Eyes To The Future - 2023 Video Games Edition

It has come to my attention that I have never done a Year In Preview post for Video Games. So... I need to!

So here is the FIRST Eyes To The Future for Video Games. Keep in mind that all of these dates are subject change. And some have yet to have an announced release date.

Ready?

Persona 3 Portable - Jan 19th: Being re-released for Modern Consoles, Persona 3 was my first Persona game, which means I have special connection to this one.

Persona 4 The Golden - Jan 19th: Just like P3P, this is a re-release for Modern Consoles. I'm excited for both P3P and P4G.

Spongebob Squarepants The Cosmic Shake - Jan 23rd: Spongbob and Bubble-Patrick traversing through portals. Plenty of Bikini Bottom Platforming. And the last SpongeBob game I played was pretty damned good.

Forspoken - Jan 24th: A Magic spell based open world badassery game from a NEW Studio, made from former programmers and designers from Square Enix that worked on Final Fantasy 15. It'll be awesome! Hopefully!

Hogwart's Legacy - Feb 10th: An Almost Free choice single player RPG in the Harry Potter Universe? Yes I want to play it.

Kirby's Return To Dreamland Deluxe - Feb 24th: Yet another Re-Release from the Wii/Wii-U era, but I really love Kirby! And they are adding a new copy ability to it! I can't wait.

Octopath Traveler 2 - Feb 24th: Octopath Traveler was a unique story driven turn based RPG. Pick any one of the 8 Characters as a main, and experience all 8 stories, or as many as you want to. A sequel is deserved.

Skull and Bones - Mar 9th: Pirates... pirating. With pirates.

Star Wars Jedi Survivor - Mar 17th: Sequel to Jedi Fallen Order, which was AMAZING. The Star Wars action oriented games are always top shelf.

Resident Evil 4 Remake - Mar 24th: RE4 is finally getting the Remake treatment. And RE4 was my favorite of the series. Now... make Ashley get OUT OF THE GODDAMNED WAY!!!!

Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection - Apr 14th: The portable Grid Based RPG series is getting the Legacy Collection Treatment! I've only played the first 2 games in the series, but I love Mega Man almost as much as Kirby. So... of course I'm getting it.

The Legend Of Zelda Tears Of The Kingdom - May 12th: Sequel to Breath Of The Wild, my favorite current Switch game. This is my most anticipated game for 2023.

Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League - May 26th: Rocksteady is putting out this Suicide Squad gane in the Arkham Universe. And it is Kevin Conroy's finally voice work as Batman. I'm in.

Street Fighter 6 - Jun 2nd: I love the Street Fighter series. But it took me a bit to get a feel for SF5. This one looks amazing. So we will see how this one works out.

Diablo 4 - Jun 6th: The 4th Installment of one of my favorite franchises. After fixing the Marketplace BS, 3 became my favorite in the series, with the Nephalem Rifts being some of the most fun I've had in Diablo. So... don't let me down.

Final Fantasy 16 - Jun 22nd: The First M Rated Final Fantasy game. Are we getting too realistic? I admit, FF15 was wonky to me. Open world without being open world? But gave me one of my favorite FF boss battles in fighting that GIANT ADAMANTOISE! I'm ready for this one.

TBA Release Dates

AEW Fight Forever: AEW will finally put out their first video game. And to be honest, I'm not a huge fan of their wrestling product so far. But... they are going through Jakks for this game, highlighting bring back some of the simulation that I loved in the N64 titles, like No Mercy. We will see how it works out. Plus... Owen Hart will be in it.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: The Second Part of the FF7 Remake series. I'm excited to see what changes in this installment. And I hope we get Vincent in this one.

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Collection: Being released for Switch and Playstation, Square Enix is putting out this collection in the Spring. The first 6 Final Fantasy games in one collection. Including my favorite game in the ENTIRE franchise, Final Fantasy V! I'm in.

Spider-Man 2: Sequel to Sony's VERY succesful and AMAZING Spider-Man game. More Miles Morales... and it looks like Venom is playing a huge part. I just hope he is playable!!!

Robocop Rogue City: A 1st Person shooter when you get to play AS Robocop! That sounds so cool to me! So of course I'm going to attempt this one.

WWE 2K23: While this hasn't been 100% announced, we already know it is coming. And 2K22 was a HUGE improvement over 2K20. I wonder what the odds are that we get a Cody Rhodes special edition?

There you go everyone. My first ever preview post for Video Games. Is there one I should add? Any you are looking forward to?

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Eyes to the Future - 2023 Edition

To go with End of the Year... we also need to look toward 2023.

Remember that everything here will have a tentative release date. All subject to change.

So... let's do it.

M3GAN - Jan 6th: A Killer Robot Doll with the protocol to protect her little girl owner. What not to love?

