2022 is shaping up to be an incredibly exciting year for gamers. Over the next 12 months, there’s a ton of hot new stuff coming to PC and next-gen consoles. Let’s take a look at some of the biggest releases coming in 2022.
| Dying Light 2: Stay Human – release date February 4, 2022 |
Dying Light 2: Stay Human by Techland is a cross-platform role-playing game set in an open world, 20 years after the events of the original Dying Light. Dying Light 2, released seven years after the first game in the series, will feature a new character named Aiden Caldwell. To survive the zombie hordes, players will have to use parkour skills such as jumping, climbing and wall running.
Unlike the 2015 game, Dying Light 2: Stay Human There are no firearms. The player can use various types of melee weapons, as well as devices such as the grappling hook from the first part. As before, the player is confronted by various types of opponents: both humans and zombies.
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The developers noted that the game was not too demanding thanks to their own C-Engine.
| Horizon Forbidden West– release date February 18, 2022 |
Soon you will be able to enjoy an exclusive from Sony – Horizon Forbidden West. Aloy is back and ready to take on monstrous new machines in the sequel to Sony’s 2017 hit Horizon Zero Dawn. You will find a larger map, better graphics, more robotic dinosaurs, more weapons and interesting game mechanics. Aloy will continue her search for the origins of a mysterious plague wreaking havoc in post-apocalyptic America.
The game was scheduled for release in late 2021, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The upcoming game is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Horizon Zero Dawn.
Horizon Forbidden West will be released on PS4 and PS5. In 2021, the original Zero Dawn was released on PC, which was loved by players and satisfied Sony in terms of sales.
| Destiny 2: The Witch Queen– release date February 22, 2022 |
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen is an upcoming major expansion for Destiny 2, the first-person shooter. Introducing the sixth expansion and fifth year of expanded content for Destiny 2. The story in The Witch Queen revolves around Savathon, the sorceress queen, sister of Oryx, who was the antagonist of the original Destiny’s (2014).
The expansion will add new content to the game, including new missions, locations, player equipment, weapons and a new raid. There are also four planned seasons of content that will be released throughout the year.
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The expansion was originally scheduled to release in late 2021, but was delayed by six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is scheduled to release on February 22, 2022.
| Elden Ring– release date February 25, 2022 |
What do you get when you combine an open world setting, the mechanics of Soulsborne, and the combined creative talents of George R.R. Martin and Hidetaka Miyazaki? That’s a question we’ll finally answer when it releases in 2022. Elden Ring (possibly one of the most anticipated games of the last 15 years).
Similar to the Souls series, the setting Elden Ring is a Western-inspired fantasy. According to the description on the game page on the Bandai Namco website, the action Elden Ring takes place in the Middlelands, a country ruled by Queen Marika the Eternal.
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The game was announced at the 2019 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. As part of the opening show of the Summer Game Fest with Geoff Keeley at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2021, a video with gameplay footage of the game was shown, and the release date was announced.
| STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl– release date April 28, 2022 |
STALKER returns after more than ten years. The actions of the new part of the game will take place in the well-known “exclusion zone” in Chernobyl, where you encounter dangerous mutants and fight with them for your life. The game is planned to combine elements of the first-person shooter, survival horror and immersive sim genres, as well as offer a vast open world for exploration.
The game was originally announced in 2010 and was due to release in 2012, but that original project was canceled and the development team disbanded. In 2018, GSC Game World announced the resumption of development.
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Developers S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 reported that the game is being developed on the latest engine Unreal Engine 5. This should provide the game with good object detail, an advanced global illumination system and sufficient performance when loading the open world.
| Gotham Knights– release date 2022 |
Gotham Knights is an upcoming role-playing game from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game’s plot takes place during the decline of Gotham City after the death of Batman. Players take control of the Dark Knight’s former partners: Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin and Red Hood, who must team up to bring justice to Gotham.
In terms of gameplay, the game is reminiscent of the Arkham trilogy, but with an eye to RPG elements such as health bars, enemy levels and equipment selection.
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Gotham Knights was revealed during a virtual event called DC FanDome in August 2020, and is scheduled for release in 2021. It was later announced that the game had been delayed until 2022.
| Saints Row– release date August 23, 2022 |
Saints Row is an upcoming action-adventure video game developed by Volition and published by Deep Silver. This is the fifth installment in the Saints Row series, which is a reboot of the entire franchise.
Action Saints Row takes place in the fictional city of Santo Ileso, located in the southwestern United States. Santo Ileso is currently under the control of three criminal groups: Los Panteros (Panthers), The Idols (Idols), and Marshall Defense Industries (Marshalls). The “Boss” player gathers a new gang from disgruntled members of these gangs and takes away power from them during the game. The game will include the most detailed character editor for the player and his gang members in the history of the series.
