2006 Games Poll (poll is up - see link)

[isodea]

Most likely buy:
Dom 3
Oblivion
Sword of the Stars (wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_the_Stars) (developer site * forums currently undergoing a server upgrade till Tues. I believe and may be unreachable)
Armed Assualt (AKA Opereration Flashpoint 2, actually OFP2 is ALSO in development so AA is a separate game, screwey publisher issue) - http://www.bistudio.com/index.php

watchlist:
Gothic 3
Hellgate London
Space Empires V
Spore - http://spore.ea.com/
Supreme Commander
Roma Victor - http://www.roma-victor.com/
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - http://www.pt-boats.net/
The Guild II - http://www.the-guild.com/
Pirates of the Burning Sea (MMORPG) - http://www.burningsea.com/
netKarPRO - http://www.netkar-pro.com/ (most active discussion forum - http://forum.rscnet.org/forumdisplay.php?f=244 (screenshots - http://www.bhmotorsports.com/NKPRO/screenshots

And I would buy Zelda if I had a cube still heheh.
Yes, I passed on Civ 4 for now. Some good mods might surface someday though. Like Alpha Centuari mod.

[Agrajag]

Well, my list is short, and seems less... nichey than other people's, but here goes:
Heroes of Might and Magic V - This one is almost a 100% sure purchase, even if it won't be too good.
Gothic 3 - Will have to check this out, I heard the previous ones were great but never got a chance to play them.
Supreme Commander - This one is a pretty sure purchase as well.
Unreal Tournament 2007 - I really liked the previous ones, a very good game for playing casualy because its just a mindless shooting game.
Dominions III - This one is obvious, so I put it in the end.

EDIT: Not that anyone will notice this, but I'm also looking forward to Spore.

[Endoperez]

I really enjoyed Beyond Good & Evil, so I might buy the King Kong game made by the same team. It's only been promised 10 hours of game-time though.

Some of the games mentioned here I'll probably want to read more about. The Witcher is the one I'm most interested in ATM. On the other hand, I've never played any of the Gothic games, and if a collection is released I might buy that.
Besides those, Dominions III.

I don't play many games, and generally won't bother to read about upcoming games. I might buy independent Lugaru, which has an intriguing concept. There probably are better ways to spend that money, but few people deserve it as much as its programmer. Ragdoll, physics, self-made 3d models, variation created by clever skinning, and a huge amount of combat animations...

[Cainehill]

Interested in a lot of the games you mentioned, Cherry. Others :

Just bought (in 2006) :

Starships Unlimited 3 Dev Site / Forums - The Weird Worlds demo didn't do it for me, but got me in the mood for a MOO-type game.
Neverwinter Nights Diamond (big, well regarded, PC RPG)
XMen Legends II : Console Superhero Goodness

Also looking out for Elder Scrolls IV, GalCiv II, HellGate London, Valkyrie Profile (if it's new, not just a re-release).

May get Civ IV, once they patch it enough and the price goes down.

[Boron]

Most games i await for 2006 have already been posted. Surprisingly though one of my favourite Developers is missing:
Paradox Interactive.

Early 2006 they will release Hoi 2 Doomsday.
http://www.paradoxplaza.com/


Promising Indy Games:
Soldiers of Empires, a mix between Panzer General and War in Russia.
http://www.igorlab.com/index.htm
2006 they might finish SoE 2 which will include the western theater as well.

Freeware, gets constantly further developed, so new Versions every few months:
Megamek, turn based tactic game based on the Battletech-Boardgames.
http://megamek.sourceforge.net/idx.php?pg=main

[PashaDawg]

Boron said:
Megamek, turn based tactic game based on the Battletech-Boardgames.
http://megamek.sourceforge.net/idx.php?pg=main

Oh cool... another game available for Mac. (There aren't many... ...which is better for my bank account anyway. )