As we ring in 2010, a year with high expectations and limitless possibilities, here are 50 bold, fearless projections that Greg and Jeff are happy to share with you. How many will we get right? Who knows. 25% if we’re lucky? 50% if we’re awesome? 100% if we’re time travelers from the future who came back in time with nothing better to do than spoil the year ahead in gaming.

1. 2010 will be the year of the established IP. Expect lots of sequels and no breakthrough new properties as companies still feel the recession and consumers tighten their spending. It will be a bad year to risk launching a brand new title.

2. GTAV will be unveiled at E3, featuring a sexy and violent female protagonist. Feminists will be unsure how to respond.

3. Natal and Gem won’t be the best sellers that everyone’s expecting, but they won’t be landfill fodder like Tony Hawk Ride, either. If gamers wanted gimmicky motion control, they’d already have bought a Wii.

4. A semi-obscure publisher will find a way to get hardcore sex into a console game under the M for Mature rating. Other “video gaming for parents” websites will be outraged. OUTRAGED!!!

5. Android will try, and fail, to establish itself as a gaming platform. The varying hardware will be the major barrier to developers making a significant investment of time or resources.

6. Apple will release the iTablet. Seems like the trendy pick to make, and we need to boost our accuracy rating somehow.

7. Duke Nukem will be reborn in 2010.

8. The “thirteen” in Final Fantasy XIII for the XBox won’t just stand for the game’s number, it will also refer to the number of DVD’s the game ships on. And Greg will still be playing it in 2011. And 2012. And onward.

9. The big announcement at the Tokyo Game Show will be Miyamoto revealing the new Zelda Wii title at the Tokyo Game show. In it, you will play as Link, utilizing the Triforce to save Zelda from the evil clutches of Ganondorf.

10. Metroid Other M will continue to excite Nintendo’s hardcore audience. Until they actually get to play the game, at which point the crushing difficulty causes intentional Wiimote-through-TV violence.

11. Nintendo will unveil the Wii HD at Tokyo Game Show featuring full 1080p video and 3D gaming capability, but still no hard drive. Because you don’t deserve a hard drive.

12. 2010 will be the Year of Sony. No, seriously, this time we mean it

13. The racing game will reign supreme with GT5, Split/Second, Blur, ModNation Racers, Joyride and the still-murky Criterion Need For Speed title all slated for 2010.

14. Fallout: New Vegas previews will leave Greg a quivering mass of unrealistic expectations. GREATEST GAME EVER!!!!!!!

15. Sony’s Home will continue to illicit universal cheers of “Meh.”

16. The 2010 Brutal Legend Blogosphere Overhype Award will go to Epic Mickey. It could very well be the greatest game ever made, and it will still fail to live up to gaming blog expectations.

17. One major controversey will change gaming as we know it. We’re not sure what it’ll be, but we’ll know it when we see it. Maybe it involves children.

18. Video game comeback character of the year: Superman. Much like how Batman: Arkham Asylum came out of nowhere in 2009, a brand new unannounced Superman title will absolutely dazzle

19. Lego: Justice League will continue the Lego franchise, and Warner’s ongoing exploitation of its properties

20: Famitsu will give 15 perfect 40 scores this year. 13 of these games will not be released in North America

21: Capcom’s Monster Hunter Tri will finally prove that serious third party titles can sell on the Wii

22: Nintendo will unveil an MGS-style espionage game incorporating the Vitality Sensor. And it will be cool.

23: Sony will show off the PSP HD, further alienating the ranks of PSP owners

24: In spite of all the great titles already announced for 2010, the GOTY won’t be fully unveiled until E3. And it will be for the DS.

25: Uncharted 3 will skip the PS3 and release straight to Blu-Ray.

26: SEGA will make up for bad 3D Sonic games by releasing the 2D Sonic game that fans have been begging for for years.

27: The Beatles: Rock Band will come to be seen as the apex of rhythm gaming. It’s all downhill from here. The final nail in the coffin? Rock Band: Creed.

28: EA will release the downloadable title NBA Arcade 2-on-2 just in time for the playoffs.

29: Unnecessary Peripheral Of The Year: Pan Flute Hero

30: Microsoft’s E3 Keynote will feature 34 seconds of actual in-game footage, have one B-list celebrity, briefly mention two games everybody knew about already, clock in at five minutes total, and the gaming press will still declare them the undisputed winner of E3.

31: A Top-10 North American publisher will face bankruptcy before a last-minute merger bails them out.

32: 2010 will see the first download-only AAA console title.

33: Kane and Lynch 2 will not get any reviewers fired.

34: Activision/Blizzard will announce its next huge MMO. Bobby Kotick buys helicopter to travel from one end of his luxury yacht to the other. Cause he’s loaded.

35: Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be fun, beautiful, and sadly unfulfilling.

36: There will be 3 more variants of the Street Fighter IV franchise.

37: The role of video gamings Evil Villain will be stripped from Jack Thompson by a bolder and louder newcomer.

38: 3D gaming will be “The Big Thing” for Christmas 2010.

39: Gay major characters will experience a breakthrough year in gaming in 2010. Except on Xbox Live.

40: Activision will announce 14 new Call of Duty Titles, including 12 First Person Shooters and the world’s first World War II Kart Racer.

41: A more “patriotic” Seven Days in Falleujah will finally see the light of day.

42: 2010′s most played title will be published on Facebook.

43: THE controversial new FPS, announced for 2011, will feature explosive firefights in a populated major American city.

44: Sony will start charging for PSN activities with DC Online, opening the door to further charges and message board outrage.

45: There will be more severe job cuts in the gaming industry in 2010 before we start to see a recovery in 2011.

46: Madden 11 is the first game to make you seriously think about getting a 3D television.

47: The iPhone will plateau as a legitimate gaming platform as low resolution and lack of precision control prove to be significant barriers to games greater than Flash ports.

48: Peggle will not be any less addictive in 2010.

49: You heard it here first: MTV Games will announce “The Hills: MMORPG”.

50: Early plans for the Natal-centric Xbox 720 (not the actual title) will be “leaked” to positive reaction.