Below is a comprehensive list of all(at least I think so)promising PCgames slated for 2007 release.By "promising" I mean games with big chances of scoring at least AA, while extremely small chances of scoring below 7. I've tried choosing only games made by experienced developers(who made good games in the past) or for other reasons promising.

EXCLUSIVES

STRATEGY GAMES



Supreme Commander
Spiritual successor of Total Annihilation(one of very best, if not THE best RTS games ever)..done by TA creators.


World in Conflict
Alternative reality cold-war based wargame from Massive Entertaiment( their Ground Control and it's sequel got both 8.5 from GS)


SPORE
Will Wright is a genius( he created games like Sim City and SIMS)..and this one it's the most ambitious game in development right now.


Europa Universalis 3
Third entry in legendary strategy series


COMBAT MISSION: ShockForce
Combat Mission is by far the best and most realistic series of wargames ever created(CM and CM2 both got AAAs at gamespot). Now Battlefront is moving the series into modern setting and to brand new engine(first one since 2001)


Day of Atlantis
SF RTS with strong focus on water(breaking dams, flooding terrain, creating and using tsunamis etc) From makers of Sparta: Ancient Wars


Mythic Wars
A turn-based fantasy strategy game, inspired by Master of Magic


Disciples III: Renaissance
Disciples II: Dark Prophecy was one of best turn-based fantasy strategy games of last few years.
It was released in 2002, around the same time such "monsters" of this subgenre like Heroes4,
Age of Wonders 2 and Etherlords were released. And yet it stood proudly next to them and secured it's place as one of premier franchises of this type. Now it's back in full 3D and done by Akella.


Inhabited Island
Turn-based wargame set in the world of Strugatsky brothers' bestseller "Inhabitated Island".
The game is developed as a joint effort between Akella(Age of Sail2: Privateer's Bounty) and Wargaming.net(makers of Massive Assault)


Field Ops
A modern RTS where you can take direct control of every individual unit. From makers of ImperiumGalactica2(8.4)


Settlers VI
the classic city-building series is returning to it's roots.


Heart of Empire: Rome
A city-building game by DeepRed(makers of MonopolyTycoon, also a city-builder which scored 8.5 at GS)


Jagged Alliance 3D
JaggedAlliance series is pure classic(Jagged Alliance 2 got 8.8 from Gamespot)


Theatre of War
A ultra-realistic WWII Wargame made by people behind IL2Sturmovik franchise.


Battlefront
New turn-based wargame from SSG(makers of Korsun Pocket(8.6) that GS named "easily the best 2D wargame for PC to date")


Seven Kingdoms: Conquest
New entry is likely the least known AAA series( Seven Kingdoms got 9.0 and it's sequel got 9.1)


Society
A MMORTS without fees. From makers of GalacticCivilizations2(9.0)


Sins of the Solar Empire
Epic 4X space empire building strategy with mix of Homeworld-like combat, made by ex members of Barkin dog(where they worked on Homeworld:Cataclysm, a space RTS that got 8.9 here)


Maelstrom
From makers of Perimeter(the most unique RTS in last 5 years-8.0)


Starship Kingdom
SF wargame from maker of Starships Unlimited (8.0)


HistWar: Les Grognars
A tactical and strategical game of insane depth by Battlefront


Ancient Wars: SPARTA
A historical RTS with incredible visuals that's getting great hand-ons previews


All American: the 82nd Airborne in Normandu
Finally a long awaited sequel to 101 Airborne: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy (8.8 at Gamespot)


SuddenStrike3
A epic WWII wargame by Fireglow(they aren't well known in US, but they are beloved strategy dev in Europe)

Air Assault Task Force
New hardcore wargame from makers of Armored Task Force(88% from PCGamer)


Galactic Civilizations 2: Dark Avatar
Add-on to 9.0 game


Spellforce II: Dragon Storm
add-on to 8.2 game


Blitzkrieg II: Fall of the Reich
Add-on to 7.8 game


Petroglyph/SEGA RTS
Petroglyph(basically leads from Westwood) are making near-future RTS for SEGA,
can you say "Command and Conquer spiritual sequel"? Combat Mission3
New entry in this ground breaking wargame series( CM 1 and 2 were both AAAs on Gamespot)

Codename Panzers: Cold War
this time published by 10Tacle, Pazers: Phase One and Two both got solid AA scored from GS

Celtic Kings2
Finally in 3D, previous games in the series wer both AAs at Gamespot



ROLEPLAYING GAMES



Hellgate: London
A new game from makers of Diablo2


Dragon Age
Bioware next epic


Witcher
Amazing graphics, ambitious gameplay, incredible book license and Bioware's backing


Drakensang: the Dark Eye
After 10 long years the "Dark Eye"(the pen and paper RPG setting, seen in the great Realms of Arkania series of PC RPGs) returns to PCgaming.


