Goodbye Volcano High (PS5)
Announced years ago, Goodbye Volcano High is finally hitting up PS5 and PS4 in the summer. In this curious adventure game, you'll play as Fang as they navigate their final year of high school, with a world-ending disaster on the horizon. Featuring an odd mix of rhythm action, visual novel, and narrative decision making, this will certainly be something different.
Hogwarts Legacy (PS5)
Considered a dream game for many Harry Potter fans, Hogwarts Legacy finally provides a fully explorable rendition of the school of witchcraft and wizardry, complete with your own student to role-play as. With classes to attend, friends to make, and secrets to find, you'll find us in the library reading up on quite literally everything there is to know in Hogwarts Legacy. Believe us: if we turned out to be wizards, we'd have been the biggest nerds going.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong (PS5)
Team Cherry made a name for itself with the original Hollow Knight. A truly beloved indie game, it's a sprawling Metroidvania with Souls influences, featuring an enormous underground map to uncover and countless platforming and combat challenges. Follow-up Silksong is set to build on all the first game's successes, and is a sure-fire winner for 2023.
Horizon Call of the Mountain (PS5)
Easily the biggest PSVR2 launch game we know about so far, Horizon Call of the Mountain looks set to be the new headset's showpiece with spectacular visuals and a campaign that demonstrates everything the device can do. We expect it to be immersive, enjoyable, and excellent. Aloy won't be playable, but she'll feature at some point in the story too.
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores (PS5)
Following the events of the Forbidden West, Aloy’s adventure continues, as she travels to the untamed lands of Los Angeles in the enormous Burning Shores expansion. Here you’ll encounter new enemies, adventures, and characters in this epic PS5-only add-on.
Layers of Fear (PS5)
A busy year for Polish developer Bloober Team will see it return to its breakout hit, as it looks to build upon the psychological, experiential horror of Layers of Fear and Layers of Fear 2 in this Unreal Engine 5-powered scare-fest.
Lies of P (PS5)
Carlo Collodi’s legendary fairy tale Pinocchio gets a Bloodborne-inspired gothic reimagining in the promising Lies of P, a sinister Souls-like filled with unspeakable horrors. Influence the outcome of the story through lies, and master the tense combat system, as you search for Mr Geppetto in your pursuit to become human.
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (PS5)
This entry is an offshoot of the main series that explores what happened to Kazuma Kiryu in-between Yakuza 6: The Song of Life and Yakuza: Like a Dragon. With the main games moving to turn-based combat, Like a Dragon Gaiden instead adopts the familiar beat-'em-up action form the older games. We're looking forward to pummelling more thugs as the Dragon of Dojima.
Like a Dragon: Ishin! (PS5)
Western fans have been wanting to play this Yakuza spin-off for years now, so a full remake from Ryu Ga Gotoku is putting them in dreamland. This historical take on the beat-em-up/RPG franchise takes place in the 1860s, and features all the classic Japanese architecture you'd expect along with a new story and characters.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (PS5)
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is one of the very few PS5 titles from PlayStation Studios confirmed for 2023 so far, but Peter Parker and Miles Morales will probably outsell anything else Sony could put out next year anyway. We expect both web-slingers to be playable this time, with the story introducing Venom. Gameplay will probably be expanded on too with new gadgets and combat moves. It's easily one of the most anticipated games of the year.
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (PS4)
An absolutely colossal collection of ten turn-based GBA role-playing games, those who grew up with the Mega Man Battle Network games will have fond memories of the franchise. Updated with new visuals and features, like online multiplayer and trading, this is the latest in a long line of compilations featuring Capcom’s iconic mascot.
Monster Hunter Rise (PS5)
Following a year and change of Nintendo Switch and PC exclusivity, Monster Hunter Rise comes to PS5, PS4 with a whole load of critical acclaim and sales success under its belt. Widely considered to be the most approachable Monster Hunter game yet — even more so than Monster Hunter World — PlayStation players will finally get to see what all the fuss is about with those Wirebugs.
Octopath Traveler II (PS5)
The HD-2D art style comes to PlayStation systems for the very first time in Octopath Traveler II, which will build on the original game with new characters to play as and new stories to follow. That first title never made its way across to PS5, PS4, so this should be a fresh experience for most.
