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There\u2019s never been a better time to be a fan of pop culture, superheroes and their villainous counterparts, D&D, fantasy books, and just general nerd culture. That\u2019s because some of the world\u2019s most popular licenses are making their way to consoles and PCs this year. These games promise to give us new ways to interact with some of our favorite media franchises\u00a0like DC, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What\u2019s more is that each of these games is not only unique in license, but in gameplay too. That\u2019s because these titles aren\u2019t straddled to just one genre. Hogwarts Legacy is a third-person magic-casting RPG, while MultiVersus is a platform fighter. This list of games covers all kinds of genres and all kinds of licenses, and we can\u2019t wait to check them out sometime this year. Here are Game Informer\u2019s<\/em> most anticipated licensed\u00a0games of 2022, listed chronologically by release date.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Lego creates some of the most unique and fun takes on beloved licenses such as The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em>, Marvel\/DC Comics, Harry Potter<\/em>, and of course, Star Wars<\/em>. Traveller\u2019s Tales is returning to what is undoubtedly its most popular series with Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, and this bundle promises to give us our best (and blockiest) journey through all nine Star Wars<\/em> films yet. It features beautiful graphics, a fully-voiced cast, new gameplay mechanics, multiple planets to explore, and so much more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n How the hell does a modern Evil Dead: The Game not already exist? A multiplayer shooter (and surely slasher, right?) set in the world of Evil Dead<\/em>, this title promises to bring all the groovy and gory action combat you\u2019d expect out of anything that puts \u201cEvil Dead\u201d in its name with a fun four-player spin. Think Left 4 Dead meets, well, Evil Dead<\/em>, and you have a pretty good idea of what we\u2019re looking at here. Plus, there will be PvP action which is always a plus. We can\u2019t wait to see what kind of characters from the iconic horror movies we\u2019ll unlock, not to mention all of the locales we\u2019ll get to visit when Evil Dead: The Game releases in a few months.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Marvel\u2019s Midnight Suns not only represents an exciting opportunity to explore some characters not often seen in video games like Ghost Rider and Magik, but it\u2019s a unique take on the comic book games Marvel and its development partners have been releasing as of late. While most superhero games feature third-person action gameplay, Marvel\u2019s Midnight Suns promises a more tactical spin on the RPG formula. One part strategy game and one part deck builder, you\u2019ll be using cards to determine what your hero does, all while strategizing new plans and building relationships with others outside of battle. We can\u2019t wait to take down the dark and demonic forces that threaten the Earth in Marvel\u2019s Midnight Suns, but we\u2019re equally as excited to see if Marvel\u2019s big bet on this fresher approach \u2013 courtesy of XCOM developers, Firaxis Games \u2013 pays off.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is exciting for a lot of reasons. It\u2019s being developed by Massive Entertainment, the Ubisoft-owned studio behind The Division series. It\u2019s a new-gen exclusive title. Oh, and it\u2019s based on the highest-grossing movie of all time, Avatar<\/em>, created and directed by renowned director\u00a0James Cameron. We\u2019ve only seen a quick trailer for Frontiers of Pandora, and what was shown looked great\u2026but it was all cinematic. We can\u2019t wait to see what the actual gameplay looks like but we\u2019d be lying if we said we weren\u2019t more excited to see how the game performs financially.<\/p>\n Avatar<\/em> was a massive hit in theaters, and other than a Disney World theme park, we haven\u2019t seen much more of it. Still, Cameron is loading his basket with blue Avatar<\/em>-themed eggs in the form of multiple movie sequels and Frontiers of Pandora. Does the franchise still have the juice, or was the 2009 movie a one-hit-wonder? Massive Entertainment\u2019s upcoming game will be our first taste of the answer to that question.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Baldur\u2019s Gate II was released way back in 2000, so when news broke that Baldur\u2019s Gate III was real and in development, generations of Baldur\u2019s Gate and D&D fans cheered. Finally, it was time for a return to this beloved fantasy universe. Originally an RPG developed by famed Mass Effect studio, BioWare, Larian Studios is handling the threequel, and guess what? We already know it\u2019s shaping up to be a great game because it\u2019s been in Early Access for a year. Sure, it can be rough around the edges at times \u2013 it\u2019s actively in development after all \u2013 but the first experiences have\u00a0left a positive impression. That we\u2019ll be getting the full Baldur\u2019s Gate III\u00a0sometime this year is exciting. In the meantime, we\u2019ll be playing some D&D to get ready for it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Name aside, everything about Dragon Ball: The Breakers looks bonkers in the best way possible so far. Imagine a Dragon Ball Z<\/em> video game \u2013 whatever you\u2019re thinking of, throw that idea out the window because it isn\u2019t The Breakers. That\u2019s because it\u2019s an asymmetrical multiplayer title, not unlike Dead by Daylight or Friday the 13th. One player takes on the role of an iconic DBZ<\/em> villain, like Cell, waltzing around town, looking for humans to consume so that they can level up to their final form. The other players control the likes of Bulma, Oolong, and ordinary civilians in an effort to avoid and (maybe) take down the\u00a0threat. DBZ\u2019s<\/em> bread and butter in games has been the fighting genre, but it\u2019s exciting to see a licensed franchise as big as this one stray from the beaten path.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Dune II is a 1992 video game heralded by many as the birth of the modern tactical strategy RPG. That\u2019s why it\u2019s so exciting to see the franchise return to the genre in Dune: Spice Wars. Announced last December, Dune: Spice Wars is being developed by Shiro Games, the team behind survival game Northgard, and is a real-time strategy game with 4X elements. As you might expect, you\u2019ll be able to control factions from Frank Herbert\u2019s legendary sci-fi novels like Atreides and Harkonnen while fighting for land, control, and of course, spice. We can\u2019t wait to see what a strategy game in the Dune<\/em>\u00a0universe looks like all these years later.