Q1 2013 Will Be The Best Start To Any Year… Ever

July 29, 2012 - Jason Dunning

Ever since 2005 and the releases of both Resident Evil 4 and God of War in the first quarter, the video games industry has shifted their priorities. Instead of every single game coming out between September and November, AAA titles find themselves coming out not only at the beginning of the year, but throughout the entire year because of how successful those two aforementioned titles were.

Looking at this past year, it featured some truly great games within the first three months (Final Fantasy XIII-2, Mass Effect 3, Street Fighter x Tekken, SSX), but the first quarter of 2013 will put 2012 and every single previous year to shame with its currently scheduled list of releases, which you can see below.

 

Currently Confirmed For Q1 2013

Aliens: Colonial Marines (PS3, PC, Xbox 360) – February 12th, 2013

Bioshock Infinite (PS3, PC, Xbox 360) – February 26th, 2013

Crysis 3 (PS3, PC, Xbox 360) – February 2013

Dead Space 3 (PS3, PC, Xbox 360) – February 2013

Devil May Cry ‘DmC’ (PS3, Xbox 360) – January 15th, 2013

Gears of War: Judgment (Xbox 360) – March 19th, 2013

God of War: Ascension (PS3) – March 12th, 2013

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3) – January 22nd, 2013

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (PS3, PC, Xbox 360) – January 15th, 2013

South Park: The Stick Of Truth (PS3, Xbox 360) – March 5th, 2013

Tomb Raider (PS3, Xbox 360) – March 5th, 2013

 

Possible Q1 2013 Release Dates

Anarchy Reigns (PS3, Xbox 360) – 2013

Beyond: Two Souls (PS3) – 2013

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (PS3, Xbox 360) – 2013

Dark (PC, Xbox 360) – 2013

Deadpool (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U) – 2013

Dragon’s Crown (PS3, PSV) – 2013

Fire Emblem (3DS) – 2013

Homefront 2 (PS3, PC, Xbox 360) – 2013

Injustice: Gods Among Us (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U) – 2013

Lost Planet 3 (PS3, PC, Xbox 360) – 2013

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3, Xbox 360) – Early 2013

Metro: Last Light (PS3, PC, Xbox 360) – 2013

Spartacus Legends (PS3, Xbox 360) – 2013

Splinter Cell: Blacklist (PS3, PC, Xbox 360) – 2013

The Last Of Us (PS3) – 2013

The Witch and the Hundred Knights (PS3) – 2013

Total War: Rome 2 (PC) – 2013

XCOM (PS3, PC, Xbox 360) – 2013

Zeno Clash 2 (PSN, PC, XBLA) – 2013

 

Even with some inevitable delays for some of these titles, the first quarter of 2013 will still be an amazing time for gamers and as the 2013 release schedule becomes clearer in the next few months, we could potentially see over 10 AAA titles within just the first three months of next year.

 

What 2013 games are you looking forward to? Did we miss any games from early next year? Let us know in the comments section below.

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  • themule

    Great compilation. It’s going to be a great start indeed.

    Look, Q1 2010 was not too shabby either.

    Darksiders
    Bayonetta
    MAG
    Mass Effect 2
    BioShock 2
    Dante’s Inferno
    Heavy Rain
    Battlefield: Bad Company 2
    MLB 10: The Show
    Final Fantasy XIII
    Yakuza 3
    Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (DLC missions released in 2010)
    God of War III
    Resonance of Fate
    Just Cause 2
    Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
    Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
    Super Street Fighter IV
    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
    Metro 2033
    Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening

  • Ofinterest2Me

    Sequels!

  • usrev2

    Aliens: Colonial Marines– February 12th, 2013- no

    Bioshock Infinite – February 26th, 2013- not my game

    Crysis 3 – February 2013- only if it has crysis warhead multiplayer

    Dead Space 3 – February 2013-lolno

    Devil May Cry ‘DmC’ – January 15th, 2013-no

    Gears of War: Judgment – March 19th, 2013-maybe

    God of War: Ascension – March 12th, 2013- God of war is boring

    Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch – January 22nd, 2013- no

    Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 – January 15th, 2013-no

    South Park: The Stick Of Truth– March 5th, 2013- wait, sure its funny but not worth $60

    Tomb Raider – March 5th, 2013-no

  • Jeff

    Big Bad Bob is right – tanto sucks

  • joejoekk

    Where’s beyond two souls and GTAV? They’re the biggest games along with South Park and both likely to be released around then but of course there can be delays. The rest is just a bunch of generic stuff we’ve seen before and not intellectually significant games. The Last of Us is just another linear violent game with high production values but no real substance. Metal Gear Rising will probably be the worst game ever made, I would literally be happy if the developers were killed by terrorists and the game was cancelled.

    • Hansel

      Red Dead – May

      Max Payne 3 – May

      GTA V – May

      Nuff said

  • tanto

    That isnt the best start

    only those rpgs are good

    • Bob

      You are of course backing up that idiotic statement with proof, right?

      • LL

        why does he need proof for his own opinion?

        I also don’t think 2013 Q1 looks the best looking at that list.

        • Bob

          I’m just asking for a year that was better. If someone can show it, then I’ll listen to their opinion.