PC gaming in 2022 is a real lifesaver for fans of action, action-adventure, role-playing games, and important franchises that captured the hearts of millions of teenagers, adults, and children a few years ago.
With the end of the Electronic Entertainment Experience 2021 and other major show-exhibitions, it is not surprising that many colorful and expected new items have been forgotten by true connoisseurs of computer games - after all, it is sometimes extremely difficult to fit in the head the abundance of information received. Especially in the conditions of modern realities, because of which many doubted the "game" grandiosity of the coming year.
Why? The answer is extremely simple: in recent months, there has been a lack of bright and “noisy” open-world projects from eminent studios, which is why many gamers began to treat the continued existence of the genre in question with slight skepticism.
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
- Release date: February 4, 2022
- Genre: Action/RPG
- Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 / 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
The zombie apocalypse is a theme that has become especially popular due to recent events in the world, which is why the release of the promising Dying Light 2 is not surprising. Previously, the first part of the game was a huge success among fans of adrenaline, parkour and dangerous walking dead.
Her continuation "Stay Human" will unfold in a new city. The player will be able to take on the role of a charismatic, fearless and ambitious hero, eager to free the world from ruthless monsters.
Horizon: Forbidden West
- Release date 18 February 2022 year
- Genre: Action/RPG
- Platforms: PS4, PS5
In 2017, the first part of the story about the exciting adventures and incredible adventures of Aloy made an incredible impression on those who like to consider and study the great, but cruel and dangerous worlds of the forbidden west. Guerrilla Games and PlayStation Studios say that the new memorable and no less difficult threats will notably strain the true fans of the obstinate and bold red-haired girl.
It is also worth noting that Horizon will find sincere love in the hearts of the players, which focuses on on lore game series - now the settlements encountered by the main character will be filled with additional NPCs, new objects and historically significant architectural structures.
Elden Ring
- Release date: February 25, 2022
- Genre: Open World Action RPG
- Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 / 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Of all the open-world games that will be offered to connoisseurs of the gaming industry in 2022, the project from FromSoftware is perhaps one of the most anticipated. Despite the fact that the game was created by the developers of the previously sensational and "fierce" Dark Souls, the consummate American science fiction writer also had a hand in the game in question George Martin.
It can be said that players who are ardent fans of the amazing and passionate series "Game of Thrones" will be able to enjoy a rich, fantastic and magical world to satisfy their fantasy hunger for the "Winds of Winter" of the adored saga "A Song of Ice and Fire".
STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl
- Release date: April 28, 2022 (UPD: Postponed to December 8)
- Genre: first-person shooter, survival horror
- Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl is a first-person action-adventure that captured the free time of many fans of the post-apocalyptic genre back in 2007. To date, this game can be called "legendary" and "immortal", and the next part of the franchise, "Heart of Chernobyl", promises to find similar success, being a direct plot continuation of its predecessor. STALKER 2 plans to surprise future stalkers with an open world, improved graphics and more elaborate quest chains.
Starfield
- Release date: November 11, 2022
- Genre: Action/RPG
- Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S
Bethesda Game Studios clearly wants to fray the nerves, patience and imagination of its fans, warming up the press week after week with new information about the expected project, called Starfield.
Unlike the fantasy and somewhat magical setting of The Elder Scrolls and the post-apocalyptic underpinnings of the famous Fallout, the actions of the anticipated game will unfold in the distant future, which will allow players to demonstrate hidden secrets and mysterious plot twists and turns, saturated with realistic science fiction.
Baldur's Gate 3 (Official Release)
- Release date: 2022 year
- Genre: role-playing game
- Platforms: PC, macOS
The once acclaimed fantasy series captured the minds of RPG fans back in 2000 thanks to its enjoyable tactical gameplay and historical roots deepened into the universe of tabletop RPG project by Gary Gygaxon and Dave Arneson - Dungeons & Dragons.
Despite the abundance of time spent, today it is possible without any special technical problems Check out Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access. The official release, of course, "to be!". However, only after Larian Studios closes the latest updates and completes the rework of the main details of the game.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
- Release dates: 25 March 2022 of the year
- Genre: Action/RPG, first-person shooter
- Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 / 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Considering all the games that were showcased at the Electronic Entertainment Experience 2021, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands can be called one of the most amazing, exciting and memorable releases.
Despite the fact that the actions of the main plot of the project in question will take place in a completely new world developed by Gearbox, the adventures of Tiny Tina can undoubtedly be considered a mind-blowing reference to the Borderlands 2 add-on, Tiny Tina's Assault on the Dragon Fortress.
Previously, the original patch for the Borderland series was enthusiastically received by the fans of the franchise, which is why the official spin-off of the adventures of the crazy "witch" is an exact hit on the bull's-eye from the Texas company.
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
- Release date: 2022 year
- Genre: action adventure
- Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 / 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
The story of a colorful, eccentric and actually memorable literary character Lord of the Rings series, Gollum, is a vivid example of how a game without unnecessary news, "hot" information for the press and an abundance of videos related to the gameplay, becomes wildly popular in a matter of days.
As soon as Daedalic Entertainment announced that a beautiful and somewhat bloodthirsty work based on the novels of John Ronald Tolkien will be released in 2022, fans of the English writer's work immediately began to look forward to getting into the mind of the epic's strangest hero.
Ark: Survival Evolved 2
- Release date: 2022 year
- Genre: Action/RPG
- Platforms: PC, Xbox Series
Dinosaurs, strange unusual animals, wild world and the constant need for survival - this is what made the Ark online game very popular among fans of multiplayer projects with PvP and PvE orientations. And now, after five years, fans of Survival Evolved will finally be able to enjoy the long-awaited continuation of the story of the Mesozoic era.
Hogwarts legacy
- Release date: 2022 year
- Genre: Adventure RPG
- Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 / 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
The stories about the magical adventures of a boy with a scar on his forehead within the walls of the great educational institution for wizards, Hogwarts, are a favorite series of many children, teenagers and even adults, because already a whole generation has grown up on the adventures of Harry Potter.
Hogwarts Legacy will be set in the 1800s, before the advent of modern technology and long before the main events associated with the wizard and the savior from "whose name must not be named." Hogwarts Legacy is an open-world action-adventure RPG set to be the first installment in a planned franchise of new games set in J.K. Rowling's beautiful, untamed fantasy world.
“Everything that has been said until today is well ahead of your wildest expectations!” - confidently declare Portkey Studios, the developers of the game.
Read on:So, 2022 promises to be extremely interesting in terms of game novelties, the setting of which is tied to a special atmosphere, an open world and extremely memorable adventures with exciting plot twists and intriguing additional quest chains. The future of the genre in question should certainly not be in doubt, and E3 2021 proved it!
Shadows of Chernobyl came out in 2007, not 2002
Exactly, thanks for posting! Corrected in the article
Sonic Frontiers is also unmissable
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Nothing interesting. hackneyed themes for games. Nothing new was invented. And super duper graphics nafig not needed.
shit, not games! I will miss everything! and the sralker will miss itself) do you believe that there is a game? and I'm sure that I collected the loot pi *** tel and for nothing the pre-order in the DNS cost 29 rubles! with her checks in the furnace of the first game was enough .. golum govnostels!