Video game adaptations remain an attractive prospect for the film and television industries, and 2022 definitely highlighted the successes and failures of that effort. E3 was also canceled this year, leaving developers and studios to find other outlets to get word of their upcoming games out. Electronic Arts withdrew its license with FIFA following a 30-year partnership. Alongside new partnerships, there were some breakups too.
Later that month, Sony Interactive Entertainment acquired Bungie for a billion, further ensuring that both Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation would continue their attempts to outdo each other with exclusives-good news for gamers, though less so for developers who are now forced to cater to a certain type of gamer. On the business side, 2022 opened with a boom as Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard for $69 billion in January, amid continued allegations of CEO Bobby Kotick’s discrimination, sexual harassment, and creation of a toxic work environment. Some of those entries, like Gotham Knights and Sonic Frontiers, didn’t quite live up to expectations, while others, which we’ll get to, exceeded them. Along that line, a wider variety of highly anticipated titles were released this year than the last. While the PlayStation 5 still remains largely elusive for many, the year certainly left no shortage of consoles to choose from with Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PCs giving gamers plenty of options. After numerous game delays and pandemic setbacks, the video game industry finally felt like it was back in full swing in 2022.
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