2022 in video games
In the video game industry, 2022 is expected to see the release of many new video games. Major events. Other events. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine launched in February that year, several video game developers and publishers with ties to Eastern Europe provided support for Ukrainian aid. On February 24, 11 bit studios pledged to donate all profits earned over the following seven days from "This War of Mine" (2014) and its downloadable content to the Ukrainian Red Cross. CD Projekt Red donated 1 million zloty (about ) to the Polish Humanitarian Action group. Embracer  Group donated to Red Cross, SOS Children's Villages and ACT Alliance, among other charities. SCS Software donated over to "multiple charities", and is working on a new DLC for "American Truck Simulator" and "Euro Truck Simulator 2" to raise funds for Ukrainian charities. The Pokémon Company and Niantic announced they would donate $200K each, alongside an addition $75K raised by Niantic employees, to organisations such as GlobalGiving to provide humanitarian relief in Ukraine. In addition, Niantic announced the suspended availability of "Pokémon Go", "Pikmin Bloom" and "Ingress" in both Russia and Belarus. Electronic Arts, Microsoft , and Activision Blizzard, among others, halted all sales of physical and digital products into Russia during the conflict. Electronic Arts announced on March 2, that it had started the process to remove the Russia national football team and Russian football clubs from its "FIFA" series as well as removing the Belarusian and Russian national teams and their club teams from "NHL 22". In addition to preventing purchase of their games both physically and virtually in Russia, Nintendo announced on March 9 the indefinite delay to "", a tactical war game with a faction based on Soviet-era Russia, cited due to  recent world events. Two game bundles offered by itch.io and Humble Bundle raised over and for Ukraine aid support, respectively. Epic Games made all proceeds from "Fortnite" during the last two weeks of March 2022 go to charitable aid for Ukraine, and raised over . Game releases. Series with new entries. Series with new installments include "", "", "", "Atelier", "Avatar", "Azure Striker Gunvolt", "Batman", "Battlefield", "Bayonetta", "Blood Bowl", "Borderlands", "Company of Heroes", "The Dark Pictures Anthology", "", "Diablo", "Digimon", "Dragon Ball", "Dungeon Fighter Online", "Dying Light", "Earth Defense Force", "Earthlock", "ELEX", "", "Final Fantasy", "Flashback", "Freedom Planet", "Getsu Fūma Den", "God of War", "Granblue Fantasy , Gran Turismo", "Grid", "Gungrave", "Homeworld", "Horizon", "Joe & Mac", "Kao the Kangaroo", "Kerbal Space Program", "Kirby", "Kunio-kun", "The King of Fighters", "League of Legends", "Lego Star Wars", "Let It Die", "The Lord of the Rings", "Mana", "Mario + Rabbids", "Mario Strikers", "Metal Max", "Metal Slug", "Monkey Island", "Mystery Dungeon", "Need for Speed", "Nobunaga's Ambition", "OlliOlli", "One Piece", "Outlast", "Overlord", "Pocky and Rocky", "Pokémon", "Postal", "Redout", "River City Girls", "RWBY", "Saints Row", "Science Adventure", "Shadow Warrior", "Sniper Elite", "Sonic the Hedgehog", "Splatoon", "Star Ocean", "Star Trek", "Taiko no Tatsujin", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Test Drive", "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six , Total War", "", "Warhammer 40,000", "Wizarding World", "Wizardry", "WWE 2K", "Xenoblade Chronicles" and "Yu-Gi-Oh!".