House Party - Jan 13th: The Original House Party movies were so much fun. Let's see if this one stacks up.

Plane - Jan 13th: Gerard Butler in a plane crash action movie. I'm in.

Missing - Jan 20th: Teenager using the internet to find her missing parents. Looks interesting.

Knock at the Cabin - Feb 3rd: M. Night Shyamalan adapting one of the best horror novels of the last 10 years. Dave Batista, Rupert Grint, Jonathan Groff.

Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey - Feb 15th: Do I need to explain?

Ant-Man & The Wasp in Quantumania - Feb 17th: We finally, fully get introduced to the new big bad, Kang the Conqueror. And of course Paul Rudd is still here.

Cocaine Bear - Feb 24th: Based on a TRUE story about a bear that became the single greatest predator in animal kingdom history.

Scream 6 - Mar 10th: The sequel of this new age run of Scream movies. Making Wes Craven proud.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods - Mar 17th: I loved the first Shazam movie. Like Big in spandex. And this one looks to be pretty good.

John Wick Chapter 4 - Mar 24th: 4th Chapter in Keanu Reeves action movie second wind. And the best damn action series in DECADES. I'm in.

Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves - Mar 31st: The last attempt at a D&D movie was TERRIBLE. But this looks like medieval Guardians of the Galaxy. So it gives me hope.

The Super Mario Bros Movie - Apr 7th: DON'T LET ME DOWN ILLUMINATION! DON'T LET ME DOWN ILLUMINATION! DON'T LET ME DOWN ILLUMINATION!!!

Renfield - Apr 14th: Movie about Dracula's closest henchman. And Nic Cage is playing Dracula. What else you need to know?

Evil Dead Rise - Apr 21st: It is not an Evil Dead with Bruce Campbell, sadly. But I did like the uber-horror remake. I don't think this is a sequel of that. But I'm giving it a chance anyway.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 - May 5th: The last go round for this team. The last MCU film for new DC Film co-head James Gunn. And the debut of Will Poulter's Adam Warlock. It'll be awesome.

The Little Mermaid - Mar 26th: All of the Live Action remakes of Disney classics have at least been good. There is NO reason this one can't be too.

Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse(Part 1?) - Jun 2nd: Into the Spider-Verse was a master class in animation. And this one will be focused around my favorite non-Peter Parker Spidey... Miguel O'Hara aka Spider-Man 2099.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts - Jun 9th: I loved the Beast Wars cartoon... and Michael Bay is nowhere near the director's chair. This MIGHT have potential.

The Flash - Jun 16th: Who knows if this is really going to release. But if it does, I will be there.

Oppenheimer - Jul 21st: Christopher Nolan biopic on the man who invented the Atomic Bomb. Nolan + Biopic + Cillian Murphy = Epic Idea.

The Marvels - Jul 28th: I liked Captain Marvel. I liked Ms. Marvel. And this is a chance for them to share the screen.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle: Mutant Mayhem - Aug 4th: CG Animated TMNT film from Seth Rogen. No Michael Bay. So hopefully it gives new breath to the big screen Turtles.

Gran Turismo - Aug 8th: Yes... a video game movie. But we have had some good ones come out. This has a chance to be great. But it also has a chance to be terrible. We will see.

Blue Beetle - Aug 18th: It's the Space Bug movie!!! No... DC's young superhero is getting a chance to shine!

Equalizer 3 - Sept 1st: Denzel Washington's John Wick series. Renaissance to his action career. And we are finally getting a third.

Expendables 4 - Sept 22nd: Speaking of Action... the 4th installment of the mindless action series. But... not everyone is coming back to this one. A new crop is being introduced with some of the old school ass kickers.

Kraven the Hunter - Oct 6th: Here is a chance for Sony to let me down again with they Spider-Verse sub universe. BUT Aaron Taylor-Johnson is an EXTREMELY underrated actor. I at least want to see his performance.

Dune Part 2 - Nov 3rd: I was looking forward to an amazing version of the Dune story, and Part 1 was phenomenal to me. Part 2 is the meat of the story, and because of that, this is most anticipated movie of the year.

Wish - Nov 22nd: Took Disney forever to make a movie about there most iconic song, When You Wish Upon A Star. And it is Pixar. So you know it'll be epic.

Wonka - Dec 15th: An origin story for Willy Wonka, starring Timothy Chalamet. I'm still skeptical. But... it is Willy Wonka. It is Chalamet. So I shouldn't be...?

Ghostbusters Firehouse(official title?) - Dec 20th: I saw this listed for this date, but I don't think it is true. Either way... a sequel to the greatest Legacyquel of all time? I'm already there.

Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom - Dec 25th: Seems like most of the DC stuff is muddled. But we are finally getting the sequel to Aquaman. I thought the first one was epic. Hope this one is too.

