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It's October, Clear Your Schedule

Do you realize how many high-profile games are coming out this month? A metric tonne. How much is that? I don't know, but it sure sounds like a lot.

Time has a way of flying by, doesn't it? I woke up this morning and all of a sudden, it got all October on us! Man, where did that come from? It's my solemn duty to inform you that in the month of October there are some video games coming out. Not like this is anything new; if you've been keeping up with this industry for any number of years, you know October is the first full month when all those games you've been fawning over in the Sears catalog will finally be out there and available to play. (Did anyone else look at games in the big thick newsprint Sears holiday catalog as a kid? Was that just a regional thing? One screenshot and a short, misinformed blurb was all it took to sell me on the latest pile of NES garbage, let me tell you. That was pre-Nintendo Power, I think.)

Anyway, I'm getting a little worried about this month. Here are just the games I have any degree of personal interest in, to say nothing of all the other releases coming down the pipeline.

Oct. 7

Fracture (maybe)

Oct. 14

Dead Space
SOCOM: Confrontation
Saints Row 2

Oct. 21

Fable II
Far Cry 2
LittleBigPlanet (!!!)

C'mon, can't pass this one up either.
C'mon, can't pass this one up either.
BioShock PS3 (yeah, again)
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

Oct. 26 - 28

Guitar Hero World Tour
C&C: Red Alert 3
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
Fallout 3

It's sort of nuts when you see 'em all laid out like that. Who has time for all this? That triple whammy of Far Cry, Fable, and LittleBigPlanet all on the 21st seems especially cruel. And Fallout 3 seems like a game I could be happy playing in exclusivity for the whole month. I guess at some point, if you choose to carry your gaming hobby into your adult life, you have to abandon any completionist tendencies you may have been harboring, get choosy, and accept that you'll never get to play every game you're interested in, unless you never do anything else but play games, ever. Hell, we barely ever do anything else but play games around here, and even we don't get our hands on every game that we think matters (to us or you). I guess we should all be thankful there are this many potentially excellent games coming out. They could all be crappy ones.

You know, I don't even want to see what November looks like.

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Edited By hanktherapper

It's October, and we all know what that means.

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Edited By RHCPfan24

I just realized the influx of this month too.  I already preordered Far Cry and Fable, and I am also planning on getting Fallout 3.  A lot of F's.

Plus, GH is gonna be sweet, so is Dead Space and Saints Row 2.  OMG! There are so many games!
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Edited By spiredcrescent

this is the answer to the stock market, have 2 awesome years for games and the purchases will revamp the stock market

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Edited By sparky_buzzsaw

Sigh... I actually had to save two months worth of fun money from my paycheck just to afford this month.  My brother wanted the Fallout 3 Amazon bundle with the bobblehead and Pip Boy, so when I ordered his, I thought, "Hell, it's a once in a lifetime thing.  I'll get mine too."  Then I realized I wanted Fable 2 and Saint's Row 2 as well... ridiculous, I say!  Not to mention that I'm sure I'll be buying some of the other games eventually, namely LBP, Order of Ecclesia, and Far Cry 2.  Between this and Christmas, I'm going to be a poor, poor man.

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Edited By dtran1212

it sucks that im broke right now, oh well, i'll just get like 2 games out of that whole list (LBP and SOCOM)

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Edited By RazielCuts

LBP and Fable II are the only ones Im bothered about. Possibly might check out Fallout 3 but Im really unsure about it going on what I've seen so far.

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Edited By AaronBelfast

Can't freakin' wait.

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Edited By Lestater

Blah, I only care about Fable II, all the others simply don't appeal to me, same with most games I have now. D=

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Edited By GamerbyDesign

I tend to only buy one game a month but for this month I'm going to make it almost one game a week.

Oct. 14

Saints Row 2

Oct. 21

Fable II
Far Cry 2

Oct. 26 - 28

Fallout 3

As you can see I can't decide what I'm going to get on the 21.  Please help!!!

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Edited By jhosaphat

I still think 2007 was a bigger year. Look for Dead Space to be this year's Bioshock. The only two on my list are Dead Space and Fallout.

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I'm getting LBP and Fallout 3 for my birthday, but after seeing some Dead Space for the first time, i really want that too, HUD-less game + scare-moments-that-look-better-than-Doom-3 = sort-of win.

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Edited By ScottEFresh

LBP, Bioshock, Fallout 3 are for sure.  I don't know about the others though.  Farcry2 is a big maybe.  Socom is enticing with the mic deal and motorstorm looks good too but will it be so much different as the first?

