Next year is already full to bursting with the promise of new game releases. From revisiting classic games in the form of remakes to journeying to amazing worlds in daring new titles, 2023 has it all. Of course, we wouldn't be your favorite source of gaming news and en🌞tertainment if we didn't have opinions on what we're most excited about.
We've asked TheGamer's staff what upcoming game is their most anticipated, and as you can see, we have a variety of answers. (You should expect nothing less from a site that's debated what Pokem൲on tastes the best.) Read on to chec𝓀k out our most anticipated games of 2023!
Updated January 23, 2023: We've updated this most comprehensive of lists with our very own video summing up what games TheGamer team is most excited about this year.
Diablo 4
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Vaspaan Dastoor
Diablo 2 was responsible for getting me hooked to loot systems. As a kid I was in wonderment about how one player in one game could use so many weapons and pieces of armour. Considering that's a major part of the series, I expect Blizzard to up the ante. A neat mechanic this time around is the open world filled with strongholds and bosses. While this Far Cry formula has been done to death, it will be the first time it will be implemented i🐎n a Diablo game.
There's also the fact that Lilith is now Diablo, a major shift from what we've been used to over the decades. If the TGA♊ 2022 trailer was anything to go by, she'sไ going to own the role by just standing and smoldering at us.
Minecraft Legends
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dan Lipscombe
Minecraft has been a large part of my gaming diet for many years. It's a game that I've stuck with since the Java Alpha, a game that brings comfort, and one I play with🍃 my daughters. While Dungeons didn't h🍒old my attention in the same way as the mainline game, it was great to see the franchise branch out.
Legends looks like it might end up a bigger hit than Dungeons due to th🌺e tactical strategy of the new genre. Minecraft, with its myriad biomes and mobs has the content for such a game, and I can't wait to stomp around and cause chaos in this beautiful wo🧸rld.
Fire Emblem Engage
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Jack Webb
My favourite Fire Emblem game is Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Ever since playing this game, I’ve wanted older Fire Emblem titles to be remade in this style, so when I heard Fire Emꦕblem: Engage is going to ꧙feature a bunch of Lord characters from previous games, I couldn’t contain my excitement. While the setting✱ is looking increasingly like a departure from a typical Fire Emblem in favour of a more anime style, I’m still extremely excited to see what it adds to the series.
There’s an argument that Engage should stand on its o꧂wn instead of being propped up by the previous Lords, but I think the core systems of Fire Emblem will shine through. Everything I’ve seen about Engag💟e, from the hub to the world map, the battles and the characters, makes me think it will deliver on all aspects I adore about Fire Emblem. Not to mention, it looks like plenty of swords come with unique scabbards attached to your characters when equipped, which always elevates a game for me.
Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Branden Lizardi
There's nothing more effective at cultivating anticipation than a remake. Sure, new IPs by trusted developers are something to look forward to. But with a remake, there's a dangerously potent mixture of expectation, familiarity, and nostalgia. This is exactly where I am with Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. The original game (back wh𓄧en the franchise was still called Harvest Moon) was tremendously formative in my interests, both in and out of gaming culture.
More than just that, I've played numerous other Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons games since then, and I still think back to what made A Wonderful Life different. It took risks and introduced new ideas, ideas that I loved and wish❀ed they would bring back. I want to age; I want to see my child grow up; I want to have to manage my cow's pregnancies and tend to newborn calves. It's my favorite game in one of my favorite genres. And with their success regarding the Mineral Town remake, I have confidence they'll do fantastically with this one.
The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Rebecca Phillips
With Nintendo teasing us with information about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom little by little, m🃏y excitement for iꦕt grows all the more. I’m doing my best to temper my expectations, but with each new trailer, and as the release date draws ever closer, it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to do so.
I simply can’t wait to explore Breath of the Wild’s Hyrule again, and see where the next adventure takes us. I’m hoping Zelda plays a bigger role this time (not just stuck som𒉰ewhere for the entire game, please), but I know I’ll also be happy just to go on another heroic journey with Link again.