Battle Lord
Fantasy tactical RPG. Player will walk around big world map, do quests, subquests ,upgrade his character, etc. Simply typical RPG stuff, but the combat will resemble a strategy game. It will be turn-based ,you will gather big parties etc. THe game is developed by the team that made Space Rangers 2(8.1 at Gamespot)


Divine Divinity2
Sequel to one of best action-rpgs ever(8.6 at GS), running on Gamebryo 2.0 engine(Oblivion, Gothic3, Guild2 all used it)


Hard to be God
Isometric RPG set in world created by Strugacki's brothers. Co-developed by Akella


Afterfall
Indie roleplaying game following the good old school principles of the genre: non-linearity, turn-based combat, lots of roleplaying and decisions having real effect on the game world


Sacred 2
Sequel hack and slash RPG that was propably the best DIablo2-like game(aside from Diablo itself ) ever released. This time Ascaron is making the game in in full 3D


Dungeon Runners
Online hack and slash from NCSoft backed by ex-Blizzard North guys


Mount and Blade
Indie RPG with revolutionary combat system(realistic swordplay, archery, mounted combat, total ownage)


Silver Fall
An action-rpg from MonteCristo and Kiev Games


Not the Time for Dragons
A classic party-centered RPG based on steam-punk fantasy series of novels by he game's based on a novel by popular Russian fantasy writers Nick Perumov and Sergei Lukyanenko.


Legend: Hand of God


Lord of Creatures
Being made by lead designers of Commandos and Commandos2.


Loki
An action RPG from Cyanide(makers of ChaosLeague)


Titan Quest: Immortal Throne
Add-on to 7.6 action-rpg.


ENOSTA: Discovery Beyond
A space-based RPG from Akella(makers of SeaDogs and Privateer's Bounty)


Grafan
From Emergence, company created by Herb Marselas(he worked in Microprose/SpectrumHolobyte as one of first 3D programmers in he industry, then at Intel ad then at Microsoft with Ensemble and Bungie helping them create engines) and Chas. Boyd(for the past decade he was the main DIrectX and Direct3D architect)

Eschalon: Book One
Old-school indie RPG


Age of Decadence
Hardcore indie RPG


The Broken Hourglass
An old-school Baldurs Gate 2-like RPG, done by Planewalker Games-indie team consisting of cRPG modders, lead by Jason Compton (the best BG2 modder, he did wonders to NPC and party members dynamic interaction). The game is set in Tolmira (sword-and-sorcery setting, which PlaneWalker licensed) has isometric perspective, unlimited party, complex party-to-party interactions, lots of good old-school roleplaying and real-time with pause combat system


Seeker
Huge epic space opera RPG by LogicFactory,makers of ToneRebellion(8.1)


StarTrek Online


Ragnarok Online 2
Sequel to one of best and most popular MMORPGs in the world


Warhammer Online
by Mythic, makers of Dark Age of Camelot(the only MMO besides WoW to ever get AAA from GS)


Vanguard-Saga of heroes
A game made by most of Everquest creators


2 Moons
Dave Parry(creator of Shiny Entertaiment and main driving force behing games like MDK, Earthworm Jim or Aladdin(the Genesis one) ) took successful Korean MMO Dekaron and is completely redesigning it's gameplay for US market to create free, most brutal massively multiplayer online MMORPG designed specifically for adult gamers.


World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade
An add-on to Gamespot's 2004 GOTY


Pirates of Burning Sea
A pirate MMO created by a team full of pen and paper RPG legends(like John Tynes)


Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn
Add-on that will completely change the game's graphics as well as add ton of new content. It's being designed by Mythic (makers of Dark Age of Camelot(9.1 from GS) and upcoming Warhammer Online )


Lords of the Rings Online
Another Turbine game


Tabula Rasa
new MMOFPS by RichardGarriot(a guy who basicaly created the whole videogame RPG genre, he made first videogame RPG, first FPP RPG, first good story in RPG, every ultima revolutionized the genre, UltimaIV is basicaly a source for all jRPGs(as DQ just copied it) and he made the MMORPG genre what it is today, ultimaonline wasn't the first MMORPG, but it is to MMORPGs what Doom was to FPS)


