What will be the big disappointments? The big surprises?

Will Activision really take Call of Duty back to World War II after the widespread success of Call of Duty 4?

Will Nintendo stop being so secretive?

Will EA Sports do something innovative?

Will Ninja Gaiden’s two 2008 titles have jiggle physics?

Is Duke Nukem Forever or Sadness coming out this year?

Will Square-Enix ever change their character designs?

What other developers might get bought in ’08?

Will F-Zero Wii finally, finally be announced?

Will XNA actually be able to be used by independent developers?

Will any of the twenty 2007 Dream/Build/Play finalists make their way to Xbox Live, even those who were runners-up?

Will the PS2 continue to survive as a console for cheaper budget titles of good quality?

Will Blu-ray’s expected victory even matter in the gaming world?

How far will marketing for games penetrate the consumer goods market? Was Halo 3 just the tip of the iceberg? And how will this affect the games we play in return?

Speaking of that… will Bungie and Microsoft reconsider coming out with that Cortana lingerie that got axed from the Halo 3 marketing?

Is PAX the new old E3?

Will E for All survive the year?

Will the VGAs not suck for once?

Will the DS pass the PS2 in total global sales?

Will J Allard re-appear from the cave he’s been hiding in for the past few years?

How will people in Japan react to Dragon Quest IX and Monster Hunter 3 moving to the DS and Wii, respectively?

Will third parties crack the Wii code and succeed in putting out more solid titles instead of just ports?

Will No More Heroes sell well?

Will poor sales of No More Heroes, coupled with high sales of mini-game compilations, shift third-party development on the Wii

Will Xbox Live Arcade’s strong 2008 line-up cause it to rise above everything else this year?