Everything Nominated for The Game Awards 2022
From A Plague Tale: Requiem to OlliOlli World, here’s everything nominated for each category at The Game Awards 2022
Geoff Keighley announced every nominee for The Game Awards 2022 earlier today. This event, which you can watch live on Thursday, December 8th, 2022, will feature new trailers for upcoming games, surprise announcements, and more. We’re covering this event here at Elevate Games. God of War: Ragnarök and Elden Ring rain surprime in the nominations revealed today, with the former being nominated for ten awards and the latter for seven. Now on with the nominations!
Game of the Year
A Plague Tale: Requiem - Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment
Elden Ring - FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
God of War Ragnarök - Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Horizon Forbidden West - Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Stray - BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Monolith Soft / Nintendo
Best Game Direction
Elden Ring - FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
God of War Ragnarök - Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Horizon Forbidden West - Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Immortality - Half Mermaid
Stray - BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive
Best Narrative
A Plague Tale: Requiem - Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment
Elden Ring - FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
God of War Ragnarök - Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Horizon Forbidden West - Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Immortality - Half Mermaid
Best Art Direction
Elden Ring - FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
God of War Ragnarök - Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Horizon Forbidden West - Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Scorn - Ebb Software / Kepler Interactive
Stray - BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive
Best Score and Music
A Plague Tale: Requiem - Olivier Deriviere, Composer
Elden Ring (Tsukasa Saitoh, Composer
God of War Ragnarök - Bear McCreary, Composer
Metal: Hellsinger - Two Feathers, Composer
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Yasunori Mitsuda, Composer
Best Audio Design
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Infinity Ward / Activision
Elden Ring - FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
God of War Ragnarök - Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Gran Turismo 7 - Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Horizon Forbidden West - Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Performance
Ashly Burch - Horizon Forbidden West
Charlotte McBurney - A Plague Tale: Requiem
Christopher Judge - God of War Ragnarök
Manon Gage - Immortality
Sunny Suljic - God of War Ragnarök
Games for Impact
A Memoir Blue - Cloisters Interactive / Annapurna Interactive
As Dusk Falls - Interior/Night / Xbox Game Studios
Citizen Sleeper - Jump Over the Age / Fellow Traveller
Endling: Extinction is Forever - Herobeat Studios / HandyGames
Hindsight - Team Hindsight / Annapurna Interactive
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist - Northway Games / Finji
Best Ongoing
Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
Destiny 2 - Bungie
Final Fantasy XIV - Creative Business Unit III / Square Enix
Fortnite - Epic Games
Genshin Impact - HoYoverse
Best Independent Game
Cult of the Lamb - Massive Monster / Devolver Digital
Neon White - Angel Matrix / Annapurna Interactive
Sifu - Sloclap
Stray - BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive
Tunic - Tunic Team / Finji
Best Mobile Game
Apex Legends Mobile - Lightspeed Studios / Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
Diablo Immortal - Blizzard / NetEase Games
Genshin Impact - HoYovese
MARVEL SNAP - Second Dinner Studios / Nuverse
Tower of Fantasy - Hotta Studio / Perfect World / Level Infinite
Best Community Support
Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
Destiny 2 - Bungie
Final Fantasy XIV - Creative Business Unit III / Square Enix
Fortnite - Epic Games
No Man’s Sky - Hello Games
Innovation in Accessibility
As Dusk Falls - Interior/Night / Xbox Game Studios
God of War Ragnarök - Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Return to Monkey Island - Terrible Toybox / Devolver Digital
The Last Of Us Part I - Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Quarry - Supermassive Games / 2K
Best VR / AR
After the Fall - Vertigo Games
Among Us VR - Schell Games / InnerSloth
BONELAB - Stress Level Zero
Moss: Book II - Polyarc
Red Matter 2 - Vertical Robot
Best Action Game
Bayonetta 3 - Platinum Games / Nintendo
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Infinity Ward / Activision
