Previews

I was fortunate enough to get the lowdown on some of their upcoming 2023 releases by attending the Outright Games Digital Game Showcase. So, let’s take a peek at five offerings, coming out this year, that could be perfect for entertaining the whole family.

Picking and choosing, before submitting to the FOMO, is all part of Mask of the Rose.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre could be the one to dethrone Dead by Daylight, and I can’t wait for full launch in August. 

We’ve been hands-on with Tour de France 2023 on Steam, as well as the less exciting (for us) Pro Cycling Manager 2023 and whilst our full review will come around closer to the June 8th 2023 release, we’ve seen enough here to be able to provide a little insight. 

Have you played Angry Birds with yoga instructors? Or experienced a fishing minigame where there are men on the end of the line? Thanks to SUPER 56, you might get the chance. 

Indications are positive. Our time with Go-Go Town! was slight and short, but there were enough surprises in the city-building to reassure us that it would be just as charming as Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles and Grow: Song of the Evertree.

We've grabbed the skid lid, donned the leathers and jumped astride some of the fastest MotoGP bikes on the earth with MotoGP 23 ahead of it releasing on Xbox, PlayStation and PC

Harmony: The Fall of Reverie is the new narrative adventure game from DON’T NOD, developers well-known for their powerful and immersive narrative games. We got to play the first two chapters of the game, due to release in June 2023.

Crash Bandicoot has seen something of a resurrection over the past few years. Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled signalled that the demand for nostalgia wasn’t limited to just the main series of games alone. Of course, when Crash Team Rumble was announced, comparisons to fan favourite Crash Bash were inevitable.

Disney Speedstorm, straight out of the traps, is a supremely polished, highly kinetic racer. It feels astonishingly good to play, pulling up to Mario Kart on pole.

I am just at the beginning of my Viking based Valheim adventure, and cannot wait to see what I discover next.

It must be said  - Diablo IV looks amazing.

Have you ever wondered what would happen if Anthem and Dino Crisis met, had a few drinks, fell in love and had a beautiful bouncing baby? Well, if so, then 1) you’re slightly odd (but I like you) and 2) it appears that Capcom have had the same thought process with Exoprimal.

Resident Evil 4 is up there with the best games of all time, so revisiting the adventure seems very risky indeed.

Dead Island 2 isn’t going to be rewriting the playbook on zombie open-worlds, but I don’t think the series has ever been concerned with that, instead opting for something fun, pulpy and gratuitously violent. And that’s exactly what we appear to be getting.