The Game Awards 2022 Nominees Revealed

All categories for The Game Awards 2022 are revealed and God of War: Ragnarök is leading as highest nominated title.

the game awards 2022 nominees revealed a plague tale requiem elden ring god of war: ragnarök horizon forbidden west stray xenoblade chronicles 3
The Game Awards 2022 Nominees Revealed

Still recovering from effects of COVID-19 pandemic, there have been numerous delays to a lot of highly-anticipated releases throughout entirety of 2022 with titles like Redfall and Starfield were pushed back to a 2023 launch window.

Nearly a month ahead of taking place, The Game Awards 2022 nominees for major categories have just been announced and newly released PlayStation-exclusive God of War: Ragnarök by Santa Monica takes lead against Elden Ring.


Recently revealed list of The Game Awards 2022 nominations for all major categories has been listed below.

Game of the Year

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

Best Game Direction

  • Elden Ring
  • God of War: Ragnarök
  • Horizon Forbidden West
  • Immortality
  • Stray

Best Narrative

  • A Plague Tale: Requiem
  • Elden Ring
  • God of War: Ragnarök
  • Horizon Forbidden West
  • Immortality

Best Art Direction

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

Best Score and Music

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

Best Audio Design

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

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
  • As Dusk Falls
  • Citizen Sleeper
  • Endling: Extinction is Forever
  • Hindsight
  • I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

Best Ongoing Game

  • Apex Legends
  • Destiny 2
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite
  • Genshin Impact

Best Indie Game

  • Cult of the Lamb
  • Neon White
  • Sifu
  • Stray
  • Tunic

Best Debut Indie Game

  • Neon White
  • NORCO
  • Stray
  • Tunic
  • Vampire Survivors

Best Community Support

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

Best Mobile Game

  • Apex Legends Mobile
  • Diablo Immortal
  • Genshin Impact
  • Marvel Snap
  • Tower of Fantasy

Best VR/AR Game

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

Best Action Game

  • Bayonetta 3
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
  • Neon White
  • Sifu
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • A Plague Tale: Requiem
  • God of War: Ragnarök
  • Horizon Forbidden West
  • Stray
  • Tunic

Best Role-Playing Game

  • Elden Ring
  • Live A Live
  • Pokémon 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 + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
  • Nintendo Switch Sports
  • Splatoon 3

Best Sim/Strategy Game

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

Best Sports/Racing Game

  • F1 22
  • FIFA 23
  • NBA 2K23
  • Gran Turismo 7
  • OlliOlli World

Best Multiplayer Game

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

Most Anticipated Game

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

Content Creator of the Year

  • Karl Jacobs
  • Ludwig
  • Nibellion
  • Nobru
  • QTCinderella

Best Adaptation

  • Arcane: League of Legends
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 
  • The Cuphead Show!
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2
  • Uncharted

Innovation In Accessibility

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

Best eSports Game

  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • DotA 2
  • League of Legends
  • Rocket League
  • Valorant

Best eSports Player

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

Best eSports Team

  • DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
  • FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
  • Gen.G (League of Legends)
  • LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
  • LOUD (Valorant)

Best eSports Coach

  • 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


Players can start voting right away over at The Game Awards official site, once every 24 hours for their favorite nominees from a wide variety of directions, genres, indies, narrative or even on performance categories to make it count.

Interested parties can tune in over any of their preferred digital media or streaming platforms like Facebook Live, TikTok, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube to join The Game Awards 2022 stream on December 8, 9:30 AM PDT/12:00 PM EDT.
Next Post Previous Post
No Comment
Add Comment
comment url