Neon White - Angel Matrix/Annapurna
Sifu - Sloclap
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge - Tribute Games / Dotemu
Best Action / Adventure
A Plague Tale: Requiem - Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment
God of War Ragnarök - Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Horizon Forbidden West - Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Stray - BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive
Tunic - Tunic Team / Finji
Best Role Playing
Elden Ring - FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
Live A Live - historia / Square Enix
Pokémon Legends: Arceus - Game Freak / Nintendo / The Pokemon Company
Triangle Strategy - Artdink / Square Enix
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Monolith Soft / Nintendo
Best Fighting
DNF Duel - Arc System Works / Eighting / Neople / Nexon
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R - CyberConnect 2 / Bandai Namco Entertainment
The King of Fighters XV - SNK
MultiVersus - Player First Games / Warner Bros. Games
Sifu - Sloclap
Best Family
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - HAL Laboratory / Nintendo
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - Traveller’s Tales / WB Games
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope - Ubisoft Milan / Paris / Ubisoft
Nintendo Switch Sports - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
Splatoon 3 - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
Best Sim / Strategy
Dune: Spice Wars - Shiro Games / Funcom
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope - Ubisoft Milan / Ubisoft Paris / Ubisoft
Total War: Warhammer III - Creative Assembly / SEGA
Two Point Campus - Two Point Studios / SEGAA
Victoria 3 - Paradox Development Studio / Paradox Interactive
Best Multiplayer
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Infinity Ward / Activision
MultiVersus - Player First Games / WB Games
Overwatch 2 - Blizzard
Splatoon 3 - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge - Tribute Games / Dotemu
Content Creator of the Year
Karl Jacobs
Ludwig
Nibellion
Nobru
QTCinderella
Best Debut Indie
Neon White - Angel Matrix / Annapurna Interactive
Norco - Geography of Robots / Raw Fury
Stray - BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive
Tunic - Tunic Team / Finji
Vampire Survivors - Poncle
Best Adaptation
Arcane: League of Legends - Fortiche / Riot Games / Netflix
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - Studio Trigger / CD Projekt RED / Netflix
The Cuphead Show! - Studio MDHR / King Features Syndicate / Netflix
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Sega Sammy Group / Paramount Pictures
Uncharted - PlayStation Productions / Sony Pictures
Most Anticipated Game
Final Fantasy XVI - Creative Business Unit III / Square Enix
Hogwarts Legacy - Avalanche Software / Warner Bros. Games
Resident Evil 4 - Capcom
Starfield - Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
Best Esports Game
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Valve
DOTA 2 - Valve
League of Legends - Riot Games
Rocket League - Psyonix / Epic Games
Valorant - Riot Games
Best Esports Athlete
Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon - Gen.G, League of Legends
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok - T1, League of Legends
Finn “karrigan” Andersen - FaZe Clan, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev - Natus Vincere, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker - Cloud9, Valorant
Best Esports Team
DarkZero Esports - Apex Legends
FaZe Clan - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Gen.G - League of Legends
LA Thieves - Call of Duty
Loud - Valorant
Best Esports Coach
Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi - Natus Vincere, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi - Loud, Valorant
Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren - FPX, Valorant
Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström - FaZe Clan, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Go “Score” Dong-bin - Gen.G, League of Legends
Best Esports Event
EVO 2022
2022 League of Legends World Championship
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
Valorant Champions 2022
Best Sports / Racing
F1 22 - Codemasters / EA Sports
FIFA 23 - EA Vancouver / Romania / EA Sports
NBA 2K23 - Visual Concepts / 2K Sports
Gran Turismo 7 - Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment
OlliOlli World - Roll7 / Private Division
Source. That’s everything nominated for this year’s The Game Awards event. Would you have nominated a different game for an award? Let me know in the comments below. You can also vote on your choice for which game most deserves each award here.
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