55 New Upcoming Xbox One Games of 2023

While it’s true that the Xbox Series X is out right now…not a lot of people have it due to the microchip shortage that is going on right now. The good news is that for those that have an Xbox One, you will have a lot of games coming up that you can enjoy.

#55 Warhammer 40000: Boltgun

Developers: Auroch Digital
Publisher: Focus Entertainment
Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S Switch
Release date: 2023

Sometimes you want nothing more than to go into a game and blast enemies without care or cause. A certain franchise realized this could be fun, so they made Warhammer 40000: Boltgun.

The game puts you as a Space Marine who must go out into space to fight the hordes of Chaos and the other Space Marines who aren’t necessarily on your side. The title is meant to feel like an old-school romp from the visuals to the gameplay. You’ll be slicing, dicing, blasting, and blowing up enemies left and right, which will give you a big smile, no doubt.

Sometimes going old-school isn’t a bad thing!

#54 The Valiant

Developers: Kite Games
Publisher: THQ Nordic / Nordic Games
Platform: PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S
Release date: 2023

How far would you go to ensure that the power of gods doesn’t wind up in the hands of mortal men? The Valiant will ask you that question as you endeavor to stop a series of artifacts from falling into the wrong hands. The irony is that those “wrong hands” was a person you knew from The Crusades.

As you travel across the land, you’ll encounter multiple people who want to help you. Use them in squad-based RTS combat to fight off enemies and proceed to the next phase of your quest.

You can even play the game with friends in co-op!

#53 Six Days in Fallujah

Developers: Highwire Games
Publisher: Victura
Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One
Release date: 2023

One of the things about war titles that can make them hard to replay is that the maps always stay the same. That’s the point. The developers make a map, and then you work through it. However, that can make things boring if you play them enough.

In Six Days in Fallujah, that will change. The game will tell you stories from the perspectives of soldiers and civilians who lived during the Iraqi War. But as you play the game, a special procedurally-generated system will change the map every time you go into it. That way, you must deal with every situation as you work through it, because you never know what’ll happen next.

#52  The Last Night

Developers: Odd Tales
Publisher: Odd Tales
Platform: PC Xbox One
Release date: 2023

In the future, if you are a first-class citizen, you will be able to live in the lap of luxury and leisure and never have to worry about anything again. However, for Charlie, he doesn’t get that option. As a “second-class citizen” due to an accident, his life is meaningless. While many around him prosper, he suffers, and there seems to be no way out.

But in The Last Night, Charlie is about to get a chance to change things forever. But whether he will capitalize on it is up to you.

You’ll experience a deep narrative rooted in a Cyberpunk world where your choices will affect how the city reacts to you.

#51 Minecraft Legends

Developers: Blackbird Interactive / Mojang Studios
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios / Microsoft Studios
Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S Switch
Release date: April 18, 2023

You’ve likely been having a blast with Minecraft Steve and others in the main game for some time. But if you’re looking for something new, you’ll want to keep an eye out for Minecraft Legends.

The game turns the blocky world on its head by delivering a more action-focused experience. Your mission is simple. The Piglins are trying to invade the overworld. It’s up to you and others in the game to work together to stop that from happening.

How you stop them is up to you. You can defend settlements or take on enemy bases to root them out. Build your character how you want, and then see how powerful you can make them over time!

#50 BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Developers: Arc System Works
Publisher: Arc System Works
Platform: Xbox One XSX|S
Release date: May 2023

Plenty of fighting games are out there, but few blend as many unique franchises as BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. This epic crossover combines BlazBlue, Persona 4 Golden, Under Night In-Birth, and RWBY for a fighting game experience you can’t miss out on!

Experience epic 2D matches as you pick your character and go to war with various moves and abilities. With so many unique characters, you’ll want to try them out to see which one fits your playstyle!

You’ll also witness a unique story that brings everyone together and has multiple endings! So why not try it out and see what you think?

#49 Endless Dungeon

Developers: Amplitude Studios
Publisher: SEGA
Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S
Release date: May 18, 2023

If you’re looking for a seemingly never-ending challenge, check out Endless Dungeon. In it, you wind up on a derelict space station that just so happens to have a set of space heroes you can recruit.

You’ll likely need them because on this ship are hordes of monsters obsessed with destroying the crystal you’re clutching so dearly. Work with these heroes and set up defenses so you can fight off each wave and make it off the station!

Or, don’t, then die, and then use what you learned to try again! Don’t give up until you’ve killed every last alien! You can handle that, right?

