Video games of 2022: Upcoming releases for PC, PS5, Switch, and Xbox

If you’re reading this, congratulations: You made it to 2022. It certainly wasn’t easy, but some of 2021’s best games helped us get through another 365 days of ups and downs.

Although 2021 proved to be another difficult year, most people found comfort in the games. While there were many, many delays — it was a year without an Elden RingOder a follow-up The Legend of Zelda – Breath of the Wild — we took comfort in colorful stories like ChicoryAnd Psychonauts 2.I enjoyed all the scary and creepy moments. Resident Evil VillageAnd Metroid Dread. A few unexpected things happened along the way. EncryptionAnd another trip in the mysterious solar system Outer Wilds.

Already, the 2022 calendar has a lot of big blockbuster triple-A games releases. God of War Ragnarok, Starfield, Bayonetta 3These are the following: Elden Ring. In fact, many of the games on Polygon’s 2022 most-anticipated games list were delayed from 2021 —And games like Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2, which appeared on last year’s list, aren’t on this year’s list due to even more extensive delays. Other smaller games that are still very exciting include SomervilleAnd The Cursed GolfTo be on the lookout for.

Many new games for 2022 are still to be revealed or have yet not received a release date. Here are 50 titles that indicate a better year, alphabetically.

Advance Wars 1+2 – Re-Boot Camp

Nintendo and Intelligent Systems’ addictive turn-based strategy military games, originally released for Game Boy Advance, are coming to Nintendo Switch with a glossy makeover. Re-Boot CampBoth Advance WarsAnd Advance Wars 2 – Black Hole RisingIt will launch on Switch in spring 2022, and features lengthy campaigns as well as Versus Mode multiplayer.

Anacrusis

How does one make it in a year that is already full of Left 4 Dead-likes? AnacrusisHow can you make your brand stand out? Well, it’s set on a funky retro-futuristic space cruiser, it features fantastical sci-fi weapons like a laser rifle and time-stopping grenades, it has a very weird collection of angry aliens, and it will launch in early access on Steam and Xbox Series X so its player base can help shape its development. Developed by Stray Bombay (ex-Valve developer Chet Faliszek’s new studio), AnacrusisAvailable in Early Access on January 13, 2022, and a complete release is expected later in the year.

Frontiers of Pandora: Avatar

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It feels incredibly risky to imply that a new entry in James Cameron’s Avatar saga will release on time, but publisher Ubisoft and developer Massive Entertainment (Tom Clancy’s The Division() Still have Frontiers of Pandora: AvatarCheck out their 2022 schedule. With Avatar 2The movie will finally be in cinemas on Dec. 16, 2022. Frontiers of Pandora will tell a stand-alone tale of a Navi fighting against humanity’s Resources Development Administration. It will come to PlayStation 5, Windows PC and Xbox One. The game can also be played on Amazon Luna or Google Stadia streaming services.

ARC Raiders

Co-op Shooter 2 with retro-futuristic Sci-Fi aesthetic, who shows promise for 2022. ARC RaidersEmbark Studios’s first game, Embark Studios’s newest title is titled Embark Studios: Former Battlefield designers founded Embark Studios. ARC RaidersIt is an open-world, third-person sci fi shooter that allows players to fight against an alien invasion. ARC Raiders The launch will be on PlayStation 5 and Xbox One.

Bayonetta 3

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Bayonetta, the gun-wielding witch whose third outing was announced more than four years ago, will return with next year’s Switch-exclusive Bayonetta 3. This time, she’ll fight mysterious (and gigantic) new foes using new abilities, including the Demon Masquerade, where she fuses with a demon to wield strong magic powers, and Demon Slave, which gives Bayonetta the power to control Infernal Demons.

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

Bomb Rush CyberfunkThe fashionable, Jet Set Radio-influenced action-graffiti game from developer Team Reptile, is coming in 2022 to “all relevant platforms” — which definitely includes Nintendo Switch and Windows PC. Players will create a custom cypher and “dance, paint, trick, face off with the cops and stake [their] claim to the extrusions and cavities of a sprawling metropolis in an alternate future,” all with Dreamcast-inspired visuals.

