printer driver for windows 10. Paste’s Best of 2012 series continues through Dec. The videogame landscape might look very different a year from now. Sony and Microsoft’s new consoles will either be looming on the.
'Diablo III is addictive fun, with varied monster encounters and fast, gory combat and great skill design.'--Find out more about Diablo III
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Quick quote: '…the game offers some improvements over the original PS3 title, such as close-up character art (as seen in Disgaea 4), four new scenarios, and two new characters.'--Find out more about Disgaea 3 Returns
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Quick quote: 'Final Fantasy XIII-2 revolves almost entirely around jumping through time and space in order to find Lightning. More surprising: the amount of control you have over the time travel itself.'--Find out more about Final Fantasy XIII-2
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Quick quote: 'The story will…be akin to the style of the novels, switching back and forth between two playable characters. Famous characters from the novel series will appear in the RPG, but will not be playable.'
--Find out more about Game of Thrones
<b><big><a+class='autolink'+href='https://ps3.ign.com/objects/064/064690.html'>Kingdoms+of+Amalur:+Reckoning</a></big></b>
Quick quote: 'This truly is shaping-up to be an RPG nerd's RPG, one with incredible depth and non-linearity that doesn't beg you to go in a certain direction.'--Find out more about Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
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Quick quote: 'Mass Effect 3's entirely optional multiplayer (which the developer has been trying to make since the first game) ties in with the game's single player campaign, allowing gamers to unlock easter eggs and get some assistance from allies.'--Find out more about Mass Effect 3
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Quick quote: 'Capcom is planning more for Nintendo's portable [3DS]. It's bringing Monster Hunter 4, the next major installment for the franchise, to the system.'Games Of 2012 Pc
--Find out more about Monster Hunter 4<b><big>Ni+no+Kuni:+Wrath+of+the+White+Witch</big></b>
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' This first-time collaboration between the two teams [Level-5, Studio Ghibli] represents a tremendous merging of raw talent -- one of the many reasons Ni No Kuni sits at the top of my 'Most Anticipated' list.'Top Games Of 2012
--Find out more about Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch<b><big><a+class='autolink'+href='https://ds.ign.com/objects/077/077808.html'>Paper+Mario</a>+3DS</big></b>
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Basketball 2012
- With the addition of a video game console in our home, my brothers and I used to spend as many hours playing sports in front of the tv as we did outside.
The good ol' fashion button mashin' of my youth was no small part of the inspiration for the 2012 Summer Games interactive doodles. (In fact, collaborator Marcin Wichary even wired up these doodles with the then newly released Gamepad API, allowing users to mash actual buttons.)
To my great joy, over onebillion Fsx freeware weather addon. games were played on the Google homepages in this four-day interactive doodle run. (Besides this basketball game, there're doodles for hurdles, slalom canoe, and soccer/football.) With each game presenting an opportunity to share your high score, I'm sure quite a few brothers, sisters, friends, etc. Activex plugin for firefox. were able to play, compete, and grow closer with these doodles.
As a personal touch, the setting of this particular 'event' was inspired by another place I used to spend a lot of time with my brothers – our elementary school gym.
Here's a video of us performing at a talent show in that very gym. I'm exhibiting my talent for choreographed dancing in a shark costume, obviously.Posted by Ryan Germick, Doodle Team Lead This day in history