As we breathlessly await to see which of our hopes and dreams will be crushed by the next game being pushed from this fall into Q1 of 2010, we’ve decided to pass the time with an office pool of sorts, each of us picking one game that we think will be the next to get bumped.

Now, you may not want to read too much into these, as we’ve used methods ranging from sophisticated industry telemetry to completely pulling it out of our asses to make our picks. If there’s one you think we missed, let us know in the comments, and if we get enough good ones we might collect those in a separate post.

Also, true story: During the creation of this feature yesterday, at least two guys had to make new pics after StarCraft II got bumped. Fact.

Ready? Let’s get started.

The Next to Fall from Fall 09: Our Predictions originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We bring you sad tidings of yet another game’s delay into 2010 — but two elements of this particular delay may soothe your frayed nerves. First, the title in question will only be delayed in Europe, where a good number of you do not live. Second, the delayed title is Guitar Hero: Van Halen, which a good number of you apparently could not care less about.

Activision recently told Eurogamer that the PAL version of the “Jump”-infused rhythm title would not hit store shelves later this year. The game has since undergone a release date bump to “TBD 2010″ — not the “Q1 2010″ window we’ve become so accustomed to seeing this year’s titles pushed to. The publisher didn’t explain the reason for the delay, but we’re pretty certain it didn’t want Van Halen competing with the other 58 rhythm titles it’s releasing this holiday season.

No Guitar Hero: Van Halen for Europe this year originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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