Nominees for the annual Game Awards have been introduced, and unsurprisingly, the 2022 pack is led by heavyweight blockbusters God of War Ragnarok at 10 nominations, whereas Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West have 7 nominations every.In a giant shock, Stray has the third-largest variety of nominations for a single sport, with this indie title having earned 6 nominations in whole. Overall, Sony has video games with a mixed whole of 20 nominations, Annapurna Interactive and Nintendo share second place with 11 nominations every, and Bandai Namco’s video games have a formidable 8 nominations throughout the 30 award classes.The Game Awards will as soon as once more be hosted by Geoff Keighley, and like earlier reveals, it should characteristic extra than simply the titular awards. The occasion has turn out to be a showcase for sport reveals, with every award class normally bookended by new video games making their debut and updates on extremely anticipated titles earlier than they launch. The return of Crash Bandicoot has been teased for the 2022 Game Awards, and the present launched its personal Discord server forward of the principle occasion.The most nominated titles of the Game Awards 2022.GAME OF THE YEARA Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)BEST GAME DIRECTIONElden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)Immortality (Half Mermaid)Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)BEST NARRATIVEA Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)Immortality (Half Mermaid)BEST ART DIRECTIONElden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)Scorn (Ebb Software/Kepler Interactive)Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)BEST SCORE AND MUSICOlivier Deriviere, A Plague Tale: RequiemTsukasa Saitoh, Elden RingBear McCreary, God of War RagnarökTwo Feathers, Metal: HellsingerYasunori Mitsuda, Xenoblade Chronicles 3BEST AUDIO DESIGNCall of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony/SIE)Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)BEST PERFORMANCEAshly Burch, Horizon Forbidden WestCharlotte McBurney, A Plague Tale: RequiemChristopher Judge, God of War RagnarökManon Gage, ImmortalitySunny Suljic, God of War RagnarökGAMES FOR IMPACTA 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/HelpfulGames)Hindsight (Team Hindsight/Annapurna)I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games/Finji)BEST ONGOING GAMEApex Legends (Respawn/EA)Destiny 2 (Bungie)FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)Fortnite (Epic Games)Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)BEST INDIECult of the Lamb (Massive Monster / Devolver Digital)Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)Sifu (Sloclap)Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)TUNIC (TUNIC Team/Finji)BEST DEBUT INDIENeon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive)NORCO (Geography of Robots/Raw Fury)Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)TUNIC (TUNIC Team/Finji)Vampire Survivors (poncle)BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORTApex Legends (Respawn/EA)Destiny 2 (Bungie)FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)Fortnite (Epic Games)No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)BEST MOBILEApex Legends Mobile (Lightspeed & Quantum/Respawn/EA)Diablo Immortal (Blizzard/NetEase)Genshin Impact (HoYovese)MARVEL SNAP (Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse)Tower of Fantasy (Hotta Studio/Perfect World/Level Infinite)BEST VR/ARAfter the Fall (Vertigo Games)Among Us VR (Schell Games/InnerSloth)BONELAB (Stress Level Zero)Moss: Book II (Polyarc)Red Matter 2 (Vertical Robot)BEST ACTIONBayonetta 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/ADVENTUREA Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)TUNIC (TUNIC Team/Finji)BEST ROLE PLAYINGElden 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 FIGHTINGDNF 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)MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)Sifu (Sloclap)BEST FAMILYKirby 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/STRATEGYDune: Spice Wars (Shiro Games/Funcom)Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)Total War: WARHAMMER III (Creative Assembly/Sega)Two Point Campus (Two Point Studios/Sega)Victoria 3 (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox Interactive)BEST SPORTS/RACINGF1 22 (Codemasters/EA Sports)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)BEST MULTIPLAYERCall 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)MOST ANTICIPATEDFINAL FANTASY XVI (Square Enix)Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software/WB Games)Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEARKarl JacobsLudwigNibellionNobruQTCinderellaBEST ADAPTATIONArcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Studio Trigger/CD Projekt, 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 ACCESSIBILITYAs Dusk Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)Return to Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox/Devolver Digital)The Last Of Us Part I (Naughty Dog/SIE)The Quarry (Supermassive Games/2K)BEST ESPORTS GAMECounter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)DOTA 2 (Valve)League of Legends (Riot Games)Rocket League (Psyonix)VALORANT (Riot Games)BEST ESPORTS ATHLETEJeong “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 TEAMDarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)FaZe Clan (CS:GO)Gen.G (League of Legends)LA Thieves (Call of Duty)LOUD (Valorant)BEST ESPORTS COACHAndrii “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 EVENTEVO 20222022 League of Legends World ChampionshipPGL Major Antwerp 2022The 2022 Mid-Season InvitationalVALORANT Champions 2022The Game Awards 2022 will happen on December 8, dwell from Los Angeles, and can characteristic a brand new class for greatest adaptation. 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