#48 Sifu (Console Release)

Developers: Sloclap
Publisher: Sloclap
Platform: Xbox One XSX|S
Release date: March 28, 2023

Have you ever wanted to feel like you were in a martial arts movie where one man must go up against an army with nothing but his skills? Sifu delivers that experience with some fun twists to keep it compelling.

You play someone who has lost their martial arts master, and you swear revenge against them. After training for this day, you seek them out and must fight through waves of goons to get to several boss fights that’ll test your skills further.

However, if you “die,” you’ll come back. But you’ll be older and have access to more skills. You’ll have less health, though, so complete your mission before you can’t fight anymore.

#47 Party Animals

Developers: Recreate Games
Publisher: Good Shepherd Entertainment / Gambitious
Platform: PC Xbox One
Release date: March 2023

Are you looking for a fun title to play with friends where you do nothing but screw with one another as you try to complete a goal? In Party Animals, you’ll pick a creature to play as and enjoy this physics-based “fighter” as you attempt to do things while your friends try to stop you, and vice versa.

It’s a very simple game, but that’s not the worst thing. Sometimes it’s the simplest games that make you have the most fun. Given how the physics engine works here, you’ll have a blast trying to survive while making your friends’ lives miserable!

It’s so cute you’ll have problems getting angry.

#46 Transport Fever 2: Console Edition

Developers: Urban Games
Publisher: Good Shepherd Entertainment / Gambitious
Platform: PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S
Release date: March 09, 2023

Whether you realize it or not, transporting things from one place to another, or even one country to another, is a vital part of our world’s structure. After all, if we didn’t have things constantly en route to one place or another, how would we get what we needed to live?

In Transport Fever 2: Console Edition, you can create a transportation service that can take things from one place to another. The better you do, the more you can expand your company!

You’ll have to get new vehicles, overcome challenges, and test how well you know transportation to be successful! Think you have it in you to strike it rich in this business?

#45 System Shock Remake

Developer: Nightdive Studios
Publisher: Prime Matter
Platforms: PC PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S
Release: 2023

The 1994 System Shock title is receiving a remake this year from Nightdive Studios. This is a remake we’ve been waiting on for a good while now, so we’re hopeful that the game will be able to deliver. Players can expect a full remake of the game as well, so if you’ve enjoyed the original title, this might be already on your radar, along with complete newcomers to the game. The game is set within the Citadel Station, where a psychotic AI called SHODAN has turned the crew working within the station into mutated cyborg creatures. SHODAN has since put its sights on Earth and won’t stop until humanity is destroyed. Being Earth’s last chance of survival, you’ll have to battle against the swarms of cyborgs roaming the station and stop SHODAN.

#44 Level Zero

Developer: DogHowl Games
Publisher: tinyBuild Games
Platforms: PC PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S
Release: 2023

Level Zero is a multiplayer survival horror game. In this title, the year is 2058, and we’re following a group of researchers who were sent out to research the unknown corners of the Universe. Landing on a distant planet called Turion, the group of researchers stumbles upon a world with hostile alien creatures. The game will be broken up into two teams in which four players take the role of scientists looking to escape while two players are alien creatures looking to kill off the scientists. Light is the main focus of defending yourself from the creatures as the scientists are forced into completing a series of goals to escape the planet. Meanwhile, the aliens harness their unique abilities to sense heartbeats through walls and see perfectly in the darkness. 

#43 Crash Team Rumble

Developer: Toys for Bob
Publisher: Activision Blizzard
Platforms: PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S
Release: 2023

The Crash franchise has thrived lately, and it looks like we’re getting another game added into the mix. Players interested in the Crash universe can expect an upcoming MOBA title experience later this year. This is a 4v4 multiplayer online battle area that will include a variety of characters from the Crash Bandicoot franchise. Like other MOBA games, players will find that each character will come packed with unique skills and abilities. Meanwhile, the goal of the game is to secure the most amount of Wumpa Fruit. While players can venture out, fight off opponents and secure Wumpa Fruit, they’ll need to be cautious. You’ll want to ensure that your drop-off zone is defended, as it could mean an opportunity for the opposing team to deposit their collection.

