June is going to be a huge month for gaming in 2023, not just because of the incoming onslaught of new announcements and trailers out of a stacked Summer Game Fest season, but also a ton of great game releases from big, AAA blockbusters to neat-looking indies and everything in-between.
I’ll keep the intro short and sweet this month, because I’m trying to rest my brain and hands before Final Fantasy XVI drops. So here’s just some of what’s worth keeping tabs on in the month ahead:
We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie
Platforms:PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Release Date: June 1
The Cheapest Physical Copy: $54.99 at Amazon with free shipping
The second title in the Katamari Damacy series has returned in a remastered, powered-up version! This new REROLL comes with improved graphics and gameplay enhancements. In Royal Reverie, roll up katamari as the King of All Cosmos in his boyhood!
Killer Frequency
Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Release Date: June 1
Killer Frequency is a first-person, black comedy, slasher adventure that puts you in the shoes of Forrest Nash, a late-night radio host whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer. Solve puzzles, run the switchboards, and above all else, save lives!
Street Fighter 6
Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Release Date: June 2
The Cheapest Physical Copy: $79.99 at Mightyape after shipping
Here comes Capcom’s newest challenger! Street Fighter™ 6 launches worldwide on June 2nd, 2023 and represents the next evolution of the Street Fighter™ series! Street Fighter 6 spans three distinct game modes, including World Tour, Fighting Ground and Battle Hub.
Diablo IV
Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC
Release Date: June 2 (Early Access), June 6 (Standard)
The Cheapest Physical Copy: $83.99 at Amazon with free shipping
Diablo® IV is the ultimate action RPG experience with endless evil to slaughter, countless abilities to master, nightmarish dungeons, and legendary loot. Embark on the campaign solo or with friends, through beautifully dark settings, or explore a shared world where players can meet in towns to trade, team up to battle world bosses, or descend into PVP zones to test their skills against other players.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC
Release Date: June 5 (PC), June 20 (Console)
Return to Morrowind and discover the mysteries and dangers of the Telvanni Peninsula and Apocrypha in The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom. Wield unknowable arcane powers as you explore two all-new enigmatic zones, investigate and unravel a Daedric conspiracy, and fight on behalf of Hermaeus Mora to preserve reality itself.
Amnesia: The Bunker
Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC
Release Date: June 6
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game from the makers of SOMA and Amnesia. Left all alone in a desolate WW1 bunker with only one bullet remaining in the barrel, it’s up to you to face the oppressing terrors in the dark. Keep the lights on at all costs, persevere, and make your way out alive.
MotoGP 23
Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Release Date: June 8
The Cheapest Physical Copy: $74.99 at Amazon with free shipping
Open the throttle, pass your opponents and cross the finish line: live the dream of being the next champion with the new MotoGP™23, more amazing and challenging than ever!
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC
Release Date: June 8 (PC, Switch), June 22 (PS5, Xbox)
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities’.
Bleak Sword DX
Platforms: Switch, PC
Release Date: June 8
Discover and destroy increasingly horrifying creatures across an oppressive lofi world, wielding fierce weaponry and powerful magic in this pocket-sized action adventure.
Dordogne
Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Release Date: June 13
Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost family secrets in this touching formative journey.
Pixel Ripped 1978
Platforms: PS VR2, Quest 2, PC VR
Release Date: June 15
The latest game in the Pixel Ripped series! Travel back to Pixel Ripped creator Bug’s past at ATARI and team up with Dot on another adventure to defeat the evil Cyblin Lord.
Layers of Fear
Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Release Date: June 15
All stories must come to an end, even twisted and eerie ones. The canvas. The stage. The novel. This narrative-focused psychological horror experience is ready for its final brushstrokes, its curtain call, its final chapter. Are you ready to return and face your fears one last time?
Park Beyond
Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC
Release Date: June 16
The Cheapest Physical Copy: $79 at Amazon with free shipping
If you’ve ever wanted to whip through the tentacles of an octopus, rocket across a canyon, or be shot into the stars you’re in the right place, because you’ve officially been hired to build an entire park full of rides that shatter the limitations of the ordinary with impossification. Welcome to a world where the fantasy of creating the universe’s greatest theme park comes true – welcome to Park Beyond!
Crash Team Rumble
Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One
Release Date: June 20
The Cheapest Physical Copy: $54.99 at Amazon with free shipping
From Toys For Bob, the studio that developed Spyro’s Reignited Trilogy and Skylanders, get ready to collect and drop off Wumpa fruit before the competing team across a variety of maps, along with the heroes and villains of the Crash universe; all bringing their own unique abilities to make their team “wump” up more fruit than the other.
Aliens: Dark Descent
Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC
Release Date: June 20
The Cheapest Physical Copy: $59 at Amazon with free shipping
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
C-Smash VRS
Platforms: PS VR2
Release Date: June 22
Experience SEGA’s beloved arcade and console classic reimagined for VR and online gameplay. Go on a transformative Journey to the edge of space and time – alone or with a friend – or play a variety of competitive modes against players worldwide.
Final Fantasy XVI
Platforms: PS5
Release Date: June 22
The Cheapest Physical Copy: $84.99 at Amazon with free shipping
An epic dark fantasy world where the fate of the land is decided by the mighty Eikons and the Dominants who wield them.
This is the tale of Clive Rosfield, a warrior granted the title “First Shield of Rosaria” and sworn to protect his younger brother Joshua, the dominant of the Phoenix. Before long, Clive will be caught up in a great tragedy and swear revenge on the Dark Eikon Ifrit, a mysterious entity that brings calamity in its wake.
Sonic Origins Plus
Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Release Date: June 23
The Cheapest Physical Copy: $54.99 at Amazon with free shipping
Sonic Origins Plus will be available as an all-in-one bundle that includes the Sonic Origins base game and the Plus Expansion Pack, featuring 12 Sonic Game Gear titles, playable Knuckles in Sonic CD, and for the first time ever: Amy Rose as a playable character in Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic CD!
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC
Release Date: June 27
The Cheapest Physical Copy: $59 at Amazon with free shipping
A reimagining of the beloved classic title, STORY OF SEASONS: A Wonderful Life invites a new generation of players to work their own farms, grow their own families, and live their own wonderful lives in this peaceful farm sim.
AEW: Fight Forever
Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Release Date: June 29
The Cheapest Physical Copy: $74.99 at Amazon with free shipping
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC
Release Date: June 30
Relive the cult classic mystery-solving adventure like never before! Experience Ghost Trick all over again in the long-awaited remaster – by Director Shu Takumi, creator of the Ace Attorney series.
Play as Sissel, the deceased lead character who has somehow mysteriously regained consciousness and is now armed with the power to travel back in time. Uncover Sissel’s unknown past and help unravel mysteries that occurred that fateful night.
Crime O’Clock
Platforms: Switch, PC
Release Date: June 30
Crime O’Clock is a story-driven investigation and time exploration game based on the well-known hidden objects mechanic. As a time detective, your job is to solve crimes through time that should never have happened! You must use a deductive method to combine the clues collected and search for the missing pieces: each map has multiple time ticks to visit and use to resolve various criminal cases. By resolving cases, the map changes, and new adventures are unlocked, allowing you to unravel a full multi-eras story, as in the best crime tv series.
