Rowling’s harmful anti-transgender views, with many choosing to boycott the game. February’s release of the Harry Potter/ Fantastic Beasts prequel game generated controversy due to J.K. On the subject of wizards: Hogwarts Legacy looks like it could be the best-selling game of the year. Anyone who has already finished Baldur’s Gate 3 must be a wizard. The biggest struggle proved to be staying on top of all the new releases, and there’s no doubt that many people will still be playing catch-up well into 2024, especially given the length of some of these games.
But it’s not as though gamers minded much, given the quality of the output.
Hotly anticipated platform titles debuted on a monthly, and sometimes biweekly, basis, consuming video gamers' time (and the contents of their wallets) like some viral new version of the ever insatiable Pac-Man. 2023 proved to be a blockbuster year for video games.