Wiki
Action-adventure MMORPG from Webzen


Fury
Online action-rpg, concentrating on spectacular PvP combat,while throwing away all the grinding. THe game is in development at Auran(makers or Dark Reign(9.1), Trainz(8.7) and Trains 2004(7.9


Chronicles of Spellborn


Aion
MMORPG developed in newly formed NCSoft Seul Studios


Stargate worlds
MMORPG based on Stargate:SG1 and Stargate:Atlantis series


Starfall
open ended space-based RPG(exploring whole galaxies with different planets, etc) from ex Blizzard guys


Castaway's first game
another RPG from ex-Blizzard guys


RED5 MMORPG
Ex-Blizzard guys are making this MMO, it's running on Project Offset Engine and will be published by Webzen


King Isle's MMO game
KingIsle is company led by Tom Hall(ex-IDSoftware guy, responsible also for amazing Anachronox)






ADVENTURE



Cassius Pearl
Classic point and click adventure game. THe team was formed by developers working for big French developing companies like Ubisoft, Eden Studios, Arkane Studios, Stormfront, and Pam Developement


Jack Keane
Humoristic adventure game from Deck13 (makers of Anhk)


Grey Matter
New adventure game from queen of the genre and propably the best storyteller this industry has: Jane Jensen(she created the incredible Gabriel Knight series)


Simon the Sorcerer 4
The classic adventure series is back, this time in traditional style of first two titles(which were incredible) instead of following the terrible road of Simon3


Penumbra- Overture
Comercial sequel to incredible freeware horror adventure game


Abbey
Cartoon adventure game from Alcachofa Soft (makers of Clever & Smart- 84% at Adventurecorner.de)


Overclocked
An adventure game described as "present-day thriller game about the psychological dimensions of violence."", from House of Tales, makers of "Moment of Silence" (AdventureGamers-4/5, JustAdventure-A-)


Juniper Crescent - The Sapphire Claw
By Steven Ince, co creator of BrokenSword series


Experience123
From makers of Missing: Since January. You play as observer, it is from this detached position that you'll need to assert your influence in order to guide Ai-controler woman through the challenges, using only the various controls at your disposal, none of which allow you to communicate verbally with her, though you can hear her speaking to you. By doing so, you will also uncover clues about the woman's identity, your relationship to her, and the mysterious circumstances in which you find yourselves.


Vampyre Story
fromex-LucasArts guys(especialy the Curse of Monkey Island crew)


Sherlock Holmes: the Awaken
Sequel to Secret of the Silver Earring (7.3)


The Lost Crown: a Ghosthunting Adventure

New horror adventure from the master of this subgenre: Jonathan Boakes(creator of DarkFall series)


Reprobates
from makers of Nibiru(one of GS nominees for Adventure GOTY 2005)



Dead Mountaineer Hotel

Last-Express like adventure game(meaning non-linear, NPC have AIs, goals, daily routines and walk freely over the gameworld) based on Strugacki Brothers' novel, made by Akella.




Kaptain Brawe
Indie oldschool comedy adventure game



Destination: Treasure Island
new game from Kheops(makers of games like Return to Mysterious Island or Safecracker)


Sinking Island
Detective adventure game from Benoit Sokal(Amerzone, Syberia series, Paradise)


Aquarica
A game by Benoit Sokal(Amerzone, Syberia 1-2, Paradise)


Riddle of Sphinx3
Sequel to OMEGA STONE(8.0)

new CYAN game
from company that made Myst series



PUZZLE



Crazy Machines 2
Sequel to 7.9 puzzle game, this time in full 3D


Bang! Howdy
from makers of "Puzzle Pirates(8.3)


Mr. ROBOT
A new puzzle game from MoonPod,makers of Starscape(it got 80% from PCGamer)


GOLF?
Insane puzzle game from Chronic Logic,makers of Pontifex series and Gish(8.4 from GS)


Gizmo
Game from makers of PlummIT, which was 3rd best puzzle game of 2004 by GameTunnel and PCZone Indie game of the month


Roboherd
from makers of Conquest Marines( Ut2003 mod that won 3rd place in "make something unreal" competition)


4th Introversion game
4th after Uplink, Darwinia and Defcon

ACTION



CRYSIS
FPS from Crytek(makers of Farcry-9.2 from GS). It's likely to be THE prettiest game available on any platform when it's released


ArmedAssault
New tactical shooter from the kings of the genre(OperationFlashpoint still hasn't been surpassed)


Project Offset
A fantasy FPS from makers of Savage(which won Indie GOTY 2003)


Enemy in Sight
Tactical shooter from makers of  Mafia.


