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If there's one thing we can say about PC titles in 2023, it's that the industry is moving into a new age of gaming. An increasing number of multi-platform games are no longer hamstrung by a need to run on last-gen consoles, and many are taking advantage of increasingly powerful baseline PC hardware -- the RTX 3060 and its  variant continue to gain popularity in the Steam survey. A pretty game doesn't automatically equal a good game, of course, but it often helps.

Our list of the most anticipated games for 2023 is a mix of remakes, new entries from long-dormant series, and a handful of new IPs. We've been waiting for some of these titles for literal years, while others are probably going to see more delays before they arrive. But what these names really illustrate is that there's something on the horizon for every type of PC gamer.

Dead Space

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• Release Date: January 27, 2023
• Genre: Survival Horror, over-the-shoulder
• Buy if you like: Original Dead Space series, The Callisto Protocol, Resident Evil 4, crapping your pants

We start this list with the game that, barring no setbacks, will arrive first: Dead Space. It's been 10 years since we last stepped into the clunky boots of Isaac Clarke in Dead Space 3, so a return of the Necromorphs in this beloved survival-horror is well overdue. Only now, the guts and gore should look even more stomach-churning as they're rendered on modern hardware.

The limb dismemberment mechanic in Dead Space has been overhauled to appear more realistic, thanks to the new Peeling system that lets you carve through layers of Necromorph flesh, tendon, and bone in order to remove a limb. Players can also use dismembered body parts as projectile weapons: nice!

Remakes of beloved old games don't always hit the mark -- just look at the debacle that was the Blade Runner Remaster -- but EA says Dead Space has been completely rebuilt from the ground up, offering improved visual fidelity thanks to the switch from the RenderWare engine to the newer Frostbite engine. The beefy recommended specs include at least a Ryzen 5 5600X or a Core i5-11600K combined with at least a Radeon RX 6700 XT or an RTX 2070, suggest this will be a graphically impressive experience, too.

 

Company of Heroes 3

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• Release Date: February 23, 2023
• Genre: RTS
• Buy if you like: Company of Heroes 1 & 2, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War II, Iron Harvest, war games

Another franchise we haven't seen in years. Company of Heroes returns in 2023 and real-time strategy fans couldn't be happier. The 2006 original is still regarded as one of the greatest RTS games of all time, and what we've seen of this third entry looks very promising.

CoH 3 will feature two full campaigns set during World War II -- one in North Africa and one in Italy. Relic Entertainment has already revealed features such as the tactical pause in single-player mode, which looks like a welcome addition for those who feel overwhelmed by so much happening at once on the battlefield.

There are also fully destructible environments, verticality that affects units' line of sight, and a dynamic campaign map that allows players to oversee everything in the war, offering full "sandbox-style" gameplay, according to Relic.

Sega announced a three-month delay to Company of Heroes 3 back in October. Hopefully, there will be no more, and we'll get to experience the full game when it launches on February 23.