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Gotham Knights is the promise of what Batman\u2019s Bat-Fam has always been about: who watches Gotham when Batman is away (or in this case, dead)? Arkham Origins isn\u2019t everyone\u2019s favorite Akrham game, but you have to admit: for a non-Rocksteady developer, it was a pretty good romp through Gotham. Now, that team has the chance to create something new in a different Gotham using the likes of Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and the Red Hood. It will still feature the third-person action of the Arkham series, but it promises a much larger world to explore, tons of villains including a primary foe in the Court of Owls, plenty of Bat fam abilities to use, and two-player co-op. If you\u2019ve ever wanted to see what Batman\u2019s closest allies are up to without the Caped Crusader, then Gotham Knights is for you\u2026which means, it\u2019s for us because we can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Believe it or not, somehow, a AAA RPG based on the world of Harry Potter<\/em> has never really existed (at least, not one disconnected from movies). However, that’ll change\u00a0this year when Hogwarts Legacy\u00a0releases. Set in the late 1800s, 100 years before the events of the books, Hogwarts Legacy will let players customize their very own student at the renowned wizard school where you\u2019ll decide to dabble in the dark arts or make like Hermione and stick to the books. The brief glimpses of gameplay we\u2019ve seen show a lot of promise, and we can\u2019t wait to eat some chocolate frogs, drink Felix Felicis, and take down some very big spiders sometime this year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Nintendo\u2019s Super Smash Bros. franchise is obviously popular. While some have attempted to mimic that classic formula, nobody\u2019s ever reached its heights. MultiVersus is looking to give it a shot, and everything we\u2019ve seen so far looks great. It\u2019s a Warner Bros. game that, like Smash Bros. has done for Nintendo, features characters from its many properties like Batman, Shaggy from Scooby-Doo<\/em>, and even Arya Stark from Game of Thrones<\/em>. That sentence alone is probably enough to sell many on the game, but going a step further, it seems to feature lots of fun and exciting platform fighting gameplay. If you\u2019ve ever wanted to destroy Batman by throwing Jerry at him while playing as Tom like we do, then MultiVersus is not a game to miss in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cKill the Justice League\u201d is the best comic book video game sales pitch we\u2019ve seen in years. That premise alone is exciting but add in that this Suicide Squad game is being developed by Rocksteady, the studio behind the excellent Batman Arkham series, and we\u2019re seemingly in for a real superhero-killing treat. Instead of controlling a hero we\u2019ll be in control of infamous villains like Harley Quinn, King Shark, Captain Boomerang, and Deadshot. Task Force X has one goal, courtesy of Amanda Waller: kill the Justice League, which, unfortunately for the world, is under Brainiac’s control. The excitement of this game hinges on whether or not we\u2019ll actually get to murder Earth\u2019s greatest heroes (Rocksteady, please, please, please), and we can\u2019t wait to see how such an objective is handled sometime this year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n It\u2019s hard to beat the cartoony action of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/em>, and Shredder\u2019s Revenge is bringing all of that over to the Switch and PC sometime this year. We can\u2019t wait, either, because it looks like a classic 1990s arcade game in all the right ways (which means we won\u2019t need a large bag of quarters to continue having fun). As you might expect, it\u2019s a brawler that lets players control Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Leonardo, as well as some others like April O\u2019Neil, as they fight through streets, sewers, and more to ultimately take down Shredder and his Foot Clan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Which licensed game on this list or otherwise are you most excited for? Let us know in the comments! <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/our-most-anticipated-licensed-games-of-2022-1.jpg\")
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Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\nRelease: April 5 \u2013 Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/our-most-anticipated-licensed-games-of-2022-2.jpg\")
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Evil Dead: The Game<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\nRelease: May 13 \u2013 PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/our-most-anticipated-licensed-games-of-2022-3.jpg\")
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Marvel’s Midnight Suns<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\nRelease: Second Half of 2022 \u2013 Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/our-most-anticipated-licensed-games-of-2022-4.jpg\")
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Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\nRelease: 2022 \u2013 Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, Stadia, PC<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/our-most-anticipated-licensed-games-of-2022-5.jpg\")
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Baldur’s Gate III<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\nRelease: 2022 \u2013 Platforms: Stadia, PC<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/our-most-anticipated-licensed-games-of-2022-6.jpg\")
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Dragon Ball: The Breakers<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\nRelease: 2022 \u2013 Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/our-most-anticipated-licensed-games-of-2022-7.jpg\")
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Dune: Spice Wars<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\nRelease: Early Access in 2022 \u2013 Platforms: PC<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/our-most-anticipated-licensed-games-of-2022-8.jpg\")
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Gotham Knights<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\nRelease: 2022 \u2013 Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/our-most-anticipated-licensed-games-of-2022-9.jpg\")
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Hogwarts Legacy<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\nRelease: 2022 \u2013 Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/our-most-anticipated-licensed-games-of-2022-10.jpg\")
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MultiVersus<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\nRelease: 2022 \u2013 Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/our-most-anticipated-licensed-games-of-2022-11.jpg\")
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Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\nRelease: 2022 \u2013 Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, PC<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/our-most-anticipated-licensed-games-of-2022-12.jpg\")
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n\nRelease: 2022 \u2013 Platforms: Switch, PC<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n