2023 has a lot to offer: players can look forward to these adventures

2023 has a lot to offer
Players can look forward to these adventures

13/01/2023, 6:15 PM

The new year brings countless new adventures for video game fans. Here is a selection of promising titles that can provide entertainment in 2023.

At Christmas and thanks to the corresponding sales, there may have been an enormous supply of many friends with cultivated entertainment in the form of video games. As always, countless titles have already been announced for the new year, including some big names from the gaming and movie worlds. Here is a selection of games that might be worth playing.

From cinema to PC and console and vice versa

While James Cameron’s (68) blockbuster “Avatar: The Way of Water” has been bringing millions of people to cinemas around the world since December, gamers are expected to be able to experience their own story in “Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora” on PC. and consoles. In 2023. However, there is still no set release date for the action-adventure from Ubisoft.

The famous “The Last of Us” movie will be released very soon. As the HBO series with Pedro Pascal (47) and Bella Ramsey (19) premieres on the night of January 16 in Germany on Sky and on the streaming service Wow in parallel with the US broadcast, PC gamers will finally get the chance this year to experience the groundbreaking action adventure for themselves. Originally released in 2013, Sony released The Last of Us Part I remake in 2022 for PS5, and on March 3 it will be released for PC.

According to the current situation, Sony will release Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 exclusively on PlayStation 5 in the fall of 2023. Players can then restore order as superheroes in the new part of the series. And with “Star Wars Jedi: Survivor,” there’s also a supply for fans of George Lucas’ wildly popular sci-fi universe (78). The title comes five years after the events of “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order” and will be released on March 17 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

Things get magical with “Hogwarts Legacy,” an open-world role-playing game set in the Harry Potter universe. Players experience their own adventure as apprentices at Hogwarts. Since the whole thing takes place before author J.K. Rowling’s stories (57), according to the official info, there will unfortunately be no reunions with famous characters like Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, or Harry Potter. Launches February 10 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, with further releases in April (PS4 and Xbox One) and July (Nintendo Switch).

Reissues and sequels

For many people in the video game community, the most anticipated title of 2023 is likely to be “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.” With the sequel to “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,” Nintendo is likely to cause a stir again in the spring, because the latest adventure in the series is set to be released on May 12 for the Switch. This time, Link will also explore Hyrule at dizzy heights.

Alan Wake 2 should send chills down the spine for some gamers. After more than ten years, the sequel to the dark adventure “Alan Wake” will be released in 2023 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X / S. According to developer Remedy Entertainment, the writer of the same name, who was first haunted in 2010, can To expect a real horror of survival.

Another iconic series gets a new entry with “Resident Evil 4”. Capcom promises a revised story to remake the game of the same name from 2005, as well as new graphics and updated gameplay. If the game approaches the quality of a “Resident Evil 2” remake from March 24, gamers can expect another survival horror title on PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S from March 24. .

In addition, several successors or spin-offs of other well-known series appear. “Assassin’s Creed Mirage” takes players to ninth century Baghdad in the year 2023, in “Final Fantasy XVI” they are supposed to uncover the secrets of Dominion from the summer and the “Horizon” series will kick off with “Call of the Mountain” on February 22 for the PlayStation VR2 virtual reality headset , which will be released on the same day. Starting June 6th, the popular series “Diablo” will get a sequel. After the controversial smartphone offshoot “Diablo Immortal”, they can once again take on demons from Hell on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S with “Diablo IV”.

Many must be curious about the science fiction role-playing game “Starfield”. The new game from the makers of “Fallout” was supposed to be released in 2022, but now it is supposed to be released for PC and Xbox Series X / S in the first half of 2023. “Wild Hearts” from EA reminds us of the “Monster” series Hunter” from Capcom. From February 17th, players will be chasing down the colossal monsters here on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.