In December we did something that PC Gamer hadn't done in its three-decade history. We handed out a runner-up Game of the Year award.
The silver medal went to Marvel's Midnight [[link]] Suns (on sale at Steam for $40), the strategy-card-RPG-campaign game from Firaxis, otherwise known as the folks that made XCOM. Why'd we hand out this first-ever second-place GOTY? Midnight Suns came out just as we were wrapping up our awards process, and the fact that it was a 65+ hour game made it harder for editors to finish in a holiday period where we were already unnaturally busy.
So we had a bit of a dilemma: the four of us who had finished Midnight Suns loved it, but we'd already had the knock-down, drag-out argument to determine [[link]] PC Gamer's GOTY, as well as the Best RPG, Best Strategy game, and Best Design awards. With our magazine deadline passed, we couldn't renege on the awards we'd picked. Our solution? Wedge in a new award one that would only run online.
Given our enthusiasm for this semi-blockbuster, it was surprising to see Midnight Suns go on sale for 33% off exactly one month after it released.
But if you haven't spotted it yet, consider this a PSA: our second favorite game of 2022 is $20 off on Steam. Actually all of Midnight Suns' tiered editions are 33% off until January 16. A quick breakdown:
- The base edition of Midnight Suns is $40.19 (down from $59.99)
- The "Digital+ Edition" is $53.59 (down from $79.99), which includes 11 special character skins
- The Legendary Edition is $66.99 (down from $99.99), which includes 23 special character skins and the Season Pass, which is $50 standalone