Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Wii U to have best third party supported launch ever?




The Wii U hasn't been shown outside of a couple events over the past year and just about all the "games" shown were just tech demos that only showed the potential of the platform. However, since E3 the list of potential and announced games for the system have been really amazing when you think about it.

Confirmed Third Party games at launch:

Darksiders II
Batman: Arkham City
Assassin's Creed 3
Ghost Recon Online
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
Dirt Showdown
F1 2012
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Killer Freaks From Outer Space
Lego City Stories
Project Cars (game looks amazing)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (not confirmed but a given)
Epic Mickey 2 (basically confirmed)
FIFA 2013

Unconfirmed but possible Third Party launch games:

Resident Evil 6
Far Cry 3
Max Payne 3
Medal of Honor: Warfighter
Scribblenauts
Tiger Woods 13

These games listed are just the ones we know about that are coming this year for all systems, this is not including any Third Party exclusive games that will be announced at E3. Not to mention that Nintendo will have a big list of games of their own as well. This could be one of the biggest console launches of all time.


4 comments:

Biohazard said...

The Last of Us is a PS3-exclusive title.

Metaldave said...

Thanks for that, I just assumed on that one. I also thought that new PS3 exclusives were pretty much coming to an end...I will correct the post.

Biohazard said...

I only heard of second party Sony developers, such as Insomniac Games, going third-party, but their flagship titles aren't going anywhere. But, yeah, The Last of Us is pretty much a PS3-exclusive due to Sony publishing the game.

Gregory Weagle said...

Confirmed Third Party games at launch:

Darksiders II (Yes)
Batman: Arkham City (Pretty much all; but officially confirmed)
Assassin's Creed 3 (Confirmed since the other versions are coming out in October)
Ghost Recon Online (Launch window yes)
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge (Probably a launch window game)
Dirt Showdown (Likely)
F1 2012 (Unlikely since Codemasters isn't going to release two games at the same time and expect both to do well.)
Aliens: Colonial Marines (Likely)
Killer Freaks From Outer Space (Likely)
Lego City Stories (Unofficially confirmed)
Project Cars (game looks amazing) (The least likely to be released at launch or launch window)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (not confirmed but a given) (It's probably the Project Nova title too. Likely a launch title)
Epic Mickey 2 (basically confirmed) (Likely; but irrelevant either way since a Wii version is in development and Wii U will play Wii games anyway.)
FIFA 2013 (Likely)

Unconfirmed but possible Third Party launch games:

Resident Evil 6 (Launch window title)
Far Cry 3 (Probably not)
Max Payne 3 (Very unlikely)
Medal of Honor: Warfighter (Likely a launch window title)
Scribblenauts (Possible; not a launch title though.)
Tiger Woods 13 (Most likely)