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  "description": "This was a year of change. I leaned really hard into console gaming this year, specifically Xbox, after being pretty focused on PC and tried playing a handful of games on mobile too. Here are my favourites from a variety of categories.\n\n\nGame of the year\n\nAlan Wake IIAlan Wake 2 marks Remedy Entertainment’s first foray into the survival horror genre. Ritualistic murders in a small town. A writer trapped in a nightmare. An FBpostgame\n\nAlan Wake II. I love what Remedy is doing with their connected",
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  "textContent": "This was a year of change. I leaned really hard into console gaming this year, specifically Xbox, after being pretty focused on PC and tried playing a handful of games on mobile too. Here are my favourites from a variety of categories.\n\n\nGAME OF THE YEAR\n\nAlan Wake II\nAlan Wake 2 marks Remedy Entertainment’s first foray into the survival horror genre. Ritualistic murders in a small town. A writer trapped in a nightmare. An FB\npostgame\n\n\nAlan Wake II. I love what Remedy is doing with their connected universe and can’t wait to see where they go in the Night Springs and Lake House DLC.\n\n\nBEST DLC\n\nCyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty\nPhantom Liberty is a spy-thriller expansion for the open-world action RPG Cyberpunk 2077. The narrative centers on the aftermath of the President of the New Uni\npostgame\n\n\nCyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty added so much to the vanilla Cyberpunk experience and totally flipped the theme of the original game on its head.\n\n\nBEST REMAKE\n\nDead Space\nThe sci-fi survival-horror classic Dead Space returns, completely rebuilt from the ground up to offer a deeper, more immersive experience. This remake brings ja\npostgame\n\n\nDead Space was really good but I’ve got to hand it to Nintendo for Super Mario RPG. The nostalgia in that one hits real hard.\n\n\nGAME I NEED MORE TIME WITH\n\nSea of Stars\nSea of Stars is a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics. Promising the Sabotage touch in every system, Sea of Stars aims to modernize the classic RPG in terms\npostgame\n\n\nThis one’s a toss up between Sea of Stars, which I loved but dove into on a whim just before a bunch of other games came out. Also, Baldur’s Gate 3, which was only released on Xbox at the beginning of December.\n\n\nWEIRDEST GAME\n\nWanted: Dead\nWanted: Dead promises “spectacular melee combat and exciting gunplay,” and is set in a “dark and dangerous version of science-fiction Hong Kong where you will n\npostgame\n\n\nWanted: Dead. Seriously, what the fuck?\n\n\nMOST ANTICIPATED GAME(S)\n\nFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth\nFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth is the second entry in the Final Fantasy VII remake project, which retells the story of the genre-redefining RPG across three distinct\npostgame\n\nZenless Zone Zero\nZenless Zone Zero is an all-new 3D action game from HoYoverse, here to provide a thrilling combat experience. Build a squad of up to three and begin your assaul\npostgame\n\nDragon’s Dogma II\nDragon’s Dogma is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, the\npostgame\n\n\nI think I’m equally excited to see where Square goes with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and I can’t resist anything by HoYoverse so Zenless Zone Zero is up there too. I also can’t wait for Dragon’s Dogma II. I can’t explain why but the original is a favourite of mine.",
  "title": "Games: 2023 edition",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-01T20:23:15.000Z"
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