All of the winners for The Game Awards 2022 have been announced. The annual gaming awards show had all of its nominations announced last month. A list of over 100 “global media and influencer outlets” voted on the games and the winners were announced in between new game trailers and reveals.
This year, God of War: Ragnarok had 10 nominations going into the show and managed to pick up seven of them. Elden Ring lost out on Best Narrative, but it did get to take home Best Game Direction, Best Art Direction, Best Role Playing Game, and, of course, Game of the Year.
The full list of nominations for every award are below, and all of the winners are bolded.
Game of the Year
A 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)
Player’s Voice
Sonic Frontiers (Sega)Genshin Impact (Hoyoverse)Elden Ring (FromSoftware)God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
Best Game Direction
Elden 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 Narrative
A 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 Direction
Elden 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 Music
Olivier Deriviere, A Plague Tale: RequiemTsukasa Saitoh, Elden RingBear McCreary, God of War RagnarökTwo Feathers, Metal: Hellsinger Yasunori Mitsuda, Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best Audio Design
Call 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 Performance
Ashly Burch, Horizon Forbidden WestCharlotte McBurney, A Plague Tale: RequiemChristopher Judge, God of War RagnarökManon Gage, ImmortalitySunny 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)Destiny 2 (Bungie)Final Fantasy 14 (Square Enix)Fortnite (Epic Games)Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)
Best Indie Game
Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster / Devolver Digital)Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)Sifu (Sloclap)Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)
Best Mobile Game
Apex 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 Community Support
Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)Destiny 2 (Bungie)Final Fantasy 14 (Square Enix)Fortnite (Epic Games)No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
Innovation in Accessibility
As 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 VR/AR
After the Fall (Vertigo Games)Among Us VR (Schell Games/InnerSloth)Bonelab (Stress Level Zero)Moss: Book II (Polyarc)Red Matter 2 (Vertical Robot)
Best Action Game
Bayonetta 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/Adventure
A 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 Playing Game
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 Game
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)MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)Sifu (Sloclap)
Best Family Game
Kirby 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/Strategy Game
Dune: Spice Wars (Shiro Games/Funcom)Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)Total War: Warhammer 3 (Creative Assembly/Sega)Two Point Campus (Two Point Studios/Sega)Victoria 3 (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox Interactive)
Best Sports/Racing Game
F1 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 Multiplayer Game
Call 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)
Content Creator of the Year
Karl JacobsLudwigNibellionNobruQTCinderella
Best Debut Indie Game
Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster / Devolver Digital)Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)Sifu (Sloclap)Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)
Best Adaptation
Arcane: 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)
Most Anticipated Game
Final Fantasy 16 (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)
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 20222022 League of Legends World Championship PGL Major Antwerp 2022The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational Valorant Champions 2022
