Arcane Studio’ red fall Already delayed from 2022, drew a tough pinch-hit assignment when Microsoft gave a May 2nd launch date to appease Xbox Game Pass fans when they thought they’d be getting a few days of early-party hits. were supposed. Nintendo chose May 12 the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the State all the way back in September, and Xbox took its chances back in January when it chose 10 days early in May. tricks Gaming dominates the conversation.
but it’s not like that red fall The only other game slated to launch is in May. It’s just, comparatively speaking, the only one remotely coping with Zelda-sized expectations for its platform. There are plenty of other intriguing releases, releases out of early access, or previous generation platform launches. But it looks like everyone is getting out of Nintendo’s way this month. well, everyone except red fall,
Of the major video game launches slated for May 2023, here’s what’s coming.
May 2
age of miracles 4
(Windows PC)
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red fall
(Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
Snark aside, red fall Sounds like one of those arcane concepts that plays out like a page-turning best-seller, taking up all your time until you’ve finished it. The open-world co-op shooter takes players to a New England seaside town – literally, the Sun is in permanent eclipse – to rid it of a vampire gang that has taken control.
May 4th
ravenloc
(Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
May 5
hogwarts legacy
(PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
May 8
darkest dungeon 2
(Windows PC, full launch)
May 11
another fisherman’s story
(PlayStation VR 2)
Walkout Mini Golf
(PlayStation VR 2)
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2
(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
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May 12
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
(Nintendo Switch)
We’re not sure how much more can be said in anticipation of this game’s 2017 sequel, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, It’s a Zelda game, it looks beautiful and its world is huge, and it’s had a fan following for over 35 years. The only reason this game isn’t first on this list is because, well, we’re doing it in chronological order.
May 16
amnesia: bunker
(PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
humanity
(PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR 2, Windows PC (with VR support))
May 23
after U.S
(PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
farming simulator 23: Nintendo Switch Version
(Nintendo Switch)
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Image: Daedalic Entertainment
May 25
Lord of the Rings: Gollum
(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
Did it rub off on you too? The stealth-action adventure from Daedalic Entertainment was announced way back in 2019 and has been delayed several times since then. Then, just two weeks after showing the trailer for the story, Nacon and Daedalic up-dated it to May 25. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Will investigate what happened to Smeagol in between the hobbit And the Fellowship of the Ring,
Hello Neighbor: Search and Rescue
(PlayStation VR 2)
May 30
system shock reconstruction
(Linux, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)