#42 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Developer: FromSoftware
Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Platforms: PC PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S
Release: 2023

FromSoftware surprised followers during The Game Awards 2022 when it unveiled that the studio was bringing Armored Core back. A brand new entry to the series is coming, and while it’s titled Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, players can enjoy this game as a standalone experience. This mech game will follow corporations seeking to obtain a precious resource found on the distant planet Rubicon 3. However, it’s no easy task with the star system engulfed in flames. To make matters worse, since this resource is so precious, several corporations are seeking control, making it a tough battle filled with mechs. If you’re familiar with the series, you’ll know that there is a focus on customization, so players will have to make several tweaks to their mech to ensure that it’s not only ready for action but will thrive against the toughest opponents. 

#41 Syberia: The World Before

Developer: Microids/Anuman Interactive
Publisher: Microids/Anuman Interactive
Platforms: Xbox One PS4 Switch
Release: 2023

The Syberia games have been around for quite a good while now. This franchise first got started back in 1999 with Amerzone, and its latest release came out in 2022 with Syberia: The World Before. Initially, the game launched for PC before finding its way to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S platforms. But we know it’s coming to additional platforms sometime in 2023. In this particular installment, we’re following Kate Walker, a modern-day attorney that finds her life connected to a pianist from World War II. Players will go through this adventure game from the two periods as you unravel the mystery of how these two individuals are intertwined.

#40 Routine

Developer: Lunar Software
Publisher: Raw Fury Games
Platforms: PC Xbox One XSX|S
Release: 2023

Routine is another upcoming horror game tossing players into the depths of space. As of late, we have seen an influx of these types of horror games, but Routine is looking to add something new for players to enjoy. So far, we know that this game is set on an abandoned lunar base that’s set within the 80’s vision of the future. We’re sent out to uncover what happened to the base’s crew and what horrors may lay awaiting your arrival. Unfortunately, when writing this game description, we’re still left waiting on the official release date when this game will land in the marketplace.

#39 SCHiM

Developer: Ewoud van der Werf
Publisher: Extra Nice
Platforms: PC PS4 Xbox One PS5 Switch
Release: 2023

SCHiM is an upcoming 3D platform puzzle game. Players are taking the role of a schim which is the soul and spirit of a living being. Separated from your human at the start of the game, players are forced into reaching the character in time. However, to move around in the world, schim’s are reliant on shadows. So hop around in the darkness crafted by the light and objects as you attempt to make your way back home. So far, we know each level has small stories to tell as you progress through this stunning abstract world.

#38 Replaced

Developer: Sad Cat Studios
Publisher: Coatsink Software
Platforms: PC Xbox One XSX|S
Release: 2023

Replaced is an upcoming 2.5D platformer. Set in an alternate cyberpunk 1980s America, players are taking the role of R.E.A.C.H. This artificial intelligence becomes trapped in a human body against its will. Now striving to adjust to its newfound life, our protagonist learns it’s only an uphill battle. With the world fueled by corporations and greed, you’ll have to fight for any kind of stable life. But thanks to a catastrophic nuclear event, humans are mainly a currency, with its most precious resource being the organs waiting to be harvested.

#37 Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

Developer: Level 5
Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Platforms: Xbox One
Release: August 2023

Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom is not a new game. This title first emerged in the marketplace in 2018 for the PC and PlayStation 4. But Xbox players are getting this game installment in 2023. So chances are you might be well familiar with the game already. Players are getting an action RPG experience here which follows a young king named Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum. During a coup, Evan finds himself being overthrown and tossed out into the world. Now on a quest to find a new kingdom, players will guide Evan through the harsh world in hopes of fighting back the dark forces that threaten this world’s inhabitants. 

#36 Wanted: Dead

Developer: Soleil
Publisher: 110 Industries
Platforms: PC PS4 Xbox One PS5 XSX|S
Release: February 14, 2023

Wanted: Dead is a new hybrid shooter that is made by the folks who helped deliver Ninja Gaiden. As a result, this game is fast-paced when it comes to emptying a clip into an enemy or slicing them up to pieces. Players are taking the role of the Hong Kong zombie unit. Here the unit is made to uncover corporate conspiracies. Being a hardened cop, you’ll have to use your elite skills to eliminate mercenaries, gang members, and private contractors armed to the teeth.

#35 The First Descendant

Developer: Nexon
Publisher: Nexon
Platforms: PC PS4 XBOX ONE PS5 XSX|S
Release: August 2023

In The First Descendant, the world is under siege from alien invaders. The only people who can stop them are you, The Descendants. You’ll pick the Descendant you want to be, work alongside others to complete missions, and take on dangerous bosses.

The game is powered by Unreal Engine 5, meaning you’ll have pristine graphics to help you experience the beauty and power of this world. Additionally, you’ll have the freedom to craft a unique gameplay style with your Descendants. So don’t be afraid to get creative!