The Callisto Protocol

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Glen Schofield is the co-creator and creator of Dead Space. He returns to science-fi horror. The Callisto ProtocolStriking Distance Studios is his new home. On the second-largest Jupiter moon, the players take the role as an inmate at Black Iron Prison. Over the course of the game they will uncover a number of mysteries about the prison’s history and those responsible. It is still quite a while before the next Dead Space video game. The Callisto ProtocolIt promises to satisfy the same itch (hopefully) when it comes to PlayStation 5 and Windows PC as well as Xbox Series X.

Choo-Choo Char

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Game of survival-horror trains Choo-Choo CharIt looks unusual to combine these two Blair WitchAnd The Legend of Zelda: Spirit TracksYou are encased in an Thomas the Tank Engine-fueled nightmare. Charles is terrifying a local village, and it’s up to you to destroy him. You’ll complete missions for local townsfolk, loot for scraps to upgrade your train’s armor, mobility, and damage, and ultimately take down Charles when the game comes to PC in the first quarter of 2022.

The Cursed Golf

Side-scrolling golf roguelikes are known as the Dark Souls. The Cursed Golf looks like it’ll pull that premise off. You’ll be able to swing your way out from Golf Purgatory by navigating through randomly created dungeons-like holes. A ghostly Legendary Caddie will assist you as you return to the land where the living.

Destiny 2: Witch Queen

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Ahead of the game’s fifth anniversary, Destiny 2’s next major expansion will bring with it new story, a new raid, new dungeons, and a new weapon type, the Glaive, when it launches in February. What’s coming back also? Mars. The Witch Queen’s story will revolve around Savathûn, sister of Oryx, who was the antagonist of the original Destiny’s beloved major expansion, The Taken King. Destiny 2 The Witch Queen launches on Feb. 22, 2022 across all the game’s platforms.

Dune: Spice Wars

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Dune: Spice WarsShiro Games is developing a real-time strategy video game called “4X”Northgard). Dune: Spice WarsMultiple asymmetrical groups will allow you to assassinate your adversaries and also sabotage them. You will be able leverage your influence over the noble Houses of the Landsraad to get the political strings that you want. While the final game will have a multiplayer and single-player campaign, neither of these will be made available in early access versions. Dune: Spice Wars Funcom will make the game available for early access starting in 2022.

Keep Humanity Alive by Dying Light

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Techland’s Keep Humanity Alive by Dying Light refines the original game’s first-person parkour action gameplay with a focus on swiftness and skill. You play the role of a determined protagonist, who has to jump across rooftops in order not to be engulfed by zombies. You can use useful items like paraglider wings and hooks to help. The game’s city-based location is built in such a way that higher elevations are less dangerous than lower floors. Keep Humanity Alive by Dying LightIt will be here! February 4, 2022, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Windows PC. Xbox One and Xbox Series X.

EA Sports PGA Tour 22

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When EA Sports and Tiger Woods in 2013 ended their 16-year video games partnership, many also suspected that was the end of Augusta National and The Masters Tournament’s video game appearances, too. But, in a move that’s almost as surprising as EA Sports returning to licensed golf simulations after a 7-year hiatus, the publisher also brought the United States’ most exclusive club with it. The Masters will no doubt be the star of EA Sports PGA Tour’s show when the game launches sometime in spring 2022. The game will allow you to play all four professional tournaments on your current course.

EA Tiburon produced its best golf game yet when the Masters, U.S Open, British Open and PGA Championship were reunited. Although its outstanding historical golf mode likely won’t return, it’s a good bet that a deep player career mode and plenty of online matches and tournaments await gamepad duffers.

Elden Ring

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It’s finally here Elden Ring, an ambitious open-world take on the Dark Souls formula of challenging-but-rewarding action RPGs that FromSoftware is now famous for, finally arrives on Feb. 25, 2022. Players will explore the Lands Between, a vast medieval world inhabited by giant dragons, deadly warriors, and demigods; as the protagonist, they’ll embark on a quest the restore this broken land and become its new Elden Lord. In February players will get a more detailed look at the game, which was released in beta in November. Elden RingThis includes PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 (Windows PC), Xbox One and Xbox Series X.

Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis

Final Fantasy 7: Ever CrisisThis package includes the Compilation for Final Fantasy 7 sub-series and a flip phone game Crisis before Crisis, PlayStation Portable game Crisis CoreThe Vincent Valentine-starring PlayStation 2 video game Dirge on Cerberus. The Turk-focused Storyline Crisis before CrisisIt was not officially published in English. Crisis CoreAlthough it is important to Final Fantasy 7, he has never been to a port. Final Fantasy 7: Ever CrisisIn 2022, it will be available on iOS and Android platforms.

Bespoken

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Created by former Final Fantasy 15.Developers and written by four Western authors. BespokenStars a New York City young woman who was transported to fantasy land where magic spells and a sentient wrist bracelet helped her defeat an evil force called The Break. Bespoken is a classic fish-out-of-water story: Heroine Frey Holland is magically whisked away to the strange fantasy world of Athia, where she’s not only capable, she’s incredibly powerful. Frey will use magical spells to battle Break-mutated creatures and traverse a vast, deadly open world using “magic parkour.” BespokenOn May 24, 2022, the PlayStation 5 and Windows PC will be available.

GhostWire Tokyo

GhostWire TokyoThe story takes place in Tokyo’s version where virtually all the living have vanished. The ghosts now in control of the city can be defeated using a mix of magic and martial art. Although the game’s story is still unknown, it looks interesting and bizarre. Just from the trailers, it looks completely insane. GhostWire Tokyo will be worth checking out when it’s released in 2022 on PlayStation 5 and PC.

God of War Ragnarok

In 2022, the 4th and 5th generation of smartphones will be available. God of War RagnarokReturns to Midgard where Kratos and his son Atreus immigrated after the defeat by the Olympian gods. Both are now involved in the eschatological conclusion of Norse mythology, and presumably the rebirth of their world, in what developer Sony Santa Monica describes as the “finale” for Kratos’ Norse saga. Ryan Hurst (Sons of AnarchyRichard Schiff (The West Wing) will play Odin, Kratos and Atreus’ primary antagonist in the sequel to 2018’s God of War.

Gotham Knights

Gotham Knights, Batman is dead, and it’s up to the rest of the Bat family — Batgirl, Robin, Red Hood, and Nightwing — to watch over the streets of Gotham. The game’s not set in the world of Rocksteady Games’ Arkham series, although it is being developed by WB Games Montréal, the studio behind Arkham Origins. The action-adventure game will be released for PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X; it’s a single-player game, with the option for two-player co-op.

Gran Turismo 7

Polyphony Digital’s racing sim is back with a numbered sequel in 2022. Gran Turismo 7 promises to be the best looking Gran Turismo yet, with support for 4K, HDR, and 60 fps frame rates, and will be a showcase for the PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller, with haptic feedback and adaptive trigger features that should make the “real driving simulator” more lifelike than ever. You can expect hundreds of cars, fast load times and more than 200 Gran Turismo game features in this sequel to. Gran Turismo Sport.

Hogwarts Legacy

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For many years, fans of Harry Potter have longed for an open-world adventure game set in J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world. Warner Bros. plans to deliver that in 2022, with Avalanche Software’s upcoming role-playing game in which a player-designed character learns magic at Hogwarts during the 1800s. Many fans who once longed to play a game like this one are no longer looking forward to it, though, as franchise creator Rowling has become a prominent figure in the growing movement to roll back transgender rights, and she’s lost many fans (and potential Hogwarts Legacy(players) because of her bigoted views.

Horizon Forbidden West

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Guerrilla Games’ sequel will be released in 2022. Horizon Zero DawnThe 2017 post-apocalyptic game “The Game” is about a woman fighting for her mother. She ends up finding the reasons her world has been destroyed by strange animalistic robots. Ashly Burch returns to voice the heroine Aloy, with Lance Reddick also returning as Sylens, Aloy’s reluctant and mysterious helper in discovering the secrets of the world around them. Horizon Forbidden WestPlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 versions will both be compatible.

Kirby, the Forgotten Land

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This is the closest Kirby game ever will get Last of Us, HAL Laboratory’s Kirby, the Forgotten LandThe pink puffball is sent on an adventure to a lost civilization. Kirby will, of course, steal his new enemies’ abilities in an all-new 3D platforming adventure that’s coming to Nintendo Switch this spring.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2

A follow-up to one of this decade’s most important, interesting, influential, and innovative games should have you very excited. This is the sequel. The Wild Breath for Nintendo Switch will be a direct follow-up to the previous game — a rarity in the Legend of Zelda series — and should build on the open-world systems and secrets-rich environment of the first game. Hyrule Warriors – Age of CalamityThe sequel to Breath Of the Wild should also have more backstory, as it has proven Nintendo’s ability to hide a lot of information.

