I have been eagerly awaiting this November since I spent some time at e3 this year. If you’ve ever been to this amazing conference, you’ll find at least 10 different games that are coming the future that will have you salivating. Well, it happens that most of those games that I am eagerly awaiting are all coming out in November. What are they?

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3—I’m embarrassed at the amount of time I’ve spent playing the predecessors. If you didn’t know, you can download the demo for this right now! I’m very impressed with what I’ve seen so far. The fireworks shows are really cool!

Half-Life 2—A sequel to one of the best First Person Shooters ever made, and it looks like it will be a worthy sequel at that. Hopefully released before Christmas.

Pirates!

Pirates!—A remake of another game I sunk untold amounts of time into on the Commodore 64. At the time that this game made its debut, I had several friends that owned a Commodore 64. All of us, without exception, love the original game. The update has kept much of the core game play and added quite a bit as well. The demonstration at e3 was striking. The real appeal of this game is the open ended play, and the fact that it is never the same game twice.

Halo 2—The definitive FPS for the Xbox. While the PC has been shining for years in the FPS arena, Halo was the first FPS that really demonstrated the high quality that PC users have enjoyed. Halo 2 introduces a lot of new game play aspects and is heavily concentrated on multiplayer play over Xbox Live. Fragalistic.

World of Warcraft—This is it. I’m swearing off MMORPG’s for good if this game doesn’t capture my attention. The developers have to find a way to make a game that appeals to people like me who like to play for a few hours at a time and feel like we’ve accomplished something. If that doesn’t happen, then I refer them to the above list because I’ll be spending my time in other games.

If I had to pick one of these games to be the highest on my anticipated list, it would absolutely be Pirates. Hands down. I plan on disappearing from the planet for many days when that game is released.

With the above in mind, I’ve been trying my best to get the important things in life done in October before this crop of games arrives. I cannot remember a time where I have been more excited about this many releases at once. It’s going to be a great Winter!

Oh, and the Angels need to find a way to win tonight! That last game was embarrassing. Go Halos!