2023 was a messy and horrible yr that, regardless of itself, gave us some wonderful video games. You may even argue that this yr gave us too many video games! Should you had been searching for a break to compensate for what you missed, effectively, subsequent yr doesn’t appear to be providing a lot of a reprieve—at the very least not on the outset. Large titles like Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth, Helldivers 2, Suicide Squad, Tekken 8, and Cranium & Bones (and extra) are all dropping early within the yr.
Traditionally, the primary two or three months of the yr aren’t the busiest time for online game releases. Certain, you at all times get a number of large and small video games early on (like Elden Ring dropping in February 2022), however typically it’s a quiet time, letting us all catch our breaths earlier than the following wave of massive titles. Just lately, this has began to vary—in 2023’s first months we bought the Useless House Remake, Hogwarts Legacy, and Hello-Fi Rush. And this development appears to be like to be persevering with in 2024. Inside simply the primary eight weeks of the brand new yr, over a dozen notable video games are launching, lots of which I’m excited to play.
Listed here are a few of the video games arriving in January and February:
January
- Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown — January 18
- The Final of Us Half II Remastered –-January 19
- Apollo Justice: Ace Lawyer Trilogy — January 25
- Tekken 8 — January 26
- Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth — January 26
- BlazBlue Entropy Impact — January 31
February
- Granblue Fantasy: Relink — February 1
- Persona 3 Reload — February 2
- Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League — February 2
- Helldivers 2 — February 8
- Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden — February 13
- Mario Vs. Donkey Kong — February 16
- Cranium and Bones — February 16
- Nightingale — February 22
- Pacific Drive — February 22
- Brothers: A Story Of Two Sons Remake — February 28
- Star Wars Darkish Forces Remaster — February 28
- Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth — February 29
Can 2024 compete with 2023’s historic output?
Of all of the video games dropping over the following two months, I’m most likely most excited for Prince of Persia, the following entry within the Ultimate Fantasy VII remake saga, Helldivers 2, and the creepy post-apocalyptic highway journey recreation, Pacific Drive. I’m additionally curious to lastly play Cranium & Bones after all of the delays. Will I get pleasure from that recreation? Will I even bear in mind I performed it by October of 2024? I’ll discover out quickly.
And when you had been hoping that possibly this avalanche of video games was going to cease after February, effectively, unhealthy information. Wanting forward into March, we’ve bought Dragon’s Dogma 2, Homeworld 3, Princess Peach Showtime, that Alone within the Darkish reboot, and Rise of the Rōnin.
Will 2024 have the ability to stand toe-to-toe with 2023 as a historic yr of nice video games? I’m undecided, but when each month is as packed as these opening weeks, it simply may. Sorry to all of your wallets on the market.
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