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[Nirolak]

Usually the Game Informer covers for games at the VGAs don't start until after the show airs, and this would be out before hand, but it is possible that it is a game at the show if you're thinking "Super Sony Bros."

The magazine is usually out on the first or second Thursday of the month. The January issue will be released in December.

As for the "most surprising cover of the year bar", these are their reveals so far this year:

January: Tomb Raider 9
February: Elder Scrolls 5
March: Battlefield 3
April: Saints Row 3
May: Mass Effect 3
June: Assassin's Creed II-3
July: Darksiders 2
August: Dishonored
September: Borderlands 2
October: Zelda 9
November: Transformers 2
December: Rainbow Six 6

 

[Pranay]

cant wait -___________-

 

[Wario64]

I won't believe it!

 

[spats]

My heart can't take all these secret games getting teased.

I need to go lie down.

 

[Anth0ny]

It's so Sony Smash Bros.

Cover will be a bunch of Sony characters beating the crap out of eachother.

 

[LiK]

MGS Rising

 

[Mrbob]

Not to be a stickler for details, but wouldn't the January cover by the most surprising cover of the year by default?

 

[Blablurn]

im excited!

 

[Hylian7]

Half-Life 3......BELIEVE

 

[Corleth the Fey]

Will it be a shot of Geoff Keighley being beheaded live at the VGAs?

 

[Mpl90]

Not to be a stickler for details, but wouldn't the January cover by the most shocking cover of the year by default?

They're so smrt.

 

[Guevara]

I'll almost certainly hear about it on GAF first.

 

[Gordon0Freeman]

Half Life 3



Edit fuck my beaten bitchass

 

[weeaboo]

Call of Duty Black Ops 2

 

[LiK]

Half-Life 3......BELIEVE

damn, i will believe

 

[Franklinator]

Maybe it's not that January's cover is going to be surprising, but the rest of the year is going to be so terrible that it makes this one look surprising

Edit: Whoops, forgot that January's issue would be in December lol. So nevermind

Also, it's probably Sony Smash Bros

 

[Tadale]

Too much hype.

 

[outunderthestars]

Any idea as to when this issue comes out?

 

[thetrin]

The cover is just a blank white cover with no text on it.

Also, I chuckled that every cover reveal so far has been a fucking sequel.

 

[Big Chungus]

Marvel vs Disney.

 

[Sadist]

Nintendo vs. Capcom for Wii U!

guy can dream right?

 

[LiK]

Any idea as to when this issue comes out?

Dec

 

[Hot Coldman]

Skyrim, but with Pokemon.

 

[Mpl90]

Out in December, however, right?

 

[ZAK]

Not to be a stickler for details, but wouldn't the January cover by the most surprising cover of the year by default?

Yeah, but readers won't believe that it's already 2012!

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Gonna laugh if it's Black Ops 2.

 

[Pranay]

Gonna laugh if it's Black Ops 2.

lol

 

[reminder]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBe_n1kQ948

 

[DangerStepp]

Some sequel to something else we've already played this year.

I'm putting myself out there and calling it.

 

[Nirolak]

The cover is just a blank white cover with no text on it.

Also, I chuckled that every cover reveal so far has been a fucking sequel.

They do have one new IP with Dishonored!

 

[NeoUltima]

Only FFVII Remake could will make the anticipation worth it all. (assuming this is the same game Geoff was talking about)

 

[LiquidMetal14]

cant wait -___________-

First post nailed it again.

 

[Father_Brain]

Their cover reveals are usually on either the first Wednesday or the first Thursday of the month, FYI.

 

[outunderthestars]

I'm guessing FFVII remake. Announced at VGA's then covered in game Informer.


That or it is the new xbox system.

 

[VibratingDonkey]

But now I'll expect to be surprised and as a result will only be surprised if it's something unsurprising.

Gonna laugh if it's Black Ops 2.

I'd be shocked.

 

[Nirolak]

Their cover reveals are usually on either the first Wednesday or the first Thursday of the month, FYI.

The only exception is generally when the first day of the month is a Thursday.

 

[BobJustBob]

Come on Kirby Air Ride 3DS!

 

[Sean]

Probably Sony Smash Bros, but there's a tiny chance it could be a game like Beyond Good and Evil 2 - already announced but would still be surprising.

 

[FoneBone]

I'm betting money on Sony Smash Bros.

Half-Life 3 would be surprising, but I'm not counting on it.

 

[Touch]

Hard to beat the Rainbow Six reveal, that was actually surprising for me at least. I'm drawing a blank right now to what else could possibly surprise me in video game reveals.

 

[Kusagari]

Chrono Break

 

[Ifrit]

Has to be FF7

A sony smash bros. wouldn't have the same impact as Nintendo unless is some kind of super crossover dream battle among different third party companies

 

[Haunted]

:sadface

 

[outunderthestars]

Notice they never say it is a game........

 

[Father_Brain]

Kollar is claiming that this could be the most surprising cover of either this year or next:

How facetious he's being is up to you to judge.

 

[dr3upmushroom]

It's going to be so disappointing if it's Sony Smash Bros.

My guess is another superhero game by Rocksteady.

 

[King of the Potato People]

Dragon Age Origins II

 

[Hot Coldman]

Maybe it's a picture of Andy McNamara's left earlobe

 

[Franklinator]

Geez, Game Informer is really hyping this one. Surely it's not Sony Smash Bros then

 

[Father_Brain]

I'm betting money on Sony Smash Bros.

I actually don't think that's it, because someone like Kollar would probably know better than to call a game whose existence is now one of the worst-kept secrets in the industry "surprising." But perhaps I'm just not cynical enough.