9. Command & Conquer: Generals 2
No "most wanted games" with a pinpoint focus on strategy titles could be without a new Command & Conquer game. It's true that while the last two games, C&C Red Alert 3 and C&C4 were huge letdowns, the fact of the matter is that the franchise now finds itself in the very capable hands of BioWare.
EA's decision to give BioWare the reins of the C&C franchise only underscores how much effort they intend to put into the game, so it's with good reason that we've reason to be optimistic about it.
The upcoming title veers away from both the schlocky Soviets vs Americans setting of Red Alert, and eschews its sci-fi roots for a setting more grounded in the real world with Generals. The original Generals saw three sides: the Americans, the People's Republic of China, and the GLA—a fictitious group of rebels based on the Taliban—at war against each other. The current sociopolitical climate involving Anonymous, Wikileaks and a renewed Russian Federation ought to serve as an interesting base for Generals 2.