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Josh Coulson
As has been the case for quite ♉a few people this year, what was my most anticipated game of 2022 has now become my most anticipated game of 2023. Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League was supposed to be here by now, but I'm okay with the fact that it's not. Lessons have clearly been learned from games that have launched too early these p😼ast few years. Even though I feel like I've been waiting an eternity to wallop an evil Superman with Harley Quinn's bat, I'd rather wait for the best version of that than a rushed one that will ultimately let me down.
Rocksteady has never steered me wrong before when i෴t comes to DC games, hence my anticipation for its next one being even higher thanౠ it is for Spider-Man 2 and Wolverine. I'm a simple man. You put a superhero in a game, and I'm almost definitely going to buy it, so the next few years are probably going to be pretty hard on my wallet. All of that being said and as willing as I am to wait, I really hope Kill The Justice League doesn't also become my most anticipated game of 2024.
The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Jacqueline Zalace
The first Breath of the Wild 2 trailer dropped in 2019, and I’ve been excited for it since that moment. Maybe I have Legend of Zelda-tinted googles on, but I will never not be in awe over the series. I’ve been playing Zelda games since I was a 𝐆kid, starting with A Link to the Past on my red Game Boy Advance.
Now that we hav⛄e an official name and tentative release date of May 12, 2023, ꦆmy excitement has exponentially gone up. I have no doubt that Tears of the Kingdom will have an a♒mazing story and beautiful graphics, but even just hearing the soft piano from the trailer gives me goosebumps. I am fully ready to devote hundreds of hours to saving Hyrule and catching bugs.
Street Fighter 6
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Seth Parmer
I thought I couldn𒐪’t be more excited for Street Fighter 6 when it was announced, but then I played the Beta and want to play nothing else for the rest of my life. Capcom finally nailed every aspect of a Street Fighter title for the first ti🐭me since what feels like 3rd Strike, and I’m here for it. The new Drive mechanic offers a unique risk and reward system that can make crucial moments tense and exhilarating, making every decision matter in determining the match's outcome.
The roster is also incredible. I’m a Chun-Li main myself, and her new stance mechanic, mixed with her classic charge attacks, make for dangerously fun and rewarding gameplay that will have m𓂃e labbing for days on end trying to perfect. Out of all the heavy hitters of next year, Sওtreet Fighter 6 is my most anticipated by a mile, and I cannot wait to get my hands on it again!
Resident Evil 4
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Ben Jessey
With all the fresh new exciting titles set to launch in 2023, it feels weird to pick a remake as my most anticipated game for the year. What makes the choice even stranger is that I was initially one of the people who questioned whether Resident Evil 4 evenꦑ needed to be remade. After all, I replayed the game only a few years ago and thought it held up pretty well.
But while watching the pre-release footage of the new RE4, I immediately felt a tinge of excitement at the idea of getting to experience one of my favorite games a☂ll over again in a new way. It helped that the said footage looked amazing. Plus, Capcom has a good record of Resident Evil remakes thus far. 2019’s RE2 was particularly brilliant, and whil🌺e this remake isn’t likely to receive as many changes, it’ll be interesting to see how it differs from the original. Hopefully, the dialogue remains as cheesy as ever.
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Avery Feyrer
When it was announced that the Final Fantasy 7 remake was going to be split into three parts, I thought what a terrible idea that was for Square Enix. It took the studio six 🧸years to launch the first installment; it would be decades before the final part launched. But after playing the first part and seeing the intricܫate detail that was put into Midgar, how the world was brought into a new light, it was just incredible.
Square Enix was able to take the first ten hours of the original and make it into a full-fledged game without unnecessary fluff. ꧙Final Fantasy 7 is my favorite game of all-time, and I don’t think it’s blasphemy to say the remake is on track to surpass it. And with the controversial ending, I can’t wait to see what’s next for Cloud and the rest of Avalanche in the fightꦯ to save the planet.