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Here are my top 5:
1) Rage - I've been feverishly anticipating this game for a couple of years now and when I saw the video from id's E3 presentation I was blown away. The game was running silky smooth with blow your load level graphics and crazy smooth animation on a XBOX360, which doesn't have anywhere near the horsepower of a modern PC. More importantly all the different weapons, gadgets, and the vehicle racing all look like they will be a blast.
2) Portal 2 - The original Portal was an amazing game. Quite possibly the greatest physics based puzzle game ever. Plus it introduced one of the coolest villains of all time, GLaDOS. the only knock on the original is that it was just much too short. Frankly I would have been happy with essentially the same game as Portal 1 just longer but Valve went ahead and put in a whole bunch of awesome looking new features expanding the gameplay possibilities almost endlessly.
3) The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings - The eagerly anticipated sequel to the best RPG of 2007 and frankly one of the best RPGs ever. What I loved about the original was the gritty mature environment and the difficult decisions without a clear black & white that had real profound consequences in the game. The sequel looks to bring back all that goodness plus an enhanced combat system and a shiny new engine.
4) Dragon Age 2 - The sequel to Dragon Age: Origins. While I didn't go as crazy over the original as some people I still thought it was a great game. I mean it's a Bioware RPG, you can't go wrong.
5) Deus Ex: Human Revolution - While the second game in the series wasn't nearly as good as the first it was still a decent game and one can always hope that the third game will return the series to the standard of awesomeness that the first game set.
So there it is, the games that will be ravaging my wallet in the upcoming year. What games are you most looking forward to?