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The developers originally planned to relaunch Saints Row at the end of February 2022, but they were personally affected by COVID-19 and therefore had to push back the release date.
| Starfield– release date November 11, 2022 |
Starfield is an open-world computer role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Starfield is Bethesda’s first new franchise and the first game of a new generation. Bethesda has been making this game for 25 years. Will Starfield live up to the hype surrounding any new BGS game? Can’t wait to see what the studio can do with powerful hardware and a new engine.
The game takes place in the 24th century. The main character is a member of the Constellation, an organization of space explorers and one of the main factions in the game. Todd Howard, the company’s game designer, puts the game simply: “It’s Skyrim in space.”
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The game is based on a redesigned and improved version of its own game engine, called Creation Engine 2. About 450 Bethesda employees from four studios located in Washington, Montreal, Dallas and Austin took part in the development of the game.
| God of War: Ragnarok– release date August 2022 |
God of War: Ragnarok is an upcoming action-adventure computer game with hack and slash elements, developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is the ninth game in the God of War series and a direct continuation of the God of War game, released in 2018.
Kratos and Atreus return in one of the most anticipated games of 2022. As the end of the world approaches, Kratos must help Atreus discover the truth about his origins, fight Thor, and find Tyr: the Norse god of war, believed by many to have died long ago. No one really knows what to expect from what’s described as the end of God of War’s “Norse saga,” but 2018’s brilliant reboot certainly set the standard high.
| Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League– release date 2022 |
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is an upcoming open-world action-adventure computer game being developed by the British studio Rocksteady Studios. This game revolves around the titular team’s attempts to defeat Brainiac when he invades Earth and brainwashes the Justice League.
The action takes place in an open world based on Metropolis. The game features four playable characters: Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang and King Shark. The game also features four-player co-op multiplayer mode. When playing solo, players can switch between characters at will, while other characters are controlled by the AI.
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A video game based on Suicide Squad was first announced by then DC Comics creative director Geoff Johns in July 2010. Rocksteady Studios announced “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League” in August 2020 of the year.
| Sifu– release date February 8, 2022 |
Sifu is a unique game with an authentic fighting style and exciting game mechanics. It’s a third-person action-adventure game about a kung fu student who seeks revenge on the killers who killed his family.
В Sifu will feature challenging combat and third-person exploration. The gameplay is inspired by the martial art of Pak Mei with an emphasis on authenticity. When a player dies in the game, they are magically resurrected in the location where they died and aged several years. As the player character ages, his attacks will be stronger, but he will have less health.
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Built on Unreal Engine 4, Sifu will be released for PS4, PS5 and PC.
| Dead Space– release date end of 2022 |
Dead Space Remake – a remake of the cult sci-fi action-horror game from the 3rd person, released in 2008. Set in the 26th century, the story follows engineer Isaac Clarke on a mission to repair the USG Ishimura, a mining spaceship that has been captured by the undead known as Necromorphs.
The game will retain the same story and structure as the original, but will feature reworked assets, character models, and environments. The developers intend to take advantage of solid-state drives on ninth-generation consoles so that the game will be presented as a “continuous sequence of frames” without loading screens. Content that was removed from the original game due to technical limitations may also be added.
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The game is being developed using EA’s proprietary Frostbite engine, which Motive Studios previously used to develop Star Wars: Squadrons and the single-player campaign of Star Wars Battlefront II.
| Warhammer 40,000: Darktide– release date 2022 |
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is an upcoming first-person action game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, developed and published by Swedish video game studio Fatshark.
This time, players will go to a distant and dark space, where they will fight endless troops of 40,000 evil spirits. The game’s plot will center on a squad of Imperial Guardsmen investigating a potential Chaos infiltration of the planet Atom Prime in Hive City Tertium. The game will use a similar formula to Fatshark’s Warhammer: Vermintide 2, in which four players team up to defeat periodic waves of AI-controlled enemies.
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In July 2021, Fatshark announced that due to difficulties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the release date would be pushed back from 2021 to spring 2022.
| Hogwarts Legacy– release date 2022 |
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive open world RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. Now you can take control of the action and find yourself at the center of your own adventure in the magical world.
О Hogwarts Legacy little is known, it’s something like Mass Effect with a dash of Bully. Experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Players will have to create their own character, choose one of the schools, and attend magic and potions classes.
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The game was initially scheduled to be released on Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S platforms in 2021, but in January 2021 the developers announced a postponement of the release date to 2022.
| Total War: Warhammer III– release date February 17, 2022 |
Total War: Warhammer III is an upcoming turn-based and real-time strategy computer game developed by Creative Assembly. It is the fifteenth game in the Total War series and the third in a trilogy based on the Warhammer Fantasy setting. Part of Xbox Game Pass.
