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I'm looking forward to Armored Core 5, being a big fan of the series. Hawken also looks great. And whatever happened to that MechWarrior reboot that was supposed to be happening? They released that teaser trailer, and then nothing.

" They should really throw that sword into the volcano at Mordor. "

As a couple of people have already said, Microsoft owns Killer Instinct -- there's really no other franchise even worth considering next to that. Fulgore, while not one of my go-to KI characters, would fit in perfectly with the MK cast.

I would totally be down for Dawn of War of any variety, even though I suck at DoW2 competitive multiplayer, and I'm super rusty on DoW1. Maybe thrown in some Last Stand stuff in DoW2 to mix it up. By the same token, Company of Heroes would be good fun. I have a messload of older RTS games as well (Rise of Nations, Age of Empires 2, StarCraft 1, etc.)

Some quick games of Sins of a Solar Empire on small maps could be entertaining. Speed up the research, build, and movement speeds to keep the action fast enough, and you could probably fit in a handful of matches.

MechWarrior 4? Maybe! Talk about being rusty, though... And on the subject of mech combat, I'm a big fan of Armored Core 4/For Answer -- but, uh, I'm probably one of the only ones.

I think it could be fun to get together a full party for Neverwinter Nights 1 or 2, though that might be a bit much for a TNT, unless someone knows a custom module that's built for a full party and can be finished within a reasonable amount of time.

If we try to avoid shooters, I only have a small selection of console games to choose from, one of which I already mentioned. But. SoulCalibur IV? And really, Firefight in Halo: Reach or Halo: ODST would at least be a change of pace from the typical competitive FPS throwdowns.

Last and almost certainly least likely -- if anyone(s) at Giant Bomb had EVE Online accounts, getting a fat bubble of newb ships out into low-sec for a massive brawl would be stupid fun. Or hell, fly our fail fleet on a pirating rampage, taking on ships five times our size.

I'm American, and I admit I don't listen to a whole lot of non-English music (I actually pay attention to lyrics in the stuff I listen to) -- but if music is good, it's good. I've been known to listen to some Japanese and Korean stuff, some Norwegian music, etc., etc. Here's a German group I got into about a year ago that I really, really like:

The original was fine for what it was, but if I can't recreate my decks and stress-test them against hundreds of players online, then I'm not sure if I really want to pony up the cash again.

" lol, so a once semi popular rts is being made free to play because starcraft has any rts player who is willing to spend any money on an rts by the balls..... i like it, seems like their best bet.... "

" @wasteguru said:

" I'm in. Looks like some good fun action. Thats all the F.E.A.R. games have been, and thats all I want. "

First FEAR was about horror. And it did a good job. Second fear was more about shootin' dudes. "

Beyond Good & Evil, Hard Core, and Torchlight. Even though I already have Torchlight on the PC.