Softpedia’s Game of the Year 2022

2022 was a solid year for video games, with plenty of innovative ideas and grand spectacles. But one experience manages to mix the two and then offer deep mechanics, intriguing universe, and careful execution. Elden Ring is Softpedia’s Game of the Year for this year. The two runners-up for the title also deliver big stories and complex gameplay. God of War: Ragnarok takes the core ideas of the reboot and expands on them while allowing Kratos to carve a bloody path toward the end of the world. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 offers everything a Japanese role-playing game fan could want. The story is impressive, backed up by gre...