Like his predecessors, Total War: Warhammer III Offers turn-based strategy and real-time tactics gameplay similar to other games in the Total War series. Details of the main campaign remain unknown, but the developers have stated that it will take place in the Realm of Chaos, which is considered the source of all magic in the Warhammer Fantasy setting. Game director Ian Roxburgh said the campaign map will be “twice the size” of Eye of the Vortex, which appeared in Total War: Warhammer II.
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Gather your strength and step into the twisted Realm of Chaos. Can you defeat your Demons… or command them?
| Drive Unlimited Solar Crown review– release date September 22, 2022 |
Drive Unlimited Solar Crown review is an upcoming computer game of the Test Drive series in the genre of arcade car and motorcycle racing, developed by Kylotonn studio and which will be published by Nacon. This is the third game in the Test Drive Unlimited subseries and the first release in the series after an eight-year hiatus.
Solar Crown takes place on the huge island of Hong Kong, with city races and suburban rides. We can’t say yet whether the game will become a real hit, but we hope for the best. It’s a shame that the gameplay trailer isn’t available yet.
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The developers also stated that they borrowed some game mechanics from their other game, WRC 8.
| Company of Heroes 3– release date 2022 |
Everyone’s favorite Company of Heroes is back! Unlike the western and eastern fronts, the action Company of Heroes 3 is set in the Mediterranean, focusing on Italy and North Africa during World War II.
The game features features new to the series, such as a tactical pause system that allows the player to pause a battle and queue commands. Company of Heroes 3 also features an improved destruction system that gives the game more detailed destruction, such as individual tiles and bricks crumbling from buildings.
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Company of Heroes 3 is one of the most anticipated strategy games of 2022.
| Avatars: Frontiers of Pandora– release date end of 2022 |
Avatars: Frontiers of Pandora is a first-person action-adventure game developed by Massive Entertainment, a Ubisoft studio, in collaboration with Lightstorm Entertainment and Disney. The creators of The Division are preparing a new generation game for the premiere of the second Avatar.
In this new story, you play as a member of the Na’vi people as you journey through the never-before-seen western lands of Pandora. Explore a living world that responds to your actions and is populated with unique creatures and new characters. Force the formidable forces of the ODA Corporation to retreat, threatening the planet.
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The game was created on the latest version of the Snowdrop engine exclusively for the new generation of consoles and PC.
| Ark 2– release date 2022 |
Ark 2 is the sequel to Studio Wildcard Ark: Survival Evolved, a multiplayer dinosaur survival sandbox. According to the developer’s tweet, the general idea of Ark’s gameplay will not change in the sequel.
It has not yet been confirmed that Ark 2 will have any specific storyline. Judging by everything, the scale of the title will increase significantly. The first Ark launched in early access in 2015, and the full version was released only in 2017, that is, two years later.
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Studio Wildcard announced on Twitter that the cinematic trailer for Ark 2 has been fully in-engine using real game assets. It’s hard to believe the final game will look this good.
| Gran Turismo 7– release date March 4, 2022 |
Gran Turismo 7 is a racing simulation computer game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is the eighth main game in the Gran Turismo series.
GT7 will be the first game in the series since Gran Turismo 6 to support GT Simulation Mode, a long-standing feature of the single-player campaign. Other classic features shown include the return of traditional tracks and cars, special events, championships, a driving school, a tuning parts store, a used car dealership and GT Auto.
The game will leverage the PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller, Tempest Engine, hardware ray tracing and 5D audio to enhance the game’s immersion. Thanks to increased processing power and the inclusion of a custom SSD in the PlayStation 4, the game will have faster loading times and will display graphics in 60K resolution at XNUMX frames per second with HDR support.
| Atomic Heart– release date 2022 |
One of the most anticipated projects in the CIS – domestic action Atomic Heart. Atomic Heart is a first-person shooter. Russian-speaking fans managed to dub the game “Russian BioShock.” The game takes place in an alternative USSR; During the game, the main character examines an enterprise captured by rebel robots.
Players take on the role of an officer of the KGB of the USSR, who went to Enterprise No. 3826 for the purpose of inspection, but found himself in a strange and frightening world of the future, where robots seem to have gone crazy and now pose a serious threat. In order to eliminate this threat, the hero goes deep into the Enterprise, not even suspecting what awaits him next.
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The project is being created on the Unreal Engine 4. Mundfish plans to release the role-playing action game on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, PC. Ray tracing is promised on next-generation consoles and PCs.
| Elex II– release date March 1, 2022 |
elex II is the second part of the 3rd person action-adventure series, a vintage open-world RPG from the famous studio Piranha Bytes, developers of Gothic and Risen. The gameplay of ELEX 2 is in every way similar to the first part. Gamers should expect the same game, only improved.
The main character of the role-playing game Piranha Bytes will once again be Jax, who will have to unite factions in a devastated world and confront a new threat. A huge, diverse, completely unique world with many biomes and factions in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi setting will open before you. The developers promise that players will more than once be faced with difficult choices with their consequences.
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In general, there is nothing supernatural in the system requirements.