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Congratulations! After 11 months of far too many good games, you’re almost ready to cross the 2023 gaming calendar finish line. Between well-received sequels and remakes, surprise launches of colorful original games, and some of the best indies of the year, 2023 has been a heck of a great year when it comes to game releases, and December is shaping up to be a pretty nice epilogue. As usual, December’s releaser calendar is relatively subdued compared to recent months, which’ll give you time to catch up on your backlog and try out a few other games you might have missed during the year.
That’s not to say that there aren’t some big releases to look forward to, with Ubisoft’s Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora standing out as the biggest name. It’s a return to Pandora where you can flex your Na’video game skills against human aggression while exploring an alien landscape and reconnecting with nature. We’ve also got a few remasters to look forward to, including the return of Kingpin and Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties.
For Switch fans of luxuriously hand-crafted time-travel adventures, the upcoming port of Outer Wilds should be on your radar. Pokemon fans will also be able to dive into the second expansion for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. There’s even a new Dragon Quest game coming exclusively to Switch. You can see all of the highlights below and the full release schedule of upcoming games to keep an eye out for.