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10. Two Worlds 2
Release Date: February 8, 2011by Southpeak
Return to the vast world of Antaloor inTwo WorldsII. Building upon the original game,Two Worlds IIoffers the willing adventurer a unique and thrilling RPG experience unrivaled in the current RPG landscape.Two Worlds II features a completely new game engine pushing hardware to its limits, as well as a revised combat system, new enemies, improved animations and an enhanced AI. This combined with the extremely detailed, interactive environment will be sure to make Two Worlds II a must-have title for RPG fans.
9. The Sims Medieval
Release Date: March 22, 2011 by Electronic Arts
The Sims Medieval is a brand-new direction for the popular single player Simulation game franchise, as the familiar gameplay mechanics ofThe Sims are blended with light Role-Playing (RPG) elements in a Medieval European setting. In this new incarnation PC and Mac players must both assure the happiness of their Sims on a day-to-day level, as well as support the aims of the kingdom they build and engage in all manner of quests which Sims can take on singularly and in groups up to three. New features include: a wide range of available Sims hero types associated with buildings constructed, each with a fatal flaw to overcome; a leveling system for characters based in replayable quests; and an overall player-chosen goal for kingdoms.
8. Bulletstorm
Release Date: February 22, 2011 by Electronic Arts
Bulletstorm is a first-person shooter (FPS) in which players find themselves stranded on a planet that although once an adult-oriented paradise planet, is now hell incarnate, complete with savage mutants and flesh-eating gangs. The goal is simple: survive, escape the planet and pay back the SOB who sent you there. Additional features include deep 2-4 player support, a wide variety of ways to defeat enemies both large and small, an impressive arsenal of weapons and a Marvel Comics written storyline.
7. Rift
Release Date: March 1, 2011 by Trion Worlds, Inc
Choose your side. Fight the invasions. Enter the RIFT. Adventure in the world of Telara as either a noble Guardian or technomagical Defiant and enter a dynamic fantasy where 8 primal forces battle for control in an ever-changing landscape. Build your own class using the Ascended Soul system and embark on epic conflicts that bring you into the story, taking your RPG experience to new heights of achievement and excitement!
6. Dragon Age 2
Release Date: March 8, 2011 by Electronic Arts
Dragon Age II is a single player role-playing game (RPG) for play on the PC. Epic sequel to the BioWare developed 2009 Game of the Year,Dragon Age: Origins,Dragon Age IIcontinues the adventure with a new hero, Hawke, and utilizes the choices made by the player to affect a story that spans ten years worth of time in-game.
Additional game features include: the ability to choose your character's class and sex, a new cinematic in-game experience, a nonlinear narrative and the ability to import saved information from earlierDragon Age games.
5. Crysis 2
Release Date: March 22, 2011 by Electronic Arts
Crysis2 is the sequel to one of the greatest PC first-person shooters yet created. Featuring futuristic war, gorgeous destruction and the chance to kick alien butt on the grandest stage of all, New York City,Crysis 2 is destined at the least to equal its predecessor, if not surpass it. Additional features include: challenging AI enemies in the single player campaign, 12-player support online, new and improved upgradable Nanosuit 2 technology and more.
4. Warhammer 40000 Dawn of War II Retribution
Release Date: March 10, 2011 by THQ
Take command of one of six unique factions in the next stand alone expansion of the critically acclaimed Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise. Choose to build a massive army or lead your small squad of elite heroes into battle and experience a single player campaign customized to your faction. Go online and face off against your enemies and experience the fast brutal combat of the 41st millennium.
3. Dead Space 2
Release Date: January 25, 2011 by Electronic Arts
Dead Space2 is a third-person horror survival game in which players must battle an alien infestation straight out of a nightmare. Follow-up game to 2008s originalDead Space, in this new release players explore a whole new terrifying game environment and battle the Necromorph abominations utilizing new weapons and tools such as the powerful javelin gun and a new space suit with built-in booster rockets. Additional game features include: improved telekinesis powers and online multiplayer functionality.
2. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Release Date: February 22, 2011 by UBI Soft
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is an epic action game set across a blend of present and historical time periods, that places the player in the role of the leader of a Renaissance-era guild of assassins out for vengeance against the remnants of the Knights Templar. Set primarily in Rome, this sequel to the critically acclaimedAssassin's Creed IIfeatures returning characters from the previous game and includes new features such as the ability to command members of your guild in combat, a new arsenal of weapons and multiplayer game support in which players can assume different assassin characters.
1. Total War: Shogun 2
Release Date: March 15, 2011 by Sega
Shogun 2: Total War is the long-awaited follow-up to the original PC game in theTotal War turn-based Strategy franchise,Shogun: Total War. In it players assume the leadership of one of several warring provinces in a historically correct rendition of Medieval Japan simultaneously cursed by warfare and blessed with new wealth following the fall of the Ashikaga Shogunate. Using the natural and political resources available, as well as the strengths of their Samurai and peasant units, players eliminate enemies by all means possible as they seek to become the next shogun and extend their power over the whole of Japan. Additional features include: leveling of the player character, hero units and standard units, realistically varied AI responses and both competitive and cooperative online multiplayer support.
