Video games: the most anticipated releases in 2023

Originally scheduled for 2022, the game from the Harry Potter saga will finally be released on February 10. And it is an understatement to say that it is expected. Designed as an open-world role-playing game, the player will be free to explore Hogwarts, the famous school of witchcraft, and its surroundings, at the end of the 19th century. Either long before the birth of the famous wizard, hero of JK Rowling’s books. PS4 and Xbox One players will have to wait a bit: the game will not be released on older generation consoles until April.

“Hogwarts Legacy: The Legacy of Hogwarts”, scheduled for release on February 10 (on PC, Xbox Series and PS5), April 4 on PS4 and Xbox One and July 25 on Switch.

“The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom”

How to succeed what is considered one of the best games of all time? In 2017, “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” blasted Nintendo’s famous license while pushing the limits of the open world. Carried by a feeling of freedom as intoxicating as it is demanding, the title released on Wii U and Switch naturally called for a sequel.

First announced in 2022, “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” will finally be released in May 2023. With the daunting task of continuing the formula of its predecessor, while renewing it all over again. For this new vintage, Link will have to take the height, since the adventure will take place, for a good part, in the celestial Islands.

“The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom”, released on May 12, on Switch.

“Diablo IV”

There aren’t many games that appeal to nostalgics as much as Diablo. After two first parts with timeless charm, Blizzard’s license had damaged its image a little with the catastrophic release of “Diablo III” in 2012. Since then, from patch to patch, this third opus has ended up winning the hearts of players.

For this fourth installment, Blizzard knows it is expected at the turn. To satisfy the players, the American publisher seems to have chosen a return to the sources of what had made the success of the series. Exit the frequent micro-transactions of Diablo Immortal or the very controversial Auction House of the third opus, and place in the traditional war against the demonic legions of Diablo.

“Diablo IV”, out June 6, on PC, PS5, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series.

“Starfield”

The promise is beautiful. But, as often, it only engages those who believe in it. Imagine: a space role-playing game, hundreds of planets generated procedurally, fully visitable and with their own fauna and flora, fully customizable ships… On the gameplay side, Bethesda’s game will be based on the solid elements present in the saga “The Elder Scroll”.

As secret as it is ambitious, “Starfield” is now at the crossroads of its destiny: will it be a new standard meter of video games or a new shot in the water for a studio that is struggling to renew itself? after a very disappointing “Fallout 76”? Initially scheduled for the end of 2022, the game has been postponed but no date has since been communicated.

“Starfield”, scheduled for release in 2023, on PC and Xbox Series.

“Hollow Knight: Silksong”

This is perhaps the most anticipated indie game of recent years. If no date has yet been communicated, the game of the Australians of Team Cherry should indeed be released this year. In 2017, Hollow Knight first of the name made a sensational entry into the video game heritage thanks to its atmosphere, its very well-oiled gameplay and its unfailing generosity. If this sequel should not upset the formula that made the success of the first opus, it will be an opportunity to return once again to Hallownest. And why sulk his pleasure?

“Hollow Knight: Silksong”, released in 2023, on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and Switch.

“Resident Evil 4 Remake”

With dozens of games, seven movies, novels, comics, “Resident Evil” is one of the most famous video game series in the world. But if there is one game from the license that has marked its time, it is the fourth installment, released on Gamecube in 2005 and launching the fashion for TPS, these third-person shooters. 18 years later, the game transporting Special Agent Leon S Kennedy to Spain gets a highly anticipated remake.

Resident Evil 4 Remake, scheduled for release March 24, on PC, PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series.

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