Episode 59: 22 Bold Gaming Predictions About 2022
Samuel and Matthew each pick 11 predictions for the year ahead in gaming, all based on absolutely no information whatsoever. It’s a light episode, and Samuel’s audio is a bit crap. Sorry about that.
This week’s music is from the Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 soundtrack by Frank Klepacki and the Xenoblade Chronicles soundtrack by Ace+.
2022 Predictions
Samuel
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert and Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun get remastered this year
- Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Color games come to Nintendo Switch Online
- Final Fantasy VII Remake part 2 will be announced and will be open world
- Halo Infinite has a story expansion that finally gets us a Scarab
- Nightdive Studios remasters South Park on N64
- More PS2 era games come to VR
- Sequel to Nier: Automata from PlatinumGames
- Yakuza Ishin! and Kenzan! are released on modern formats
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order sequel is announced, will let you play as the Sith
- By the end of the year I’ll be at least one expansion into Final Fantasy XIV
Matthew
- Going to be a big VR resurgence powered by the Metaverse and PSVR2
- Video game movies will be bad but video game TV shows will be excellent
- Halo Infinite campaign will be expanded with DLC
- Sonic Frontiers will be good
- Konami comeback (MGS, Silent Hill, Castlevania)
- Nintendo will announce Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- BOTW 2 attached to switch sequel, release date depends on console availability
- Someone buys Capcom
- New game from Kosuke Yabuki (Mario Kart, ARMS)
- Amazing new Famicom Detective Club game
- We’ll all regret coming back to GoldenEye 007 when it comes out
Lore
- Matthew eats a Rennie - 45 mins