The fate of the world is in your hands and the hands of your teammates. So don’t fail your mission!

#34 Shovel Knight Dig

Developer: Nitrome
Publisher: Yacht Club Games
Platforms: PS4 XBOX ONE
Release: July 2023

In the original games featuring Shovel Knight, you’d wield your mighty shovel blade and venture across the land to vanquish evil and save your friend.

But in Shovel Knight Dig, you’re going in a different direction: down. Drill Knight and his goons have done a sneak attack on you, and the result was your treasure being taken!

You’ll grab your shovel and dig deep to get it back! The thrill of this game is never knowing what spot you’ll reach next. The maps are randomly generated, so no matter how deep you go, you’ll have a different set of rooms to overcome if you replay the game.

What are you waiting for? Get digging!

#33 Mordhau

Developer: Triternion
Publisher: Triternion
Platforms: PS4 XBOX ONE PS5 XSX|S
Release: June 2023

Many video games try to deliver the “medieval experience.” But in Mordhau, you’ll get a huge focus on the combat of the era and how chaotic medieval fighting really was.

In the title, you’ll customize your character and head into the fray alongside friends or online allies to defeat your rivals. There are multiple ways to play the game, including having massive 64-player battles, doing sieges on key fortifications, or fighting hordes of enemies one wave at a time!

You’ll have the freedom to choose what your character plays like, so develop the fighting style you think you need to achieve victory!

#32 WrestleQuest

Developer: Mega Cat Studios
Publisher: Skybound Games
Platforms: PC PS4 XBOX ONE PS5 XSX|S SWITCH
Release: May 2023

In WrestleQuest, the cream always rises to the top! But to get to the top, you must earn it!

The game puts you as a wrestling rookie in a world where you’ll travel, train, and beat up enemies so you can earn your place among the wrestling elite! As you move throughout the world, you’ll face monsters, robots, and other challenges that only a champion can overcome!

You’ll tailor everything about your character, including the moves you use, the gear you wear, the entrance theme you come out to, and more. So put on your tights and prepare for the ultimate slobber knocker!

OOOOOHHH YEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

#31 I.G.I Origins

• Developer: Antimatter Games
• Publisher: Toadman Interactive
• Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO
• Release: 2023

What happens when the job you’re recruited for isn’t exactly what you expected? I.G.I Origins takes you into the beginnings of the hit game from 2000.

You’ll play Michael King, a former soldier and special operative recruited to help the Institute of Global Intelligence with a new threat growing in the world. Through them, you’ll take on challenges with deadly force, or extreme stealth.

But the more missions you do for them, the more you question who is in charge and their goals. Will you keep fighting for them or try to change things so the world can be safe? The choice is yours.

#30 Wanted: Dead

• Developer: Soleil
• Publisher: 110 Industries
• Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO, X/S, PS5
• Release: February 14, 2023

Welcome to a dystopian form of Hong Kong. Here, an elite police unit known as the Zombie Unit will have its most formidable challenge yet. They uncover a corporate conspiracy that envelops the entire city, so they must pick it apart piece by piece!

That won’t be easy, as those in charge have their own security forces meant to help them. Use a mix of shooting and slashing tactics to come out on top and complete the mission!

The title is meant to be brutal in difficulty, so take no fight you have lightly. Will you be able to bring down the ones in power?

#29 The Pathless

• Developer: Giant Squid
• Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
• Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO, X/S, PS5, NS
• Release: TBA (NS, XBO, X/S)

In a land that is taken by a curse, only a hunter can dispel it and bring peace back to the realm.

To do so, you must use both your archery skills and your bond with an eagle to soar to new heights and overcome obstacles. But beware, the Godslayer is out there, and they seek the destruction of the world. You must prevent that from happening!

In this world there is no map to guide the hunter so you must work together with your eagle to forge your way and use your senses to figure out the path you are to travel. You’ll encounter incredible beasts that darken the land, overcome them, and bring light back unto the world.

Behold this world in all its glory, and seek to return that glory to its fullest.

#28 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

• Developer: Gun Interactive
• Publisher: Gun Interactive
• Platforms: PC, PS4, XBO, X/S, PS5
• Release: TBA

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre film (the original one at least) is one of the most iconic horror films of all time, retelling the shockingly true story of the Slaughter family and what they did to people. But now, you can experience the story (kind of) from your own eyes via the game adaptation.