The Lord of the Rings – Gollum

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This is a far cry from the Lord of the Rings video games. Gollum is a stealth game that tells the story of one of the ring’s most ardent admirers and tragic victims. The game will follow recognizable and important Lord of the Rings moments, but from Gollum’s perspective. It is expected to be released sometime between 2022 and 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 (Xbox One), Xbox Series X, Windows, Nintendo Switch, and Windows.

Marvel’s Midnight Suns

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A tactical RPG set in “the darker side of the Marvel Universe,” Marvel’s Midnight SunsIron Man and Captain America are joined together by Doctor Strange (Captain Marvel), Doctor Strange, Doctor Stranges, Blade, Magiks, Ghost Riders, Wolverine, Wolverine, Wolverine, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange, Wolverine, Wolverine, Wolverine, Wolverine, Wolverine, Wolverine, Wolverines, and The Hunter. The Hunter was created to prevent the invasion of Earth by Lilith Mother of Demons summoned by Hydra. Developed by Firaxis, the XCOM team is trying something different; this isn’t just XCOM with Marvel superheroes. Publisher 2K Games will bring Marvel’s Midnight SunsTo Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Windows PC. Xbox One will be available in the latter part of 2022.

Metal SlugTactical

Leikir Studio is an independent company that will be releasing music. Metal Slug TacticsMetal Slug: The Next Highly Anticipated Game, will launch on Nintendo Switch in 2022 and Windows PC. It’s different from the other entries, though: It’s more turn-based tactical gameplay than run-and-gun shooting.

MultiVersus

Warner Bros.’ Super Smash Bros.-inspired platform fighter MultiVersus will let Batman, Superman, Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo’s Shaggy, Game of Thrones’ Arya Stark, Tom and Jerry, and other characters you might’ve seen in Space Jam: A New LegacyIn 2022, it will be a battle royale. Developer Player First Games hope to distinguish MultiVersus Similar sites like Super Smash Bros. UltimateAnd Nickelodeon All-Star BrawlThe game was released as a free-to-play, cross-platform and team-based 2v2 game. MultiVersusComing to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 (Windows PC), Xbox One and Xbox Series X

Nightingale

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NightingaleInflexion games’ first game is “Victorian gaslamp fantasy” which was developed by Aaryn flynn (ex-BioWare general manger). It’s a shared-world survival/crafting game set in a magical “Victorian gaslamp fantasy” world where players become a Realmwalker, survivors of a magical cataclysm. They’ll travel to a variety of dangerous realms, accessible by portals, as they search for the last bastion of humanity. Realmwalkers are able to work together with other players and gather resources to construct large settlements. They can also build weapons and tools for fighting monsters. Nightingale will arrive on PC as an early access game in 2022.

OlliOlli World

OlliOlli WorldYou play the role of a skater and join a team that plans to go on a road trip through Radlandia. Your speed increases as you glide along the tracks and time jumps to improve your speed. It’s a very basic skateboarding sport. However, the summertime cool vibes of OlliOlli World help it stand out from developer Roll7’s previous games, OlliOlliAnd OlliOlli 2. On February 8, 2022, the ambitious skateboarding adventure video will be available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.

The Outlast Trials

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Multiplayer is possible for the Outlast series in 2022. This is the next installment in the Outlast series of scary games. The Outlast Trials, will explore developer Red Barrels’ survival horror universe with friends, featuring cooperative play for up to four players — there’s also a solo mode — as part of a Cold War-era experiment.

Oxenfree 2, Lost Signals

Oxenfree 2, Lost SignalsThis story is five years later than the original adventure and features a new cast of characters. Riley returns home to Camena, her hometown, to look into mysterious radio signals. Developer Night School Studio — now owned by Netflix(!) — said players will be able to “shape [the story] is unexpected ways with the choices they make.” Oxenfree 2In 2022, it will be available on Mac, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

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Return to Sinnoh, the region from long ago Pokémon Legends: ArceusNintendo Switch will get the game on January 28, 2022. Expect a grand Pokémon role-playing game adventure in the Hisuian region’s semi-open world, new battle mechanics, and some familiar and fresh Pokémon faces. Pokémon Legends: Arceus will introduce new Pokémon forms for Voltorb, Zorua, and Growlithe, alongside new evolutions Basculegion, and Kleavor.

