Here are YOUR top 5.

5 – Divinity II: Ego Draconis

From the website:

Following the lineage of these two much-acclaimed RPGs, Divinity II: Ego Draconis has adapted many of the most famous elements that made these two original games classics. Divinity II: Ego Draconis makes use of the same classless system that was incorporated in Divine Divinity, which allows you to choose your own path as you become a Dragon Knight.

4 – Fallout: New Vegas

Bethesda’s only RPG release for 2010 made it’s way into the top 5 games. I was surprised that it didn’t rank higher though. I believe many gamers felt that they just ended up with an expansion for Fallout 3 which visually it did seem like that. However, gameplay and story wise it was classic Fallout thanks to the development team being largely from Obsidian Entertainment. Definitely worth checking out.

3 – World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

It’s not surprising that the third World of Warcraft expansion found it’s way to the top 3. The sheer number of WoW gamers was sure to give it’s placing a nice boost. This expansion, like the others, threw the game in it’s head with several new features such as Goblins and Worgens, new raid options and completely changed maps.

2 – Mass Effect 2

Mass Effect 2 scraped in at a close second. Bioware did a great job at responding to community suggestions from the first Mass Effect and fixing annoying things like the inventory system. They did however add that really annoying probe mining system that had a way of chewing up gaming time that you really wanted to spend blowing bad dudes up. A great looking game, I look forward to taking on the Repears in Part 3.

1 – Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening

There it is, number one… and it’s an expansion. It’s not surprising that the expansion to the highest rated game of 2009 would take place as the best PC RPG of 2010. Building off the enthralling story of Dragon Age: Origins, Awakening throw’s your character right back into the fray. Apparently the Darkspawn are NOT dead so you have to quest again to defeat them once more. A must play, but be sure to play Dragon Age: Origins first.

…and get this, it’s not a linear FPS either, but a full blown RPG. Can you say awesome much? While initial screenshots so that graphics not looking quite as glamorous as games like Call of Duty or the new Battlefield, the gameplay looks like it more than makes up for it. The ultra realistic hand to hand and ranged combat will definitely be leaving the FPS genre developers shaking in their boots.

Your choices throughout the game consist of (but are not limited to):

• Good spy or bad spy?
• How would you like to defeat your enemies?
  • Get up close and personal
  • Take them out from a distance
  • Use tech gadgets to sneak your way around them all together
• Slow down time and take careful aim at your enemies before taking them out in a blaze
• Fully customize your character through a brand new character creation
• Make spur of the moment decisions in the heat of the situation that could seriously effect later gameplay. Do it now!

[Hi-Ya!]

Who is making it?
This is a joint project between Sega and Obsidian. It’s great to see the old Interplay crew so busy, I just hope they can keep up with the demand of all this new work.

Alpha Protocol Release Date
Here’s what you are looking for: Thursday 27 May 2010. That will be the release date for all three platforms (PC, PS3 and Xbox360).

Pre-order it… Quick!

Amazon have the pre-order button raring to go. Take advantage of their price guarantee: If the price goes down between when you pre-ordered and the release date, you get the difference back!

Alpha Protocol

Keep up to date with the online developers video diary

Regular videos with all the insider news are being posted on the SEGA Europe Youtube Channel or on the Official Website.

Check out the teaser trailer:

War… War never changes.

And so apparently do Fallout videos. Yes this video is definitely designed to get you excited about the new Fallout game, rather than tell you much about it. Like all other Fallout teaser videos we get the classic blues song playing over the top of a rather desolate wasteland.

What is the robot doing?

Apparently the robot is searching for precious items in the desert. The reasons behind this are unknown. It is rather neat how it can balance on one wheel though.

[Damn those pesky gecko's]

Who is making Fallout New Vegas?

Obsidian, which is mostly made up of Interplay (Fallout 1, 2 and Baldur’s Gate) team members, has been contracted by Bethesda Softworks to make this game. This is a really good thing as we will see a lot more traditional characteristics coming through in this game. Hopefully things like turn based combat, very interesting and quirky characters, and maybe some decent HtH combat.

When can we expect it?

As the video said Fall 2010. Most likely October or November.

Can we preorder it yet?

Hells yea! For you convenience I have added the Amazon and Play-Asia links below.