The Game Awards 2022 nominees announced; Here's the complete list of nominees featuring Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarok

The Game Awards nominees for 2022 have been announced. Presenter Geoff Keighley unveiled the nominees during a live stream yesterday. The Game Awards will take place on December 9 at 6am IST. Gamers can head to Game Awards’ official website or their discord server to vote for their favorite games. Check out the list of Game Awards 2022 nominees right here.

GAME OF THE YEAR

Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)

BEST GAME DIRECTION

Immortality (Half Mermaid)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)

BEST NARRATIVE

God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
Immortality (Half Mermaid)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)

BEST ART DIRECTION

Scorn (Ebb Software/Kepler Interactive)
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)

BEST SCORE AND MUSIC

Olivier Deriviere, A Plague Tale: Requiem
Bear McCreary, God of War Ragnarök
Two Feathers, Metal: Hellsinger
Yasunori Mitsuda, Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Tsukasa Saitoh, Elden Ring

BEST AUDIO DESIGN

God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony/SIE)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)

BEST PERFORMANCE

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

GAMES FOR IMPACT

A Memoir Blue (Cloisters Interactive/Annapurna)
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)
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games/Finji)

BEST ONGOING GAME

Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)

BEST INDIE

Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
Sifu (Sloclap)
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster / Devolver Digital)
Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)

BEST DEBUT INDIE

Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive)
Norco (Geography of Robots/Raw Fury)
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)
Vampire Survivors (poncle)

BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)

BEST MOBILE

Genshin Impact (HoYovese)
Apex Legends Mobile (Lightspeed & Quantum/Respawn/EA)
Diablo Immortal (Blizzard/NetEase)
Marvel Snap (Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse)
Tower of Fantasy (Hotta Studio/Perfect World/Level Infinite)

BEST VR/AR

Among Us VR (Schell Games/InnerSloth)
Bonelab (Stress Level Zero)
After the Fall (Vertigo Games)
Moss: Book II (Polyarc)
Red Matter 2 (Vertical Robot)

BEST ACTION

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
Sifu (Sloclap)
Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE

Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)
A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)

BEST ROLE-PLAYING

Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
Live a Live (Square Enix/Nintendo)
Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Game Freak/Nintendo/TPCI)
Triangle Strategy (Artdink/Square Enix)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)

BEST FIGHTING

MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)
Sifu (Sloclap)
DNF Duel (Arc System Works/EIGHTING/NEOPLE/NEXON)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (CyberConnect 2 Co. Ltd/Bandai Namco)
The King of Fighters XV (SNK/Plaion)

BEST FAMILY

Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL Laboratory / Nintendo)
Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Traveller’s Tales/WB Games)
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)

BEST SIM/STRATEGY

Total War: Warhammer III (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Two Point Campus (Two Point Studios/Sega)
Victoria 3 (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox Interactive)
Dune: Spice Wars (Shiro Games/Funcom)
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)

BEST SPORTS/RACING

FIFA 23 (EA Vancouver/Romania/EA Sports)
NBA 2K23 (Visual Concepts/2K Sports)
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)
OlliOlli World (Roll 7/Private Division)
F1 22 (Codemasters/EA Sports)

BEST MULTIPLAYER

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)
Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)
Overwatch 2 (Blizzard)

MOST ANTICIPATED

Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software/WB Games)
Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR

Karl Jacobs
Ludwig
Nibellion
Nobru
QTCinderella

BEST ADAPTATION

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Studio Trigger/CD Projekt, Netflix)
Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)
The Cuphead Show! (Studio MDHR/King Features Syndicate/Netflix)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Sammy Group/Paramount Pictures)
Uncharted  (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)

INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY

God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
As Dusk Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)
Return to Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox/Devolver Digital)
The Last Of Us Part I (Naughty Dog/SIE)
The Quarry (Supermassive Games/2K)

BEST ESPORTS GAME

Rocket League (Psyonix)
Valorant (Riot Games)
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
Dota 2 (Valve)
League of Legends (Riot Games)

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE

Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon  (Gen.G, LOL)
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (T1, LOL)
Finn "karrigan" Andersen (FaZe Clan - CS:GO)
Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant)

 

 

BEST ESPORTS TEAM

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

BEST ESPORTS COACH

Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (LOUD, Valorant)
Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX, Valorant)
Andrii "B1ad3" Horodenskyi  (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström (FaZe Clan, CS:GO)
Go "Score" Dong-bin (Gen.G, LOL)

BEST ESPORTS EVENT

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