2K Games recently announced the official launch date that is for the highly anticipated golf simulation game PGA Tour 2K23. Tiger Woods is the familiar cover athlete of the game and marks the first time since PGA Tour 14 that he has been featured in a video game.
It is set to release officially on October 11th and the standard version will be released on October 14th shortly after. Notably, with every purchase of the game for either a Microsoft console or a Sony console, the version will feature the previous generations of the game for the respective consoles. Notably, this also means that the Tiger Woods iteration is only available digitally but will have all of the features from the Deluxe version.
Golf Simulation Video Games
2K Games Officially Announces the PGA Tour 2K23 Release Date
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