A good year for Game Pass, but a weird year for Xbox and studios like Activision
In 2022 I was surprised by games both big and small, ranging from God of War Ragnarök to Neon White
Hope you have flowers to lay on the graves of Forza Street , OG Overwatch , an ill-fated Final Fantasy VII spin-off, and more
Pokémon Arceus: Legends and Scarlet/Violet bookended a year of decline
I didn’t expect to be here playing hours and hours of Warzone , but here I am doin’ the damn thing
Some video-game-inspired items I’d actually buy (or already own), from Mass Effect vinyl to Pokémon Pumas
Games like A Plague Tale: Requiem and The Quarry gave me all the blood and guts I could ever ask for
A lot of games, like Ark 2, Armored Core VI, and Payday 3 , are planned to launch next year, but will they?
My absolute favourite games of 2022 (and 2021, and 2020)
Kotaku ’s fashion police picks her favorite games of the year
Genshin ’s second year was filled with meta changes, quality of life improvements, and a racist controversy
From surprise sequels to unions becoming more of a thing, good stuff happened this year, I promise
Halo Infinite was to be the start of a new era, and with the recent Winter and December updates it's only just beginning to feel that way
From a crappy LEGO port to the PS5’s worst RPG, here are the five lowest-scored Metacritic games
We didn’t get Starfield , but we did get a ton of other great role-playing games this year
It's been one of the best years for narrative gamers, and I'm here to celebrate
With performance that often exceeds expectations, great availability, and a remarkable selection of games, 2022 was nothing short of explosive for Steam Deck
Reunion is a stellar remaster of a mostly great prequel story that sadly sours in its final act
The latest from Justin Roiland’s Squanch Games is as chatty and cursey and gross as an episode of Rick and Morty, but a whole lot longer
There are some neat ideas in Choo-Choo Charles but it isn’t very scary and feels too short
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