3 Trailers for the Most Anticipated Games of 2011

Uncharted. Mass Effect. Batman: Arkham Asylum. Each of these games has achieved so much success that two have even better reviewed and performing sequels and all will get a sequel to be released in Q4 2011. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Mass Effect 3, and Batman: Arkham Cityall had full length trailers revealed at the 2010 Spike TV VGAs and I cannot possibly be more excited for 2011, what will probably be the greatest year in gaming to date. 

Uncharted 3's trailer surprisingly featured an FMV, incredibly rare for non-Japanese games these days, and gameplay footage. The biggest surprise came at the end, the reveal of the release date, November 1, 2011. As revealed previously by Naughty Dog, Uncharted 3 will have 3D support, so if you have a PS3, now is the time to go get a 3D-supported TV.

Batman: Arkham City also debuted with an FMV with unbelievably impressive visuals from Batman and if rumors are to be believed, we may get the first definitive canonical depiction of Bruce Wayne since Jim Lee's images in the storyline Hush. Arkham City is still being developed by Rocksteady, but Eidos (now Square Enix Europe) will not be publishing it, instead Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will be financing. Batman: Arkham City will be released in November 2011, just like Uncharted 3.

Mass Effect 3's trailer was shorter than the others, but direct and to the point. An Englishman soldier is narrating while shooting at what appear to be humans and telling that Earth is under attack and Shepard needs to be there before it is too late. The camera pans out and London is under attack by at least 3 Reapers while Shepard is seen inside a ship, presumably the Normandy SR2, seeing a view of Earth from afar. The human soldier seen may share something with the first trailer for Mass Effect 2 and could be the first new squad member shown already, just as Legion was shown in the first trailer for Mass Effect 2. Mass Effect 3 will be released in Fall 2011, no month has been set yet.

Tomb Raider is already confirmed to be released in November 2011. If Mass Effect 3 also comes out in November, we could be looking forward to the single most profitable month in the history of video games. the Nintendo 3DS also comes out next year, so now is the time to start saving up for what will be 4 incredible games and the most hyped handheld system since the Game Boy Advance.

You can see the trailers for the Big Three at Gametrailers.com.