January 12th, 2023 at 3:21 p.m. by Rhonda Bachmann – While 2022 was still the year for open-world RPGs and action games, 2023 will finally have some interesting shooters waiting for fans again. The journalists at PC Gamer have compiled a list of upcoming first-person shooters with games to watch this year.
2022 was a year for open-world RPGs like From Software’s Elden Ring or the next-gen update for The Witcher 3, released on December 14th. In addition, the sequel God of War: Ragnarök often made action fans’ eyes shine. What was seen less often despite the quite successful Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2022 were first-person shooters. However, this appears to be changing in 2023.
2023 could be a good year for shooters
PC Gamer journalists have compiled a list of some interesting games scheduled for release in 2023. In addition to Bethesda’s open-world RPG Starfield, which has already been postponed several times and which is really supposed to be released this year, there is a whole range of exciting shooters that want to sweeten the upcoming year for gamers.
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The sword-and-gun game Perish is coming up on February 2nd, followed by the Bioshock-inspired Atomic Heart on February 20th. Atomic Heart from the Russian developer Mundfish is said to be a pure single-player shooter. The remake of the classic System Shock, which Nightdive Studios has equipped with modern features, will be released in March. In April, the developers behind Dead by Daylight are launching the asynchronous shooter Meet your Maker. Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, which is being developed by the Ukrainian studio GSC Game World, is scheduled to be released in December 2023.
Then there are some shooters that have been announced for 2023 but haven’t received a definitive release date yet. These include The Finals from Embark Studios, Payday 3 from Starbreeze and Redfall from Arkane Studios. The competitive shooter BattleBit Remastered for 254 players is also scheduled for release in 2023. Next, players can expect co-op survival shooter Voidtrain and co-op sci-fi shooter Starship Troopers: Extermination, as well as boomer shooter Warhammer 40K: Boltgun.
What: PC Gamer
