Game Awards 2022 It will be held next December. Although we already have a lot of information about the event, there are still some unknowns and that is about the nominees. Fortunately, today with a special presentation, Geoff Keighley reveals exactly which games have been nominated for various categories this year
In this way, here we present all the nominees. Fortunately, fortunately God of War: Ragnarok Is he up for GOTY?
game of the year
Discover a game that offers the absolute best experience in all creative and technical areas
1. A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studios/Focus Entertainment)
2. Elden Ring (from Software/Bandai Namco)
3. God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
4. Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
5. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
6. Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
Best game management
Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.
1. Elden Ring (from Software/Bandai Namco)
2. God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
3. Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
4. Immortality (Half Mermaid)
5. Stray (BlueTwelve Studios/Annapurna
best story
For excellent storytelling and narrative development in a game.
1. A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studios/Focus Entertainment)
2. Elden Ring (from Software/Bandai Namco)
3. God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
4. Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
5. Immortality (Half Mermaid)
Best Art Direction
For outstanding creative and technical achievement in art design and animation.
1. Elden Ring (from Software/Bandai Namco)
2. God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
3. Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
4. Scorn (Ebb Software/Kepler Interactive)
5. Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
best music
For outstanding music with licensed scores, original songs and/or soundtracks.
1. Olivier Derivier, A Plague Tale: Requiem
2. Tsukasa Saitoh, Elden Ring
3. Bear McCreary, God of War Ragnarök
4. Two feathers, metal: Hellsinger
5. Yasunori Mitsuda, Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best sound design
Acknowledgment of the best audio and sound design in games.
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activation)
2. Elden Ring (from Software/Bandai Namco)
3. God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
4. Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony/SHE)
5. Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
Best performance
Award to one for voice acting, motion capture and/or interpretation.
1. Ashley Birch, Horizon Forbidden West
2. Charlotte McBurney, A Plague Tale: Requiem
3. Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarök
4. Manon Gage, Immortality
5. Sunny Suljic, God of War Ragnarök
Impact Games Awards
For a thought-provoking game with a deeper meaning or social message
1. A Memoir Blue (Cloister Interactive/Annapurna)
2. As Twilight Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studio)
3. Citizen Sleeper (Jump over the Edge/Fellow Traveller)
4. Ending – Extinction Forever (Herobeat Studios/HandyGames)
5. Hindsight (Team Hindsight/Annapurna)
6. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games/Fingy)
Best continuous game
A game is awarded for outstanding development of continuous content that evolves the player experience.
1. Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
2. Destiny 2 (Bungi)
3. Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
4. Fortnite (Epic Games)
5. Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)
The best independent game
For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game developed outside of the traditional publishing system.
1. Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster / Developer Digital)
2. Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
3. Sifu (Slow Clap)
4. Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
5. Tunic (tunic party/finji)
Best mobile games
For the best games playable on a dedicated mobile device.
1. Apex Legends Mobile (Lightspeed & Quantum/Respawn/EA)
2. Diablo Immortal (Blizzard/Netize)
3. Genshin Impact (Ho Yoves)
4. Marvel Snap (Second Diner Studios/Newverse)
5. Tower of Imagination (Hota Studio/Perfect World/Level Infinite)
Best community support
Recognize a game and studio for their outstanding community support and transparency with social media activity and game updates/patches.
1. Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
2. Destiny 2 (Bungi)
3. Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
4. Fortnite (Epic Games)
5. No Man’s Sky (Hello Games
The best VR/AR games
For the best gaming experience playable in Virtual or Augmented Reality regardless of platform.
1. After the Fall (Vertigo Games)
2. VR Among Us (Shell Games/InnerSloth)
3. BoneLab (Stress Level Zero)
4. Moss: Book II (Polyarc)
5. Red Matter 2 (Vertical Robot)
The best action game
For the best battle-focused action genre games.
1. Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activation)
3. Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
4. Sifu (Slow Clap)
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)
Best action/adventure game ever
The best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.
1. A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studios/Focus Entertainment)
2. God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
3. Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
4. Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
5. Tunic (tunic party/finji)
The best role playing game
The best games designed for player character customization and progression are both online and offline, with massive multiplayer.
1. Elden Ring (from Software/Bandai Namco)
2. Live at Live (Square Enix/Nintendo)
3. Pokemon Legends: Arceus (Game Freak/Nintendo/TPCI)
4. Triangle Strategy (Artdink/Square Enix)
5. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
The best fighting game
For a game designed primarily around melee combat.
1. DNF Duel (Arc System Works/Eating/Neople/Nexon)
2. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (Cyber ​​Connect 2 Co. Ltd./Bandai Namco)
3. The King of Fighters XV (SNK/Plaion)
4. Multiversus (Player First Games/WB Games)
5. Sifu (Slow Clap)
The best family game
The best games suitable for family play, regardless of genre or platform.
1. Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL Laboratory / Nintendo)
2. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Traveller’s Tales/WB Games)
3. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)
4. Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
5. Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best Sim/Strategy Game
The best games focus on simulation or real-time strategy or turn-based strategy gameplay.
1. Tune: Spice Wars (Shiro Games/Funcom)
2. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)
3. Total War: Warhammer III (Creative Assembly/Sega)
4. Two Point Campus (Two Point Studios/Sega)
5. Victoria 3 (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox Interactive)
Best Sports/Racing Game
For traditional and non-traditional sports and racing games.
1. F1 22 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
2. FIFA 23 (EA Vancouver/Romania/EA Sports)
3. NBA 2K23 (Visual Concepts/2K Sports)
4. Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)
5. Olioli World (Roll 7/Private Category)
The best multiplayer game
For outstanding online multiplayer design and gameplay, with massively multiplayer and cooperative experiences regardless of game genre.
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activation)
2. Multiversus (Player First Games/WB Games)
3. Overwatch 2 (Blizzard)
4. Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)
Content Creator of the Year
Recognize a streamer/influencer/member of media who has made a significant and positive impact on the industry in 2022.
1. Carl Jacobs
2. Ludwig
3. Nibelion
4. Calculate
5. QTCinderella
Best Debut Indie Game
In recognition of an independent studio that developed and published its first game in 2022.
1. Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive)
2. Norco (Robot/Raw Fur Geography)
3. Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
4. Tunic (tunic party/finji)
5. Vampire Survivor (Ponkel)
The most anticipated game
Most likely upcoming games scheduled for release after December 8, 2022.
1. Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
2. Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software/WB Games)
3. Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
4. Starfield (Bethesda Game Studio/Bethesda)
5. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best Adaptation
1. Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)
2. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Studio Trigger/CD Projekt, Netflix)
3. Cuphead Show! (Studio MDHR/King Features Syndicate/Netflix)
4. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Sammy Group/Paramount Pictures)
5. Uncharted (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)
Innovation in Accessibility
1. As Twilight Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studio)
2. God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
3. Return to Monkey Island (Horror Toybox/Developer Digital)
4. The Last Of Us Part I (Naughty Dog/SIE)
5. The Quarry (Supermassive Games/2K)
Best sports game
1. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
2. DOTA 2 (Valve)
3. League of Legends (Riot Games)
4. Rocket League (Psyonix)
5. Brave (Riot Game)
Via: The Game Awards
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