What exactly happened at the PC Gaming Show 2023? After several years of E3 and The Game Awards type showcases, it’s easy to feel fatigued by the genre of show. Thankfully – without fail every year – there’s something so refreshing about the PC Gaming Show and, with 2023’s mammoth announcement bonanza now on the record, we highlight all the gameplay reveals, fresh trailers, and interviews you may have missed.
While PC Gamer and publisher Daybreak Games work out their issues, the event moved to Studio 2 at the Sunset Bronson Studios. The studio is owned by Pinewood Studios Group and formerly home to the 007 stage and set, as well as the $3 billion Avatar and Furious 7 blockbusters. The showcase was hosted by Sean Day[9] Plott and Frankie Ward—or her AI replacement, anyway—and concluded with an excitable glimpse at the upcoming survival MMO Dune: Awakening.
PC Gaming Show 2023 streams and information
While there are probably screenshots and trailers on the individual segments below, you can watch PC Gaming Show 2023 in its entirety on PC Gamer’s YouTube channel.
PC Gaming Show 2023 trailers and reveals
The PC gaming industry came to blows during this showcase as we were treated to dozens of trailers, reveals, and interviews. Below, you’ll find a curated selection of the best content shown during the show.
After several years of blood, sweat, and tears, Frostpunk 2 wasn’t exactly a surprise but was arguably the biggest announcement of 2023. What Opposuit did was announce the game, release a cinematic trailer, and then promptly crush thousands in the cold, unfeeling fist of revealed compulsive microtransactions.
After years of waiting, Jumplight Odyssey’s surprisingly bizarre trailer blew minds, revealing that not only has this game been in development for years, but it’s alive and well, still complete with silent protagonist Tom Dalt.
Nivalis looks like a madness cartoon, built from arcade racers like SEGA’s OutRun games and with a distinct personality all of its own.
If you like planes, guns, and open world games then Racing Termination is an arcade racer built around taking on the best times set on every server. If you can top it, you get the chance to see your car emblazoned across local shops.
Dying Light 2: Reborn is happening, and this time, main character Ellie is attempting to fight against members of her own family. Stealth takes a back seat to action as Ellie can use her grappling hook to traverse the zombie-infested wasteland and leap onto attackers.
Road to Vostok is a roguelite third-person shooter with survival mechanics, built by Loony Moon. In Vostok, players take control of a golden trash truck armed with only a single gun as they trek across ant-ridden landscapes.
Trapped in space for ten years, Junior Agent Jackson Carter is back with nothing to his name but his now grown-up friend Bunny and a shiny suit of Orbital armour. Just Cause 4 and Lawless – the latest from Square Enix London – are neighbors in the wild west and share a lot in common.
There’s an Egyptian tablet with a big neon sign on the front that says “shoot here.” And we did. That tablet happens to be Warslinger, a precision-based archer and zombie shooter with a bonkers highscore chase built into its lore.
Excitingly, Nivalis creative director Ivan Fedorov confirmed during The Game Awards 2022 Crossing livestream (now available to watch on Twitch, Youtube, & TV) that Sable Maze 2 had already gotten a significant chunk of development done.
After a long wait, a number of canceled projects, and several games in between, we finally have another Jurassic Park game. This time, you have a little companion to help you survive in the flesh-eating wilderness.
The newest iteration in the Sniper Ghost Warrior series comes across as an amalgam of Dead Rising, Fallout, and perhaps even Devil May Cry – all franchises which prove successful when mixed properly.