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Game of the Year 2022 winner is Elden Ring

At Canadian’s Geoff Keighley’s 2022 Game Awards, it’s been announced that this year’s Game of the Year, is Elden Ring. Personally, Elden Ring was what I voted for to win GOTY at the 2022 Game Awards because I’m a big fan of the title.

Elden Ring was released in January of 2022, and I spent hours upon hours playing this game.

The game was developed by FromSoftware, but its amazing lore was created by Songs of Ice and Fire’s (Game of Thrones) George RR Martin.

Most recently, the game added a PVP colosseum mode for players to fight against one another.

Check out our Elden Ring coverage:

Elden Ring brings exploration and death to a new level

Elden Ring’s beta was a delicious appetizer before the eventual main course

If you haven’t played this title, you definitely should give it a shot.

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Here are all the reveals from the 2022 Game Awards

The 2022 Game Awards have just ended, where Elden Ring was awarded the best game of the year, and Marvel Snap won the best mobile game in the industry. Other notable announcements, Returnal is coming to PC, Al Pacino made a surprise appearance to announce the award of best performance, which naturally went to Christopher Judge.

We also learned that Kevin Conroy (RIP) will be reprising his role as Batman one final time in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.                                                                  2

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania

Vampire Survivors (coming to Mobile, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One)

Valiant Hearts: Coming Home (soon to Mobile)

Mike Mignola’s HellBoy Web of Wyrd  (Steam, PS4. PS5. Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, Nintendo Switch_

Horizon: Call of the Mountain (PSVR February 22, 2023)

Post Trauma (PC and console)

Viewfinder (PS5)

Relic Hunters (Steam)

After Us (Spring 2023, PS5, Xbox Series X|S)

Replaced (2023, Xbox Series X|S)

Street Fighter 6 (June 2nd, 2023, PS5/PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Steam)

Hades II

Judas (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, Epic Store)

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (March 17th, 2023, Nintendo Switch)

Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord (coming 2023, Meta Quest VR)

Destiny 2: Lightfall (February 28, 2023)

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League — new trailer

Party Animals (early 2023)

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (March 17th, 2023, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)

Immortals of Avalum (2023, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)

Death Stranding 2 (PS5)

Tekken 8 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam)

Baldur’s Gate 3 (August 2023)

Wayfinder (Fall, 2023, PC, PS5 and PS4)

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores (April 19th, 2023)

Nightingale (PC)

Fire Emblem: Engaged (Nintendo Switch, January 20th, 2023)

Blue Protocol (2023, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam)

Remnant 2 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Epic Store, Steam)

Transformers Reactivate

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (End of 2023, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)

Meet Your Maker (April 4th, 2023, Steam, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S)

Space Marine 2 (2023, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC)

Crash Team Rumble (2023, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One)

The Lords of the Fallen (PS5, Steam, Xbox Series X|S)

Crime Boss

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty (2023, Xbox Series X|S, PS5)

Armored Core VI Fire of Rubicon (2023, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Steam)

Final Fantasy XVI (June 22nd, 2023, PS5)

Wild Hearts (February 17th, mobile, PS5, Xbox Series X|S

 

 

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London, Ontario-based Digital Extremes unveils new title Wayfinder

At the 2022 Game Awards, London, Ontario’s Digital Extremes, the developers behind Warframe, announced its latest title, Wayfinder.

Wayfinder is coming to PC, PS5 and PS4, with an upcoming closed PC beta launching soon December 13th. Following that, in spring 2023, PS5, PS4 and PC players will get the chance to play the title in early access. Wayfinder will launch in the autumn of 2023 and is free-to-play.

Wayfinder is a character-based online action RPG where you use magic, weapons and more to fight against your enemies. Below is an excerpt from Digital Extreme’s game announcement:

The world of Evenor is being consumed by the foul force of the Gloom. As Wayfinders, lights amidst the darkness in a world consumed by Gloom, players must control the chaos and reconnect a fractured world as they choose a unique path through an online world of endless action and adventure. To cease the Gloom’s devastating decay of Evenor, players will choose from a variety of Wayfinders (characters) to control, each with their own unique story, play styles, and abilities, harnessing their power together to defend Evenor from forces that seek to destroy it. 

