May's Top-5 Must-have Games

It looks like everyone is giving Grand Theft Auto IV plenty of room to breath, as any release of note falls toward the end of the month. The number 1 most anticipated release this month should come as no surprise to anyone: Wii Fit. Nintendo has already sold over a million units in Japan, and in North America expectations are even higher. Is it a coincidence that Wii Fit is being released in the same month as Mother's Day? Walmart doesn't think so.

The top most anticipated games of May:

1. Wii Fit (Wii) - 5/21 - Nintendo's high-tech bathroom scale replaces the need for expensive personal trainers. While it may have the potential to put Roldo out of a job, I think the price point is too high on this one. Also, how many plastic Wii doo-dads can survive in your typical livingroom ecosystem? Wii steering wheels, blasters, guitars, racquets and now this -- something's got to give.
   
2. Haze (PS3) - 5/20 - Drink nector and become a killing machine, drink too much and you go crazy. There has been a lot of mixed reaction to this game - from what I've seen it looks interesting. Let's hope developer Free Radical Design can pull it together!
   
3. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) - 5/20 - This MMO based on the Conan mythos is generating a lot of excitement. Could it be that veterans of mega-mmo Word of Warcraft are searching for the greener grass on the other side? Perhaps not, because if even a small percentage of WoW's players were interested, I would have listed it as number one.
   
4. Boom Blox (Wii) -5/6 - Stephan Spielberg's game design debut! While many have cast a suspicious eye toward this title in the past, those that've gotten their hands on it recently are very excited. The Wii's library needs a boost -- perhaps Boom Blox is a step in the right direction.
   
5. Quake Wars: Enemy Territory (PS3 / Xbox 360) - 5/27 - Having been out for a long time on the PC, Quake Wars is finally coming to PS3 and Xbox 360. This game experiments with the Quake forula by moving toward the on-line, team-based combat that makes the Battlefield series so compelling. Fast-forward 50 years in the future on the Quake time-line: you and your buddies are still showing the Strogg who's boss. I suppose the big difference this time around is that us humans have learned to worked together. If military history is any indication, this should provide us with a great advantage this time around.
   
6. [BONUS ROUND] SingStar (PS3) - 5/20 - The game that's been at the top of the European charts is finally coming to North America. SingStar drops the pretension of Rock Band, opting to focus on the most important part of any piece of music -- the singing! Think about it: what would ABBA's Dancing Queen be like without the words? Nobody wants that. Over the coming months we'll find out if SingStar's recipe for karaoke can captivate us in the same way that it does with the rest of the world.