3 Games to Hanker for in 2023

Hogwarts Legacy

Releasing on everything including the Switch on February 10th. Don’t ask me how or what bargains they had to make to make that happen.

Hogwarts Legacy is the open world Harry Potter game fans have been having wet dreams about their entire lives. Start by getting sorted into your house and then Bum around Hogwarts as a student prior to the events of all the movies. Learn potions and spells, make friends, customise your little dude, and everything else you’ve come to expect from a solid RPG. Freely roam Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest, and the surrounding Overland area and get tied into an adventure that any muggle could only dream of having.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl

Xbox Series X and Series S, PC

Unexpectedly delayed due to half the Kyiv based devs needing to literally pick up guns and fight off Russians, the Stalker franchise is a buggy, rough, beautiful beast. It walked so Metro could run. An open world design dripping with atmosphere, full of anomalies and freaky nuclear created beasts straight from the pages of Roadside Picnic. Somewhere between, shooter, horror and immersive sim. Look forward to this one coming out at the end of 2023.

Forespoken

PS5 timed exclusive, PC later

Dropping Jan 25th Forspoken is doing everything it can to make magical spiderman movement look fun in Skyrim style landscapes.