Welcome to 2023 – the first year of the next generation. And I don’t mean that sarcastically, and it’s not a dig at the games that have come until this point. This year is going to be the start of something brand new.

That’s not all we have to look forward to. This year is going to see huge changes in the gaming world.

We have the launch of a brand new VR device, and the potential completion of the biggest gaming acquisition of all time. There are rumours aplenty about gaming shows, new reveals and all sorts of other things.

2023 is going to be a great year for gaming, in part thanks to covid. The pandemic hit hard, and we’ll see what happens now we’re (mostly) out the other side.

Way back before the Series X and PS5 came out, I asked whether we needed to re-examine how we count generations. When we have games like Rise of the Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy VII: Remake, what difference does it make where they’re played?

Maybe you can have a slightly bigger resolution on the newer devices, or the framerate is higher. Maybe there are more effects. But there was a massive difference between Knack and God of War: Ragnarok. It’s time to start making that transition.

Games

Luckily there are more “next-gen” exclusives than ever. We have two Final Fantasy games – Final Fantasy XVI and VII Rebirth. Rebirth is a fantastic game to watch out for. I consider it one of the last great games of the PS4/Xbox One generation, and its sequel will show how far things…