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?

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      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 🤩

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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.

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    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.

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      Oh man that recent gameplay footage that came out looked 10/10. I haven’t been this excited for a new ip in awhile

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      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.

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    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.

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    City Skylines 2! The trailer looked good and they are including more in the base then CS1, plus it seems they have responded to some feedback on cars and including parking for the amount in the game

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      I knew I was forgetting something important in the post, thanks for reminding me that we have a release date for it!

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    1 year ago

    Oh man there’s a lot of games I’m looking forward to lol… Probably half of my Steam wishlist are just upcoming or Early Access games

    Some of them include

    • Baldur’s Gate 3
    • Cities Skylines 2
    • Frostpunk 2
    • Anvil Empires
    • Elysian Eclipse
    • Like a Dragon 8
    • Stormgate
    • Life by You
    • Avowed
    • Manor Lords

    Cautiously optimistic about Starfield as well

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      Finally someone else mentioned Stormgate. I loved SC2, it’s great having a spiritual successor to it that isn’t tied to Blizzard and will be actively developed going forwards.

      I’m also excited about Cities Skylines 2, from what I’ve heard so far it seems pretty neat.

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    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.

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    Corepunk https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d2eSk5Etz7M

    It was announced several years ago. The development team was based in Ukraine. Since the military conflict started, production has drastically slowed. Most of the devs migrated to Greece. Been getting updates, but sporadically.

    I am still holding hope for its release. From everything I have read/heard about the game, I believe the developers are trying to make sure they release a quality product, therefore part of the “slow to release” aspect.

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    I’m looking forward to Stalker 2, if it happens to come out this year. Completely understandable if it doesn’t.

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    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.

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      You can get both of them for your phone for a few bucks as well. That’s how I played them for the first time and had a blast.

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

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    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.