One Piece Odyssey (PS5)
The One Piece series goes full Dragon Quest with a traditional turn-based battle system and many other mechanics and traits you'd associate with the classic Square Enix RPGs. Releasing in early January, One Piece Odyssey has the potential to start 2023 with a pleasant bang.
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (PS5)
The original Oxenfree won itself many fans with its unique branching conversations and a thrilling sci-fi narrative. The sequel looks set to pick up where the first game left off, with Riley returning to her hometown five years later. You'll uncover the mystery behind those eerie radio signals and engage in meaningful chatter in this follow-up.
Pacific Drive (PS5)
Pacific Drive is one of 2023's most intriguing indie games. It's essentially a rogue-lite adventure, but the hook here is that your rusty old station wagon is your lifeline. You'll use it to explore a supernatural landscape and escape from dangers, upgrading it further as you find special resources. We're looking forward to getting in the driver's seat with this one.
Persona 3 Portable (PS4)
Persona 3 Portable, a re-released version of Persona 3, is actually a slightly more streamlined RPG compared to its PS2 counterpart – but it’s arrival on more modern PlayStation platforms comes at a time when the series has exploded in popularity, and therefore will likely appeal to newcomers who fell in love with the franchise thanks to Persona 5 Royal.
Persona 4 Golden (PS4)
One of the PS2’s last noteworthy games, and later a PS Vita critical darling, Persona 4 Golden is finally bringing is distinctive brand of JRPG to PS4 in January. Whether you’re playing it for the first time, or revisiting it for the hundredth, one thing is for certain: every day’s great at your Junes.
Pragmata (PS5)
We've seen basically nothing of this mysterious Capcom title since its announcement in 2020. Based on what we know, it's a sci-fi thriller in which you'll explore a "unique lunar world". It's certainly one of the most intriguing games on the horizon; here's hoping we'll see much more of it soon.
Resident Evil 4 (PS5)
A remake of one of the greatest games of all time, Resident Evil 4 is already making a case to be one of 2023's best titles months before it's even released. Keeping much of what made the original so outstanding, Capcom is also expanding on the survival horror game with bigger environments and new things to see and do. There's not a safer purchase you can make in 2023 than the Resident Evil 4 remake.
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Eyuden chronicle and suikoden remasters are missing.
Deliver Us Mars?
Gonna be an expensive year
@Ashkorsair @LazyLombax They're our most anticipated PS5, PS4 games. It's not meant to be an exhaustive list of every single 2023 title.
So Silksong confirmed for 2023? Great!
9 of 10 times when japanese people talk about release windows and say Winter they talk about January-March of next year so yeah I think there is no chance FF7 releases in the FFXVI year but it doesn't matter, pretty excited for both games.
Not sure if it's coming to playstation but system shock remake is definitely a must play for me
There's a good 20 or so games I'm looking forward to but the 5 I'm really hyped for...
1. Spider-Man 2
2. Like a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name
3. Like a Dragon: Ishin!
4. Assassin's Creed Mirage
5. Tekken 8
Definitely that Harry Potter game for me
One of the hardest pick 5 polls by far
2023's release schedule is ridiculous. I can't remember the last time one year was packed with so many games I'm excited about.
Final Fantasy XVI is the big one for me, but I also can't wait for Trails into Reverie, Azure, and the Like a Dragon games. Got high hopes for Cyberpunk 2077's expansion as well.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink is well worth a shout too, but it's somehow missing from this list. That's what I get for going on holiday when this was written, I suppose...
Edit: Oh, and Diablo 4...and Street Fighter 6! Like I say, ridiculous.
A lot of amazing games coming this year.its gonna be another amazing year for PlayStation.word up son
June is going to absolutely demolish my social life if both SF6 and Final Fantasy XVI stick the landing. Then there's the two Trails games, Like A Dragon Ishin, Persona 3&4, Spider-Man 2...
Yup its going to be a strong year no doubt.
Looking forward to Hogwarts Legacy, Spider-man 2 and perhaps Hollow Knight (if not too difficult), Season, and The Wolf Among Us 2.
how is Stellar Blade not on here?
