The full listing of nominees for the 2022 Game Awards is right here and (as you may need predicted) each Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarok scored massive. Other massive nominees included video games like Horizon Forbidden West and Xenoblade Chronicles 3, whereas indie titles struggled to interrupt by means of apart from Stray.
Hosted by Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards is the online game trade’s model of the Oscars. This yr’s present will happen in-person on the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 8. Like earlier years, it’ll stay broadcast on varied channels like YouTube and Twitch. The present is thought for delivering world premiere reveals for upcoming video games, in addition to giving out a slew of awards in a wide range of classes.
This yr’s nominations come as no shock. Elden Ring may very well be poised to comb, because it picked up seven nominations. It even obtained a couple of puzzling nominations in classes like Best Narrative. It’ll face a troublesome foe in God of War Ragnarok, although, which picked up 10 nominations itself. That quantity is larger largely on account of its two nominations within the Best Performance class. The two will duke it out in key classes like Best Action/Adventure Game and Game of the Year.
While these two video games lead the nomination subject, they aren’t the one video games that scored massive. The coveted Game of the Year class additionally consists of A Plague Tale: Requiem, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. All 4 of these video games scored nominations in different classes throughout the board as effectively.
There’s little variety relating to the remainder of the sector, particularly relating to impartial video games. The critically acclaimed Immortality snagged three nominations away from massive funds video games, however impartial titles largely misplaced out to behemoths like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Gran Turismo 7.
Here is the complete listing of nominees for the 2022 Game Awards.
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
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
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
Cult of the Lamb
Neon White
Sifu
Stray
Tunic
Best Debut Indie
Neon White
Norco
Stray
Tunic
Vampire Survivors
Best Community Support
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
No Man’s Sky
Best Mobile
Apex Legends Mobile
Diablo Immortal
Genshin Impact
Marvel Snap
Tower of Fantasy
Best AR/VR
After the Fall
Among Us VR
Bonelab
Moss: Book II
Red Matter 2
Best Action
Bayonetta 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Neon White
Sifu
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Best Action/Adventure
A Plague Tale: Requiem
God of War Ragnarök
Horizon Forbidden West
Stray
Tunic
Best Role Playing
Elden Ring
Live a Live
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Triangle Strategy
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best Fighting
DNF Duel
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
The King of Fighters XV
MultiVersus
Sifu
Best Family
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Nintendo Switch Sports
Splatoon 3
Best Sim/Strategy
Dune: Spice Wars
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Two Point Campus
Victoria 3
Best Sports/Racing
F1 22
FIFA 23
NBA 2K23
Gran Turismo 7
OlliOlli World
Best Multiplayer
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
MultiVersus
Overwatch 2
Splatoon 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Most Anticipated
Final Fantasy XVI
Hogwarts Legacy
Resident Evil 4
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 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
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