New video games this month: All the upcoming games for April 2023

April’s calendar of major video game releases is bookended by two major Electronic Arts releases: the return of EA Sports PGA Tour after a decade, and Respawn Entertainment’s Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the second chapter extending the story of the disbanded and dispersed Jedi Knights, on the run and hunted down “one by one,” as Obi-Wan Kenobi told us almost 50 years ago.

Finally, players get Advance WarsRe-Boot Camp 1+2, originally due to launch last year at this time but shelved because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing conflict there. Minecraft Legends, an “action-strategy” adaptation of Mojang’s franchise, also highlights the month’s launches. Here are April’s major releases for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.

April 4

GrimGrimoire OnceMore

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5)

Creed Rise to Glory: Championship Edition

(PlayStation VR 2,

April 6,

The Valley

(PlayStation VR 2,

Image: EA Tiburon/Electronic Arts

April 7,

EA Sports PGA Tour

(PlayStation 5, Windows PC & Xbox Series X)

Yes, it’s golf, yes, this is a country club sport, yes, it reminds everyone of their grandfathers, plaid pants, and Rodney Dangerfield. But it’s still A Tradition Unlike Any Other. The Masters are back in video games, for the first-time since 2013.

April 11,

Tron Identity

(Nintendo Switch, Windows PC)

The video game-inspired realm of Disney’s Tron franchise still delivers new adaptations to consoles and PC 40 years after the first film’s release. Tron IdentityBithell Games (Mike Bithell), best known for Thomas Was AloneThe visual novel ‘) has puzzle-solving mechanics and players act as a computer program that investigates a mystery in an all-new Grid.

April 14,

Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC)

April 18

Minecraft Legends

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

Though it resembles a real-time strategy simulator, Mojang is hoping that Minecraft’s format and reputation make it accessible to players who would otherwise not try the genre. Minecraft Live Preview last October spelled out the game’s ambitions: “You’ll gather resources, build structures, and gather armies, but the way you do those things is like playing Minecraft on a large scale, rather than a more traditional RTS.”

Image: Dambuster Studios/Deep Silver

April 21

Dead Island 2

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

Dead Island 2. comes a dozen years after its predecessor, and it isn’t made by the same studio (Techland, which found a stronger audience with Dying light The sequel. Even though the project was delayed repeatedly, it has made its way through three studios nearly nine years since it was first announced. These aren’t what many would consider predictors of success, but fans of zombie survival horror still have hope.

Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp

(Nintendo Switch)

28 April

Star Wars Jedi: Survival

(PlayStation 5, Windows PC & Xbox Series X)

Respawn’s series proves a couple of long-running truths about both video games and Star Wars: Old-school, single-player action-adventure narratives still find a big audience, and the stories set right before, or right after, the Original Trilogy still scratch the most itches for longtime fans. Cal Kestis, the Padawan forced into — and out of — hiding by the Empire’s brutal inquisition, comes back for the second chapter of the Jedis’ return.

April, TBA

Star TrekResurrection

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