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- Apex Legends. One of the most played games this year is Respawn Entertainment’s magnum opus, Apex Legends. It is a free-to-play, battle-royale-style shooter game that was released on several platforms such as PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and the Nintendo Switch, with crossplay enabled by default.
- Call of Duty: Warzone. Call of Duty: Warzone, often abbreviated to CoD: Warzone, is the premier first-person battle-royale game played today. Coming from a long line of Call of Duty games released back in 2003, Warzone continues the tradition of its predecessors by focusing on the variety of weaponry and gadgets available to do battle with.
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Counter-Strike, the game which brought prominence to Valve as a gaming platform, continued its rise through the ranks, spawning two sequels: Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
- Fortnite. Fortnite is Epic Games’ crowning glory, with many players claiming the game pioneered the popular battle-royale genre today. Whether you agree with this statement or not, the game is currently second in the top three most popular games played in 2022.
- Bayonetta 3
- Vampire Survivors
- Stray
- Marvel Snap
- The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
- God of War Ragnarok
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Kirby and The Forgotten Land
- Immortality
- Elden Ring
When you hear the word “blockbuster,” your mind may immediately go to Hollywood. That instinct might change for good when you play Bayonetta 3. Almost playing like a parody of Marvel movies, PlatinumGames’ long-awaited Switch exclusive delivers a deliriously entertaining gauntlet of multiverse thrills. What it lacks in narrative, it makes up for wi...
Vampire Survivors is one of those games that you really need to play to understand. At a passing glance, its retro visuals and one-stick control format may make it seem like a shallow throwback. That’s about as far from reality as you can get, though. Instead,Vampire Survivorsis one of 2022’s most engaging and creative action games. It takes elemen...
Before Stray launched, it gained a reductive reputation as “that cat meme game.” That was due to its unique feline hero, which had some players enamored with the idea before they even saw a hint of gameplay footage. The triumph of Stray, though, is that it is much more than its gimmick. Published by Annapurna Interactive, it successfully turns anno...
Mobile games wouldn’t have such a bad rap if they were all like Marvel Snap: easy (and free) to pick up and play consistently, quick to experience, and extremely difficult to put down. Developed by former Hearthstone team members, Marvel Snap is the best collectible card game in years. Its fast-paced matches that see opponents playing cards at the ...
If you haven’t playedThe Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, you might be baffled as to its inclusion here. If you’re asking yourself, “Why is a rerelease of an old indie game taking a spot that should go to something entirely new?” right now, I’m guessing you haven’t played it yet. Ultra Deluxe isn’t a port packed with some extra content, but rather a ...
God of War Ragnarok lives up to the expectations that come with being a sequel to one of the best games of the last decade. It’s bigger and more bombastic than its predecessor in almost every way, featuring better visuals, more characters, a grander narrative, and improved combat with a variety of new weapons and playable characters. While God of W...
For RPG fans, the Xenoblade series has been overlooked for too long. Despite containing some of the richest stories, worlds, and systems in the genre today, it just couldn’t get the recognition it deserved outside of niche circles.Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was the mainstream moment fans had always hoped for, and it was completely earned. The Switch ex...
Some games feature deep, complex stories and wildly innovative gameplay that will redefine the industry. Others are just a whole lot of fun. Kirby and the Forgotten Land is this long-running Nintendo series’ first full foray into a 3D game of this scope, and the developers of Hal Laboratories knocked it out of the park. Kirby’s approachable platfor...
Every year, an indie darling is able to stand in the face of AAA behemoths and become one of the best games of the year. In 2022, that game is Immortality, an innovative video game where players must scrub through production footage of three unreleased films to discover what happened to missing film star Marissa Marcel. Its gameplay mechanics might...
Elden Ringis the kind of behemoth that’s simply hard to argue against, try as we did during our end-of-year discussions. No matter how many ways you try to pick at its various flaws, the breathtaking experience of riding around The Lands Between is simply unmatched this year. By applying open-world design to the standard Dark Souls formula, FromSof...
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Jan 1, 2022 · 50 games to watch out for in 2022, including God of War Ragnarok, Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the...
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- Elden Ring. PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S. FromSoftware's open world epic has dominated the conversation this year. The Elden Ring hype had begun long before 2022, but once released it became the game everyone was playing and talking about.
- Tunic. PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Mac. Like Fez, Tunic is a work of nostalgia that's never happy to settle for nostalgia alone.
- Norco. PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Mac. Arguably the greatest sense of place created this year, Norco, an adventure game set in a sci-fi future version of a real Louisiana town of the same name, is a work of sumptuous atmosphere.
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Nintendo Switch. In a first for Kirby, the Forgotten Land takes our beloved spherical hero to the realms of 3D platforming.
Jun 8, 2022 · Spectacular … Elden Ring. Photograph: Bandai Namco Entertainment. A spectacular and inscrutable action-fantasy game from one of the greatest game directors working today, Hidetaka Miyazaki, and ...
Dec 7, 2022 · Considering 2022 was a 'quiet' year for new games, the quality on show was unquestionable. From blockbuster releases to smaller yet equally as impressive Indies, the last 12 months has been a ...
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Dec 6, 2022 · 1. Elden Ring. FromSoftware. 2. God of War: Ragnarok. Santa Monica Studio. 3. Tunic. Andrew Shouldice. 4. Marvel Snap. Second Dinner. 5. Immortality. Half Mermaid. 6. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of...