As you might expect, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre title is a 4v1 title in the style of Dead By Daylight and Friday The 13^th. One player will be one of the Slaughter family and seek out those who are your “guests” and make sure they stay…permanently.

As for the other players, it’s your job to run like the wind and sneak away so that you can escape…if you make it that far…

#27 Aliens Dark Descent

• Developer: Tindalos Interactive
• Publisher: Focus Entertainment
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows
• Release date: 2023

Let’s start with one that could surprise a lot of people when it comes out. Aliens Dark Descent will feature you as the leader of a squad of Colonial Marines. Your mission? To go to a certain moon where a sect of Xenomorphs are and wipe them out.

But that’s only the start of the problems you’re going to have, we can promise you that. Because there are also a rogue set of operatives there that are going to try and interfere with your mission. Plus, there will be all-new monsters in the Aliens universe for you to fight!

You’ll need to make sure your squad is prepared for everything to come, else you’ll be wiped out.

#26 Demonschool

• Developer: Necrosoft Games
• Publisher: Ysbryd Games
• Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
• Release date: TBA 2023

Demonschool places you in the role of Faye attending college on a mysterious island, which houses plenty of secrets. You’ll be tasked with exploring the island and building relationships with other students, which helps you level up and learn new skills. Combat generally takes place on a turn-based grid in the demon world, with a heavy emphasis on combos. Instead of taking actions character by character, the entire party acts in the same turn after the planning phase. Demonschool also makes use of contextual actions, whereby some moves depend on characters’ positions in relation to each other and the environment.

#25 Valheim

• Developer: Iron Gate Studio
• Publisher: Coffee Stain Publishing
• Platforms: Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows, Linux
• Release date: Q2 2023

Valheim is one of many games out there that plays on the idea of building up a life in a very unique place. In this case, that place is one inspired by Norse mythology in all sorts of ways. But don’t get stunned into silence by its beauty, because there are some harsh things waiting for you here.

If you want, you can play this game with up to 10 total players, and work together to make a life for yourself here. Build up homes, roam the lands for supplies, and seek out all that this place has to offer.

But be warned, your party is not alone in these lands. Monsters and secrets reside here too, so arm yourselves for battle and protect your new homeland.

#24 Persona 3 Portable

• Developer: Atlus
• Publisher: Atlus
• Platforms: Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PSP, PlayStation 2
• Release date: 2023 NS, PS4, PC, XBO, X/S

Let’s start out with a familiar franchise, shall we? The Persona line is known right now for Persona 5, but as you can tell by the numbering, that means there were other games before this. Persona 3 Portable was the third main entry, but it was made for the PSP, and is now going to be coming to major consoles and PC next year.

In it, you will be part of a high school group that goes into a separate dimension with their Personas to try and rid the world of the darkness that has been set upon it. You know, typical high school stuff. It’s going to be interesting to see how this game holds up on modern systems, so it’s something you should check out.

#23 Persona 4 Golden

• Developer: Atlus
• Publisher: Atlus
• Platforms: PlayStation 2, PS Vita, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
• Release date: 2023 NS, PS4, XBO, X/S

While it’s true that Persona 5 was the game that finally made the Persona franchise “mainstream” and beloved by critics and the public as a whole, Persona 4 Golden is still hailed by many fans as the best of the franchise. So with the upcoming ports to all major systems coming next year, you’ll get to experience yourself why that is.

In the game, a small town is rocked by a set of murders, and now, your protagonist and his friends will go on a journey that’ll test them in various ways. This is a true JRPG coming-of-age story mixed with incredible battle elements that makes the whole experience worthwhile. So don’t miss out.

#22 XDefiant

• Developer: Ubisoft San Francisco
• Publisher: Ubisoft
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows, Stadia, Amazon Luna
• Release date: 2023 (TBC)

Ubisoft is trying to get its share of the FPS arena shooter market with XDefiant. Formerly known as Tom Clancy’s XDefiant, this free-to-play, fast-paced arena shooter revolves around factions inspired by Tom Clancy’s popular franchises.

The factions, also called Defiant, all come from other Tom Clancy games. The Wolves come from Ghost Recon, the Echelon are from Splinter Cell, while the Outcasts and the Cleaners both come from The Division. Each of these factions has its own abilities, weapons, and items. Ubisoft employees describe the game as “fast-paced firefight meets punk rock mosh pit,” whatever that means. 