Redfall

Arkane Austin developed this product. Redfall is Bethesda Softworks’ open-world, co-op shooter about a city overrun with vampires, and the game sits somewhere between multiplayer and single-player. Arkane Austin has previously developed games like 2018’s PreyThe reboot is also available as part of the Dishonored games. The studio’s new project is led by creative director Harvey Smith and co-creative director Ricardo Bare, and is coming to Xbox Series X and Windows PC this summer.

Rune Factory 5

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Since a very long time, I’ve felt the need to create a farm simulation. I’ve been through a lot. Stardew ValleyMultiple times, on various consoles. I’m always looking for something new. That’s where Rune Factory 5Here’s the good news. It has everything you could want in an action-RPG: the farming, combat and cute design.

Sifu

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Sloclap’s AbsolverThis action-RPG had a great concept, but some issues with execution. This February, the Parisian studio will host a rematch. Sifu, a stylish kung-fu opera that sends the player on a mission of revenge, one that will literally take years off the protagonist’s life. Previewed SifuThe fluid, fast-paced combat chain, improvised strikes and finishers with flurry of punches was something I witnessed in September. Players will tour several elemental themed levels, concluding with one-versus-many boss fights in the grand traditions of video game beat-’em-ups.

Slime Rancher 2.

Who doesn’t love a good slime? Slime Rancher 2.In 2022, Beatrix LeBeau’s adventure continues in Rainbow Island. That new landmass is full of secrets, including “ancient technology, unknown natural resources, and an avalanche of wiggling, jiggling, new slimes to discover,” developer Monomi Park says. The game will launch on PC and allow you to harvest slimes using your vacpack.

Somerville

Jumpship’s debut game, which was co-founded and created by Chris Olsen (ex-Playdead)Inside, Limbo) CEO Dino Patti, is a sci-fi adventure set “in the intimate repercussions of large-scale conflict.” Players will set off on that adventure to make their family whole again in the wake of an unspecified catastrophe. Olsen, the writer and director of The Secret Life of Bees said this in an interview. SomervilleThis isn’t a puzzle or platformer game. But players will be able to solve its mysteries on Windows PC and Xbox Series X starting in 2022.

Sonic Frontiers

Sonic Frontiers is described by Sega as an “open-zone-inspired experience” and will feature an original storyline from Sonic Boom writer Ian Flynn — so from a purely academic perspective, who doesn’t want to see how an “open-zone” Sonic the Hedgehog game turns out? We don’t know too much about Sonic’s next big 3D adventure, but we’re exceedingly curious. Sonic Frontiers is scheduled to hit Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X sometime in holiday 2022 — nearly five years after Sonic’s previous mainline 3D adventure, Sonic Forces.

Splatoon 3

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Nintendo’s stylish squidkid splat-’em-up series returns on Nintendo Switch in 2022 with Splatoon 3. Inklings and Octolings travel to the Splatlands and Splatsville for a brand new adventure. Splatoon veterans can look forward to a new bowlike weapon, new customization options, and movement abilities that should breathe new life into the series’ 4v4 Turf War multiplayer mode.

STALKER 2 – Heart of Chernobyl

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STALKER IIIt takes place in an alternate world Chernobyl in which there is a lot of radiation and mutants. However, it is far removed from the bizarre and strange worlds of Fallout. STALKER focuses more on simulation-style shooting and survival as you hunt for the treasure and mysteries of the post-nuclear world — something players might be more ready for in 2021 than they were in 2007. STALKER IIThe game will soon be released for Xbox Series X and PC on or around 2022.

Starfield

Bethesda Game Studios (Developer of the Elder Scrolls and Fallout) is moving to deep space. Starfield, the studio’s next grand role-playing game. It’s like this: Skyrim in space, says game director Todd Howard, where you’ll get in a ship, explore the galaxy, and “do fun stuff,” Bethesda says. “Starfield is about hope, our shared humanity, and searching for the answers to life’s greatest mystery,” Howard said when the game was officially announced this year. StarfieldNovember 11, 2022 for Windows PC and Xbox Series X. It will also be available through Game Pass.