Rainbow Six 5


STALKER
Extremely ambitious game with graphics to die for


Alliance
FPS that spans across the whole XX th century, using all important military conflicts as it's setting. It's developed by Windwark technologies, company who specialises in professional simulation software for military.


White Gold: War in Paradise
FPS/RPG hybrid that's a successor to Boiling Point. The game changes setting and characters, but keeps the core gameplay concept intact. So we can expect huge dynamic terrain to explore , incredible freedom, tons of stuff to do and developer's ambition that would make most other companies explode


Call of Juarez
Wild-west FPS from Techland(XPandRally-85% at GS), published by Ubi Soft


Alien Swarm: Infested
AlienSwarm was one of very best and definitly the most original UnrealTournament2004 mods ever. Now the sequel is coming as commercial game running on Valve's Source engine


Savage II: Tortured Soul
A sequel to innovative RTS/FPS mix that  won Indie GOTY 2003


They Hunger: Lost Souls
Original Hunger was THE best single-player mod for Half-life. Now the team returns with commercial follow up based on Source engine


Armada Online
PC sequel to cult classic Dreamcast game


Death to Spies"
Stealth tactical WWII shooter


AVA
Unreal Engine 3.0 - based tactical shooter


Limbo
Indie platformer


Chrome2
Original Chrome was good(7.2) FPS shooter that had lots of unrealised potential. Since then Techland has been consistently improving and their last title:XPandRally has 85% average at GameRankings we can propably expect good things from this game


VoodooNights


Ascension
Freeware spiritual successor to Tribes, created by the team that made the Renegade mod for Tribes, Tribes2 and Tribes:

Vengeance


Bohemia Interactive's 'GAME 2"
OPF is still unbeatable I'm sure OPF2 will raise the bar even higher


Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Sequel to marvelous EnemyTerritory


Alpha Prime


Tortuga: Two Treasures
A mix of adventure and strategy set in Pirate world(think SidMeier's Pirates only much deeper and with bigger empasis on complexity and realism). Made by Ascaron(creators of PortRoyale 1 and 2,which got 8.5 and 8.3 at GS)


Collapse
TPP post apocalyptic action game from Creoteam(new team formed mostly by ex Crytek and Frogwares guys)


Far Cry 2


Left4Dead
C-op centered Source-based shooter from Turtle Rock and Valce


Ritual's DX10 game

new Warren Spector's game
based on Source and released through STEAM

Americas Army
this time on UE3.0




SIMULATION




Storm of War: Battle of Britain
From makers of Il2 Sturmovik


Jet Thunder
Historical air combat sim from Thunder Works


Enemy Engaded 2
Finaly ... the sequel to one of best heli sims ever created (9.0 from Gamespot)


Steel Fury
WWII tank sim


Space Force 2


T-34
Ultra-realistic tank sim


Chronicles of Tarra
Space-sim from Akella


Steel beasts 2
The follow-up to most realistic and hardcore tank sim ever.First one got 8.8.


BattlestarGalactica: Beyond the Red Line
Freeware space-sim on modified freespace2 engine


Fighter Ops


Infinity
MMO space simulator with huge prodeduraly generated universe


Starfox: Shadows of Lylat
Freeware fan-made game running on modified Freespace2 engine


Wing Commander Saga
Freeware fan-made sequel running on modified Freespace2 engine


The Tomorrow War
A space sim based on the trilogy of novels written by a famous Russian author, Alexander Zorich.


Gunship Apocalypse
SF arcade-sim from makers of Crazy Machines: The Wacky Contraptions Game(7.9 from Gamespot)


PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
Mosquito fleet simulator from Akella


Starsiege 2845Indie-made sequel to Earthsiege/Starsiege franchise


Rail Simulator
from makers of Microsoft Train Simulator(8.2)


Black Shark
A helicopter add-on to LockON


Whirlwind of Vietnam
A heli sim from 1C(makers of Il2Sturmovik series)


Knights of the Sky
A WWI sim made on IL2Sturmovik series engine


North Star
Second game by Kerberos (ex Barkin Dog guys),most likely a space sim


Silent Hunter IV
The best submarine simulation series is returning. In 2005 SilentHunter 3 set new standarts for this subgenre(and Gamespot gave it 8.9). Now the series is returning. The game will take place in Pacific Theatre.