#21 Minecraft Legends

• Developer: Blackbird Interactive, Mojang Studios
• Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows
• Release date: 2023

Minecraft is the best-selling game of all time, and while no one might have seen that coming at the time, it’s somewhat easy to understand why it’s happening right now. Not the least of which was that the game offered a lot of creative freedom to go and build whatever you want in order to have fun. There were other modes in the game of course, but the building was the key mechanic.

In Minecraft Legends though, the focus will be more on an adventure. You’ll journey through “new but familiar” lands to learn more about what’s out there, and you can play alone or with friends to see how your journey goes.

So if you’re a Minecraft fans, you’ll want to try this game out.

#20 The Expanse

• Release date: 2023
• Publisher: Telltale Games
• Developers: Deck Nine, Telltale Games
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows

Fans of The Expanse TV show have been eagerly waiting more information on The Expanse video game series that’s coming from TellTale Games. TellTale is of course the reborn version of the developer that loved making episodic titles of all sorts of franchises.

In this case, the game will serve as a prequel to the TV show, including have Camina Drummer return as the main character.

Recently, it was revealed that the game will have new gameplay elements that aren’t standard with previous TellTale games. Including having more control over the gameplay and the story itself.

The Expanse from TellTale Games will release within 2023.

#19 Dead Island 2

• Developer: Dambuster Studios
• Publisher: Deep Silver
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5
• Release date: February 3, 2023

Yep, it’s true! Dead Island is alive once again! The game was revealed once more at Gamescom and it honestly has a release date of February 2023. So that means we technically don’t have too long to wait until you can play it!

As for the gameplay itself, that wasn’t shown in the return trailer. But, there were a lot of zombies shown, as well as the new setting of the game with a very chill protagonist. Given how the first game was, you can likely expect a lot of violence and a lot of weapons that you can use to try and get the zombies to go away.

#18 Tom Clancy’s The Division: Heartland

• Developer: Red Storm Entertainment
• Publisher: Ubisoft
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows
• Release date: TBA

There’s been a lot of mystery around The Division Heartland, as we know it’ll take place within The Division universe, but what is the game truly about? Well, we now know that it’ll take place in Silver Creek, a place that has come under attack from hostile forces.

Now, you’ll have to go and make a stand with your fellow members of The Division in order to take back this place and show the “heartland of America” will not be taken over so easily.

No doubt there will be all sorts of missions for you to do in the game, so be ready as they’re going to be doing some closed tests that you might just get to be a part of!

#17 Destiny 2 Lightfall

• Developer: Bungie
• Publisher: Bungie
• Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
• Release date: February 28, 2023

If you’ve been waiting for the next big piece of DLC in Destiny 2, well, the wait will be over next year, as Destiny 2 Lightfall will be arriving next February, and it’s promising quite a bit.

Not the least of which is a Cyberpunk-style city that is set on Neptune of all places. What’s more, Calus is back as a villain, and that means that it’s truly time to start off the final part of the “light versus dark” saga that Destiny has been building up for quite some time now.

There are other aspects here too that’ll get players excited, including new subclasses, the new city to explore, and more. But just how good it’ll be will depend on how it is when it launches next year.

#16 RoboCop: Rogue City

• Developer: Teyon
• Publisher: Nacon
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5m Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows
• Release date: June 2023

Have you ever dreamt of becoming part man, part machine, all cop? This fantasy will come true with RoboCop: Rogue City, an FPS coming to Xbox Series X/S in June 2023.

This game lets you play as the iconic RoboCop, as he is facing various enemies threatening the city of Old Detroit. You will have to handle hostage situations, bank robberies, as well as gangs and punks aiming to take over the crime-ridden streets of Old Detroit. Developer Teyon promises a compelling narrative in which RoboCop must seek out the truth in a world rife with greed and corruption.

#15 Black Myth: Wu Kong

• Developer: Game Science
• Publisher: Game Science
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows 
• Release date: 2023

Black Myth: Wu Kong is an upcoming action RPG inspired by a 16th-century Chinese novel called Journey to the West. The narrative of the game is based on the adventures of the Monkey King, a famous mythical character who is one of the novel’s primary characters.

In the game, this powerful monkey is referred to as the “Destined One.” He bears several abilities, such as the power to turn into a swamp of flying insects or transform into a giant monster. During his adventures, he will face various opponents, from headless monks to a powerful white dragon.

#14 Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

• Developer: A44 Games
• Publisher: Kepler Interactive
• Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
• Release date: Early 2023

In Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, humanity is on its last legs. The door to the afterlife opened up, and from it came an army of the dead led by an old god and they sought to wipe out humanity once and for all.

