14. Dawn of War II, THQ - PC - February 20

Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War was brilliant, therefore, we expect Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2, the sequel from RTS geniuses Relic, to be even better. Not only that, but from what we've seen and played it looks like a genuine effort to revolutionise in a genre that's notoriously difficult to innovate in. Smaller armies, no base building and only one campaign might disappoint some, but destructible environments, cover based gameplay and the TYRANIDS!!!!! make us jump up and down like a cub scout playing that game where some bloke swings a rope around a youth centre.

13. Killzone 2, Sony - PS3 - February

Killzone 2 may well be the best-looking game ever made. It puts developers that have released poor quality PS3 versions of multi-platform games to shame. Although the game is due out soon, and we've played it loads already, we're still pumped for its February release. We're excited by the multiplayer, an interesting take on fusing multiple competitive game types into a single mammoth slog, but we're even more excited by what we haven't already seen of the single-player campaign, both in terms of gameplay and in astonishing visuals. Potentially the biggest PS3-exclusive of 2009.