Thanks to social media platforms like Twitter, fans aren't just able to play their favorite video game now. They can also discuss everything and anything they want about a title online with millions of other players. Twitter especially can be a hot bed of gaming leaks, rumors, controversial opinions, and more, with some games generating vast amounts of conversation. Now, Twitter is unveiling which games have been talked about the most in the first half of 2022.Usually, Twitter reveals statistics on which games are the most tweeted about every so often, with the most recent lot of data showing that Genshin Impact and Wordle were at the top of the list for the first quarter of 2022. With June finished, Twitter is now revealing the most tweeted about games for the first half of this year, and it seems that for the top spots, things haven't changed much when compared to the earlier data. Again, the massively popular Genshin Impact reigns supreme at the top of the list.Wordle again comes in second, followed by Ensemble Stars, a popular mobile title that has an anime spin-off series. Things begin to differ from the previous list as Final Fantasy takes fourth place, which was held by Apex Legends at the end of 2022's first quarter. Given the load of recent news on Final Fantasy 16, as well as the announcement of the second part of the Final Fantasy 7 remake, it isn't too much of a surprise that gamers are tweeting about Final Fantasy en masse.
Battle royale Apex Legends falls to sixth place then, just under Project Sekai but still topping Elden Ring, which remains in seventh place. It may seem surprising that a game as successful as Elden Ring did not score higher in the list of most tweeted about games. However, it is possible that conversation around FromSoftware's latest RPG has moved onto other social media platforms. Perhaps the biggest surprise in is the addition of The Legend of Zelda at number ten. It is predicted that the appearance of Zelda in this list has to do with the March announcement that Breath of the Wild 2 will be delayed until 2023.
Between the first quarter of 2022 and the end of its first half, Minecraft has dropped entirely off the list of the ten most tweeted about games. This may also seem surprising, given the recent release of The Wild update for Minecraft. Following on from the data around games, Twitter also revealed which countries were tweeting about video gaming the most. Japan ranked number 1 in that category, with the US following in close second.