Thanks to some big names already on the docket combined with the delays throughout 2021 brought about by the pandemic, 2022 was shaping up to be a huge year for games before it had even begun. So far that has certainly rung true. Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Horizon Forbidden West, and the game many have decided is the best of the year already, no matter what arrives over the course of the next nine months, Elden Ring.
The further we venture into the year, the more likely it seems Elden Ring might actually have Game Of The Year sewn up. Nintendo revealed today another major title we were hoping would be here by the end of 2022 has fallen by the wayside. The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's still unnamed sequel will now not be here until Spring 2023.
Honestly, considering the game doesn't yet have a name, it probably shouldn't come as a surprise that it won't be here in 2022. It's presumably a pretty major project and it has only been five years since the arrival of the first Breath Of The Wild game. Nintendo has fallen into the trap of revealing a game too early. Had we heard nothing about BOTW 2, then an arrival in 2023 would have been absolutely fine. Now there will be a lot of Zelda fans feeling pretty blue.
BOTW's sequel joins Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League in what is quickly becoming a pretty busy start to 2023. Hopefully both those games will be here by this time next year, though the incredibly little we have seen of BOTW 2 so far is a little worrying. When directly compared to Suicide Squad, which will apparently be here at around the same time, it's pretty much nothing. Then again, Nintendo doesn't like to show off its games too much before they are almost ready to go.
Even though BOTW's sequel won't be here until 2023, there's still plenty to be excited about in 2022. Pokemon Scarlet & Violet will almost definitely be sticking to their late 2022 launch date, and there's still hope that God Of War Ragnarok will be here before the end of the year. EA is also preparing to announce Jedi: Fallen Order 2, and while that might be another game that comes in 2023, there's still a slim chance it has flown under the radar and will be ready to go sooner than anyone is expecting.