3. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Platforms: PC, Mac
Developer: Blizzard
Publisher: Activision/Blizzard
Release Date: 2008

World of Warcraft celebrated a banner year in 2007, reaching 10 million subscribers and enjoying monster sales of the game's first expansion pack, The Burning Crusade, which sold 2.7 million copies worldwide in its first 24 hours on sale. In the U.S., Burning Crusade became the best-selling PC title of the year by a wide margin (in fact, the closest title only sold approximately 914,000 copies, and that was the original World of Warcraft). With that kind of success, the next move for the franchise seemed pretty obvious: launch another expansion pack. So Blizzard plans on releasing Wrath of the Lich King sometime later this year. The game will take place in the icy realm of Northrend with a villain familiar to Warcraft III alumni the Lich King Arthas and provide new customization features for players' characters. The forthcoming expansion pack will also feature a new level cap of 80 and new Hero character class called the Death Knight, which will be available to both the Horde and Alliance factions. Blizzard has also added a new profession with Inscription and will also provide players with more talents and powers. And while World of Warcraft has never been known for its graphics, Blizzard said it's working on some technical enhancements for the game's visuals. It doesn't look like Wrath of the Lich King will add any groundbreaking or innovative features to the World of Warcraft universe, but it's a good bet that millions of eager subscribers are going to make the series' second expansion pack another huge hit.

Upside: The World of Warcraft phenomenon isn't slowing down.
Downside: Will Lich King really offer anything new?

Read the full list: Top 10 Games to Watch for 2008

News Original From: Tom's Games