First up, we've got the reboot of Mortal Kombat which is set to be released on April 19th.
I've watched a few of the other trailers released since I wrote up my Top 15 list and the game looks good. It looks fast-paced, simple, fun, and very importantly for this reboot, it looks bloody as hell. If the reboot is successful, Mortal Kombat will find a place again among the elite fighting games out there, especially with the boom in popularity that the genre has been taking.
If I had to pick one fighting game to purchase this year, it would still be Marvel vs. Capcom 3 but I'm still highly anticipating the release of this reboot.
Next up, we've got Rockstar's LA Noire and it will be almost a perfect year after their 2010 masterpiece Red Dead Redemption. Literally, it's 364 days. Red Dead Redemption was released on May 18, 2010 in North America and LA Noire will be released on May 17th.
As I said in my Top 15 list, LA Noire is seeking to mix the open-world and 3rd-Person Shooter gameplay of the GTA series and Red Dead Redemption with the subtleties that you expect in a detective film, focusing on working interrogations and clues to solve murders in 1947 Los Angeles. The look of the city kind of reminds me of the Mafia series and The Godfather games. I like it and I'm interested to see how the gameplay holds up.
The trailer that gave away the release date, was actually a leaked trailer and Rockstar pulled it before I could get a look at it. So unfortunately I couldn't put the trailer itself up. When it becomes available again, I'll post it.
A few big releases in April and May. We've Portal 2 and Mortal Kombat in April, and Duke Nukem Forever and LA Noire in May. Might have to make sacrifices as to which to buy and which to pass up for financial and time purposes, but some great options to choose from.
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