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2012 A Video Gamers Guide

2012 A month-by-month look at the big re- leases and video game events that will shape the next twelve months for gamers around the globe. A VIDEO GAMER'S GUIDE POWERED BY JANUARY: A NEW, INCREDIBLY SLOW BEGINNING JANUARY RELEASES Final Fantasy XII-2 Neverdead SoulCalibur V International Ah, January, the perfect month to catch up on that back catalog of 2011 games you hadn't got around to playing yet. CES JANUARY 10-13 FEBRUARY: LOVE IS IN THE AIR, OR AT LEAST A NEW SONY HANDHELD FEBRUARY RELEASES Will North America fall in love with a brand new portable Sony gaming system this month? Asura's Wrath Binary Domain The Darkness 2 PSVITA TOY Inversion Jak and Daxter Collection Resident Evil Revelations WELCOME, PS VITA FEBRUARY 22 dIcE Launch Games Include: FAIR Rhythm Heaven Army Corps of Hell Escape Plan Gravity Rush Hot Shots Golf Little Deviants Touch My Katamari Uncharted: SX DESIGN INNOWATE 2012 FEBRUARY 12-15 Syndicate SUMMIT Twisted Metal FEBRUARY 10-12 UFC Undisputed 3 ted: Golden Abyss WipeOut 2048 MARCH: WHEN THE GAMES COME MARCHING IN TO BE DETERMINED Dishonored Dragon's Dogma Kid Icarus: Uprising Mario Party 9 Mass Effect 3 Max Payne 3 Metal Gear Solid 3D: Snake Eater MLB 2K12 MLB The Show 12 Ninja Gaiden 3 Résident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Silent Hill: Downpour You'll be too busy gaming to care about this text come March 2012. GAMES AND EVENTS WE KNOW ARE COMING IN 2012 BUT DON'T KNOW WHEN Pretty Sure Things: Alens Colonial Mannes Animal Crossing 3D New Assassin's Creed BioShock Infinite Cal ofpdertands 2 d Dury Somer Counter-S l Fable The Jom Fortrite Guld Wars 2 Halo 4 Joumey The Last of Us Lolipop Chainsaw LEGO Batman 2 Luig's Mansion2 Mario Tennis 3DS N No Kuni Metal Gear Rising Revengenoe Sly Cooper. Thieves in Time StarHawk Star Wars Kinect Tomb Raider Transfomers Fall of Cybertron X-COM X.COM: Enemy Unknown X Tekken Street F aer Woods MARCH 5-9 Yakuza: Dead Souls APRIL: IT'S PROBABLY RAINING; STAY INSIDE AND GAME APRIL RELEASES BIZLA APRIL 6-8 Things slow down a bit in April to prepare us for the worst month of the year. A Game of Thrönes Prototype 2 Spec Ops: The Line Xenoblade Chronicle Other 2012 Possibilities: MAY: NO ONE CARES ABOUT MAY Grand Theft Auto V The Last Guadian StarCraft Heart of the Swam World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria Seriously, May sucks. Or it may just be where our sure-thing release dates for 2012 run out. Nah, it's just May. What a horrible, horribile 31 days. JUNE: SUMMER CONVENTION SEASON BEGINS Summertime and the living is easy, unless you're a video game journalist. Then it's time to pack your bags and prepare to live out of hotels for four months straight. Hooray! GREAT EXPECTATIONS With current-gen consoles hitting the six or seven-year-old mark this year, E3 2012 could mark the debut of next generation systems from Microsoft and Sony, along with a ANIME EXPO 2012 clearer picture of what to expect from Nintendo's Wi U. JUNE 29- JULY 2 JUNE 5-7 JULY: NATIONAL AIR CONDITIONING APPRECIATION MONTH JULY RELEASES Summer is in full swing as the largest gathering of geeks in the country kicks off, a new Spider-Man movie (and game) launches, and who could possibly forget BronyCon 2012? Not you. Not now. CON SPIDER MRN INTERNATIONAL The Amazing Spider-Man NCAA Football 2013 JUNE 30- JULY 1 JULY 12-15 AUGUST: WHERE MADDEN LIVES Another year, another installment of the longest-running NFL football console video game franchise in his- tory, mainly because EA won't let anyone else make one. JOHN MADDEN FOOTBALL PaK gamescom AUGUST 15-19 QUAKECON AUGUST 26-28 SEPTEMBER: A SLOW SPIRAL INTO MADNESS The fall games slowly begin to trickle out as the eyes of the gaming world tum to Japan. TOKYO GAMES SEPTEMBER 20-23 AUGUST 31- SEPTEMBER 3 WiiU OCTOBER: THE BEGINNING OF THE END FAN FAIRE The floodgates open by October, with big budget blockbusters hitting stores on a weekly basis. Plus, Halloween is on a Wednesday this year, so expect the obligatory horror release here. Some time between the beginning of summer and the end of 2012, Nintendo will unleash its NEV-VORK next-generation console, the Wii U. Featuring a COMICCON OCTOBER 18-21 unique (and likely highly expensive) controller OCTOBER 11-14 with a built-in high-definition LCD and power far NOVEMBER: WHERE WALLETS GO TO DIE beyond that of its predecessor, the Wii U could be a complete game changer. If you aren't broke by now than you truly understand the reasoning behind Gut Checks. Unfortunately this is Call of Duty month, when publishers unleash the final attack in their yearly war on your wallet For those about to die, we salute you. DECEMBER: WALKING IN A WINTER WASTELAND The Game of the Year Awards begin, releases slow to a crawl, and the gaming industry tucks itself in for its long winter's nap. MARCH RELEAS COMICE

2012 A Video Gamers Guide

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2012 is a big day for gamers. This infographic provides a month by month guide to video game releases in 2012. Check out the big releases coming out!

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