8. Beyond: Two Souls
http://youtu.be/4NEup8y0g-Q Due Out: Q2 2013 Roger Ebert says video games cant be art. Quantic Dream - the French developers responsible for the revolutionary PS3 exclusive Heavy Rain - are on the forefront of the movement to prove him wrong. Using some truly breath taking motion capture techniques, Quantic Dream look to have done it again; look to have created a gaming world that feels and plays entirely more like a movie than a video game. And if its half as thrilling, half as immersive and half as engrossing as their last offering, it looks like, as an Xbox-head, I might have to bite the bullet and buy another second hand PS3 come release. Beyond: Two Souls stars Ellen Page, of Juno and Super fame, in the lead role as a girl with curious but destructive telekinetic powers and a psychic connection to a mysterious, invisible entity. Thats around all we know at this point, but Ill tell you one thing: if it was a movie, Id pay to see it. The fact that its a video game - with multiple courses of action with potential multiple endings (if Quantic Dreams previous outings are any indicator) only makes it seem all the more exciting. And just look at those graphics. I mean, mo-cap is admittedly going from strength to strength in recent years but still, Im not sure Ive ever seen a video game look so astonishingly like real life. Im there, thats a guarantee, even if it means me shelling out for a whole new console.