The 2023 Video Games Forecast Report

So despite being the in-house resource for video games, I actually play staggeringly few games as I tend to take an extremely myopic approach to playtime. As such, as 2022 was wrapping up when I was thinking about the games that I was excited for in 2023, one half of my brain was thinking about the momentum-based possibilities offered by Strand incoming in Destiny 2: Lightfall.

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The other half of my brain was in a dull humming state thinking about the new divine entities we were going to meet in Hades II. And there’s a fair argument to be made that there are a lot of people who are excited about these games as much as I am, but there’s an even fairer argument to be made that other people may think it may behoove me to know more about other games coming out in 2023. As such, I did some sleuthing and research and would like to present a list of games that may speak to you. Eminently Available Originals One Piece Odyssey Available now, PS4/PS5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S The first piece on the list is actually already out, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t give One Piece Odyssey the first spotlight. This isn’t widely publicized knowledge, but near the beginning of the pandemic, a new friend somehow managed to convince me to watch One Piece. All of One Piece. All 1000+ counting episodes of one of the longest running pieces of fiction that has ever existed. And I had watched some of it before, recognized the first few arcs, and after using …