Salem's Lot - TBA: This remake is supposed to come out in 2023, and I'm excited... sorta. The Pet Semetary remake was horrible. But Gary Dauberman is writing and directing this remake. And his writing credits have been HUGE in the horror genre, writing for the Annabelle series, The Nun, and BOTH Chapters of the IT Remake(and you KNOW I loved those). And he did say was focusing on making Vampires terrifying again. Please do.

And... that is my list for 2023. Are there any that you thought I should add?

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Eyes To The Future - 2022 Edition

In previous blogs, at the beginning of the year/end of the previous year, I do a preview for the movies coming up... and... well... 2022 starts in less than 2 weeks.

So it is time.

It's simple. I'm going to mention movies 2022 that I'm interested in the most. No top 10. No particular order, aside from Chronological. And the dates associated with each movie is tentative, due the nightmare that is Covid and the shutdown.(I removed one because of a movie back already)

So... how about it? Let's get to the movies for 2022!!!

Scream - Jan 14th: Wes Craven created a franchise that practically parodied his own genre. Wes may be gone, but here we are with a new entry into the Scream movies!

Morbius - Jan 28: Jared Leto plays the Living Vampire of the Sony Spider-Verse... or is it the MCM? Either way... Morbius The Living Vampire is making a big screen debut!

Death on the Nile - Feb 11: Sequel to the Kenneth Branagh adaptation of the famous Agatha Christie story Murder on the Orient Express. I loved that movie, this one will hopefully be just as good.

Uncharted - Feb 18: Starring Tom Holland as the protagonist Nathan Drake, here is a chance for a really good Video Game movie. We will see.

The Batman - Mar 4: Matt Reeves's Batman movie almost here, and the more I see of it... the more I'm excited for it. Pattinson will nail this role.

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - April 8: After the runaway surprise that was the first movie, they added some star power with Idris Elba as Knuckles. And... I'm sold even more.

Ambulance - April 8: Michael Bay with a movie about a bank heist gone wrong. Um... that is what I got for you. Sorry. Watch the trailer.

The Northman - April 22: It's Vikings The Movie. With Alexander Skarsgård. Who played a Viking Vampire. With Viking stuff. Viking.

Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness - May 6: The Doctor is in. And... this movie marks the return Sam Raimi helming a Marvel property. That is enough to get the nerd blood pumping. Welcome back, Sam Raimi.

DC League of Super Pets - May 22: when I first heard about this movie, I wasn't sure why we were getting a Krypto movie. Now we know Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart are starring in it. That is enough to be entertaining.

Lightyear - June 17: Chris Evans is voicing Buzz in a story that would've inspired the line of toys that Tim Allen voiced in Toy Story. Get that?

Thor Love & Thunder - July 8: Hemsworth getting a fourth movie, but more important... Christian Bale is now in the MCM!

Nope - July 22: Jordan Peele has done wonders as a horror writer/director. Not much is know about this movie yet. But I'm still excited for it.

Black Adam - July 29: After what seems like 50 years in development, Dwayne Johnson is finally getting his movie made... and so far, it loooooooks goooooooooood. I can already see it as a contender for The Ugly next year.

Salem's Lot - Sept 9: I don't know much about this remake, but I typically like or love Stephen King movies. And... well... yeah. I'm down for it.

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Part 1 - Oct 7: If you have been following my posts, over the Summer, I did a series of Comic book movie related posts... Culminating with an overall top 10... and you would know that Into the Spider-Verse was my Number 1 all time favorite Comic Book movie. And this is the first sequel. I'm excited for it... including the wonderful Oscar Issac is supposedly voicing Miguel O'Hara/Spidey 2099. And that... is enough for me to be there day one.

Halloween Ends - Oct 14: Safe to say the end of the road for the Halloween franchise. Sad... but for Erasequels, this trilogy has been great so far.

The Flash - Nov 11: The Flash solo film that isn't a solo film. Doing their own version of Flashpoint, even Michael Keaton is back as Batman.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Nov 11: Still tragic that Chadwick Boseman isn't with us, but hopefully they figured out how to keep the legacy alive without him.

Avatar 2 - Dec 16: The Long awaited sequel about the planet of giant Smurfs is a out to finally hit... question is,  do enough people care? I do. But how much? A year from now... we will see

Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom - Dec 16: After the first Aquaman was as great as it was, I've been looking forward to a sequel. And we are here. With all the missteps Warner has had over the DCEU/Snyder-Verse, at least this one is a ray of hope.

Aaaaaaaaand that is it... there are movies I skipped throughout the year, and it's because I don't care about them as much as the ones here.

What do you all think? Any of these sound interesting? Did I miss one? Leave a comment... share it with the masses.

Until next time, don't forget...

Happy New Year Everyone!