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Edited By ManMadeGod

I don't have the cash nor the time to play all of these right now (I still need to pick up burnout!)
The only 2 day-one games I'm going to be picking up are Fable 2 and Gears 2.

Saints Row 2, Dead Space, and Fallout 3 are all on my "buy used soon" list. If some extra dough comes my way maybe I'll pick one of those 3 up early; maybe I'll just pick up whatever one gets the better review first. Speaking of reviews have fun guys writing one for all of these games! And yes, I expect one up for all of them :)

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Edited By xWOBBx

this is better then christmas as a kid. !!!!!!!!!!!!  this is hwere my marks in school start going down.

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Edited By Sniffulls

I actually did the Sears catalog thing too.  You grew up on the east coast, right?  If so, we were in the same region.

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We don't have Sears in New Zealand (do we!?), but a big Harvey Norman or DSE catalogue, adorned with tinsel, snow and christmas trees two months early will have a similar effect.

Why the hell do they have snow anyway!? It''s Spring here!!
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I'll only be buying LBP for now . If I had the $$ I'd be getting a 360, Fable II, Dead Space, and Socom Comfrontation (maybe).

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Edited By godzilla_sushi

Fable 2, Fallout 3, Dead Space definitely.

Then Tomb Raider, Banjo, ahhhh!

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-Fallout 3
-Fable 2
Must buys, still thinking about Far Cry 2.

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An unbelievable month.  It looks like Fallout 3 could carry the whole pack.

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Edited By Kyle

I'll only be getting Fallout 3 and Castlevania. Don't have a PS3 yet (sadly) and im not getting guitar hero - I just dropped $250 on rock band 2 + equipment. maybe some other time. who knows.

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This... this isn't fair.

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Can't wait for Fable 2 and Little Big Planet!

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You forgot Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, also on the 21st.

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Fable 2, fallout 3 fo sho. I also want deadspace but I think I can wait a little for that.....actually.....If if have any money then Im totally getting deadspace.

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red alert 3 - HAIL TO THE CHIEF!!!

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I'm more excited for November, but I may have to try Little Big Planet.

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Fallout 3 !!!

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Edited By Bgrngod

Holy hell.... I didn't realize it was that bad this month.  I could have gone on living happy and content while believing that only a few games were coming out this month.

Gee thanks.  Giant Bomb just blew up my ignorant bliss.

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Far Cry 2, Fable 2, Fallout 3 and Dead Space are the ones I am aiming for. If I have some left over money I will buy LittleBigPlanet. Hate having to answer the ultimate question... which console to get a game on :(

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Must gets for me are Saints Row 2(360), Fable 2, Fallout 3(360), Dead Space(360), C and C 3 (PC) FarCry 2(360 or PC) Sacred 2 (PC, might get it for 360 aswell later) All are pre ordered months ago.
Maybes for me are LBP, and Fracture(360)  My main platforms are Pc then 360. Ps3 is my side kick, some must have games comming there as well. Just not right now. I know Resistance 2 is a must get for me as well.

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Two of my most most anticipated games in 2008 hitting this month...rock.

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Edited By krazy_kyle

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Far Cry 2 and Dead Space are the ones on my list to play :D

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well i preordered fable 1 and fallout...wouldnt mind farcry..but i don't think so as yet

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Must play Deadspace and Farcry 2, my son will be immersed in Fallout 3. Growing up in Torrance Ca., I lived by a department store called The Treasury and used to love to demo the Magnavox video games in the electronic department. You know the one with the plastic films you put over the tv screen!

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fallout i will buy fable 2 i will buy,Deadspace rent and farcry rent,fracture rent candc buy

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I can't wait for LBP! I have been playing the beta as much as possible for almost a week now and it's awesome. I'm sure the full game will be even better!

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Also, Rock Band 2 if you have a PS3 on Oct 19 lulz

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Buying Fable 2, Fallout 3 and LittleBIg Planet. Dead Space is a must rent cause I'm renting Silent Hill now and it just makes sense for Halloween.

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Edited By sparky_buzzsaw

And isn't Jagged Alliance supposed to be coming out for the DS this month too?  If that's true, this is really a ridiculously good month for games.

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My schedule is all cleared thanks to the f'in Cubs and the White sox..oh well, more time for Video games now!!

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too many good games. I need money

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I want quite a few of those games, but will only be buying one of them this month.

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Edited By Junpei

LBP and Fallout for me. Those should keep me well tied up until Persona 4 is out in December amongst a slew of other things.