2023 set it to be the year of strategy games – Don’t miss out on these epic titles!
Strategy games have seen a massive decline in creativity in the last couple of years. Very few genre-defining 4x or grand-strategy game titles spawned in recent memory. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, primarily a role-playing action-adventure title with tactical turn-based elements, won the best strategy game award at the Game Awards 2022, which pretty much sums up the dark ages of strategy games. Well, all of that is about to change from 2023 onwards. Some tantalizing strategy games and possibly a few genre-defining games are coming down the pipeline.
The year you started well with the release of the Company of Heroes 3 in February. Featuring a beautifully crafted world, the Company of Heroes 3 takes players into a less-talked Italian campaign in World War 2 in a detailed turn-based format that will put your brain to the test to fight for every inch of land.
The strategic RTS map stands out in the latest Company of Heroes iteration that showcases every city, town, lake, and village in the vast Mediterranean region in style similar to Total War games.
February saw more action on the strategy game front. The company of Heroes 3 was accompanied by an enormous recreation of the legendary city-builder cum strategy title Pharaoh: A New Era.
If that wasn't enough to quench your thirst, then the first quarter of 2023 also witnessed the release of Ubisoft's popular city-builder title Settlers: New Allies and a pleasant surprise in the form of a Total War: Warhammer spin-off.
A few more strategy games are on the brink of release and are already playable in an early-access format. This includes the Dune: Spice Wars with its unique real-time 4x combat system, which is expected to be out next week. Also included on the list of early
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