We’re wrapping up a pretty eventful year for sure, albeit the gaming discourse has been largely dominated by events outside of the actual games we played – such as the thunderstorm or GTA VI leaks or the Activision talks. Still, a handful of highly anticipated AAA games arrived, some wow...
As 2022 comes to a close, The Game Awards wrapped up another fantastic year of gaming by recognizing the highest tier of creative and technical excellence the community had to offer. The event featured a festive ceremony including world premiere trailers, musical performances by Halsey and Hozier,...
Game of the Year 2022 God of War Ragnarökset out with a clear goal in mind — close out the Norse saga. In a campaign spanning 40 hours, we see the entire plan unfold, even if it does lose a bit of steam, moving along to a world-shattering event that ends with a satisfying con...
A LEGO game making a Game of the Year list doesn’t happen very often. But, TT Games did a good job with this one. It received votes from various community members,such as PhantomFox:”Probably one of the best LEGO games yet. It would’ve been nice if the levels were longer and ha...
Here, we’re going to take a look back and pick out our favourite games of the year, counting down from #25 all the way down to our Game of the Year for 2022.NOTE: All entries and rankings were decided by an internal vote held among the entire GamingBolt staff.#25. REDOUT 2...
Our personal picks for the best Switch games of 2022 - Another year has come and gone (almost) and once more we're looking back over all the games we've play...
Finally, it's time to hand out awards to the biggest video game productions of the year so here's the very best in 12 distinct categories.
Vagante Roguelike of the YearI'll admit; deciding on 2022's Roguelike of the Year was a difficult challenge seeing as there were many incredible titles to choose from. However, I don't think any game has as much of a rewarding difficulty curve as Vagante so that pushed it over the edge...
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 Ringis Softpedia’s Game of the Year for this year. ...
Elden Ring was our Game of the Year in 2022, and ever since we've been waiting to explore even more of The Lands Between. From Software delivered with Shadow of the Erdtree, a massive expansion that almost overwhelms with its sheer scope.Elden Ring's lorehas been expanded in thoughtful ...