It’s a good time to be a gamer as the rest of this year is locked and loaded with some of the biggest studios releasing all of their much anticipated and hyped games. Right from September to December this year, there are a lot of big hitters being released, forcing gamers to clear space on their SSDs, upgrade their rigs completely, and even pre-load some of the games to start their adventures as soon as the games officially go Live. From Starfield to Alan Wake 2 to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, gamers might also want to cancel any holiday plans to start their engines, and lift off to outer space and explore the unknown.
For a definitive guide on all the major releases coming out this Fall, the games are ranked below, based on all the first look, anticipation, hype, and general early reviews. Do note that the rankings will most possibly change over time as the games come out and all of us get to experience the games firsthand.
5. Alan Wake 2 – October 27
Starting the list off is a highly popular game that’s finally getting a sequel after 13 long years, as Alan Wake returns with a survival horror game titled Alan Wake 2. The game will see the protagonist return as he finds himself caught in a coma for 13 years, featuring Bright Falls and the Dark Place. The game is said to give players an unsettling experience so this has just got the gaming community quite hyped to try the game as soon as it releases. The game comes out on the 27th of October on the latest-gen consoles where the game costs $59.99, and PC, where the game costs $49.99.
4. Lords of the Fallen – October 13
A reboot of the original game with the same title, Lords of the Fallen is set to take place 1000 years after the events of the original. This time, players find themselves in two mirror dimension realms: the Axiom where the game will be set, and the Umbral, where the game gets nightmarish. If a player dies in the Axiom, they will be resurrected on the dark side for another chance at survival, but with nightmarish monsters to deal with. The entire experience is bound to be new even to players who have played the original.
Lords of the Fallen comes out on the 13th of October, and releases on the latest-gen consoles and PC, costing $69.99.
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3. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – October 20
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is the sequel to the 2020 game although there was a spin-off game in between titled Spider-Man: Miles Morales that centered around the second Spider-Man in the series. The sequel is also said to feature both the Spideys facing off against a new antagonist in the series, Venom, and Kraven the Hunter. With just over a month in between the global release of the game, there’s an expectation to get a detailed trailer of the game to gain as many details about the game as possible.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 releases on the 20th of October and releases on the PlayStation 5 console, costing $69.99 for the standard edition.
2. Starfield – September 6
Bethesda’s masterpiece is what everyone’s talking about as the game gets ever so closer to a global release. The interstellar space adventure game will have players blasting into space with full freedom to explore the planets, galaxies, and the universe in general.
Starfield is said to be one of the least buggy games to come out of Bethesda and the team is said to be leaving no stone unturned when it comes to finding and squashing any bugs they could find. Bethesda and Microsoft have a lot riding on the game whose overall budget is said to be around $200 Million. Starfield comes out on the 6th of September on PC and the Xbox Series consoles and will cost $69.99 for the base edition.
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – November 10
Activision’s reboot of the Modern Warfare 3 game is the most awaited game compared to the rest of the games in this list and rightly so, as the game looks phenomenal in all its teasers and trailers. 2023’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 features a new campaign mode that features the standard story mode as always along with the brand new Open Combat Missions.
The Open Combat Missions is said to give players the choice of either completing the levels in stealth mode or going guns blazing to get the job done. The reboot is also bringing back a lot of iconic characters from the past games, plus a Zombie mode as well. Players can pre-load the game now, as the game is available for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, with the standard edition costing $69.99.
There are a lot of other brilliant games coming out in the coming Fall season as well, which cannot all be included here. This concludes the list of the major titles to look forward to for the remainder of the year, and gamers will no doubt be quite glued in front of their gaming rigs for a loaded year-end ahead.
