PC Video Game New Releases - November 2009

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Here are the new PC game releases for November 2009. The release dates and games listed here are compiled from various sources and are subject to change without notice.

Dragon Age: Origins
Release Date: Nov 3, 2009
Genre: Traditional Role Playing
Theme: Fantasy
Rating: RP
Game Modes: Single player

Dragon Age: Origins is a fantasy computer role playing game that takes players on a journey across the Kingdom of Ferelden on the continent of Thedas. After many had thought them extinct, Dragons have reappeared in the World. Dragon Age: Origins, as the title suggests, has an over arching story/plot surrounding this new "Dragon Age" which is intertwined differently depending both on the type of character being played and the actions players take throughout the game.

Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition
Release Date: Nov 3, 2009
Genre: Action - Third Person
Theme: Sci-Fi
Rating: T for Teen
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Star Wars

Star Wars The Force Unleashed is set between the events of the third episode and fourth episodes; Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. In Star Wars The Force Unleashed players take on the role of "Starkiller" a secret apprentice of Darth Vader as they try to exterminate the remaining Jedi Knights.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
Release Date: Nov 10, 2009
Genre: Action First Person Shooter
Theme: Modern Military
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Call of Duty, Modern Warfare

In Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 players will take the role of a Sergeant Gary Sanderson a member of the elite special forces unit know as Task Force 141. The game is set in Russia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Brazil as Sanderson and other members of Task Force 141 try to eliminate a radical military organization know as the Russian Ultranationalists. The game includes a single player campaign, two player co-op, and multiplayer online modes.

WorldShift
Release Date: Nov 10, 2009
Genre: Real Time Strategy
Theme: Sci-Fi
Rating: T for Teen
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer

WorldShift is a sci-fi/cyber fantasy real time strategy game that was released in Europe last year and is now being released in the US as a budget game release from Got Game Entertainment. WorldShift is set 1000 years in the future with humans living in one of five mega-cities. The game has a simplistic design in order to make game-play quick and easy to learn.

Elven Legacy: Siege
Release Date: Nov 17, 2009
Genre: Strategy
Theme: Fantasy
Rating: T for Teen
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Elven Legacy

Elven Legacy: Siege is the second of three expansion packs for the strategy game Elven Legacy. Elven Legacy: Siege contains 19 new missions plus some unlockable missions as well as new armies and heroes.

Left 4 Dead 2
Release Date: Nov 17, 2009
Genre: Action - First Person Shooter
Theme: Survival Horror
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead 2 is the follow up to the survival horror co-op game Left 4 Dead in which players take on the role of a survivor who must shoot themselves out of zombie and mutant infested environments and make it to a safe zone/extraction point. Left 4 Dead 2 follows a group of four survivors, different from those in the first game, through five campaigns that stretch from Savannah, GA to New Orleans, LA.

Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
Release Date: Nov 17, 2009
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theme: Movie Tie-In
Rating: E for Everyone
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Lego Indiana Jones

Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues includes all new adventures from all four films of the Indiana Jones Series. In addition to the new adventures will be new gameplay features and a level creator that allows players to create their own levels. The game features both a single player mode and a 2 player split screen co-op.

Wolfschanze 2
Release Date: Nov 24, 2009
Genre: First Person Shooter
Theme: World War II
Rating: RP Rating Pending
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Game Series: Wolfschanze

Set during World War II Wolfschanze puts players in the role of a Russian army officers as they try to accomplish various missions such as stealing a secret encrypting machine and code book as well as a secret weapon from the Germans.

By Michael Klappenbach, About.com Guide

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