Games to Watch: 2008
By Staff -- Playthings, 10/1/2007
On-the-Go video game soccer will get an upgrade next spring when Konami releases its sequel to the international soccer championship game for Nintendo DS, Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 … Sega will complement the release of Marvel's feature film production of Iron Man with the first game based on the metallic hero in May. One month later, Sega releases The Incredible Hulk, also in time for that property's big screen release. Both will be available for all major platforms …Warner Bros. Interactive is currently developing Lego Batman: The Videogame, which will launch next summer in time for the latest Caped Crusader flick, The Dark Knight …Capcom will expand Resident Evil 5, currently exclusive to Nintendo's Wii, to the PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms in '08 … And it's official: Red Octane will develop the first portable version of Guitar Hero for the DS system ... THQ is producing the first ever Conan video game, the debut title in its multi-year deal to develop games based on Robert E. Howard's original stories, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It bows in early 2008 ... Scheduled for release this spring from Disney Interactive Studios, Disney Friends will feature adventures with Dory from Finding Nemo, Simba from The Lion King and Winnie the Pooh ... In the same time frame, LucasArts will issue Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, a game that casts players as Darth Vader's apprentice.
