The Game Awards 2022 nominees announced

The time has come for The Game Awards 2022, one of the most prestigious awards in the game world. The Game Awards 2022 announced the games that were nominated to win awards in a total of 31 categories among the games released this year.

The games that are nominated for the top award, The Game of the Year, are A Plague Tale: Requiem, Elden Ring, God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. 

If you would like to vote for this year’s nominees, you can access The Game Awards’ voting page here. 

The Game Awards 2022 Nominees

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

+ A Plague Tale: Requiem

+ Elden Ring

+ God of War Ragnarök

+ Metal: Hellsinger

+ 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 Zero Dawn

+ 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

+ Apex Legends

+ Destiny 2

+ Final Fantasy XIV

+ Fortnite

+ Genshin Impact

Best Indie

+ Cult of the Lamb

+ Neon White

+ Sifu

+ Stray

+ Tunic

Best Mobile Game

+ Apex Legends Mobile

+ Diablo Immortal

+ Genshin Impact

+ Marvel Snap

+ Tower of Fantasy

Best Community Support

+ Apex Legends

+ Destiny 2

+ Final Fantasy XIV

+ Fortnite

+ No Man’s Sky

Innovation in Accessibility

+ As Dusk Falls

+ God of War Ragnarök

+ Return to Monkey Island

+ The Last of Us Part I

+ The Quarry

Best VR/AR

+ After the Fall

+ Among Us VR

+ Bonelab

+ Moss: Book II

+ Red Matter 2

Best Action Game

+ Bayonette 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

+ Pokemon 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

Content Creator of the Year

+ Karl Jacobs

+ Ludwig

+ Nibellion

+ Nobru

+ Qtcinderella

Best Debut Indie

+ Neon White

+ Norco

+ Stray

+ Tunic

+ Vampire Survivors

Best Adaptation

+ Arcane: League of Legends

+ Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

+ The Cuphead Show!

+ Sonic the Hedgehog 2

+ Uncharted

Most Anticipated Game

+ Final Fantasy XVI

+ Hogwarts Legacy

+ Resident Evil 4

+ Starfield

+ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Esports Game

+ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

+ Dota 2

+ League of Legends

+ Rocket League

+ Valorant

Best Esports Athlete 

+ Jeong “Chovy” Ji-Hoon – Gen.G

+ Lee “Faker” Sang-Hyeok – T1

+ Finn “Karrigan” Andersen – Faze Clan

+ Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev – Natus Vincere

+ Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker – Cloud9

Best Esports Team

+ Darkzero Esports

+ Faze Clan

+ Gen.G

+ LA Thieves

+ Loud

Best Esports Coach

+ Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi – Natus Vincere

+ Matheus “Bzka” Tarasconi – Loud

+ Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren – FPX

+ Robert “Robban” Dahlström – Faze Clan

+ Go “Score” Dong-Bin – Gen.G

Best Esports Event

+ EVO 2022

+ 2022 League of Legends World Championship

+ PGL Major Antwerp 2022

+ The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational

+ Valorant Champions 2022