The 2022 ComicBook.com Golden Issue Awards Nominees for Gaming
Best Tabletop Game
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Video games might be our primary focus here at ComicBook.com, but tabletop games still grab our attention each year as well. With so many new tabletop games flooding the market, it's often hard to keep up with everything that is available. Still, here are the five that stood out to us the most in 2022.
- 3000 Scoundrels
- Betrayal at House on the Hill (3rd Edition)
- Dungeons, Dice & Danger
- Return to the Dark Tower
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Star Wars Villainous
Best Ongoing Game
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New releases might get the most attention in any given year, but as we've come to see over the past decade, video games have longer lifespans than ever before. To that end, here are the titles that we thought continued to receive the best ongoing support in 2022.
- Destiny 2 (Bungie)
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Genshin Impact (miHoYo)
- Marvel Snap (Second Dinner Studios)
Best Multiplayer Game
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Multiplayer games are a dime a dozen in the free-to-play era, but 2022 had more variety in the space than we've seen in quite some time. Between a popular new card game, a new asymmetrical horror experience, and some sequels to beloved classics, 2022 packed quite a punch for those that like to play games with friends.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward)
- Evil Dead: The Game (Saber Interactive)
- Marvel Snap (Second Dinner Studios)
- Splatoon 3 (Nintendo)
- TMNT: Shredder's Revenge (Tribute Games)
Best Narrative-Driven Game
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Best Narrative-Driven Game is a new category for the Golden Issue Awards this year. Rather than continuing to lump all single-player titles together and pitting them against one another, we wanted to highlight the games that featured stellar storytelling, writing, and world-building within the gaming medium.
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio)
- God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft)
Game of the Year
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Even with 2022 being a bit disappointing for new releases, it was still incredibly hard to select the nominees for our most prestigious award, Game of the Year. After pitting titles from every genre and platform against one another, though, five games ended up rising above the rest to be considered the best of the best for this year.
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio)
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware)
- God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games)
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Game Freak)