RACING

RACE: the WTCC game
New racing sim from Simbin(makers of mastepieces like GTR 1-2 or GT Legends)


Live for Speed S3
Major upgrade to already great Live for Speed S2



FiRST RACING
Ex-Lead guys from Papyrus(bassicaly the GOD of racing sims untill Sierra closed them down)are now working on self-funded online-centered hardcore racing sim to be released in 2007


Driver's Republic
A sim mixed with  hardcore  car-building element(heads and shoulders above anything done in the past) made by physics programmer of RichardBUrnsRally


Xpand Rally Xtreme
The original XR has over 85% average at GR


SPORT

Soccer Fury
Online-focused soccer game with added combat techinques, developed by Digital Legends(ex Rebel Act guys, who created cult classic Blade of Darkness)


Draft dar sports- Pro Basketball
from maker of Tournament of Dreams-College Baskerball(8.9 from GS)




MULTIPLATFORMS

Bioshock
Spiritual successor of the masterpiece that System Shock 2 was.


Precursors
An open ended action/rpg game which takes action in space and on planets(think STALKER mixed with Privateer), from makers of BoilingPoint


Assassins Creed


Battlestations: Midway
From Mithis( Nexus-8.3 at GS)


Frontlines: Fuel of War
A modern FPS with heavy vehicle action from Kaos Studios( which is composed of whole Trauma Studios team, creators of legendary Desert Combat mod for Battlefield 1942)


Age of Conan
Innovative MMORPG from creators of AnarchyOnline and LongestJourney


Unreal Tournament2007
THe king of fast online MP returns. Ut2004 got 9.4 from Gamespot


Stranglehold
Unreal Engine 3.0 shooter developed by makers of Psi Ops(8.4)


Heavy Rain
New adventure game from the makers of Indigo Prophecy(one of the best and most unique adventure games of last couple years, Gamespot gave 8,4 and Adventure GOTY in 2005)


Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Finally, one of THE biggest RTS franchises is back


Top Spin 2
Port of 8.2 Xbox360 game


Shadowrun
Team-based FPS based in legendary pen and paper setting


Cliver Barker's Jericho
If it's anywhere close to wonders Barker did with Undying (9.1) then we are up for one hell of a ride


DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road


Portal
First-person puzzle game from Valve


Kane and Lynch: Dead Men
An action game centered around co-operation, from IO Software (makers of Freedom Fighters and Hitman series)


Overlord
An innovative RPG that turns the fantasy cliche by 180 degrees. In Overlord YOU are the big bad guy, who's goal is to dominate the peaceful land, destroy all that is good and to become " the nastiest bastard around". The game is developed by Triumph Studios(creators of Age of Wonders series, all AoW games have been high AAs at Gamespot)


Half-life 2: Episode 2
Half-life 2 saga continues, the first episode got 8.7 from Gamespot


Rayman Raving Rabbids
Platformer from Ancel(creator of Rayman2(9.0) and Beyond good and evil_


Test Drive Unlimited


Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Blood
Action RPG set in KUF universe(the last two KUF games were both strong AAs at Gamespot)


Necrovision
FPS from Farm21(company created by people who worked on games like Painkiller or MOH:AlliedAssault), running on heavily upgraded Painkiller engine


Football Manager 2008
New entry in the best game series of this kind


Medal of Honor: Airborne Assault


Brothers in Arms 3


Huxley
A MMO FPS from Webzen running on UE3.0


HAZE
FPS from Free Radical(makers of Timesplitters series)


Alan Wake
A psychological thriller from makers of Max Payne series


Metronome


Sam Suede™: in Undercover ExposureŽ
Perverted action-comedy game. Yes..perverted game that has intelligent humor. There is only one person in the world who could pull this off: Al Lowe, the creator of unforgetTable Leisure Larry series and he's working on Sam Suede


Alone in the Dark 5


Elveon
Unreal Engine 3.0 based RPG from 10Tacle


Interstellar Marines
FPS using Unreal Engine 3.0


Jade Empire
PC version of Bioware RPG


Halo2


Virtua Tennis 3


Team Fortress 2
This sequel to legendary mod will be avaible for free with Half-life: Episode 2


Splinter Cell 5


APB
A GTA-like MMO by the guy who created the GTA franchise


Omikron 2
from Quantic Dreams (makers of Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy)

Fallout 3
all we know is that it's being made

new Wolfenstein

Farm 51 FPS
the team is composed of ex People Can Fly (Painkiller)and 2015 (Medal of Honor: Allied Assault) guys, their first game is horror Fps running on highly modified Painkiller engine

Obsidian 3rd game
Running on Unreal Engine 3.0