2007 was a remarkable year for video games. We finished the fight in style, soared through the universe and were welcomed to Rapture. A year in which a brightly coloured box innovated and enthralled, all while giving new meaning to the word ‘value’. Even some of the less vaunted games of 2007 would have stood tall in many other years. God of War II was a spectacular swansong for the PS2, Crackdown proved it wasn’t just about the Halo 3 beta by delivering a fantastic open-world adventure and Uncharted showed the world just what the PS3 can do. We could wax lyrical about 2007 for hours.

However, now is a time for looking forward, to explore what 2008 has to offer. Those who hoped this year would bring a respite to their wallets should look away now. Far from being ‘the year after the year’ that many believed, 2008 could stand to be just as phenomenal – we’ve already hit the ground running with Zack and Wiki, Burnout Paradise and Devil May Cry 4. The ‘next-generation’ is in full swing, so we expect further greatness to come.

With that in mind, we‘ve compiled a list of the 25 titles we’re most looking forward to in the year ahead. And rather than struggling to compile such a list as we had expected, instead we were forced to compromise to whittle the list down to the magic number. There will be games under the radar that will light up the year, games that are yet to be seen that will surprise and delight us, and epic behemoths are surely waiting in the wings. It’s what makes gaming so great, the constant promise of sleeping giants awakening to make a list like this seem a mockery a few months down the line. But, for now, we’ll do our best to pick out the ones to watch in 2008…

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