Most Anticipated Games of 2023
As we enter the third year of the current console generation, things are starting to get exciting. While various factors and a huge existing userbase has prompted many publishers to still support the last-gen players, things are slowly starting to change as more and more next-gen exclusives are popping up. With 2023 underway, we once again polled our staff to find out what games everyone is most excited about. The result is the list below – the 14 Most Anticipated Games of 2023, listed here in alphabetical order.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage
Assassin’s Creed Mirage takes place in ninth-century Baghdad and centers on the coming-of-age story of Basim Ibn Is’haq, the Hidden One introduced in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. He is a cunning street thief with nightmarish visions seeking answers and justice. As Basim explores Baghdad, he’ll be able to get contracts and upgrades from a network of Hidden One bureaus throughout the city, collect clues on his targets, and take them down with swift assassinations.
When: TBD 2023
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Atomic Heart
In Atomic Heart, the unstoppable course of technology along with secret experiments have brought rise to mutant creatures, terrifying machines and superpowered robots—all suddenly rebelling against their creators. Only you can stop them and find out what lies behind the idealized world. Using the combat abilities granted by your experimental power glove, your arsenal of blades and cutting-edge weaponry, fight for your life in explosive and frenetic encounters.
When: February 21, 2023
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Baldur’s Gate 3
From the creators of Divinity: Original Sin 2 comes a new RPG, set in the world of Dungeons and Dragons. Mysterious abilities are awakening inside you, drawn from a Mind Flayer parasite planted in your brain. Resist, and turn darkness against itself. Or embrace corruption, and become ultimate evil. Gather your party, and return to the Forgotten Realms in a tale of fellowship and betrayal, sacrifice and survival, and the lure of absolute power.
When: TBD 2023
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Diablo IV
Diablo IV will take players back to the world of Sanctuary which has been overrun with demons. They will take on Lilith, the daughter of Mephisto, the Lord of Hatred. Sanctuary is a seamless open world shared by other players. Classes in the game include The Barbarian, The Sorceress, The Druid and more.
When: June 6, 2023
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Final Fantasy XVI
Final Fantasy XVI’s adventure takes place in a land called Valisthea, which is studded with colossal mountains of glittering crystal called Mothercrystals. Countless wars have been fought over the Mothercrystals all around the land, leading to the rise of nations. Ongoing skirmishes have forged an uneasy peace between these nations, but with the emergence of the ruinous Blight, that fragile peace is starting to deteriorate.
When: June 22, 2023
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Hades II
As the immortal Princess of the Underworld, you’ll explore a bigger, deeper mythic world, vanquishing the forces of the Titan of Time with the full might of Olympus behind you, in a story that continually unfolds through your every setback and accomplishment.
When: TBD 2023
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is the next game in franchise. Developed by Insomniac Games in collaboration with Marvel Games and PlayStation for the PS5 console. Intihar and Smith will return as creative director and game director, respectively. Lowenthal and Jeter reprise their roles as Peter Parker and Miles Morales, with Tony Todd voicing the character Venom.
When: TBD 2023
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Replaced
REPLACED is a 2.5D sci-fi retro-futuristic action platformer where you play as R.E.A.C.H – an artificial intelligence trapped in a human body against its own will. REPLACED combines cinematic platformer, pixel art, and free-flow action combat with a dystopian story set in an alternative 1980’s.
When: TBD 2023
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Resident Evil 4 (2023)
Resident Evil 4 (2023) is a remake of the 2005 game Resident Evil 4. The game is being developed to achieve high quality for a survival horror suitable for 2023, while preserving the essence of the original game. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president’s kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
When: March 24, 2023
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Sea of Stars
Sea of Stars is an upcoming turn-based RPG. A prequel story set in The Messenger’s universe, it tells the story of two Children of the Solstice who will combine the powers of the sun and moon to perform Eclipse Magic, the only force capable of fending off the monstrous creations of the evil alchemist known as The Fleshmancer.
When: TBD 2023
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Slime Rancher 2
Players will continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle. As Beatrix attempts to unravel the island’s secrets and uncover its true purpose, she’ll build, ranch, and farm within a beautiful conservatory, whose sparkling glass walls give her full view of the prismatic paradise she now calls home.
When: TBD 2023
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
Welcome to The Zone — an area of exclusion around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Full of radiation, mutants and anomalies, it keeps drawing adventurers from beyond the perimeter. Take over a role of the lone stalker and explore an open world in a radioactive zone with a variety of environments that reveal post-apocalyptic atmosphere from different angles. Make your way through the Zone to define your destiny as you choose your paths within a branching story.
When: TBD 2023
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Starfield
The year is 2330. Humanity has ventured beyond our solar system, settling new planets, and living as a spacefaring people. From humble beginnings as a space miner, you will join Constellation – the last group of space explorers seeking rare artifacts throughout the galaxy – and navigate the vast expanse of the Settled Systems.
When: TBD 2023
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will take players up into the skies and an expanded world that goes beyond that. It is a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Breath of the Wild director, Hidemaro Fujibayashi, and Zelda producer, Eiji Aonuma, are reprising their roles.
When: May 12, 2023
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Let’s look back at how our predictions turned out in 2022 on the next page…
On this final page, we like to look back at how well our hopes played out over the last year. Let’s take a look at our most anticipated games for 2022 and how things worked out. Hint – there were a lot of delays!
A Plague Tale: Requiem
78/100: “A Plague Tale: Requiem is a vastly expanded sequel, for better and for worse. Returning fans might feel that everything here is quite familiar, if only bigger and more beautiful. If the improvements to combat and the uneven story aren’t enough to entice you, the relationship playing out between our two central heroes is worth another trek through rat infested France.”
Gran Turismo 7
78/100: “Gran Turismo 7 continues to go about its brand of racing simulation in a uniquely eccentric and elegant way. It looks and handles as great as ever, though there is not much novelty here to get excited about, and the always-online requirement remains unwarranted.”
Horizon Forbidden West
80/100: “Horizon Forbidden West is a sequel that mostly relies on its great roots to hold itself up. It’s bigger, has an enjoyable main story and thrilling combat, and adds a few new branches – brittle as they may be. It looks and sounds great, and some minor technical issues aside, is an adventure that’s worth experiencing.”
Marvel’s Midnight Suns
76/100: “Marvel’s Midnight Suns might not deliver on everything it’s setting out to do, but is still an excellent fusion of hardcore strategy and super hero action. It’s engaging to take down enemies with your superpowered pals, and then getting to unwind with them afterwards.”
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals
The game didn’t make it to a 2022 launch window.
Slime Rancher 2
The game didn’t make it to a 2022 launch window – and is once again on our most anticipated list!
Sniper Elite 5
75/100: “Thanks to the foundation built by its predecessor, Sniper Elite 5 is a good entry in the franchise, with large open levels and capable stealth mechanics. While it has several decent multiplayer options, better execution was needed to really hit all targets.”
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
The game didn’t make it to a 2022 launch window – and is once again on our most anticipated list!
Starfield
The game didn’t make it to a 2022 launch window – and is once again on our most anticipated list!
Stray
72/100: “Stray is a solid enough adventure game with archetypal mechanics and level design, elevated by its nice atmosphere and a unique perspective on the world.”
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
70/100: “Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is a full-priced offering that seems like it would have been better suited as DLC, like its predecessor. It’s still a solid shooter with some whacky characters and a fun story, but it doesn’t take any risks or innovate on the established formula, and the multiplayer issues are an annoyance.”
Thanks for reading, and we look forward to another exciting year in 2023, with many new games that are not even announced yet!