Origin of the Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy

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Jack is the hero Origin of the Stranger of Paradise Final FantasyYou are here: Kill ChaosThis prequel is a sort of sequel to the original Final FantasySince 1987. Team Ninja developed this product.Nioh, Ninja Gaiden), Stranger of ParadiseThis is an action-oriented website

RPG in which Jack Garland — yep, that Garland — and his allies fight evil as Warriors of Light. Along the way, they’ll use Final Fantasy’s jobs system and don new gear, upgrading Jack from wearing a lowly T-shirt to ornate armor, to overcome Chaos. Origin of the Stranger of Paradise Final FantasyComing to PS4, PS5, Windows PCs, Xbox One and Xbox Series X March 18, 2022

Stray

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Cyberpunk of another sort StrayThe role of the lost, stray cat stars in the game. She wanders through neon-lit streets and uncovers all that is hidden about a dangerous world full of deadly creatures. Players will be “stealthy, nimble, silly, and sometimes as annoying as possible,” publisher Annapurna Interactive says, as they interact with the cyber-city’s inhuman inhabitants. StrayIt will arrive on the PlayStation 5 and Windows PC by 2022.

Kill the Justice League with Suicide Squad

Batman: Arkham series developer Rocksteady’s version of the Suicide Squad stars Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, and King Shark as Task Force X on a mission to take down Brainiac. Standing in their way are Superman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the Justice League, who have all been brainwashed by the alien-with-intent-to-conquer. The open-world action game will be set in Rocksteady’s “Arkham-verse” version of Metropolis, so Batman villains like The Penguin will be present. Kill the Justice League with Suicide SquadThe game will soon be made available on the Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5 and Windows PC.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge sends ninja turtles Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello — and April O’Neil! — into battle against the Foot Clan, Bebop, Rocksteady, and, of course, Shredder, in a brawler evocative of Konami’s classic arcade games. Confirmed platforms include Nintendo Switch and Windows PC, but hopefully we’ll see the new TMNT beat-’em-up on every modern console in 2022.

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands

Borderlands’ lovable/grating Tiny Tina gets her own full-fledged spinoff game, Tiny Tina’s WonderlandsThis will be on the 25th of March 2022. Expect Borderlands-style loot and open-world cooperative action, but with a Dungeons & Dragons-style RPG twist: In addition to the usual bajillions of guns, grenades, and rocket launchers, players also have magic, swords, and crossbows at their disposal in combat. Tiny Tina’s WonderlandsWanda Sykes and Andy Samberg will be part of an all-star voicecast for the Xbox Series X, PS4, PS5, Windows PC and Xbox One.

Total War: Warhammer 3

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The Mass Effect gained momentum in the same way that Mass Effect did over several years. Total War: Warhammer 3This feels like more of an ongoing project than it does a singular product. Not only will developer Creative Assembly give us seven new factions to wage war with (making good on the studio’s promise to include all 15 of Warhammer Fantasy Eighth Edition’s armies), it will also combine each of the three games’ maps into one colossal world. In many ways, it has the potential to be the “biggest” game of 2022. It will be interesting to see if Creative Assembly is able to keep the landing. Total War: Warhammer 3 is coming to Windows PC on Feb. 17, 2022, and will be available on Microsoft’s PC Game Pass on day one.

Triangle Strategy

Triangle Strategy for Nintendo Switch looks like the closest thing we’ll get to a new Final Fantasy Tactics from Square Enix for the foreseeable future. The latest in the RPG maker’s HD-2D series of retro-inspired games (see Octopath Traveler), Triangle StrategyLets players control a team of soldiers in turn-based combat, using terrain and linking elements to win. Square Enix promises a “tangled plot” where your decisions and convictions influence the story. Triangle StrategySwitch, March 4, 2022, takes its turn

Tunic

Heaven forbid that we don’t actually get the sequel to The Wild Breath this year, at least we’ll have TunicA Zelda-inspired, isometric adventure featuring a cool and cute fox. Andrew Shouldice, the developer, and publisher Finji promise an antagonistic and interconnected world with hidden treasure and scores of secrets as well as challenging boss battles. TunicOn March 16, 2022, it will arrive on Mac, Windows PCs, Xbox One and Xbox Series X.