It’s really video game Christmas y’all. There have been loads of new announcements dropping, and the 2023 PC Gaming Show had plenty of them. We’ve grabbed a handy recap for you from our partners, take a look and start prepping your wallet now!
LOS ANGELES – June 12, 2023 – On June 11, the 9th annual PC Gaming Show unleashed a barrage of trailers, announcements and new footage from some of the most exciting projects being developed for the world’s most powerful gaming platform. Broadcast to millions around the world via Twitch, YouTube, Steam, and China’s Bilibili, this year’s event showcased the boundless creativity, humor, and technical brilliance of the PC gaming scene. Viewers also got to see long-standing host Sean “Day[9]” Plott’s hopes of using AI to become the new overlord of summer gaming showcases dashed by his co-host Frankie Ward.
More than 20 never-before-seen games were revealed during the two-hour stream, including Earthless (Blackbird Interactive/Team17), Last Train Home (Ashborne Games), Chimera (Creepy Jar), Sand (tinyBuild), and Dread Pilots (Klei Entertainment). Viewers also saw new trailers, interviews, or first gameplay footage for games like Dune: Awakening, Pax Dei, The Invincible, Warhaven, Park Beyond, and Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin. A full archive of the show is available on YouTube. Most of the games featured in the show are available on Steam, where they’re available for purchase, pre-order, or wishlisting via the PC Gaming Show event page on Steam.
Part of the third-annual Summer Game Fest and hosted by PC Gamer, the PC Gaming Show featured more than 50 games over a two-hour runtime. Below are the highlights from the show.
The biggest reveals:
- New details, gameplay footage, and an exclusive interview covering Dune: Awakening, the ambitious MMO adaptation of the sci-fi series
- First gameplay footage for Stormgate, the new RTS from former StarCraft and Warcraft developers
- A grim new look at Frostpunk 2, the acclaimed city-builder and survival game from 11 bit studios
- The first reveal of Stampede Racing Royale, a 60-player kart racing game inspired by Fall Guys
- The first reveal of Earthless, a new sci-fi deckbuilder from Homeworld 3 developer Blackbird Interactive
- The first reveal of Mariachi Legends, a side-scrolling beat ’em up steeped in Mexican culture
All games shown in the PC Gaming Show:
*denotes world exclusive reveal
- Teardown (Steam)
- Nivalis (Steam)
- Jumplight Odyssey (Steam)
- Road to Vostok (Steam)
- Ebenezer and the Invisible World (Steam)*
- Warhaven (Steam)
- D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict (Steam)
- Sulfur (Steam)
- Saleblazers (Steam)
- Eternights (Steam)
- Pax Dei (Steam)
- Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life (Steam)
- Path of Exile 2
- Ferocious (Steam)
- Islands of Insight (Steam)
- Lords of the Fallen (Steam)
- Naheulbeuk’s Dungeon Master (Steam)
- Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin (Steam)
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (Steam)*
- Critter Cove (Steam)*
- Hidden Door
- Dread Pilots (Steam)*
- Miasma Chronicles (Steam)
- Undead Inc. (Steam)*
- Altered Alma (Steam)*
- Invector: Rhythm Galaxy (Steam)
- The Invincible (Steam)
- Park Beyond (Steam)
- Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors (Steam)*
- Diesel Legacy: The Brazen Age (Steam)*
- Parcel Corps (Steam)*
- Fabledom (Steam)
- 30XX (Steam)
- Chimera (Steam)*
- Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew (Steam)
- EXO Rally Championship (Steam)*
- Fortune’s Run (Steam)
- Hell Let Loose (Steam)
- Vampire Survivors 1.5 update (Steam)
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (exclusive animation, Steam)
- Macabre (Steam)*
- Earthless (Steam)*
- Nova Roma (Steam)*
- Last Train Home (Steam)*
- My Friendly Neighborhood (Steam)
- F1 Manager 2023 (Steam)
- Sand (Steam)*
Find all segments from the show in the PC Gaming Show playlist on YouTube.
The PC Gaming Show is proudly supported by our partners: 505 Games, Grinding Gear Games, League of Geeks, tinyBuild, Alienware, Frontier Developments, Billy Goat Entertainment, Critical Reflex, Larian Studios, Team17, Kepler Interactive, Twin Sails Interactive, Bandai Namco Europe, Mimimi Games, Batterystaple Games, Airstrafe Interactive, DreadXP, HeroCraft PC, Sumo Leamington, NEXON, Behaviour Interactive, Cover 6 Studios, Dear Villagers, HypeTrain Digital, PC Game Pass from Xbox, Warner Music Group Interactive, Epopeia Games, Hammer95 Studios, Bitcake Studio, and Double Dash Studios.
The PC Gaming Show will return in November with a look ahead at the games of 2024 and beyond.
David Burdette is a gamer/writer/content creator from TN and Lead Editor for Gaming Trend. He loves Playstation, Star Wars, Marvel, and many other fandoms. He also plays way too much Call Of Duty. You can chat with him on Twitter @SplitEnd89.
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