Artribune's Top 10 Video Games of 2022: From Atari 50 to Wayward Strand
Matteo Lupetti from Artribune has curated a list of the top ten video games of 2022, highlighting the cultural significance of the medium. Among these is Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, developed by Digital Eclipse and Atari, which serves as a virtual museum with over 100 playable games. Dwarf Fortress, created by Bay 12 Games and Kitfox Games, is now part of MoMA's collection and has a paid version featuring enhanced graphics. Immortality, directed by Sam Barlow at Half Mermaid Productions, presents three fictional films. Other notable titles include Norco by Geography of Robots and Raw Fury, Pentiment by Obsidian Entertainment, Retro Gadgets by Licorice ehf, Teardown by Tuxedo Labs, the Triennale Game Collection Volume 2, Virtuoso by Really Interactive, and Wayward Strand by ghost pattern, set in a 1970s Australian hospital.
Key facts
- Atari 50 includes over 100 games from arcade, computer, and console history.
- Dwarf Fortress is part of MoMA's permanent collection.
- Immortality features three fictional films written by Barlow, Gray, Gifford, and Scott.
- Norco is based on a real Louisiana town founded by Shell Oil.
- Pentiment is set in a Bavarian village and abbey in the early 1500s.
- Retro Gadgets uses Lua programming language.
- Teardown allows full destruction of its game world.
- Triennale Game Collection Volume 2 was curated by Pietro Righi Riva for the 23rd Triennale Milano.
Entities
Artists
- Matteo Lupetti
- Sam Barlow
- Amelia Gray
- Barry Gifford
- Allan Scott
- Manon Gage
- Yuts
- Tarn Adams
- Zach Adams
- Pietro Righi Riva
- Yijia Chen
- Dong Zhou
- Fern Goldfarb-Ramallo
- Eve Hessas
- Nina Freeman
- Jake Jefferies
- Akwasi Afrane Bediako
- Llaura McGee
- Bri Chew
- Laura Ryder
- Marta Pizzogallo
- Ersilia Vaudo
- James Bridle
- Mario von Rickenbach
- Christian Etter
- Pol Clarissou
- Everest Pipkin
- Marco Bancale
Institutions
- Artribune
- Atari
- Digital Eclipse
- Bay 12 Games
- Kitfox Games
- MoMA
- Mojang
- Half Mermaid Productions
- Geography of Robots
- Raw Fury
- Obsidian Entertainment
- Xbox Game Studios
- Microsoft
- Licorice ehf
- Studio Evil
- Tuxedo Labs
- Triennale di Milano
- Santa Ragione
- Optillusion
- Star Maid Games
- We Are Müesli
- Not di Nero Edizioni
- Really Interactive
- Fast Travel Games
- Meta
- ghost pattern
- Netflix
- Game Pass
- Bandai Namco
- FromSoftware
- Sony
- Nintendo
- Shell
- FISAR
- Scuola Internazionale di Comics di Firenze
- Gravure
Locations
- Norco
- Louisiana
- United States
- Mississippi River
- Saint Charles Parish
- New Orleans
- Bavaria
- Germany
- Milan
- Italy
- Australia
- Florence