All Game Award Nominees 2022
The Game Awards has now fully confirmed its nominee line-up for this year. The show will take place on December 8th and will not feature a celebration of this year’s biggest, smallest, and overall best videogames. There are 31 different categories ranging from best narrative to best esports game- meaning this will be the broadest year yet. So, without further delay, let’s take a look at each category and nomination:
GAME OF THE YEAR
A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games)
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft)
BEST GAME DIRECTION
Elden Ring (FromSoftware)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games)
Immortality (Half Mermaid)
BEST NARRATIVE
A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games)
Immortality (Half Mermaid)
BEST ART DIRECTION
Elden Ring (FromSoftware)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games)
Scorn (Ebb Software)
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio)
BEST SCORE AND MUSIC
Olivier Deriviere, A Plague Tale: Requiem
Tsukasa Saitoh, Elden Ring
Bear McCreary, God of War Ragnarök
Two Feathers, Metal: Hellsinger
Yasunori Mitsuda, Xenoblade Chronicles 3
BEST AUDIO DESIGN
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica)
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games)
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)
As Dusk Falls (Interior Night)
Citizen Sleeper (Jump Over The Age)
Endling – Extinction is Forever (Herobeat Studios)
Hindsight (Team Hindsight)
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games)
BEST ONGOING GAME
Apex Legends (Respawn)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)
BEST INDIE
Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster)
Neon White (Angel Matrix)
Sifu (Sloclap)
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio)
TUNIC (TUNIC Team)
BEST DEBUT INDIE
Neon White (Angel Matrix)
NORCO (Geography of Robots)
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio)
TUNIC (TUNIC Team)
Vampire Survivors (poncle)
BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT, PRESENTED BY DISCORD
Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
BEST MOBILE
Apex Legends Mobile (Lightspeed & Quantum)
Diablo Immortal (Blizzard)
Genshin Impact (HoYovese)
MARVEL SNAP (Second Dinner Studios)
Tower of Fantasy (Hotta Studie)
BEST VR/AR
After the Fall (Vertigo Games)
Among Us VR (Schell Games)
BONELAB (Stress Level Zero)
Moss: Book II (Polyarc)
Red Matter 2 (Vertical Robot)
BEST ACTION
Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward)
Neon White (Angel Matrix)
Sifu (Sloclap)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games)
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE
A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games)
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio)
TUNIC (TUNIC Team)
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
DNF Duel (Arc System Works)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (CyberConnect 2 Co. Ltd)
The King of Fighters XV (SNK)
MultiVersus (Player First Games)
Sifu (Sloclap)
BEST FAMILY
Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL Laboratory)
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Traveller’s Tales)
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft)
Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo)
Splatoon 3 (Nintendo)
BEST SIM/STRATEGY
Dune: Spice Wars (Shiro Games)
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft)
Total War: WARHAMMER III (Creative Assembly)
Two Point Campus (Two Point Studios)
Victoria 3 (Paradox Development Studio)
BEST SPORTS/RACING
F1 22 (Codemasters)
FIFA 23 (EA Vancouver)
NBA 2K23 (Visual Concepts)
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital)
OlliOlli World (Roll 7)
BEST MULTIPLAYER
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward=)
MultiVersus (Player First Games)
Overwatch 2 (Blizzard)
Splatoon 3 (Nintendo)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games)
MOST ANTICIPATED
FINAL FANTASY XVI (Square Enix)
Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software)
Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
Karl Jacobs
Ludwig
Nibellion
Nobru
QTCinderella
BEST ADAPTATION
Arcane: League of Legends (Netflix)
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Netflix)
The Cuphead Show! (Netflix)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Paramount Pictures)
Uncharted (Sony Pictures)
INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY
As Dusk Falls (Interior Night)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica)
Return to Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox)
The Last Of Us Part I (Naughty Dog)
The Quarry (Supermassive Games)
BEST ESPORTS GAME
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
DOTA 2 (Valve)
League of Legends (Riot Games)
Rocket League (Psyonix)
VALORANT (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)
FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
Gen.G (League of Legends)
LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
LOUD (Valorant)
BEST ESPORTS COACH
Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (LOUD, VALORANT)
Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX, VALORANT)
Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström (FaZe Clan, CS:GO)
Go “Score” Dong-bin (Gen.G, LOL)
BEST ESPORTS EVENT
EVO 2022
2022 League of Legends World Championship
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
VALORANT Champions 2022
