The Most Anticipated Sport of 2023: IGN’s Readers Have Spoken

2023 is nicely underway at this level, and with it comes the promise of one other yr of (hopefully) spectacular video games that may make us chuckle, cry, and simply have the most effective previous time. Because it stands (earlier than delays begin piling in), we’ve such potential classics as The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Starfield, and so many extra video games to stay up for. Nonetheless, which sport are you most excited for? Over the previous week, we requested IGN’s viewers to tell us which video games they cannot wait to play, and the outcomes are in.

After hundreds and hundreds of battles with matchups like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor vs Last Fantasy 16 and Useless House Remake vs Resident Evil 4 Remake, the most-anticipated 2023 sport, in accordance with you, has been determined. Who took the highest spot? Drumroll please…

Sure, in what you might name a little bit of an upset contemplating the behemoth that’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has taken the last word prize by profitable 65,038 of its 79,160 battles. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 seems to be the large PlayStation unique on the horizon and everybody loves that pleasant neighborhood spider. This entry additionally seems to ramp issues up much more by bringing Peter Parker and Miles Morales collectively to face Venom.

The battle, which was one of many closest and largest in Face-Off historical past, noticed Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s 82.2% win share be sufficient to take down The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s 82.1% win share. Sure, the margin between victory and defeat was lower than 1,000 votes.

Now, defeat was in all probability too harsh a phrase because the hype for the sequel to 2017’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild couldn’t be greater forward of its Could 12, 2023, launch date. We nonetheless do not know a lot about Tears of the Kingdom, nevertheless it seems to take Hyperlink to the skies to discover floating islands above Hyrule and convey us again to the world first launched in a sport we ranked on the very high of our listing of the highest 100 video games of all time.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor took third place with a 80.4% win share and earned sufficient votes to carry off Starfield and Hogwarts Legacy within the high 5. It is attention-grabbing to notice that three of the highest 5 video games are console-exclusives, and the opposite two are from two of the most well-liked IP on the earth in Star Wars and Harry Potter.

Rounding out the highest 10 had been some extra massive hitters, together with Last Fantasy 16, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Useless House Remake, Assasin’s Creed Mirage, and Diablo IV.

On the opposite facet of the spectrum, The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath claimed the underside spot with a 23.6% win share. We do not have a agency launch date for the sport based mostly on the 1974 movie, however our first impressions with the 3v4 PvP sport had been constructive and we mentioned it was an excellent match with the license.

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Misplaced Demon, a spin-off within the Bayonetta franchise, positioned proper above The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath, and was surpassed by Kerbel House Program 2, Firm of Heroes 3, Minecraft Legends, Homeworld 3, Payday 3, Sons of the Forest, Ark 2, and The Expanse: A Telltale Collection.

Many of those video games are spin-offs or sequels to well-liked franchises and, whereas they will not be on the high of the listing, they may probably be nicely price a glance. Sons of the Forest is one specifically to maintain an eye fixed out for as our latest unique preview mentioned it “couldn’t solely present an enormous leap ahead for the sequence, however the survival sport style as a complete.”

Are you questioning the place your most anticipated 2023 sport landed, like possibly Hades 2? (It took spot #13!) For all of the rankings, you possibly can try the complete listing of the place all 45 2023 video games that competed within the Face-Off ended up.

For extra, try what you possibly can anticipate in 2023 from PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox, in addition to our have a look at the largest films and TV reveals additionally coming later this yr.

Adam Bankhurst is a information author for IGN. You’ll be able to comply with him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.