I think 2023 will be an amazing gaming year.
With many of these sequels and remakes I think we know what we’re getting, don’t mean this in negative way. Not the one I’m most looking forward to but probably one I’m most curious about is Pragmata. Most looking forward to I selected were Spidey, Hogwarts, FF16, Cyberpunk dlc, and RE4.
@TheEnygma I would also like to know.
So if you like RPGs and sci-fi, it's perfect for you. SONY should reboot S.O.C.O.M. I miss a decent shooter.
Street Fighter 6 and Sea of Stars are my most anticipated. I don't think Alan Wake 2 will come out next year, nor FF7rebirth.
I know the list isn't exhaustive but it's surprising Tekken 8 isn't on here. Seems more likely than some of the others, even if it doesn't have a launch window.
@TheEnygma Yeah. Kind of a strange omission, especially since the Skull & Bones entry said they just included it for a round 60, so the much better-looking Stellar Blade would make more sense. My best guess is they simply forgot.
@ShogunRok I can't wait to hear games have underperformed because it's way to much for me its the first time I have to say I'm going to skip a few games.
Its to much and I don't feel like going insane to play everything I almost finally finished Rachet and Clank such a fantastic game.
My favorite local gaming store just closed I didn't even need to do a down-payment to get my games there the end of era and the end of playing so much games.
Wait. A good list, however a significant amount of these mentioned aren't even confirmed or likely coming in 2023.
Star Wars Jedi Survivor I want this game now.
Hogwarts Legacy This actually looks better every time they show anything of it, I started off not really fussed about a Wizarding World game, and now I'm thinking I'll buy it on release if it's reported as working properly. I didn't even know it'd be open world at first. Oof, it looks really good now.
Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League This will be fun, and I imagine it will have infitinitly less annoying dialogue than Saints Row and Forspoken, somehow! I think it will actually be genuinely funny, maybe a sleeper gem like GotG where that game actually worked better than the movies and more people should definitely play it!
Spider Man 2 will we get to bite off some heads?
Assassin's Creed Mirage interesting to see what they do with this title
Alan Wake II Survival Horror is not my thing, but I really want to see where they take the story. Alan Wake ended with the single most fantastic, memorable, and yet utterly stupid and pretentious line of dialogue ever, and I absolutely loved it 😁
Lies of P Looks kind of interesting
I've relegated Forspoken from one of my most anticipated when it was announced to one I'm not that bothered about now, having not even liked the first 10 minutes of the demo. All I liked was the bound sword combat. The world didn't even look that interesting, unfortunately I truly hope people love it, but it leaves me feeling empty at the moment.
Phew, big year, and that's just some of the titles, proabably.
@KundaliniRising333 You could count the number of games that might not make 2023 on our list on one hand. The vast majority are this year for certain.
For me it’s all about burning shores dlc for Horizon! Secondly Spider-Man 2 and then il take a bit of resi 4, silent hill 2 and call of the mountain. Busy year indeed, I’d of picked ten if you’d let me 🤤
Everything I’m looking forward to the most to play this year:
1. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2. Starfield
3. Jedi: Survivor
4. Spider-man 2
5. FFXVI
@LiamCroft gotcha. The one that really stood out was Armored Core. I suspect we won't be seeing that until late 2024 at the earliest. And FF rebirth will likely be early 2024 so as not to overshadow ff16 during holiday sales push
@LiamCroft Fair, but Deliver us the Moon was such a popular gem that it’s hard to not call Deliver us Mars highly anticipated.
Really looking forward to Robocop Rogue City. Teyon did an amazing job with Terminator Resistance.
@KundaliniRising333 The Armored Core 6 announcement trailer had 2023 at the end of it.
That looks amazing
@LiamCroft really?!
Well hell yah
Ah man sooooo many games I'm looking forward to, in no particular order
Forspoken
RE4 Remake
The Wolf Among Us 2
Silent Hill 2
Dead Space
Spider-man 2
MH Rise
And hopefully we might see Broken Roads as well, which is on my list, hopefully that lives up to my hype.
