A new study has claimed to reveal the 10 most anticipated video game releases of 2023, with notable titles likeHogwarts LegacyandStarfieldmentioned on the list. 2022 has been a strong year for video games, with landmark releases likeElden RingandGod of War Ragnarok, but so far 2023 is shaping up to be even bigger. Many major games that were originally scheduled to launch in 2022 wound up being pushed to next year, making 2023 especially stacked when it comes to new releases.
Thenew video games coming in the first half of 2023alone would be enough to make next year one to remember, but it’s worth remembering that there should be even more games in the second half of the year as well. Some of those games likely haven’t even been announced yet, so gamers don’t even know everything they have to look forward to in the year ahead.
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In an effort to determine the 10 most anticipated games of 2023, the site Top10Casinos took a list of upcoming games created by PCGamer and then used Ahrefs to collect global search data about each game. The titles were then ranked by global search volume to determine which new 2023 games people are looking forward to the most. According to the results, open worldHarry Potteraction-RPGHogwarts Legacyis 2023’s most-anticipated game, followed byBethesda’sStarfieldin second place.
Most-Anticipated Games 2023
Third place went toDiablo 4, while fourth place went to horror survival sequelSons of the Forest. Fifth place went toBaldur’s Gate 3, the long-awaited third entry in the classic RPG franchise that’s currently in development at Larian Studios. Square Enix’s new IPForspokennabbed the sixth spot, whereashorror MMOThe Day Beforemanaged to get the seventh spot.
Blue Protocol, a game that was justfreshly announced at The Game Awards, took eighth place. The highly-anticipatedResident Evil 4remake got ninth place, whereas 10th place was apparently a tie betweenThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomandArk 2. Some gamers may be scratching their heads at these results, but there are certainly flaws with the methodology that could have skewed things. For example, the data was collected on December 19, so games that were recently promoted at The Game Awards had a greater chance of being searched on Google.
As far asTears of the Kingdomgoes, it’s quite likely that the data for it was skewed. “Breath of the Wild 2” was used to collect the data for it, but theTears of the Kingdomtitlehas been known about for quite some time, and at this point, it’s safe to say that there are many fans who are searching for info on the game using the official title. Regardless, this still provides a decent idea of the games fans are looking forward to in 2023, and it will be exciting to see which ones manage to live up to the hype.
