The Games of 2012: El33tonline's Great Big Release List
Written by Oliver on Monday 30 Jan 2012
Did you think 2011 was jam-packed with fantastic videogames? Were you unable to keep up with the pace of releases due to time and budget constraints? Then we’ve got some bad news for you: The 2012 videogame release slate is going to be just as manic as 2011 with titles that promise to be just as spectacular as the best that last year could throw at us!
El33tonline has compiled a wonderfully huge list of games due for release in 2012, split up into monthly and weekly release windows. We’ve also included a healthy (READ: Overwhelming) list of games that don’t have set release dates just yet, but are still expected to launch in 2012.
Keep checking back here throughout the days, weeks and months this year as we’ll be continually updating this list with more concrete release dates and more games as they’re announced. If you want to keep up with the games of 2012, then bookmarking this page might be useful…
Without further ado, here are the (known and unknown) games of 2012!
May:
Week of April 30th:
- Fable Heroes (Xbox LIVE)
- Mortal Kombat (PS Vita)
- Sniper Elite V2 (PS3, Xbox 360 - US Release)
Week of May 7th:
- Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Xbox LIVE)
- Starhawk (PS3)
Week of May 14th:
- Diablo III (PC)
- Max Payne 3 (PS3, Xbox 360)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 (PlayStation Network, Xbox LIVE Marketplace)
Week of May 21st:
- DiRT Showdown (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
- Dragon’s Dogma (PS3, Xbox 360)
- Silent Hill: Book of Memories (PS Vita)
- Sorcery (PS3)
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (PS3, Xbox 360)
Week of May 28th:
- Resistance: Burning Skies (PS Vita)
June:
Week of May 28th:
- Game of Thrones (PS3, Xbox 360, PC - European Release)
- Resistance: Burning Skies (PS Vita)
Week of June 11th:
- Lollipop Chainsaw (PS3, Xbox 360)
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (PC)
Week of June 18th:
- The Secret World (PC)
Week of May 28th:
- Max Payne 3 (PC)
Week of June 25th:
- Spec Ops: The Line (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
July:
Week of July 2nd:
- Anarchy Reigns (PS3, Xbox 360)
August:
Week of July 30th:
- Risen 2: Dark Waters (PS3, Xbox 360)
Week of August 27th:
- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (PS3, Xbox 360)
Unknown week of August:
- Darksiders II (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
September:
Week of September 3rd:
- Far Cry 3
Week of September 16th:
- Borderlands 2
October:
Week of September 29th:
- Assassin’s Creed III
Week of October 1st:
- Resident Evil 6 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Week of October 8th:
- Dishonored
Week of October 22nd:
- Medal of Honor: Warfighter
November:
Week of November 5th:
- Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
Week of November 12th:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Week of November 19th:
- Hitman Absolution (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
December:
- Unknown
Unknown Release Dates:
We may know the release dates and windows of dozens of 2012 games, there are still many dozens more that haven’t received official launch days to better help us plan our future play sessions (and budgets).
There are so many games that don’t have a release date, in fact, that instead of smashing them into a single, messy list, we’ve split them up into their respective genres so you can more easily look over the types of titles you might be interested in.
Here we go:
Action / Adventure:
- Epic Mickey 2
- Fable: The Journey
- LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
- Luigi’s Mansion 2 (3DS)
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- The Last Guardian
- Yakuza Black Panther 2
- Zone of the Enders HD Collection
Fighter:
- Persona 4 The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena
- Dead or Alive 5
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2
First-Person Shooter/Action:
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- ArmA 3
- Brothers in Arms Furious 4
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Dishonored
- Hawken
- Overstrike
- Prey 2
- Resistance: Burning Skies (PS Vita)
- Ryse
MMO:
- DUST 514
- Guild Wars 2
- MechWarrior Online
- Planetside 2
- TERA Online
- Transformers Universe
- Wakfu
- Wildstar
- World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
Platformer:
- Deadlight
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2
Puzzle:
- Fortnite
- Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracles (3DS)
- Quantum Conundrum
- Sound Shapes (PS Vita)
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz (PS Vita)
- The Witness (PC)
Racing/Action Racing:
- Carmageddon: Reincarnation
- Project Cars
RPG:
- Dota 2
- Dragon’s Crown
- Final Fantasy Type-0 (PS)
- Game of Thrones
- Gungnir
- Heroes of Ruin (3DS)
- Pandora’s Tower (Wii)
- Paper Mario 3DS
- Penny Arcade Episode 3
- Persona 4 The Golden (PS Vita)
- Ninokuni: Wrath of the White Witch
- Skulls of the Shogun
- South Park: The Game
- The Dark Eye: Demonicon
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Sports:
- FIFA 13
- Inazuma Eleven 2 Firestorm/Blizzard
- London 2012 – The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games
- Madden NFL
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD
Strategy:
- End of Nations
- Kingdom Under Fire 2
- Natural Selection 2
- StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm
- Warlock: Master of the Arcane
Third-Person Shooter/Action:
- DmC (Devil May Cry)
- Firefall
- Metal Gear Solid Rising Revengeance
- The Last of Us
Wii U:
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- Assassin’s Creed
- Batman: Arkham City
- Darksiders 2
- Dragon Quest 10
- Killer Freaks From Outer Space
- Pikmin 3
- Project Cars
- Tekken
Delayed Into 2013
- BioShock Infinite
- Metro: Last Light
- Tomb Raider
- XCOM
Releasing 2013
- God of War: Ascension
- Lost Planet 3
Unannounced/Uncertain Release Date
- GRID 2
- GTA V
- Need For Speed (2012 edition)
- Thief 4
And there you have it - the known (and unknown) games of 2012!
Was there anything we missed that you think should be on the list? Any dates or launch windows you think might be incorrect? Let us know!
Also let us know what games you’re most excited about and which games you’re interested in finding out more about.
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