Off the top of my head these are the six I’m most looking forward to in order of release dates:
1. Wanted: Dead
2. Dead Island 2
3. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
4. Stellar Blade
5. The Wolf Among Us 2
6. Rise of the Ronin (2024)
All I will say is thank god for second and third parties! In my opinion Sony are victims of their own success and playing it way too safe with their studio output these days. Everything feels so generic, formulaic and predictable now. Not interested in yet another Marvel, Last of Us, Horizon, GT or GOW game.
Am I the only one who would much rather experience Ragnorok in Valkyrie Elysium as opposed to playing GOWR?
As a 38 year old I think I’m craving more original and unique experiences. Returnal convinced me that next-gen had arrived and pushed me to upgrade to a PS5. I feel that Sony’s first party games are extremely well-polished but not offering anything new. I don’t blame them for what they’re doing as the figures don’t lie and the majority of the market is happy to lap up more of the same.
Be that as it may I really miss the PS3 and PS4 era where Sony tried different things on smaller budgets via Japan Studio including the likes of Tokyo Jungle, Gravity Rush, and Everybody’s Golf. Hopefully Sony have something novel up their sleeve. I will credit them for making Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin console exclusive.
I’m also tempted to try PSVR2 in a few years when the price and games available are lot more appealing. In the meantime, very grateful to third parties and indies for keeping me satiated!
Trimming it to just five options is hard, especially when I’ve already preordered four titles already!
I can’t wait to know more about Pragmata.
SKATE
I'm looking forward to 🤞
It looks like 2023 is going to bring some serious lost time to gaming. It was hard only to pick five on that list.
@astro911 I miss the PS3 sony as well. Sony is a lot more fun when they are behind. At least third parties look to bring it this year. I didn’t like Forbidden west. I was not a big fan of TLOU2. And GT7 is the most boring GT ive played. And i have no interest in GOW Ragnarok. Soider-man 2 looks ok but I just can’t be bothered to be excited about. But over on the Xbox its even worse. I think it just the age of gaming we live in. I find myself doing a lot more retro gaming these days. Being 43 I find that i realy need games to be more than just pretty graphics and story. I want to “play“ games.
Hollow Knight 2
Spider man 2
Re4 remake
Hogwarts Legacy
FF16
agh but I'm interested in 19 games... and I feel like most of them are releasing since they got delayed and have a release date.
I think we need a sony presentation soon. Feels like it's just spidey 2 and that's it.
@roadhog #justiceforgt7
I’m surprised that Wild Hearts isn’t being hyped more. It’s really being pushed in Japan, I’ve seen a lot of marketing for it already over the last couple of months.
Looks a like a potentially great Monster Hunter clone, and if they can simplify the oblique Monster Hunter systems then I think it could be a big hit.
Come to me ifrit 🔥🔥
I was about to say, what about starfield. But then I remembered
@LiamCroft you’re not anticipating Deliver Us Mars!? 😮
@LazyLombax yup and they said next winter that's why the game is in this list BUT that for them means from the beginning of January of 2024 to the end of march 2024
My five must-plays are easily Hogwarts Legacy, Jedi Survivor, Suicide Squad, Spidey 2…and Zelda over on Switch!
I'm considering a class action lawsuit against you guys for not including Stellar Blade 🙂 it's a PlayStation exclusive and it's being published by Sony! 😅
Didn't mention Stellar Blade. Highly looking forward to that one.
@Juanalf My very first thought as well!
Let's play a drinking game. You have to drink a fifth of vodka every time one of these games PS is hyping up, gets mediocre reviews. Start prepping your liver now.
Is blue protocol solo with co op like Genshin impact? I was hoping for mmorpg.
Who are the characters in the banner?
I see resident evil on the right, Spiderman in the middle. Who is on the left?
My most anticipated games for next year:
1. Wo long
2. Zelda
3. Starfield
4. Diablo 4
5. Final fantasy 16
All the games I voted for are on the 0% and 1%.
The fact that PlayStation only has a first party in Spider-man on that list and is sure to announce at least two games for 2023 (I’d have thought right? Fractions gotta come eventually this year!) in combination with the sheer amount of other games coming out is MAD.
