Arkane Studios redfall already delayed to 2022, was given a tough call when Microsoft gave it a May 2 launch date to appease Xbox Game Pass fans wondering when they’d get some first-party first-day hits. Nintendo chose May 12 for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom all the way back in September, and Xbox took its chance in January when it chose the 10 days in May for it Until K dominates the game conversation.
But it’s not like redfall is the only other game to launch in May. It’s just, relatively speaking, the only one that remotely meets Zelda-sized expectations for its platform. There are plenty of other intriguing releases, non-early access releases, or previous generation platform launches. But it feels like everyone is avoiding Nintendo this month. Well, everyone except redfall.
Here’s what’s to come, among the major video game launches, for May 2023.
May 2
Age of Miracles 4
(Windows PC)
Image: Arkane Austin/Bethesda Softworks
redfall
(Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
snore aside, redfall sounds like one of those Arkane concepts that plays like a bestseller that turns pages and takes up all your time until you finally finish it. The open-world co-op shooter takes players to an unwitting New England beach town – literally, the sun is permanently blacked out – to rid it of the vampire horde that has taken control.
4th of May
Ravenlock
(Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
5th of May
Hogwarts legacy
(PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
May 8th
Darkest dungeon 2
(Windows PC, full launch)
11 May
Another fishing story
(PlayStation VR2)
Walkabout mini golf
(PlayStation VR2)
Fugue: Melodies of Steel 2
(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
Image: Nintendo
May 12th
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
(Nintendo Switch)
We’re not sure how much more can be said in anticipation of this game, the sequel to the 2017 game. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It’s a Zelda game, it looks beautiful and the world is huge, and it has a fandom that goes back over 35 years. The only reason this game isn’t first on this list is because we’re doing it in chronological order.
May 16
Amnesia: The bunker
(PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
Humanity
(PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR 2, Windows PC (with VR support))
May 23
After us
(PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X)
Farming simulator 23: Nintendo Switch Edition
(Nintendo Switch)
Image: Daedalic Entertainment
May 25
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
Has this happened to you too? Daedalic Entertainment’s stealth action adventure was announced way back in 2019 and has since been delayed several times. Then, just two weeks after showing a story trailer, Nacon and Daedalic arrived on May 25. Lord of the Rings: Gollum will investigate what happened to Smeagol in the meantime The Hobbit And The company of the Ring.
Hello Neighbor: Search and Rescue
(PlayStation VR2)
30th of May
System shock redo
(Linux, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)