GameSpot has unveiled its annual list of the Top 20 Most Anticipated Games of the upcoming holiday season. The list is made up of this season’s hottest and most-talked about games.

The Top 20 Most Anticipated Games for the 2008 holiday season were chosen based on the following criteria:

– GameSpot editorial opinions
– consumer web site polls
– blogosphere buzz
– general consumer interest surrounding titles.

The list also includes data from GameSpot Trax, a gaming industry tool used to track, and analyze gaming data like consumer awareness, interest and purchase intent, competitive mindshare, campaign effectiveness, audience profiles, and editorial coverage.

Here is GameSpot’s 20 Most Anticipated Games for the 2008 holiday season. They are listed in alphabetical order, not in order of importance:

Call Of Duty World at War (PC–release date: Nov. 11, 2008)
Dead Space (PC–release date: Oct. 20, 2008)
Fable II (X360–release date: Oct. 21, 2008)
Fallout 3 (PC–release date: Oct. 28, 2008)
Far Cry 2 (PC–release date: Oct. 21, 2008)
Gears of War 2 (X360–release date: Nov. 7th, 2008)
Guitar Hero World Tour (X360–release date: Oct. 26, 2008)
Left 4 Dead (X360–release date: Nov. 17, 2008)
LittleBigPlanet (PS3–release date: Oct. 21, 2008)
Mirror’s Edge (X360/PC–release date: Nov. 11, 2008)
NHL 2K9 (Wii–already released)
Prince of Persia (PC–release date: Dec. 2, 2008)
Resistance 2 (PS3-release date: Nov. 4, 2008)
Rock Band 2 (X360/Wii/PS3–already released)
Soulcalibur IV (X360/PS3–already released)
Spore (PC/Wii/DS–already released)
Tales of Vesperia (X360–already released)
World of Warcraft: Wrath of Lich King (PC–release date: Nov. 13, 2008)

Which games are you going to buy this holiday season? Which games do you expect to be given as a gift?