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• Gaming04/30/2023@ThePinGang

  The 15 most anticipated games of 2023 | CNN Underscored

  

  Starts 01/01/2023CONFIRMED71% CONFIDENCE3.7 years agoHappened as dated, per cnn.com^[1]: "…e recent chapters have featured massive open worlds, br…"

  From long-awaited sequels and ambitious remakes to even a few potential-packed original projects, here are the 15 games we’re most eager to get our hands on this year.

  Thanks to fantastic games like Stray, Tunic and Bayonetta 3, 2022 provided ample reason for players to keep their controllers fully charged. And that’s before you consider these exceptional entries were sandwiched between absolute bangers Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarok.

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• Gaming09/20/2026@OddsDesk

  The Game Awards 2026 Names Its Game of the Year

  Peacock Theater, 777 Chick Hearn Court, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA

  

  Starts 12/10/2026SCHEDULED78% CONFIDENCEin 78 daysThe Game Awards^[2]' own announcement and the Peacock Theater's^[3] event listing both give Thursday 10 December 2026, and Polymarket's market on the same award ends that night.

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  The Game Awards return to the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday 10 December 2026. On 20 September 2026 Kalshi had Grand Theft Auto VI at 69% for Game of the Year, well clear of Resident Evil Requiem at 14% and Phantom Blade Zero at 7%.

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• Gaming09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  Grand Theft Auto VI Release

  622 Broadway, New York City, New York, United StatesRockstar Games

  

  Starts 11/19/2026DELAYED11 months late56% CONFIDENCEin 57 daysDate has moved, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "…evealed in December 2023. Following two delays and further leaks, it is scheduled to be released on…"

  Rockstar's return to Vice City, the most anticipated game release in years, after slipping from an earlier 2026 target. Announced date.

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• Gaming04/30/2023@ThePinGang

  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 review

  3100 Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405, United StatesActivision

  

  Starts 10/28/2022UNVERIFIED78% CONFIDENCE3.9 years ago

  Modern Warfare 2's greatest strength is that it doesn't have a gimmick, because it doesn't need one.All Modern Warfare 2 needs to be is a great shooter, and it delivers. This is the Cal

  Modern Warfare 2's greatest strength is that it doesn't have a gimmick, because it doesn't need one.

  All Modern Warfare 2 needs to be is a great shooter, and it delivers. This is the Call of Duty experience, deconstructed, reconsidered, and obsessively optimized over 15 uninterrupted years of iteration. I know when I'm playing a Black Ops game because it has offbeat arcade modes and the latest iteration of Nuketown. I know I'm playing a Modern Warfare game because the shooting is so finely tuned that I want to take my Gunsmith build out to dinner. Infinity Ward has officially mastered the instant gratification of aiming down sights and deleting targets.

  That goes a long way, though some of Modern Warfare 2's biggest swings, such as revamped progression and a genre-bending campaign, are less elegant. It also suffers from an obtuse UI, fits of crashes, weird bugs, and the unexplained absence of basic features like stat tracking. But altogether, it's a good year for Call of Duty.

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• Gaming03/06/2023@ThePinGang

  Diablo 4 at 2022's The Game Awards, a glitzy new trailer announced the game's final release date - 6 June 2023.

  Irvine, United StatesBlizzard Entertainment

  

  Starts 06/06/2023CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE3.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the pin description: "…me in Blizzard's mega-popular franchise was unveiled a good while ago, and its release is drawing ev…"

  The fourth in the action role-playing series will be darker than the last iteration - a return to the grittier roots of the original Diablo.

  Diablo 4 is on the way - there's plenty more hacking and slashing to be had. The next game in Blizzard's mega-popular franchise was unveiled a good while ago, and its release is drawing ever closer.

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• Gaming04/30/2023@ThePinGang

  Need For Speed Unbound Review

  209 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood City, United StatesElectronic Arts

  

  Starts 12/02/2022UNVERIFIED78% CONFIDENCE3.8 years ago

  2022 was a stacked year that featured indie darlings (Immortality), blockbusters (God of War Ragnarok), and smaller, surprise hits (Marvel Snap), so it shouldn't be a shock that a game or two slipped under your radar. But the biggest blink-and-you-miss-it release might be late November's Need for Speed Unbound, the latest entry in EA’s long-running street racing series. With Criterion Games (of Burnout fame) at the helm, Unbound had the potential to be one of the best racing games of the year—or a return to series form after a few missteps. But while aesthetically pleasing and featuring cross-platform play with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, the $69.99 PC game lacks satisfactory car handling and a thriving, in-game world.

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• Gaming09/20/2026@GameDesk

  PlayStation 6 Reportedly Targeted for Holiday 2027 Alongside Xbox Helix

  Minato, Tokyo, JapanSony·…

  

  Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATED67% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsThe report says only "the holiday season in late 2027" with no retail date, so the pin is dated to the last day of 2027.^[1]

  Insider Kepler L2's read of AMD and NVIDIA production plans points to a holiday 2027 launch for Sony's PlayStation 6, mirroring Microsoft's Xbox Helix. AMD's AT2 RDNA 5 GPU is reported as the only major gaming silicon in volume production that year.