But humanity is not so quick to submit, instead, the coalition army is going to take back what’s theirs, and will use all manner of weapon in order to get it. True to its promise, you’ll have to use blades like axes, magic and guns in order to fight off the gods army. The combat system is brutal, but can reward you greatly as you learn its intricacies.

The world itself is vast, and you’ll get to go through much of it on your march to freedom!

#13 Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

• Developer: Team Ninja
• Publisher: Koei Tecmo
• Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
• Release date: Early 2023

What happens when you mix Chinese history with dark fantasy? You get a title like Wo Long Fallen Dynasty. In this title based on the Three Kingdoms world, you’ll play as an unnamed militia soldier who finds themselves fighting for their very survival in a kingdom overrun by dark forces.

But fear not, for while the enemy is mighty, you have the ability to beat them back. Master the combat system of the game and you’ll slowly unlock special gifts within your character that will change the tide of battle in your favor!

Will you be able to withstand these demonic forces and save the kingdoms?

#12 Exoprimal

• Developer: Capcom
• Publisher: Capcom
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows
• Release date: 2023

Humanity has had an obsession with dinosaurs for quite some time, and in many cases and stories, we put ourselves against dinosaurs in stories of survival to go and see who would win.

In reality, dinosaurs would win most of the time…they’re dinosaurs, after all. But in Exoprimal, there is a bit of a twist in the story, because in this game you won’t be fighting the dinos with basic weapons, you’ll be fighting them in futuristic mech suits.

Yep, believe it, Exoprimal puts you in a world where dinosaurs are randomly showing up in our world and you have to put them down. Work alone, or team up with friends, whatever it takes to end the dinosaur menace!

#11 Overwatch 2

• Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
• Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows
• Release date: October 4, 2022 (Early Access) Expected Full Launch 2023

While the beta and Early Access for Overwatch 2 is going on now, it’s not until 2023 that we’ll get to see more of this sequel and the various additions that’ll be put into it.

Don’t forget that the original Overwatch spent years expanding, growing, developing both its story and its character roster, and Overwatch 2 will be doing the same more than likely.

If everything goes to plan, it’ll be a 6v6 action-packed team-based shooter that is even more refined and balanced than before (we hope…). But given that Blizzard is the one working on it…well…then it’s not really a guarantee, now is it?

#10 The Wolf Among Us 2

• Developer: Telltale Games, AdHoc Studio
• Publisher: Telltale Games, Athlon Games
• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, XBO, X/S
• Release: 2023

The original The Wolf Among Us game from TellTale was an episodic series based on the Fables DC Comics title. In it, you play as Bigby, aka the “Big Bad Wolf” who also happens to be the sheriff of Fabletown.

Dark events happen there, and the idea of a “happy ending” is very much a “fairy tale notion”. The first game had a dark and gripping mystery, and now, The Wolf Among Us 2 is aiming to continue that story. It’ll be set 6 months after the first game, and a new threat will threaten to blue the lines between the worlds that exist in the game.

You ready to be the wolf again?

#9 Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes

• Developer: Rabbit & Bear Studios
• Publisher: 505 Games
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows
• Release date: 2023

There’s an interesting backstory to Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes that we definitely want to mention, and that’s that the title was the first video game to be funded on Kickstarter in 2020. The team at 505 Games were eternally grateful for the support from fans, and seek to make a JRPG that they’ll be proud of.

In the title, an empire that has reigned for quite some time seek an artifact that’ll make them even more powerful than before. An imperial officer and a village boy strike up a friendship during this time, but when things go wrong, a new war will arrive, and the two will be at the center of it.

A massive JRPG experience awaits you when Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes arrives!

#8 Path of Exile 2

• Developer: Grinding Gear Games
• Publisher: Grinding Gear Games
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows (TBC)
• Release date: TBA

Path of Exile was a dungeon crawler title that had loads of content and updates that ensured that players always had something to do or strive for. Now, the team behind the game are growing their universe via Path of Exile 2. This game will feature a new seven-act storyline that goes right alongside the story from the main game.

Plus, if you got all the expansion content from the first title, it’ll be within Path of Exile 2 as well, so you’re not losing anything major by going into this game.

The team are determined to melt the first and second games together for players old and new. So don’t miss out on the story!

#7 Ad Infinitum

• Developer: Hekate
• Publisher: Nacon
• Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
• Release date: April 2023

Games have never been afraid to not just show horrifying things, but to explore the very nature of horror at its core, and the trauma that various things can leave behind. In Ad Infinitum, you’ll take the role of a German soldier who is trying to cope with all that happened in World War I.

