Many play these video games for fun, and leisure. While some take the gaming pleasure to another level of becoming professionals where they compete with other players of the game and win cash prizes.
These video games have other benefits for both children and adults, video games have been scientifically proven to increase Brain activity, brain stimulation, improve vision and also social skills. Some special video games have been used as physical therapy to help patients get control of their wrists and hands.
Video gaming is a means for some people to escape reality and players also get to select games that are in sync with their personality and imaginations. Over thousands of video games are being played around the world and some of these games have been able to top lists of the most played games in the world with over 100 million players worldwide.
Here are the most played video games of 2022.
5. GRAND THEFT AUTO
GTA is an action-adventure video game created by David Jones and Mike Dailly, which was first released on the 28th of November 1997 and was published by Rockstar Games and War Drum. Players are able to control three different characters through single player mode. The game has a storyline centered around different heists that involves shooting, occasional mugging and driving . The game creates an environment that can be navigated on foot and vehicles. GTA has an estimated 140 million players worldwide.
4. RESIDENT EVIL
Resident Evil is a known japanese horror video game series created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara. It was first released in 1996 and ever since, Resident Evil has been the highest grossing franchise in the horror and zombie gaming genre.
In this game, players are meant to enter survival mode to complete given tasks and shooting targets must be accurate as zombies only die with a perfect headshot. The Resident Evil franchise has an estimated 289 million players worldwide.
3. FORTNITE
Fortnight was developed and published by Epic Games and was released on the 12th of June 2018. The game has a similar agenda as other Battle royale games, but has a minor distinction, as materials in the gaming environment can be broken (wood , stones and metal), while the main aim of the game is to be the last player alive by eliminating other players or staying out of the danger zone.
The game also allows micro transactions that allows players to acquire the game’s internal currency called “Vinderbucks” which can be used to acquire new skins and battle passes. Fortnight has an estimated 350 million players worldwide.
2. MINECRAFT
Minecraft was created by Markus persson, Jen Bergensten, Daniel Brynolf and Stephen McManus. It was published by Mojang Studios, Xbox Game studios, Sony and Telltales Games. It was fully released in November 2011.
The game is popularly described as a “sandbox” game which means it allows you to create a world to explore and you get to dig in a virtual landscape called the Minecraft where you collect blocks used in the game. The game also has different modes; Survival Mode, Hardcore Mode, Creative Mode and Spectator’s Mode, so the players get to pick a suitable mode to play. Minecraft has an estimated 600 million players worldwide.
1. PUBG (Battlegrounds)
The game was created by light speed & quantum studios of Tencent games, it is classified as a adventure battle royale game. PUBG has an estimated 1.03 billion players worldwide.
The players move around in the game with aims to eliminate other players to become the only player left standing, and also explore the maximum potential of the map terrain. You can also be teamed up in the game with other players in a mode called “Battle royale”. Players are being connected to each other from around the world.