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• Gaming04/30/2023@ThePinGang

  Resident Evil 4 Review - IGN

  Chūō-ku, Osaka, JapanCapcom

  

  Starts 03/24/2023CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE3.5 years agoHappened as dated, per ign.com^[1]: "…esident Evil 4. Even so, when I hit the start button on this 2023 remake of the legendary 2005 actio…"

  In light of the high-quality remakes of Resident Evil 2 and 3 released in 2019 and 2020, it felt like a safe bet that Capcom would do an equally admirable job of rebuilding Resident Evil 4. Even so, when I hit the start button on this 2023 remake of the legendary 2005 action-horror game I wasn’t prepared for how forcefully it would knock my knees out from under me and suplex me headfirst into 16 hours of sustained tension and exhilaration. This fully revitalised campaign dramatically one-ups the original in almost every conceivable way. Its Spanish countryside setting is substantially more sinister, its pacing has been tightened to the point where hardly a single minute is wasted, and its controls have been modernised in order to allow its signature dynamic shooting mechanics to really shine. I’ve been waiting 18 years for a game to thrill me in the same way as Resident Evil 4; as it turns out, this whole time I’ve just been waiting for another Resident Evil 4.

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• Gaming04/30/2023@ThePinGang

  The Last of Us Part I Review - IGN

  Minato, Tokyo, JapanSony·…

  

  Starts 09/02/2022CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE4.1 years agoHappened as dated, per ign.com^[1]: "…on of Naughty Dog’s 2013 masterpiece to arrive inside a decade. Unsurprisingly, this remake takes fu…"

  You almost have to admire the hedonism of looking at The Last of Us Remastered, which is still visually impressive eight years later, and saying, “Yeah, that looks pretty good, but we can do better.” There’s very little left to be said about the original The Last of Us, a potent, post-apocalyptic cocktail of stealth, survival, and slaughter that’s revered for its haunting storytelling in an amazingly well-crafted world. You almost certainly knew that. It’s widely lauded as one of the best games of all time and one of the few to get a 10 from IGN, but I reckon you knew that, too. In fact, it’s a game so nice they built it thrice, which is where we find ourselves with The Last of Us Part I – now the third version of Naughty Dog’s 2013 masterpiece to arrive inside a decade.

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• Gaming09/13/2026@GameDesk

  New StarCraft Game Revealed as Open-World Shooter, Targeting 2030

  Irvine, California, USA (Blizzard Entertainment headquarters)Blizzard Entertainment

  

  Starts 05/31/2030ESTIMATED71% CONFIDENCEin 3.7 yearsNo day is given. Engadget^[3] reports that Blizzard's BlizzCon 2026 announcement puts the game in spring 2030 ("the announcement says it's coming in spring 2030"), while IGN^[1] and Kotaku^[2] give only the year, with GM Dan Hay calling 2030 "solid". Dated to the last day of that season as an estimate.

  Blizzard confirmed its next StarCraft game abandons the RTS format for an open-world shooter, with development leads calling 2030 a "solid" release target meant to keep the team honest and focused.

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• Gaming04/30/2023@ThePinGang

  Bayonetta 3 Review - IGN

  Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, JapanNintendo

  

  Starts 10/28/2022CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE3.9 years agoHappened as dated, per ign.com^[1]: "…is especially disappointing because it starts out so promisingly. It opens with a surprisingly dark…"

  I hold the Bayonetta series’ combat in such high esteem that I’d consider it in the top five or so combat systems of all time, right next to the Devil May Cry, God of War, Ninja Gaiden, and Batman Arkham games. It’s just incredible to look at, feels equally amazing to play, and is jam packed with opportunities for style and creativity thanks to the wide assortment of wild weapons at your disposal. Bayonetta 3 just further cements its legacy, strutting out with a surprising sequel in that it actually takes a lot of risks with changing up its established formula in an effort to revitalize a combat system that only slightly evolved between the first two games. Fortunately those risks pay off. Bayonetta 3 is an invigorated sequel with fresh new ideas that embolden its 13-year-old combat system, an impressive amount of variety throughout its 10 to 12-hour campaign, and more of that trademark sexy Bayonetta style that makes the series one of a kind.

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• Gaming04/30/2023@ThePinGang

  Marvel's Spider-Man 2: everything we know about the long-awaited PS5 sequel

  Minato, Tokyo, JapanSony·…

  

  Starts 10/20/2023CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE2.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the pin description: "…"> Marvel's Spider-Man 2&nbsp;is due to release in Fall 2023 exclusively for&nbsp;<a href="https://w…"

  Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is due to release in Fall 2023 exclusively for PS5, completely skipping PS4. This was confirmed via a Tweet by PlayStation(opens in new tab) (opens in a new tab). Rumors had suggested that we would be getting a release date imminently, so it was great to have it confirmed. For now, Fall 2023 is the closest we have to a final date. We'll update if we hear more.

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