The Game Awards 2022 Nominees Revealed

All nominations and nominees of The Game Awards 2022 have become known. The ninth show will consist of 31 nominations, new announcements, and performances.

Jeff Keely, in a characteristic manner, walked through each of the nominations with the help of short videos. In the battle for the title of game of the year, the clear favorites are Elden Ring, which was released in February, and the fresh God of War.

Nominations The Game Awards 2022

Game of the Year:

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Elden Ring
• God of War: Ragnarok
• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Stray
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Direction:

• Elden Ring
• God of War: Ragnarok
• Horizon: Forbidden West
• immortality
• Stray

Best Narrative:

• A Plague Tale Requiem
• Elden Ring
• God of War: Ragnarok
• immortality
• Horizon: Forbidden West

Best Art Direction:

• Elden Ring
• God of War: Ragnarok
• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Scorn
• Stray

Best Soundtrack:

• A Plague Tale Requiem
• Elden Ring
• God of War: Ragnarok
• Metal: Hellsinger
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Audio Design:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Elden Ring
• God of War: Ragnarok
• Gran Turismo 7
• Horizon: Forbidden West

Best Acting Game:

• Ashly Burch/Horizon: Forbidden West
• Charlotte McBurney/A Plague Tale Requiem
• Christopher Judge/God of War: Ragnarok
• Manon Gage/Immortality
• Sunny Suljic/God of War: Ragnarok

Best Socially Significant Game:

• A Memoir Blue
• As Dusk Falls
• Citizen Sleeper
• Endling - Extinction Is Forever
• Hindsight
• I Was A Teenage Exocolonist

Game with the best long-term support:

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• FF XIV
• Fortnite
• No Man's Sky

Best Indie Game:

• Cult of the Lamb
• neon white
• Sifu
• Stray
• Tunic

Best Mobile Game:

• Apex Legends
• Diablo Immortal
• Genshin Impact
• Marvel Snap
• tower of fantasy

The best support from the community:

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• FF XIV
• Fortnite
• No Man's Sky

Game with innovative accessibility:

• As Dusk Falls
• God of War: Ragnarok
• Return To Monkey Island
• The Last of Us Part I
• The Quarry

Best VR Game:

• After the Fall
• Among Us VR
• Bonelab
• Moss: Book II
• Red Matter 2

Best Action:

• 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: Ragnarok
• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Stray
• Tunic

Best RPG:

• Elden Ring
• Live A Live
• Pokemon Legends: Arceus
• Triangle Strategy
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Fighting Game:

• DNF Duel
• Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
• The King of Fighters XV
• Multiversus
• Sifu

Best Family Game:

• Kirby and the Forgotten Land
• Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
• Mario + Rabids Sparks of Hope
• Nintendo Switch Sports
• Splatoon 3

Best Strategy/Simulation:

• Dune Spice Wars
• Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
• Total War: Warhammer 3
• Two Point Campus
• Victoria 3

Best Sports Game:

• F1 22
• FIFA 2023
• NBA 2K23
• Gran Turismo 7
• OlliOlli World

Best Multiplayer:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Multiversus
• Overwatch 2
• Splatoon 3
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Content Creator of the Year:

• Karl Jacobs
• Ludwig
• Nibellion
• Nobru
• QTCinderella

Best Indie Debut:

• neon white
• Norco
• Stray
• Tunic
• Vampire Survivors

Best Game Adaptation:

• Arcane
• Cyberpunk Edgerunners
• The Cuphead Show
• Sonic 2
• Uncharted

Most Anticipated Game:

• FF XVI
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Starfield
• Resident Evil 4
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Esports Game:

• CSGO
• Dota 2
• League of Legends
• Rocket League
• Valorant

eSportsman of the Year:

• Jeong 'Chovy' Ji-hoon
• Lee 'Faker' Sang-hyeok
• Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
• Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
• Jacob 'yay' Whiteaker

Best Esports Team:

• DarkZero Esports
• FaZe Clan
• Gen.G
• L.A. Thieves
• LOUD

Esports Coach of the Year:

• Andrii 'B1ad3' Horodenskyi
• Matheus 'bzkA' Tarasconi
• Erik 'd00mbr0s' Sandgren
• Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström
• Go 'Score' Dong-bin

Best esports event:

• EVO 2022
• 2022 League of Legends World Championship
• PGL Major Antwerp 2022
• The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
• Valorant Champions 2022

The Game Awards 2022 will take place on December 8 this year. The venue will be the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, USA. Last year, the awards ceremony was watched live by 85 million viewers.

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