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Elden Ring While some would argue that this year’s PlayStation GOTY contendership battle was a two-horse race, it still seemed somewhat foolish to bet against Bandai Namco’s dark fantasy adventure. From its initial announcement, FromSoftware’s next release had the fanbase practically frothing at the mouth. Convinced, purely off the back of the studio’s pedigree, that something genre-defining was on the march. And, to the surprise of nobody, when launch day came, Elden Ring delivered. And how. Players were immediately…

How many Switch consoles do you have at this point? It was a very good year for the Switch. The console/portable hybrid skyrocketed in sales, landing squarely in the top five all-time listing: directly below the PS4 (though Nintendo is poised to beat that with their next earning’s report). Things are going well for Nintendo, but we also got a ton of great games in 2022. Bayonetta 3 completely wowed me, and showed me what Platinum Games could really do all over again. Pokemon Legends reinvented the wheel in many…

PC indeed As someone who heretically prefers to play games on a controller, PC may not always be my first choice. But even I have to admit that it’s a platform that has some of the most compelling releases of the year, every year. When it’s easier for small, independent teams to publish to platforms like Steam or itch.io, the cream usually tends to rise to the top, so that PC is always one of the most stacked “best of the year” categories, in my opinion. 2022 was no exception, because this banger-filled list is making…

If you haven’t played it, it’s new to you One might assume that the dawning of a new gaming generation would essentially bring an end to the flurry of remasters and remakes that we saw flood the market in the most recent decade. But of course not. Much like the film industry, the concept of taking a second pass at some beloved (and even not-so-beloved classics) is clearly here to stay — with no sign from the cash registers that it isn’t still a hugely lucrative endeavor. 2022 contained two very extreme examples of…

A movie star, a priest, and Master Chief walk into a bar… The year is coming to a close, and so it’s time to look back at what 2022 held, particularly for Xbox fans. Microsoft had a seemingly quiet year, but this year’s nominees for Destructoid’s best-in-class Xbox games spoke volumes. As a reminder, our awards season here at Destructoid runs December-to-December. So while Halo Infinite wasn’t eligible last year, it is this year, and it’s likely better off for it. While 343 Industries’ FPS struggled right out of the…

Can you even buy a PS5 yet? 2022 has been a pretty action-packed year for Sony’s premier gaming brand. And while arguably the first year that saw its two-year-old platform, PlayStation 5, accelerate its sales past the 25 million mark, the past 12 months have still seen a wide variety of new releases squeezed onto its best-selling predecessor, PS4, hardware that simply refuses to go gently into that good night. Even visual stunners such as Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Forbidden West and Sony Santa Monica’s God of War…

Destructoid names its most anticipated games of the summer 2022 news blitz E3 was always a special event for gamers, not just because we got a whole slew of exciting new trailers, footage, and announcements for the best upcoming games, but because it was a way for us to all come together and celebrate the games that mean the most to us. While E3 may be dead for this year at least, its spirit lives on in the form of Summer Games Fest and all of the other events that are lined up in the coming months. As for us, we’re back…