God of War: Ragnarok’s nominations include Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Storytelling, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Sound Design, two Best Acting, Best Action/Adventure and Innovation in Accessibility. Elden Ring saw a number of similar nominations, including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Storytelling, Best Art Direction, Best Music and Music, Best Sound Design, and Best RPG. Best reviewed games of 2022 The full list of categories and nominations for The Game Awards 2022 is as follows:
Game of the Year
Recognizing a game that offers the absolute best experience in all creative and technical areas.
A Plague Tale: Requiem Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Horizon Forbidden West Stray Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best Director of a Game
Award for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.
Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Horizon Forbidden West Immortality Stray
Better storytelling
For great storytelling and narrative development in a game.
A Plague Tale: Requiem Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Horizon Forbidden West Immortality
Best Art Direction
For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in art design and animation.
Elden Ring God of War: Ragnarok Horizon: Forbidden West Contempt Stray
Best Score/Music
For great music, including the licensed score, original song and/or soundtrack.
Olivier Deriviere – A Plague Tale: Requiem Tsukasa Saitoh – Elden Ring Bear McCreary – God of War: Ragnarok Two Feathers – Metal Hellsinger Yasunori Mitsuda
Better sound design
Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Grand Touring 7 Horizon Forbidden West
The best performance
Awarded to an individual for voice acting, motion and/or performance capture.
Ashly Birch – Horizon: Forbidden West Charlotte McBurney – A Plague Tale: Requiem Christopher Judge – God of War: Ragnarok Manon Gage – Immortality Sunny Suljic – God of War: Ragnarok
Games for impact
For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message.
A Memoir Blue As dusk falls Citizen sleeping Endling – Extinction is Forever Later knowledge I was a Teenage Outlander
Best game in progress
Awarded to a game for outstanding ongoing content development that evolves the player experience over time.
Apex Legends Destiny 2 Final Fantasy 14 Online Fortnite Genshin Impact
Best Indie Game
For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.
Adoration of the Lamb White neon Sifu Stray TUNIC
Best Debut Indie Game
For the best debut game created by a new independent studio.
White neon NORCO Stray TUNIC Vampire Survivors
Best mobile game
For the best game playable on a mobile device.
Apex Legends Mobile Diablo Immortal Genshin Impact Marvel Snap Fantasy Tower
Better community support
Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, including social media activity and game updates/patches.
Apex Legends Destiny 2 Final Fantasy 14 Online Fortnite No Man’s Sky
The best VR/AR game
For the best gaming experience that can be played in virtual or augmented reality, regardless of platform.
After the fall Among Us VR BONELAB Moss: Book II Red matter 2
Innovation in Accessibility
Recognizing the software and/or hardware that pushes the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience.
As dusk falls God of War: Ragnarok Return Back to monkey island The Last of Us Part 1 The Quarry
Best action game
For the best game in the action genre, it mainly focused on combat.
Bayonet 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II White neon Sifu Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Best Action/Adventure Game
For the ultimate action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.
A Plague Tale: Requiem God of War Ragnarok Horizon Forbidden West Stray TUNIC
The best RPG ever
For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massive multiplayer experiences.
Elden Ring Live a Live Pokémon Legends: Arceus Triangle Strategy Xenoblade Chronicles 3
The best fighting game
For the best game designed primarily for hand-to-hand combat.
Duel DNF JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R The King of Fighters 15 MultiVersus Sifu
The best family game
For the best family-friendly game, regardless of genre or platform.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Nintendo Switch Sports Splatoon 3
Best sports/racing game
For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.
F1 22 FIFA 23 NBA 2K23 Grand Touring 7 OlliOlli World
Best SIM/Strategy Game
The best real-time or turn-based simulation or strategy game, regardless of platform.
Dune: Spice Wars Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Total War: WARHAMMER 3 Two point campus Victoria 3
Best multiplayer game
For great online gameplay and multiplayer design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, regardless of game genre or platform.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Multiverse Overwatch 2 Splatoon 3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Content creator of the year
For a streamer or content creator making a significant and positive impact on the community in 2021.
Carl Jacobs Ludwig Nibelion Sum QTC cinderella
Best Esports Athlete
The esports athlete was judged to be the most outstanding for performance and behavior in 2021, regardless of game.
Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon (Gen.G, LOL) Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (T1, LOL) Finn “Karrigan” Andersen ((FaZe Clan – CS:GO) Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Born to Win, CS:GO) Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant)
Best Esports Coach
The Esports coach was named the most outstanding for performance and behavior in 2021.
Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (Born to Win, CS:GO) Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (LOUD, VALORANT) Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX, VALORANT) Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström (FaZe Clan, CS:GO) Go to “Score” Dong-bin (Gen.G, LOL)
Best Esports Event
Recognition of an event (single or multi-day) that provided the best experience for attendees and show audiences.
EVO 2022 League of Legends World Championship 2022 PGL Major Antwerp 2022 The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational VALORANT Champions 2022
The best Esports game
For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (including tournaments, community support and content updates), regardless of genre or platform.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive DOTA 2 Legion of Legends Rocket League EVALUATION
Best Esports Team
Recognizing a specific esports team (not the entire organization) deemed most outstanding for performance and behavior in 2021.
DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends) FaZe Clan (CS:GO) Gen.G (League of Legends) LA Thieves (Call of Duty) DYNATA (Tharako)
The most anticipated game
Recognizing an announced game that has proven the potential to push the gaming medium forward.
Final Fantasy 16 Hogwarts Legacy Resident Evil 4 Starfield The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Better fit
We celebrate works inspired by games across entertainment, including TV, movies, comics and more.
Arcane: League of Legends Cyberpunk: Edgerunners The Cuphead Show! Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Uncharted
The public can now vote for the nominees they think are most deserving of each individual award on The Game Awards website, with the awards ceremony taking place on December 8. Last year’s awards saw It Takes Two win Game of the Year, while Deathloop won Best Game Direction, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy won Best Storytelling and Final Fantasy 14 Online won Best Ongoing Game. The Game Awards are also a big source of video game announcements, new trailers and so on, with the 2021 ceremony hosting the reveal of Star Wars: Eclipse, Alan Wake 2, Wonder Women and more. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He’ll be talking about The Witcher all day.
