With 2010 finally upon us, gamers around the world have a lot to be excited about. Plenty of quality titles were released during the Fall of 2009, but the number was significantly smaller than what was originally projected this time last year. Many of the blockbuster titles that we expected to have already been playing met with delays, and others simply chose to steer clear of Modern Warfare 2, the largest impending videogame launch in history, and could you really blame them? For many, this shift in the release schedules was disappointing, but for others, like myself, seeing several triple-A titles move from Fall 2009 to the first quarter of 2010 was actually met with relief. The more balanced release schedule would give us more time to enjoy each individual game, instead of juggling four or five over the Holidays, and we’d no longer have to apply for a loan just to bankroll our gaming habits. Furthermore, the first quarter of the year is typically a gaming drought, with only one or two quality titles seeing release, so this means less cold Canadian nights watching reruns of Degrassi.
So just how awesome is this first quarter? Check out the release dates below.
01.05 – Bayonetta
01.05 – Darksiders
01.12 – Army of Two: The 40th Day
01.19 – Dark Void
01.26 – Mass Effect 2 (can’t.. wait.. much.. longer..)
01.26 – MAG (try the Beta now!)
02.09 – BioShock 2
02.09 – Dante’s Inferno
02.16 – Heavy Rain (so looking forward to this..)
02.16 – Aliens vs. Predator
02.23 – Splinter Cell: Conviction (our favourite game of X’09!)
02.23 – Lost Planet 2
03.02 – Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (I know Brad can’t wait for this one..)
03.09 – Final Fantasy XIII (..!)
03.16 – Command & Conquer 4
03.30 – Crysis 2
03.TBA – God of War III (..!!)
03.TBA – Gran Turismo 5 (..!!!)
Is it just me, or is March going to be one of the best months for gaming, ever? Additionally, there are games such as ModNation Racers and Super Mario Galaxy 2 that are projected to be released sometime in early 2010, which may yet land somewhere in the midst of the games listed above. If your New Years resolution was to play fewer games this year, good luck with that.
If there are any releases that we overlooked that you think deserves a mention in this article, let us know in the comments below!
Richard Mitchell is a video game addict living in Toronto. He has been gaming for more than two decades, and despite multiple interventions, continues to game today. He has an Xbox 360, a PS3, a Wii, a Nintendo DS, a gaming PC, and a life, and does his best to juggle them all. 
I am not going to sleep at all for the entire month of March, and my PS3 will probably overheat.
Tell me about it, March is going to be INSANE. With the exception of Command & Conquer 4, a series I have never been a fan of, I may be getting ALL of those games. I never played the first Bad Company, but Brad raves about it quite often, so I may check out the sequel..
Also: I don’t think PS3’s do that.