The Game Awards Announces 2022 Nominations

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The nominations for The Game Awards 2022 have been announced. In a special presentation, hosted by Geoff Keighley, the shortlist for each category was announced ahead of The Game Awards ceremony on December 8.

Leading this year’s field was God of War Ragnarök with 10 nominations, including Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music for Bear McCreary and Best Performance nominations for both Christopher Judge (Kratos) and Sunny Suljic (Atreus).

Other games picking up multiple nominations include Immortality, Horizon Forbidden West, Sifu, Stray and Elden Ring. This year’s awards also include a new category – Best Adaptation – which will celebrate the best in video game adaptation for film and television.

In the prestigious Game of the Year category, six games will battle it out for the coveted prize – A Plague Tale: Requiem, Elden Ring, God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray and Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

The Game Awards celebrate achievement in all aspects of the gaming industry. They also look to the future of gaming with the Future Class – a group of individuals making their mark at the early stages of their gaming career. More details on the Future Class of 2022 will be announced in December.

See the full list of nominees below.

Game of the Year

A Plague Tale: Requiem

Elden Ring

God of War Ragnarök

Horizon Forbidden West

Stray

Xenoblade Chronicles 3


Best Game Direction

Elden Ring

God of War Ragnarök

Horizon Forbidden West

Immortality

Stray


Best Narrative

A Plague Tale: Requiem

Elden Ring

God of War Ragnarök

Horizon Forbidden West

Immortality


Best Art Direction

Elden Ring

God of War Ragnarök

Horizon Forbidden West

Scorn

Stray


Best Score and Music

Olivier Deriviere for A Plague Tale: Requiem

Tsukasa Saitoh for Elden Ring

Bear McCreary for God of War Ragnarök

Two Feathers for Metal: Hellsinger

Yasunori Mitsuda for Xenoblade Chronicles 3


Best Audio Design

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Elden Ring

God of War Ragnarök

Gran Turismo 7

Horizon Forbidden West


Best Performance

Ashly Burch as Aloy – Horizon Forbidden West

Charlotte McBurney as Amicia de Rune – A Plague Tale: Requiem

Christopher Judge as Kratos – God of War Ragnarök

Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel – Immortality

Sunny Suljic as Atreus – God of War Ragnarök


Games for Impact

A Memoir Blue

As Dusk Falls

Citizen Sleeper

Endling – Extinction is Forever

Hindsight

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist


Best Ongoing Game

Apex Legends

Destiny 2

Final Fantasy XIV

Fortnite

Genshin Impact


Best Indie

Cult of the Lamb

Neon White

Sifu

Stray

Tunic


Best Mobile Game

Apex Legends Mobile

Diablo Immortal

Genshin Impact

Marvel Snap

Tower of Fantasy


Best Community Support – sponsored by Discord

Apex Legends

Destiny 2

Final Fantasy XIV

Fortnite

No Man’s Sky


Innovation in Accessibility

As Dusk Falls

God of War Ragnarök

Return to Monkey Island

The Last of Us Part 1

The Quarry


Best VR/AR

After The Fall

Among Us VR

Bonelab

Moss: Book II

Red Matter 2


Best Action Game

Bayonetta 3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Neon White

Sifu

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge


Best Action/Adventure

A Plague Tale: Requiem

God of War Ragnarök

Horizon Forbidden West

Stray

Tunic


Best Role Playing

Elden Ring

Live A Live

Pokemon Legends: Arceus

Triangle Strategy

Xenoblade Chronicles 3


Best Fighting

DNF Duel

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R

The King of Fighters XV

MultiVersus

Sifu


Best Family

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

Nintendo Switch Sports

Splatoon 3


Best Sim/Strategy

Dune: Spice Wars

Mario + Rabbids sparks of Hope

Total War: Warhammer III

Two Point Campus

Victoria 3


Best Sports/Racing

F1 22

FIFA 23

NBA 2K23

Gran Turismo 7

OlliOlli World


Best Multiplayer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

MultiVersus

Overwatch 2

Splatoon 3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge


Content Creator of the Year

Karl Jacobs

Ludwig

Nibellion

Nobru

QTCinderella


Best Debut Indie

Neon White

Norco

Stray

Tunic

Vampire Survivors


Best Adaptation

Arcane: League of Legends

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

The Cuphead Show!

Sonic The Hedgehog 2

Uncharted


Most Anticipated Game

Final Fantasy XVI

Hogwarts Legacy

Resident Evil 4

Starfield

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom


Best eSports Game

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

DOTA 2

League of Legends

Rocket League

Valorant


Best eSports Athlete

Jeong “Chovy” Ji-Hoon

Lee “Faker” Sang-Hyeok

Finn “Karrigan” Andersen

Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev

Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker


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)

Matheus “BZKA” Tarasconi (Loud)

Erik “DoomBros” Sandgren (FPX)

Robert “Robban” Dahlstrom (FaZe Clan)

Go “Score” Dong-Bin (Gen.G)


Best eSports Event

EVO 2022

2022 League of Legends World Championship

PGL Major Antwerp 2022

The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational

Valorant Champions 2022

Voting for the Game Awards is now open on the official website and on Discord and will close on December 7. The Game Awards ceremony, hosted by Geoff Keighley, will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on Thursday, December 8, 2022.

Words by Megan Roxburgh


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