2023 is shaping up to be one of the best years for gaming in ages. From Tears of the Kingdom to Diablo IV to Street Fighter 6, it’s already been a pretty great year, with quite a few big-budget releases coming later this year

Which upcoming game are you most excited for? Here’s a rough timeline of some big ones.

  • Final Fantasy XVI (June 22)

  • Pikmin IV (July 21)

  • Counter Strike 2 (Summer - Exact date unknown)

  • Armored Core VI (August 25)

  • Baldur’s Gate 3 (August 31)

  • Starfield (September 6)

  • Mortal Kombat 1 (September 19)

  • Party Animals (September 20)

  • Assassin’s Creed Mirage (October 12)

  • Lords of the Fallen (October 13)

  • Alan Wake 2 (October 17)

  • Spider-Man 2 (October 20)

  • Cities Skyline 2 (October 24)

Or maybe something else! What are you hyped for?

      • Astrid@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        He does more updates on twitter @ConcernedApe but it’s still sporadic. Last update was in April and he said he’s taking a break from Haunted Chocolatier to work on the new SDV update.

    • toofarapart@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I haven’t played some of the recent games, but I liked the old format and look forward to Mirage’s take on it.

  • Julian@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Talos principle 2. The first one was amazing. It’s also kind of funny to me that croteam pretty much only made boomer shooters, and then threw out one of the most philosophical puzzle games I’ve ever played. It’s like if after the transformer movies, Michael Bay decided to make 2001 a space odyssey, and then went back to making mindless transformers movies.

  • ConvertCoffeeToCode@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Armored core 6! I’ve been waiting ages for a new installment. I’m so hyped for it that I took some vacation days for it.

    • HarvesterOfEyes@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      As someone who played the first one back in the original Playstation, I’m beyond excited to get back into it. The trailers and gameplay details that came out recently are a huge part of that, too.

  • beforan@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Just played the demo of FF16 and yep, I’m sold. Can’t wait for next week now!

    Excited to get to BG3 at some point too. I love the bioware games and people speak very highly of Larian.

  • Asimo@beehaw.orgEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Can’t wait for Manor Lords.

    Well I can wait because I think it’ll be great after the demo.

    • theAndrewJeff@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m so excited for Manor Lords. Looks like the type of medieval game I’ve been wanting for a long time.

  • gingerrich@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Not many for me as I’ve been off gaming for a while.

    Star Trek Infinite.

    Gord.

    Manor Lords.

  • Captain_Pieces@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I don’t think I could give an answer I wouldn’t walk back on later, I’m just happy to see such an interesting and competitive year for the industry. Really hope this trend continues.

  • nlm@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    The new Hellblade and the Cyberpunk DLC most of all. Talos Principle will be interesting at well even though I didn’t finish the first one, something got in the way

  • nromdotcom@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Number 1 for me are the Duke Nukem Collections for Evercade coming in November.

    I played tons of duke3d as a kid so I’m excited to revisit it. But even more, I never got a chance to play the original DOS side-scrollers, so I’m pumped to get the new remastered versions. Even cooler that they’re the first Evercade exclusives.

  • Jim13@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Starfield is on my list. No pre-order here. AAA don’t have the best track record these days ;) CS2 - Loved the first one. Excite for this release.

  • fouc@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Baldur’s Gate 3 that’s (finally) coming out of EA in August.