But, the world isn’t going to let you do that very easily, as you’ll find yourself within traps, having to solve insane puzzles and mysteries, and having to come to terms with all that you and your fellow Germans did during the world.

This is not a game for the faint of heart, so if you aren’t the one who can handle horror, you might want to ignore this title.

#6 Kerbal Space Program 2

• Developer: Intercept Games Squad
• Publisher: Private Division
• Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
• Release: Early 2023

The Kerbal Space Program was a title that put you in control of a race of creatures called the Kerbals and expected you to help them achieve spaceflight and travel and to establish them as a spacefaring race. Of course, there would be a lot of trial and error in that, but that’s part of the fun, right?

In Kerbal Space Program 2, you’ll get to do it all over again, but with new challenges, new technologies to use, and the same Kerbals that can’t help but get into trouble at times.

Take them to the moon, to other planets, and the stars within the galaxy! Just make sure you do it with them alive, ok?

#5 Hyenas

• Developer: Creative Assembly
• Publisher: Sega
• Platforms: PS5, X/S, PS4, XBO, PC
• Release: 2023

Most people are hungry to see what the future holds because they see it as something full of “awe and wonder”. But in Hyenas, the future sucks unless you’re rich and powerful.

For in the game, you play as a sect of humans who are outcast to what is almost literally a “flying space junk heap” while the rulers of corporations live high and mightily on Mars. Now…you’re not going to take that lying down, are you?

Of course not, because you are part of a group known as the Hyenas, who ravage the strongholds of the rich and steal their stuff…because it’s actually your stuff!

You’ll be fighting against guards, robots and other Hyena groups, so make sure to get all you can!

#4 Atomic Heart

• Developer: Mundfish
• Publisher: Mundfish
• Platform: PC, PS4, PS5, XBO, X/S
• Release: 2023

Atomic Heart is an upcoming FPS set in an alternative 1955 timeline. Here the Soviet Union is thriving with technological advances. Players are stepping into the role of a mentally-unstable KGB agent called P-3. Here, the government tasks P-3 to figure out what’s going on with a facility that recently went quiet. Upon arrival, you’ll deal with machines that have gone rogue. You’ll need to gather whatever scraps you’ll find along the way to tweak your weapons further to fight against these enemies, all while scavenging for clues of what happened before your arrival.

#3 Assassin’s Creed Mirage

• Developer: Ubisoft
• Publisher: Ubisoft
• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
• Release date: 2023

Are you ready to go back to where it all began once again? Assassin’s Creed Mirage is going to be one of the titles in the franchise, but there will be a few key difference this time around.

In Assassin’s Creed Mirage, you’ll play as Basim 20 years before the events of Valhalla, and this time you’ll see him in the ancient version of Baghdad. But the “return to the beginning” will be a reference to the gameplay. It’ll be about the original three building blocks of the series. The stealth, the assassinations, and parkouring all over the city.

Baghdad will be big enough to have a lot of fun in, so you’ll want to check this out when it arrives.

#2 Diablo IV

• Developer: Blizzard Entertainment, Vicarious Visions
• Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows
• Release date: 2023

Listen, Diablo fans. We get it, you are in a place right now where you are having trouble believing that Blizzard can actually make a good Diablo game again. After all, Diablo III had various issues throughout its main life, and Diablo Immortal was so bad that even at its announcement fans were like, “Is this a poorly-time April Fool’s joke?” and it turned out that it wasn’t a joke at all.

But with Diablo IV, perhaps you might just get the chance to play a good Diablo title again. One that feels like Diablo without the infinite amount of microtransactions.

We can’t say it’s for certain, but at times…you need to have faith! …before Blizzard stamps it out with in-game purchases…

#1 Hogwarts Legacy

• Release date: February 10, 2023
• Developer: Avalanche Software
• Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Good news for those who waited for their Hogwarts letter without ever receiving it: you will finally be able to join the wizarding school in 2023. At least, in a video game.

Hogwarts Legacy is an open-world action RPG that turns you into an apprentice wizard. The game is set in the late 1800s, and you play as a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. If this game is a brand new story and is not connected to Harry Potter and You-Know-Who, it keeps the iconic locations and experiences of the Wizarding World. You can choose your house, cast spells, brew potions, fly on a broom, and wander around the Forbidden Forest and Hogsmeade Village.