Source: Digital Extremes

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Canada’s Extremely OK Games reveals upcoming game, Earthblade

At Geoff Keighley’s 2022 The Games Awards, the Canadian creators of the indie game Celeste, Extremely OK Games, showed off its upcoming title, Earthblade.

Earthblade is a 2D exploration title that Extremely OK has been working on for years. However, the game won’t launch until 2024.

Here’s an expert from Extremely OK Games website:

“You are Névoa, an enigmatic child of Fate returning at long last to Earth, in this explor-action platformer. Earthblade’s lush pixel art world offers seamless exploration, challenging combat, and countless mysteries to pick apart. Travel the remnants of a ruined world, encounter denizens both friend and foe, and piece together the Earth’s fractured history.”

The developers released a music teaser. Check it out below:

Lena Raine · Earthblade – Music Teaser
Image Credit: EXOK
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How to watch The Game Awards 2022 in Canada

One of the biggest nights in gaming is nearly here.

On Thursday, December 8th, The Game Awards will take place for the ninth consecutive year. Here’s everything you need to know.

When

Beginning at 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, the ceremony promises a slew of game reveals on top of the distribution of the titular awards.

How to watch

As always, the Los Angeles-based show, which his produced and hosted by Canada’s Geoff Keighley, will be livestreamed across the world. In Canada, you’ll have a number of ways to tune in, including:

The show will also be screened in IMAX in select theatres.

The nominees

In 2022, the six games up for the coveted Game of the Year award are:

  • A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo/Focus Home Interactive)
  • Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
  • God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio/PlayStation)
  • Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/PlayStation)
  • Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive)
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)

A breakdown of Canadian nominees can be found here. The full list of nominees can be found here.

What to expect

As usual, Keighley has already teased some of what we can see. This includes:

  • A performance of “Blood Upon the Snow” from God of War Ragnarök by Hozier
  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’s Daniel Craig, Rian Johnson and Jessica Henwick are presenting
  • The first-ever gameplay reveal of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  • Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida appearing for a “special” presentation (expected to be Final Fantasy XVI, a game he’s producing)
  • Former Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aimé is presenting

What are you most excited to see at the show? Let us know in the comments.

Image credit: The Game Awards

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CD Projekt Red is ending support for Gwent in 2023

CD Projekt Red is ending support for its Gwent mobile game after September 2023. The developer showed off its roadmap for the card game, revealing there will be no new cards or active support after the final card release in September.

The video indicates the final batch will feature 72 new cards, and they’ll release in April, July and September. The developers will watch over the final batch of cards to see if any balance changes are necessary. Following this, the company plans to allow players to decide if they want to balance cards.

“We want to give you, the Gwent community, the right tools and opportunities to drive the balance changes of the game going forward,” the developers said in the video. Further, CD Projekt Red is working on a way for players to leave feedback on cards that require balancing in-game so they can continue and fix balance issues, even after CD Projekt Red ends support.

CD Projekt Red is also ending support for The Witcher: Monster Slayer, the company’s Pokémon Go-like game, in 2023. Monster Slayer will be removed from the App Store and Play Store on January 31st, with servers shutting down on June 3oth.

CD Projekt Red has previously said it’s working on new Witcher experiences, remaking the first Witcher game and creating additional content for Cyberpunk 2077, so it makes sense the company is focusing on these bigger launches.

Image credit: CD Projekt Red

Source: CD Projekt Red Via: The Verge

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PvP modes are coming to Elden Ring on December 7th

Elden Ring is finally bringing a PVP arena to the Lands Between. While most players knew it’d eventually happen since the game has always had colosseums that you couldn’t enter, it’s taken months for it to come to fruition.

The new PVP mode launches on December 7th on all platforms.

