Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is coming in  2023.

The contradictions of the modern game industry with huge hits and simultaneous layoffs | The DeanBeat

We have some monster hits in video games this season as a lot of titles have been released as companies finally recover from the slowdown in game development due to the pandemic.

Amazing games have surfaced from long development cycles this year, including Starfield, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Armored Core VI, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur’s Gate 3, Street Fighter 6, Resident Evil 4, Alan Wake 2, Dead Space, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Sea of Stars, Dave the Diver, Monster Hunter Now, Lies of P, Hogwarts Legacy, Diablo IV, Mortal Kombat 1, Forza Motorsport, The Crew Motorfest, Assassin’s Creed: Mirage and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and EA Sports FC 24.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.