At the Game Awards 2022, a real firework was fired with strong new games that you can look forward to in 2023:
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Game Awards: Our 10 highlights of the show
But you don’t have to wait until next year for exciting releases, because this week there are some insider tips on Steam.
The three highlights of the week
Master of Magic
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Master of Magic: Gameplay from the remake of the legendary 4X strategy game
Master of Magic is the remake of the popular 4X strategy game from the 90’s. You take on the role of a powerful magician – such as Merlin or the Hindu goddess Kali – and have to conquer the game world with troops of elven, dwarf, orc, dragon and other fantasy units in the best civilization manner.
High on Life
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This boss fight from High on Life needs to be censored because your gun swears so much
High on Life promises to bring a real breath of fresh air to the shooter genre: As a good-for-nothing teenager, you are thrown into the middle of an alien invasion that you must single-handedly prevent.
Your only allies are your insect-like weapons, which not only have various abilities, but also talk to you. With Justin Roiland (creator of Rick & Morty and Solar Opposites) writing the story, you can expect some crude humor.
Incidentally, High on Life will also appear directly in the Game Pass for the release.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 – Reunion
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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 – Reunion – Test video for the action-packed new edition
Most of you should know the quite legendary story of Final Fantasy 7 about the characters Cloud, Sephiroth and Co. You can find out what happened before that in the prequel Crisis Core, in which you will meet many old friends and experience an emotionally gripping story again.
The action role-playing game originally developed for the PSP handheld console has finally made it to the PC after 14 years as an opulent remaster. In addition to modern graphics, you can expect an improved combat system, fully (in Japanese and English) dubbed dialogues and new music.
In our test you can read why you should definitely have the game on your radar:
Crisis Core Reunion
Review: The Final Fantasy 7 the world forgot
More releases of the week
Monday 12 December 2022
Wave Tale: An action-adventure with pretty cool surfing mechanics where you take on huge sea monsters.
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Roller Champions: Ubisoft’s free team sports game, reminiscent of basketball on inline skates, is now available on Steam.
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Roller Champions – Rocket League style sport in the E3 trailer
Wednesday December 14th. 2022
Aka: An overly cute open-world lifesim where you play as a red panda bear who spends his time gardening and building bases.
Lil Gator Game: In this adventure game, which is also very cute, you play a small alligator exploring an island.
Starcom: Unknown Space: This single player space game should make GameStar readers sit up and take notice. You build your own spaceship, explore the open-world universe, collect valuable resources and experience a (hopefully) exciting story. The predecessor Starcom: Nexus has 91 percent positive user ratings on Steam.
Thursday 15 December 2022
Blacktail: In Blacktail you become Baba Yaga, one of the most famous characters of Slavic mythology. With bow and arrow you hunt ghosts in the action-adventure and experience a dark story.
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Hunting ghosts with bow and arrow: Blacktail presents story and game in the new trailer
Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune: A beautiful 2.5D Metroidvania-style platformer that uses novel cartoon rendering technology.
Melatonin: The relaxed rhythm game relies on hand-painted graphics and does not require any user interface at all.
Immortals Fenyx Rising: The open-world role-playing game from Ubisoft, which is reminiscent of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, is now making the leap to Steam. You can find out whether a purchase is worthwhile in our test:
Immortals Fenyx Rising
Test: Ubisoft’s boldest open world in years
Friday 16 December 2022
SCP: Keter: A 3v1 game à la Dead by Daylight in the universe of the extremely popular creepypasta SCP.
Duelyst 2: Successor to the strategy deck builder Duelyst. You build a deck of cards that you use to engage in one-on-one, Heroes of Might & Magic-style tactical battles against other players.
Which game are you most looking forward to this week? Tell us in the comments!
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