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January 24, 2007

All this week GameSpy.com has been counting down The Most-Wanted Games of 2007. The crew has really taken it over the top this year -- don't miss the crimes each game is charged with on the sidebar, such as Super Smash Bros. Brawl being accused of assault with a deadly mascot.

The feature will be rolling out all week, with new categories each day:

• Fighting
• Strategy
• Platformers
• Sports/Racing
• Music
• Adventure
• MMO
• Action/Adventure (Coming Later Today)
• Roleplaying (Coming Thursday)
• Shooters (Coming Friday)

...as well as each editor's personal top 5. But the best way to enjoy the feature is to just Start at the beginning and page through.

Choosing games for these lists each year is a tricky art. It's not like picking the Game of the Year, where the games are actually out and you can try to compare them objectively. Here, it's more spongy. You've got to go with your gut, evaluating games based on what little you've seen so far. Sometimes it's hard to call (check what we wrote about Halo 3 in 2006) -- but that's part of the fun. It's actually a little easier in 2007. Last year, the PS3 and Wii loomed large on the horizon, with little visibility about what the games (much less the systems themselves!) would be like. This year ... the battle is on.

What are YOU most looking forward to? Hit the GameSpy forums where a debate is raging!       -Fargo

• World of Warcraft Expansion Sets Sales Record -GameSpy
• Live Anywhere Update -IGN
• Infogrames Public Offering Emerges Triumphant -IGN
• Ubisoft Sales Report -IGN
• Vanguard Early Access -IGN
• Microsoft Hypes Up Windows Vista -TeamXbox
• ANALYSIS: What That Google Deal Means -Next Generation
• Namco Bandai, Sony Double-Team Cell -Next Generation
• Lego Star Wars, Justice League Boost SCi -Next Generation
• Who's Winning the Console War? -BusinessWeek
• 'We Screwed Up' Halo 2, says Bungie -GameDaily Biz
• Halo 3 Online 'Years Ahead' of Anything Else -Eurogamer
• X360, Wii Drive Ubisoft Sales Up 24% -GameDaily Biz
• Is Second Life a Pyramid Scheme? -Slashdot
• PS3 Price slashing in Japan -Kotaku
• Rock, Paper, Scissors: Competitive Game Design -Gamasutra
• The Ten Most Important Videogame Patents -GamaSutra
• Japanese Engineer Invents AT-ST Walker -Via Digg
• Bomberman? In Real Life? -via Digg
• EVIL State of the Union Speech -a YouTube Gem

• Half-Life 2 - Insects Infestation Update -Planet Half-Life
• Battlefield 2 - US Intervention Update -Planet Battlefield
• Oblivion - 10 Added/Updated Oblivion Mods -Planet Elder Scrolls
• Half-Life 2 - Iron Grip January Media Release -Mod DB
• Half-Life - News from the Ispitatel 4 team -Mod DB

• Audio: SteelSeries SteelSound 4H Headset - TechPowerUp
• Cases: Aerocool Zero Flexi Tower - Pro-Clockers
• Cooling: Eliminator CPU Cooler - GWN
• Cooling: Spire Fourier IV Intel/AMD Copper Heatpipe CPU Cooler - Tweaknews
• Cooling: Scythe Ninja Plus Revision B CPU Cooler - Review Desk
• Cooling:TTIC nPowerTek NPH-K8 Big Heatsink - Frostytech
• CPU: Intel's new 45nm technology, the Penryn - HWZone
• Keyboards: Razer Gaming Keyboard - Metku Mods
• Memory: OCZ DDR2 PC2-9200 FlexXLC - Madshrimps
• Mice: Razer DeathAdder Gaming Mouse - Gear.IGN
• Video: PowerColor ATI X1950 Pro Extreme 512MB - i4U
• Video: Connect3D x1950XTX - XS Reviews
• Video: HIS X1650 IceQ Turbo - Bjorn3D
• Wheels: Logitech G25 - Overclockers Club
• Windows: Countdown to Windows Vista - THG
• Windows: Windows Vista Version Comparison - TechAge

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