Tradition obliges, The Game Awards are back for the 2022 edition, on December 8! A very fruitful year in terms of gaming where we were treated to masterpieces, both from AAA studios and independent studios.
31 categories to reward the best games, studios, and personalities of the year in a show lasting several hours where notable guests and exclusive trailers will parade reserved for the occasion. You can also contribute to the vote on the event website.
Without further ado, the nominees are:
The list of nominees by category
Game of the Year
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
- Elden Ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
best steering
- Elden Ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Immortality (Half Mermaid)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
Best Storytelling
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
- Elden Ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Immortality (Half Mermaid)
Best Art Direction
- Elden Ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Scorn (Ebb Software/Kepler Interactive)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
Best Soundtrack and Music
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (its composer: Olivier Derivière)
- Elden Ring (its composer: Tsukasa Saitoh)
- God of War Ragnarök (its composer: Bear McCreary)
- Metal: Hellsinger (their composers: Two Feathers)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (its composer: Yasunori Mitsuda)
Best Audio Design
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica)
- Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
Better performance
- Horizon Forbidden West (Ashly Burch as Aloy)
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Charlotte McBurney as Amicia)
- God of War Ragnarök (Christopher Judge as Kratos)
- God of War Ragnarök (Sunny Suljic as Atreus)
- Immortality (Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel)
Impact game (carrying a societal/thought-provoking message)
- A Memoir Blue (Cloisters Interactive/Annapurna)
- As Dusk Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)
- Citizen Sleeper (Jump Over The Age/Fellow Traveler)
- Endling – Extinction is Forever (Herobeat Studios/Handygames)
- Hindsight (Team Hindsight/Annapurna)
- I Was A Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games/Finji)
Best Ongoing Game/Added Content
- Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
- Destiny 2 (Bungie)
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Genshin Impact (HoYoVerse)
Best Indie Game
- Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster/Devolver Digital)
- Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
- Sifu (Sloclap)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
- Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)
Best mobile game
- Apex Legends Mobile (Lightspeed&Quantum/Respawn/EA)
- Diablo Immortal (Blizzard/NetEase)
- Genshin Impact (HoYoVerse)
- Marvel SNAP (Second Dinner/Nuverse)
- Tower of Fantasy (Hotta Studio/Perfect World/Level Infinite)
Better community support
- Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
- Destiny 2 (Bungie)
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Accessibility Innovation Award
- As Dusk Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Studios)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Return to Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox/Devolver Digital)
- The Last of US Part I (Naughty Dog/SIE)
- The Quarry (Supermassive Games/2K)
Best VR/AR Game
- After the Fall (Vertigo Games)
- Among Us VR (Schell Games/Innersloth)
- Bonelab (Stress Level Zero)
- Moss: Book II (Polyarc)
- Red Matter 2 (Vertical Robot)
Best action game
- Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
- Sifu (Sloclap)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)
Best Action/Adventure Game
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
- Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)
Best RPG
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware//Bandai Namco)
- Live A Live (Square Enix/Nintendo)
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus (GameFreak/Nintendo/TPCI)
- Triangle Strategy (Artdink/Square Enix)
- Xenoblade Chronicles (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
best fighting game
- DNF Duel (ArcSystem Works/Eighting/Neople/Nexon)
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (Cyberconnect 2 Co. LTD/Bandai Namco)
- The King of Fighters XV (SNK/Plaion)
- Multiversus (Player First Games/WB Games)
- Sifu (Sloclap)
best family game
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Hal Laboratory/Nintendo)
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Traveller’s Tales/WB Games)
- Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan, Paris/Ubisoft)
- Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best Simulation/Strategy Game
- Dune: Spice Wars (Shiro Games/Funcom)
- Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan, Paris/Ubisoft)
- Total War: Warhammer III (Creative Assembly/SEGA)
- Two Point Campus (Two Point Studios/SEGA)
- Victoria 3 (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox Interactive)
Best sports/racing game
- F1 22 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
- FIFA 23 (EA Vancouver/Romania/EA Sports)
- NBA 2K23 (Visual Concepts/2K Sports)
- Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)
- OlliOlli World (Roll 7/Private Division)
Best multiplayer game
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Multiversus (Player First Games/WB Games)
- Overwatch 2 (Blizzard)
- Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)
Content Creator of the Year
- Karl Jacobs
- Ludwig
- nibellion
- nobru
- QTCinderella
Best First Indie Game
- Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
- Norco (Geography of Robots/Raw Fury)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
- Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)
- Vampire Survivors (Puncle)
Best adaptation
- Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Studio Trigger/CD Projekt/Netflix)
- The Cuphead Show (Studio MDHR/King Features Syndicate/Netflix)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SEGA Sammy Group/Paramount Pictures)
- Uncharted (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)
Most anticipated game
- Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
- Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software/WB Games)
- Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
- Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best esports game
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
- Dota 2 (Valve)
- League of Legends (Riot Games)
- Rocket League (Psyonix)
- Valorant (Riot Games)
best esports player
- Jeong “Chovy” Ji-Hoon (Gen.G, League of Legends)
- Lee “Faker” Sang-Hyeok (T1, League of Legends)
- Finn “Karrigan” Andersen (FaZe Clan, CS:GO)
- Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
- Jacob “yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant)
Best esports team
- DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
- FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
- Gen.G (League of Legends)
- LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
- LOUD (Valorant)
best esports coach
- Andrii “B1AD3” Horodenskyi (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
- Matheus “BZKA” Tarasconi (LOUD, Valorant)
- Erik “D00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX, Valorant)
- Robert “Robban” Dahlström (FaZe Clan, CS:GO)
- Go “Score” Dong-Bin (Gen.G, League of Legends)
Best esports event
- EVO 2022
- League of Legends Worlds 2022
- PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- Mid-Season Invitational 2022
- Valorant Champions 2022
An anthology duel for the game of the year
Despite the beauty of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, the moving journey of potit chat in Stray, the superb epic of Amicia and Hugo in A Plague Tale: Requiem or the adventures of Aloy in Horizon Forbidden West, the whole world cannot ‘t help thinking that the two favorites for the title are Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök.
The first is a game that marks a generation both by its universe and its breathtaking gameplay, and the second being the worthy successor to the game of the year 2018, just that.
We will note the 10 nominations for God of War Ragnarökthe most nominated game, as well as the 20 nominations for Sony Interactivethe most nominated studio of these Game Awards 2022.
Don’t forget to vote for your favorite games of the year via this link. And we’ll give you an appointment on December 8 to find out the results and tell you about the exclusive trailers that will take place during the ceremony!
The rumors seem to be confirmed. Multiple sources attest that an announcement of Diablo IV at the Game Awards would be coming on December 8, with a release date scheduled for April and possible pre-orders from this month.