Gonna be a busy year:
Ff xvi
Forspoken
Horizon dlc
Zelda
Forza Motorsport
Starfield
Hellblade 2
Diablo 4
Hogwarts Legacy
Ac Mirage
Homeworld 3
Company of heroes 3
Ride 5
Wo long
Cyberpunk 2077 expansion and Starfield are the games I'm looking forward to most.
slams fists on the table
SILENT. HILL.
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING SILENT HILL.
Silksong is no.1 for me (even if I'll probably end up playing it on switch).
Armoured Core VI, Resi 4, SF6 and Sea of Stars fill out the rest of my top 5 picks.
If Judas releases this year (highly unlikely I know) then that would take sea of Stars spot and Tekken 8 could take Resi 4's and I'd fit Stellar Blade in somewhere!
Outside of the realm of playstation Tears of the Kingdom would of course take a spot and IF Avowed launched (like Judas, highly unlikely) then that too would take a spot.
I'am mostly excited about psvr2. Though, at the moment I am only really interested in call of the mountain and resident evil village. The cinematic trailer of Behemoth looks enticing, but the actual game could be far from that. I am still hoping that there are a few more exciting announcements concerning psvr2 titles in the pipeline. But who knows, maybe I am buying this peripheral for two games ?
Other than that Pragmata peaked my interest, but the trailer has not told me anything about the gameplay. I never played FF7 before the remake, which I liked a lot. I might pull the trigger on FF7 Rebirth.
But, whenever I play a flat game, I always think how much better it would be in VR. With PSVR2 it seems possible to match the visuals of the flat version. Therefore I am really hoping that PSVR2 will take off and there will be many flat games also fully playable in PSVR2, even if the adaptation is relatively simple like resident evil 7 or hitman 3. If that is going to happen, those are likely the titles I would be interested in.
Betting over half of these don't release in 2023. This is the way
Way too many games to play in 2023.
1. FFXVI
2. Street Fighter 6
3. Diablo IV
4. FF Pixel Remaster 4-6 on Switch
5. Possibly FFVII Rebirth
6. Spider-Man 2
7. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
8. Jedi Survivor
Just too dang much.
Of them all Tears of the Kingdom is my number 1, followed by FFXVI.
No way I can justify these all at release at full price. I’m gonna have to prioritize.
Zelda, SF6, FFXVI, and Rebirth (if it makes it into 2023) are day ones. Everything else I’ll wait for their first price drops to pickup.
Lollipop Chainsaw remake.
@F1at8mot0 I agree with everything you said, especially about playing games rather than watching some pretty story unfold. To be honest my backlog across PS3, PS4 and Vita will last me a lifetime so maybe it’s a blessing in disguise there aren’t so many titles coming out to add to the pile.
Only one game there for me, RE4.
What about Stellar Blade?? That combat looks smoooooooth.
I'm really looking forward to Final Fantasy XVI, the Like A Dragon games, the Cyberpunk DLC, and despite not really liking the first one - Alan Wake II. I really think they can nail the sequel.
Fortunately, while the list of looks absolutely bonkers, there are only few games which interest me:
1. Layers of Fear
2. Marvel's Spider-Man 2
3. Oxenfree II: Lost Signals
4. Resident Evil 4
5. The Wolf Among Us 2
This is good, though, because I finally caved in and bought Elden Ring (DLC in 2023?), and with The Witcher 3 PS5 port just released and my backlog from 2022, I think I'm covered for the whole year.
This is an awesome year for gaming!
Really hyped up for :-
1. Hogwarts Legacy
2. Spider-Man 2
3. Stars Wars Fallen Order
4. Cyberpunk
5. Horizon
6. Resident Evil 4
And then the Suicide Squad game is coming out too.
Also Tekken 8!
2023 is definitely gonna be a very packed year! I'm looking forward to most of what @VivianXD2464 listed, plus FF16, SpongeBob Cosmic Shake, and a few other games.
@KidBoruto i forgot about Cosmic Shake! Really excited about that too! I loved the previous SB game
@VivianXD2464 I still have yet to play my physical copy of Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated, but I've heard nothing but good things!
Planning to play it later in January, after I beat the LEGO Harry Potter Collection.
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