2022 has given us no shortage of amazing games. From major AAA releases like Elden Ring, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and Horizon Forbidden West, to even smaller games like OlliOlli World and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, it feels like there’s something to play no matter what kind of gamer you are.
That said, there are a fair amount of games that we haven’t heard anything from. The lack of information or showcases of these anticipated titles has us worried. Here are 10 such games that are missing in action, leaving us to err on the nervous side.
Alan Wake II
After over a decade of waiting, The Game Awards 2021 graced us with the long-awaited announcement of Alan Wake II. Director Sam Lake noted that Remedy Entertainment would “go dark” for a while but have more information on the game in 2022, with the hope that it would be ready by the Summer.
As it turned out, Remedy announced that we wouldn’t see anything of the game over the Summer. Since then, all that we’ve gotten are some cheeky tweets reaffirming that the game does indeed exist.
If nothing else, Remedy sure quelled some worries with those tweets: gamers might have forgotten that Alan Wake II would be the second game in the Alan Wake franchise. Nevertheless, given that the original will be 13 years old by the time the sequel releases, gamers have to be chomping at the bit to get their next look at Remedy’s upcoming survival horror game.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
With Avatar’s big sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, finally seeing a release this December, it feels like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Over a decade after the first movie, audiences will finally be able to travel back to Pandora in this long-awaited upcoming film.
With the massive amount of hype surrounding the movie, it might be easy to forget about Ubisoft’s upcoming video game, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. After closing out the publisher’s E3 2021 showcase, we’ve seen nothing of it in the year since, and it has been delayed to either 2023 or 2024 (the latter of which would tie into the release of Avatar 3).
There’s always the chance that it could resurface at an upcoming event, such as the Disney & Marvel Games Showcase or the Ubisoft Forward, both set to take place in September. Still, the fact that we’ve only seen a small amount of it as of right now puts us on the cautious side.
Pragmata
Sony’s first PlayStation 5 showcase back in 2020 has mostly delivered on its promises. Virtually every first-party game announced has been released and seen success, and almost every third-party and indie game has made it out for the PlayStation 5. There is one game, however, whose status remains extremely ambiguous: Pragmata.
Capcom’s first trailer for this enigmatic space adventure gave flashbacks to Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding, and its elusiveness made it a game worth following. Since that initial announcement, though, Capcom only reminded us of its existence with a short video announcing its delay to 2023.
Capcom will have more than enough for gamers to look forward to over the next year, including the Resident Evil 4 remake and Street Fighter 6, but Pragmata is still a major question mark. Here’s hoping the publisher will have more to show for it soon.