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The Game Awards 2022

Held in 2022 · 23 categories · everything in 2022

Game of the Year

Winner Elden Ring · FromSoftware
Nominee A Plague Tale: Requiem · Asobo Studio
Nominee God of War Ragnarök · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
Nominee Horizon Forbidden West · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Nominee Stray · BlueTwelve Studio
Nominee Xenoblade Chronicles 3 · Monolith Soft Inc.

Best Game Direction

Winner Elden Ring · FromSoftware
Nominee God of War Ragnarök · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
Nominee Horizon Forbidden West · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Nominee Immortality · Half Mermaid Productions
Nominee Stray · BlueTwelve Studio

Best Narrative

Winner God of War Ragnarök · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
Nominee A Plague Tale: Requiem · Asobo Studio
Nominee Elden Ring · FromSoftware
Nominee Horizon Forbidden West · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Nominee Immortality · Half Mermaid Productions

Best Art Direction

Winner Elden Ring · FromSoftware
Nominee God of War Ragnarök · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
Nominee Horizon Forbidden West · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Nominee Scorn · Ebb Software
Nominee Stray · BlueTwelve Studio

Best Score and Music

Winner God of War Ragnarök · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
Nominee A Plague Tale: Requiem · Asobo Studio
Nominee Elden Ring · FromSoftware
Nominee Metal: Hellsinger · The Outsiders
Nominee Xenoblade Chronicles 3 · Monolith Soft Inc.

Best Audio Design

Winner God of War Ragnarök · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
Nominee Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II · Infinity Ward
Nominee Elden Ring · FromSoftware
Nominee Gran Turismo 7 · Polyphony Digital
Nominee Horizon Forbidden West · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Best Performance

Winner Christopher Judge · God of War Ragnarök
Nominee A Plague Tale: Requiem
Nominee Charlotte McBurney · A Plague Tale: Requiem
Nominee Sunny Suljic · God of War Ragnarök
Nominee Ashly Burch · Horizon Forbidden West
Nominee Immortality
Nominee Manon Gage · Immortality

Games for Impact

Winner As Dusk Falls · Interior Night
Nominee A Memoir Blue · Cloisters Interactive
Nominee Citizen Sleeper · Jump Over the Age
Nominee Endling: Extinction is Forever · Herobeat Studios
Nominee Hindsight
Nominee I Was a Teenage Exocolonist · Northway Games

Best Independent Game

Winner Stray · BlueTwelve Studio
Nominee Cult of the Lamb · Massive Monster
Nominee Neon White
Nominee Sifu · Sloclap
Nominee Tunic · Isometricorp Games

Best Debut Indie Game

Best Mobile Game

Winner Marvel Snap · Second Dinner
Nominee Apex Legends · Iron Galaxy Studios, Panic Button, Respawn Entertainment
Nominee Apex Legends Mobile · Lightspeed and Quantum Studios Group, Respawn Entertainment
Nominee Diablo Immortal · Blizzard Entertainment, NetEase
Nominee Genshin Impact · miHoYo
Nominee Tower of Fantasy · Hotta Studio

Best VR/AR Game

Winner Moss: Book II · Polyarc
Nominee After the Fall · Vertigo Games
Nominee Among Us VR · InnerSloth, Robot Teddy, Schell Games
Nominee BoneLab · Stress Level Zero
Nominee Red Matter 2 · Vertical Robot

Best Action Game

Winner Bayonetta 3 · PlatinumGames
Nominee Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II · Infinity Ward
Nominee Neon White
Nominee Sifu · Sloclap
Nominee Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge · Tribute Games

Best Action/Adventure Game

Winner God of War Ragnarök · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
Nominee A Plague Tale: Requiem · Asobo Studio
Nominee Horizon Forbidden West · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Nominee Stray · BlueTwelve Studio
Nominee Tunic · Isometricorp Games

Best Role Playing Game

Winner Elden Ring · FromSoftware
Nominee Live A Live · historia
Nominee Live a Live · Square
Nominee Pokémon Legends: Arceus · Game Freak
Nominee Triangle Strategy · Artdink
Nominee Xenoblade Chronicles 3 · Monolith Soft Inc.

Best Fighting Game

Winner MultiVersus · Player First Games
Nominee DNF Duel · Arc System Works, Eighting, Neople
Nominee JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R · CyberConnect2
Nominee JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R · CyberConnect2
Nominee Sifu · Sloclap
Nominee The King of Fighters XV · SNK

Best Family Game

Winner Kirby and the Forgotten Land · HAL Laboratory
Nominee Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga · Traveller's Tales
Nominee Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope · Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris
Nominee Nintendo Switch Sports · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Nominee Splatoon 3 · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development

Best Sim/Strategy Game

Winner Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope · Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris
Nominee Dune: Spice Wars · Shiro Games
Nominee Total War: Warhammer III · Creative Assembly
Nominee Two Point Campus · Two Point Studios
Nominee Victoria 3 · Development Studio

Best Sports/Racing Game

Winner Gran Turismo 7 · Polyphony Digital
Nominee F1 22 · Codemasters
Nominee FIFA 23 · EA Romania, EA Vancouver
Nominee NBA 2K23 · Visual Concepts
Nominee OlliOlli World · Roll7

Best Multiplayer Game

Winner Splatoon 3 · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Nominee Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II · Infinity Ward
Nominee MultiVersus · Player First Games
Nominee Overwatch 2 · Blizzard Entertainment
Nominee Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge · Tribute Games

Innovation in Accessibility

Winner God of War Ragnarök · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
Nominee As Dusk Falls · Interior Night
Nominee Return to Monkey Island · Terrible Toybox
Nominee The Last of Us Part I · Naughty Dog
Nominee The Quarry · Supermassive Games

Best Ongoing Game

Winner Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn · Square Enix
Nominee Apex Legends · Iron Galaxy Studios, Panic Button, Respawn Entertainment
Nominee Destiny 2: The Witch Queen · Bungie
Nominee Fortnite · Epic Games
Nominee Genshin Impact · miHoYo

Best Community Support

Winner Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn · Square Enix
Nominee Apex Legends · Iron Galaxy Studios, Panic Button, Respawn Entertainment
Nominee Destiny 2: The Witch Queen · Bungie
Nominee Fortnite · Epic Games
Nominee No Man's Sky · Hello Games