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Taneli Palola
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As I’ve done several times now, at the end of each year I like to take a look back at the previous 12 months and see both the good and the bad that we were witness to in that time in the video game industry. Of course, as tends to all too often be the case these days, finding the worst parts of the year is disappointingly easy, while digging for the genuinely great things that have happened feels like an insurmountable task sometimes. Yet, here we are again, tallying up the winners and losers of 2022 from the world of video games. As always, this is less about individual games and how great or awful they were, and more about the industry as a whole.

NFTs and Blockchains Dying a Slow, Hilarious Death

If there’s one significant positive from 2022 that we’ve seen, it’s that the NFT and blockchain grace seems to finally be on the verge of dying out. People have seemingly realized just what kind of a sham the whole concept is, and are steering clear of any game that attempts to cash in on them.

Naturally, NFT video games still remain a presence within the industry, and it’s unlikely that they’ll completely disappear anytime soon – if ever – but at least within and…