June 2023’s big video game releases: Diablo 4, Street Fighter 6, & FF16

May wasn’t exactly small potatoes for video gamers — and June might be even more demanding of their attention. You’re still reeling after the launch of Tears of the Kingdom: The Legend of ZeldaIn June, three major tentpole franchises will be released: Street Fighter 2, Diablo 3, and Final Fantasy.

There are many more games that will be released in June 2023. These three games have been popular for decades. But if they’re not your thing, you can find plenty of other titles in the month usually associated with E3 – where publishers are left to themselves.

Here’s a look at all of the good stuff coming to Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC in the coming month:

June 1

Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection

(Nintendo Switch, Windows PC)

Atlus’ new collection contains the first three titles of the series: Etrian Odyssey HD, Etrian Odyssey 2 HD” Etrian Odyssey 3 HD, and promises “numerous quality of life improvements, like suspend saves [and] adjustable difficulty levels,” the publisher says.

June 2

Street Fighter 6

Xbox Series X, Windows PCs and PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

Capcom

Fighting games are a genre so developed now that newcomers may feel them inaccessible; not so, according to Polygon’s review. “Street Fighter 6 is the biggest and most approachable package in the franchise to date, waiting for you with open, gentle arms.”

Super Mega Baseball 4

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)

We Love Katamari ReRollRoyal Reverie

(Nintendo Switch)

June 6

AmnesiaThe Bunker

Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Windows PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

Diablo 4

Xbox One (Series X), Xbox One (series 4, PlayStation 5), Windows PC

Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Blizzard Entertainment’s winning dungeon-crawler formula returns for the series’ first mainline entry in 11 years. Diablo 4 leans into more than just the gameplay loop that has won it millions of fans: “There’s an aesthetic return to the guts of the series,” says Polygon’s review, “the infinite grossness of weird little freaks from hell and the viscera left in their wake.”

June 8

Harmony – The Fall of Reverie

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 , Windows PC, Xbox Series X)

June 15

Layers Of Fear (2023)

Xbox Series X, Windows PC and PlayStation 5

Goodbye Volcano High

PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Windows PC

Image: Codemasters/Electronic Arts

June 16

F1 23

Xbox One (Series X), Xbox One (Series 4, PlayStation 5), Windows PC

Sports video games are a great way to keep fit. F1 23 The greatest rise of the game is from being a small boutique sports sim, to becoming a fully-fledged lifestyle simulation with narrative (and familiar characters). The second Braking Point chapter may be the focus of attention before release, but the single and multiplayer F1 World modes look to also provide hours of fun for racing enthusiasts.

June 20

Alien: Dark Descent

Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Windows PC (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4)

Crash Team Rumble

Xbox One Series X (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4).

June 22

Final Fantasy 16

(PlayStation 5)

Square Enix

As if the month could take one more, here is June’s third epic. Final Fantasy 16’s gameplay and visuals channel all of the current power of modern games development and hardware, while still finding room for the PlayStation 2-era motifs and touches that have charmed generations of fan. Says Polygon’s preview: “It has the flamboyant drama, the cool, moody attitude, and the playful self-mockery that characterized the era, as well as a focused, headlong approach to both storytelling and gameplay.”

June 29

AEW Fight Forever

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)

Yuke’s Co. is not out of the wrestling game altogether; though the WWE franchise is now fully in the hands of 2K Sports and its studio, the longtime wrestling and fighting developers return with AEW Fight ForeverBased on All Elite Wrestling’s challenger series.

June 30

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)

Samba de Amigo: Party Central

(Nintendo Switch)

Image: Sega

Master Detective Archives: Rain Code

(Nintendo Switch)