FromSoftware’s recent patch added separate damage scaling for PvP weapons, spells, shields and others, which means now the single player can be adjusted separately from the PVP gameplay.

The Game Awards will be streaming live on December 8th, where many fans, like myself, are hoping for news regarding an Elden Ring expansion. While FromSoft’s previous title, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, didn’t have DLCs, Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 did; therefore, more content coming to Elden Ring isn’t impossible.

Source: FromSoftware 

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The latest Humble Bundle discounts VR games for charity

Humble Bundle’s latest bundle offers everal virtual reality games, with proceeds going to charity.

The titles include DOOM VFR, Cave Digger Dig 2 Harder, Bean Stalker, After the Fall, Cosmonious High, Arizona Sunshine and Vox Machinae. 

You can pay $33.62 CAD  for all seven of these titles, but you can also donate more. Any less won’t get you all seven games.

There is a four-item bundle that gets you most of the titles. This includes Arizona Sunshine, Doom VFR, Cave Digger 2 Harder and Bean Stalker. This offer ends in 11 days, and the donation supports Starlight Children’s Foundation

The Starlight Children Foundation supports seriously ill children and their families.

Source: Humble Bundle 

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Microsoft to raise price of Xbox Series X/S games in 2023 ahead of Starfield

The cost of Xbox Series X/S games is officially set to increase next year.

In a statement to IGN, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that the price of first-party games for its current-gen consoles will increase from $60 to $70 USD (roughly $95 CAD) in 2023.

Canadian pricing wasn’t confirmed, but other current-gen titles cost $90 CAD, so it’s likely that Xbox will follow suit. We’ve reached out to Xbox for confirmation and will update this response once a response has been received.

“This price reflects the content, scale, and technical complexity of these titles,” the representative told IGN, noting that all of these games will also be on Xbox Game Pass on day one.

2023 is set to be a big year for Xbox, with heavy hitters like Bethesda’s Starfield and Redfall set for the first half of the year. The next Forza Motorsport is also slated for 2023. There are many other undated, long-gestating Xbox first-party titles, such as Obsidian’s Avowed, Rare’s Everwild and Ninja Theory’s Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II.

That said, Xbox Game Pass has been offering day one access to all Xbox first-party games since 2018, giving consumers an alternative from paying full price to purchase titles. Xbox Game Pass costs $11.99/month on Xbox and PC or $16.99/month for Game Pass Ultimate, which includes the service for both platforms as well as Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Cloud Gaming and EA Play.

Xbox raising game prices brings the company in line with several other publishers. Sony has been charging $90 CAD for PS5 titles, while third-parties like 2K and EA have been charging the same amount for most of their big games. Ubisoft also confirmed in September that its upcoming AAA games will cost $70 USD. As it stands, Nintendo continues to sell Switch games for $60 USD/$80 CAD.

The Xbox games price increase comes shortly after Xbox chief Phil Spencer confirmed that consoles themselves won’t see a price increase until at least after this holiday season. It also remains to be seen when Game Pass itself may see a price hike, especially if the big games it includes, such as Starfield, are set to cost more.

Source: IGN

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What is your game of the year?

It’s just about the end of the year, and next week is Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards, a celebration of the games that launched throughout 2022. If you haven’t voted for your game of the year yet, check out the site here.

With that in mind, this week’s Community Question is: what was your favourite game this year?

For myself, it’s hard to say. I absolutely loved God of War Ragnarök. I think it’s a title that everyone with a PlayStation 4/5 needs to play. The action-adventure game tells the story of a man and his teenage son living through the Norse apocalypse. However, while I really enjoyed Ragnarök, my game of the year is Elden Ring.

I’m a massive fan of Soulsborne games, and the world of the ‘Lands Between’ is incredibly beautiful and filled with grotesque and strange yet, beautiful monsters (and in the game I’m basically a Targaryen, without the incest). The awesome weapons, cool spells, and the fact that it’s an entirely new IP are what make it my game of the year.

Let us know in the comments below what your favourite game of the year is.

Image credit: From Software