Age of Wonders 3 and Planetfall were excellent 4Xs with pleasantly tactile and tactical combat full of customisable units and leaders, and AoW4 is unsurprisingly building on this. When so many game announcements are followed by years of waiting, Paradox and Triumph have given us a treat with this one, as it was only just announced and yet its launch is right around the corner. In May, I expect I'll be spending most of my time building fantasy kingdoms full of cannibal gnomes in Age of Wonders 4. It doesn't look like my cup of tea, but on PC there's a real dearth of strategy games aimed at the young 'uns, and this looks exactly like the kind of thing I can use to turn my wee nephews into little grognards like their uncle. Given that strategy is one of gaming's more intimidating genres, and has a (not always fair) reputation for inaccessibility, the impending arrival of Minecraft Legends is very welcome. The nature of early access means some of these might slip out of 2023, but that might be good news for those of us who can't break the laws of physics just to make more time for new games. But how can we forget about the miserable tactical road trip that is Darkest Dungeon 2? That the early access version is only available via the Epic Games Store probably hasn't done it many favours in terms of visibility, but as the successor to one of the greatest turn-based tactics romps of the last decade, it needs to be on your radar.Ī lot of the most interesting games coming out this year are already playable in early access.Īlso expected to shift from early access to full release this year are Warno, which continues Eugen Systems' penchant for hyper-realistic modern warfare Dune: Spice Wars, which I didn't really gel with, but nonetheless has a potentially interesting take on real-time 4X shenanigans Songs of Conquest, which anyone nostalgic for Heroes of Might & Magic should get a kick out of Wartales, Shiro Games' tactical mercenary sim and The Iron Oath, which looks to be similar to Wartales, but turn-based. A lot of the most interesting games coming out this year are already playable in early access, but if your brain works anything like mine does, this might mean you've already forgotten all about them.
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