NEW Games of 2022

  2022 Looks to be a much stronger year overall for game releases, so today, like every year, we're breaking it down in two parts. Here are  some of games releasing in the first half of 2022, that we're really looking forward to.

Starting off with  "Tiny Tina's Wonderlands."

We've talked about this one already quite a bit, since it was just announced a few months ago. Essentially what this is a big blowout of previous "Borderlands" DLC that played with this whole concept of Tiny Tina, the zany side character,doing her own kind of fantasy adventure tabletop game.So here, what you have is a new "Borderlands" game set in a completely different environment with a kind of medieval, weird, mystical fantasy vibe to it.The weapon types seem totally different.The enemies seem totally different. Just the overall flow and loop of the game and the map seems to be different and more fantasy RPG-focused. And it already looks like it's gonna be fun. If you're a "Borderlands" fan, you're probably digging what you're seeing. If you're not a "Borderlands" fan, the humor might still rub you the wrong way, but props to them for doing something different here. As of right now, "Tiny Tina's Wonderlands" is releasing March 25th, 2022. Next, over at number nine, we have "Gran Turismo 7. Yes, Polyphony Digital is working on another one. It's been quite some time. They very much take their time. But it looks like "Gran Turismo 7" is continuing the trend of just really upping all the stakes: more cars, crazier graphics, more options, more details overall, more fine-tuning. And we love to see it. Honestly, we're always excited when a PlayStation console gets graced with one of these really awesome games. These are, if you haven't played them, more hardcore simulation-focused, so don't expect a lot of personality and fun and doing crazy jumps. No, this is hardcore realism, real car stuff. So while there is a world for arcade racers,we have a blast with stuff like "Forza Horizon"and all that, the Gran Turismo series takes things a bit more seriously, so if you're a hardcore car enthusiast, hopefully, you'll be happy with this one. So far, it's looked pretty good. As much as some of the updates sound like small things, it could just make for a really good,fun, gorgeous car game. And you know? That's all we're really looking for. That's releasing, as of right now, March 4th, 2022.

I have "Pokemon Legends: Arceus." I think that's how you pronounce it.I'm bad at pronunciation. But this is the big one, folks. If you've been looking for a Pokemon game where you can run around a big 3D open world and catch Pokemon and battle, here you go. I mean, granted, they've kind of dabbled with it before, but this is the blown-out, crazy one. There has been criticism already for its graphics. For me, I just look at that as kind of like the limitations of the Nintendo Switch. Still, to have a fully 3D Pokemon game on the Switch is pretty exciting. The possibilities are high, especially considering this serves as kind of like a preqeal story. It's in an older era of the Sinnoh region, and it's actually called something different. It was called the Hisui region, so it's kind of got this weird, kind of old-timey Pokemon feel to it. You're still a guy or a girl with a cool hat and a jacket, but there's a slight ancient vibe to it, and it's really cool. We're gonna be seeing new Pokemon, new trainers, new ways to fight, and most importantly, new ways to explore. There's a lot more going on in this one. If you're a diehard Pokemon fan, I suggest diving deep because some of the info we do have is pretty coo for how it shakes up the formula other than just it's 3D. But thankfully, we won't have to wait too long to really see how it is. As of right now, it's releasing January 28th, 2022.

I have "Sons of the Forest."

This is the long awaited followup to "The Forest," which was a survival game with some really hardcore horror elements to it and just some good stuff. "Sons of the Forest," interestingly enough, is hotly anticipated by "Forest" fans, but we don't know too much about it. It does look to be like a kind of new spin on what the original set up. You're once again stranded, you're using items, you're building shelter, and you're defending yourself from really creepy forest creatures. I actually like that they haven't shown off this gam too much.I prefer the kind of less-is-more style, especially for a game where you might already be like, yeah, I'll check that out regardless. Because they've been so dark for so long and so quiet, I'm hoping that they took the money from the original game and really went hard here and are gonna give us something absolutely amazing.That's, of course, just me armchair speculating, but there's some cool potential. And we'll find out if that release date holds,because right now, it's set for May 20th, 2022.

I have "Sifu."

This is my personal most anticipated pick,just because of how cool it looks.I love games like this, especially from developer Slow Clap. These are the people behind "Absolver,"which was a pretty intense game with a hand-to-hand fighting system and a lot of challenge. This seemingly takes that gameplay framework, that combat system, and applies it to a different style of game. There seems to be this mechanic where every time you die, you come back older, but just what they have going on here with the fight scenes, the way you can grapple and counter and fight enemies and use objects in the environment or use the environment itself to win seems so, so satisfying. If you've played "Absolver," you know that combat system absolutely hits Even if the rest of the game was just kind of like eh, that combat system is top-tier, so for them to use that again and hopefully expand on it makes me just absolutely bet on this game.

I have "Forspoken,"

which is a Square Enix action-adventure RPG that obviously looks like a really gorgeous tech demo, but is starting to reveal itself as a full game. it seems interesting. It's still a bit too early to tell, but the concept of you just kind of being a regular girl thrust into this weird fantasy world and using these cool powers, it's kind of almost like "Infamous," but you're a mage casting magic, seems pretty cool, not to mention the fact that just the visual style the dialogue, the music, the art direction, all of that seems to be top-tier, big-budget, AAA stuff. We're just hoping that the actual meat of the game, the gameplay, the exploration, and that story, can really live up to what on the surface looks pretty cool. "Forspoken" is releasing on PC and PS5. As of right now, the news reports that it is a two-year PlayStation exclusive, and we'll be playing that May 24th, 2022.                                             

I have "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl."

Now, the "S.T.A.L.K.E.R." series is an absolutely legendary PC series It's what a lot of PC gamers think of immediately when you think of the early 2000s games and just how it pioneered open-world, survival-horror, resource management stuff in a fun post-nuclear-disaster world. And it seems like they're doing it again,but this time, with a crazy budget and sick graphics.

like the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s,

it should make for a really tense experience,and now thankfully, it has the graphics and really the mood and the atmosphere to really fill in the blanks and sell what made the original game so special.There's still time to play the originals if you never have but we'll know for sure if this one is legit when we play it April 28th, 2022. of course, you know we were gonna mention it, "Dying Light 2."

After so many delays,

it seems like they finally got it locked in, and the long story short, the reason why we're excited for "Dying Light 2" is because we like the original game so much. Not only was it just a good old, solid, adventure open-world game that kind of took the zombie formula and spun it on its head, but it was also supported with a ton of cool post-release content, and it was like the game gift that kept on giving. Now, with "Dying Light 2," it seems like it's taking that fun core gameplay framework with the parkour and the action and the violence and adding a lot more RPG and story elements to it, you making decisions on how to help out these micro-civilizations that have cropped up after the viral outbreak. It looks like it's very much trying to do ambitious things with your decisions and who you help and what you do will actually change how the societies or these factions work. Not to mention the parkour move set has also been upgraded and there's only melee weapons. There's no emphasis on guns because we're so far past the original outbreak that things are kind of broken down now. We're pretty pumped. We've talked this one to death, and thankfully, hopefully I'll finally be playing it February 4th, 2022.                                                                              SEE YOU GUYS.TAKE CARE.