GameSpot Announces the Most Anticipated Games for the 2007 Holiday Season

By Paul Sinclair

Posted on Nov 22, 2007

Top Games Include Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

GameSpot has announced the most anticipated games of the 2007 holiday season based on statistics from GameSpot Trax, the industry's most advanced tool for tracking, analyzing, and forecasting essential game information.

"With more than 500 new games on store shelves this holiday season, it's imperative that game developers, publishers, retailers, and most importantly, consumers, know which titles are generating the most buzz," said Josh Larson, GameSpot vice president. "With GameSpot Trax, we can help everyone make smart choices by advising what games our millions of users are deeming the most purchase-worthy this holiday season."

Following is the list of the most highly-anticipated games:

Game Name                Publisher              Platform
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Call of Duty 4: Modern   Activision              Xbox 360, PS3, PC, DS
 Warfare
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Guitar Hero III: Legends RedOctane               Xbox 360, PS3, PS2,
 of Rock                                          Wii, PC
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Assassin's Creed         Ubisoft                 Xbox 360, PS3, PC, DS
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Halo 3                   Microsoft Game Studios  Xbox 360
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Crysis                   EA Games                PC
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Super Mario Galaxy       Nintendo                Wii
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The Legend of Zelda:     Nintendo                DS
 Phantom Hourglass
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Hellgate: London         EA Games                PC
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Half-Life 2 The Orange   EA Games                PS3, Xbox 360, PC
 Box
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Need for Speed ProStreet EA Games                PS3, Xbox 360, PC,
                                                  PS2, DS, Wii, PSP
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Source: GameSpot Trax, Q3 and Q4 game releases, interest date range of
 10/15/07 - 11/15/07, ranked by page views.