We’ve spent a lot of time this week talking about old people hating on video games. So we thought we’d take a break and instead focus on what’s new and exciting about gaming this year. And there’s a lot to be excited about.
New Consoles. LOTS Of New Consoles.
The Ouya begins arriving for consumers this March. NVidia’s ambitious Project Shield is apparently arriving this year. The PlayStation 4 will be announced as soon as next month. The Xbox 720 is likely arriving at E3. And Steamboxes will begin to appear on shelves.
In short, if you like new hardware, or want to see the next generation of it, you’ll have your pick.
Plenty of Exciting New Games
If you’re sick of reboots and sequels, 2013, well, will have plenty of those. But it’ll also see the arrival of new IP like The Last Of Us, Watch Dogs, Tearaway, Bungie’s Destiny, and likely a host of new games and ideas arriving with the Xbox 720.
Lots of Franchises You Love Continuing, or Making a Comeback
Of course, if you prefer to spend your money on a proven property, we’ve got Tomb Raider, Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, BioShock Infinite, and likely others as the year rolls forward and we hit E3, the Tokyo Game Show, and others.
Cult Games Get A Chance At A Comeback
One theme we’ve been seeing this year is that games that maybe didn’t arrive on the right system or didn’t get a proper shot back in the day are returning. Deadly Premonition is getting a proper release, Resident Evil: Revelations is coming to consoles, JRPGs that never get released over here are arriving in surprisingly high numbers… if you like cult games, this will be a good year.
Indie Games Will Continue To Grow In Prominence
Sony is supporting indie games fairly heavily. Nintendo may be throwing open the doors to bedroom programmers permanently. In fact, the only hold-out right now is Microsoft, which has largely been discouraged by failed experiments. But, hey… there’s always PC.
What are you looking forward to in 2013? Tell us in the comments!
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Don’t forget GTA V! It’s going to be wicked!
True, I just stuck to what has a definite release date since I don’t want to tease.
Im pretty pumped for all the new games coming out. Justed picked up DMC and it is reminding me of why I played the first two games a total of like 20 times through. Also the Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisen thing even though I already own Dragons Dogma, might as well support the franchise and get some new shit to do.
My March is going to disappear in a puff of SimCity and StarCraft II: HOTS.
Oh shit i forgot about SImCity.
Yeah, I think SimCity is going to be the Life-Eater for a lot of people.
South Park potentially this spring too. Not sure if the transition from THQ to Ubisoft is going to fuck up that release at all.
What’s the point of the Ouya, exactly? It looks nice and all, but a console based on android sounds like a sure miss to me.
Also I hope they call the new Xbox “The New Xbox”
Depending on who you ask, it’ll just be called Xbox.
Viva Steam!
Steambox or Ouya. Steambox or Ouya. Steambox or Ouya.
Ugh, the PS4 needs to come out now*. The Blu-ray drive in my PS3 is all wonked out and I don’t feel like replacing the laser only to find out something else in the drive is dead. I’m in the middle of one game and have another one queued up.
*and be given to me for free