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?

    • ansik
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      32 years ago

      I just recently got into Stardew Valley so this had not passed my radar yet, looks really promising from the early gameplay video!
      Seems to be a more “active” game while retaining a lot of the charm, which I’m all for 🤩

      • Astrid
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        12 years 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.

  • Scrabbone
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    52 years ago

    Ever since I watched the presentation about Starfield, I’ve been absolutely eager to see if it’s really as good as it comes across in the presentation. I am a long-time Assassins Creed player and of course I am looking forward to the new Assassins Creed. I hope that the story has a bit more content again and above all that everything is more historical and less magical. But I’m actually looking forward to the Phantom Liberty DLC for Cyberpunk 2077 the most. Despite all the justified criticism of Cyberpunk 2077, the game captivated me immensely and I had a lot of fun playing it.

    • @simple@lemmy.worldOP
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      12 years ago

      Life by You looked pretty rough last time they showed it, I hope they’ve polished it up a lot since then.

  • @Asimo@beehaw.org
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    32 years ago

    Can’t wait for Manor Lords.

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

    • @theAndrewJeff@lemm.ee
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      12 years ago

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

  • Julian
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    32 years 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.

  • 🦘min0nim🦘
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    32 years ago

    Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2 were ones that I always enjoyed trying to play when I was younger, but never seemed to be able to survive for more than a few minutes. So I’d give up in frustration. Maybe I should give them another go before 3 comes out.

  • @Captain_Pieces@beehaw.org
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    32 years 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.

  • @nromdotcom@beehaw.org
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    22 years 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.

    • @toofarapart@lemmy.world
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      12 years 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.

  • @beforan@lemm.ee
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    22 years 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.

  • Krik
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    2 years ago

    I’m waiting for

    • Cyberpunk 2077 DLC
    • Starfield
    • Cities Skylines 2
    • Kerbal Space Program 2 (1.0 release)

    But before that I need to buy a new computer. Mine’s too weak.