The nominations for this year’s 2022 Game Awards have been announced with “God of War Ragnarök” topping the list with a total of ten nominations.
The PlayStation exclusive comes ahead of “Elden Ring” and “Horizon Forbidden West” which both landed seven nominations each. “Stray” followed with six and “A Plague Tale: Requiem” with five.
All five will compete for the highest honor of Game of the Year alongside Nintendo’s “Xenoblade Chronicles 3”. Other multiple nominees include “Neon White,” “Immortality,” “Sifu,” “Tunic” and “Gran Turismo 7” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge”.
Voting is now open on the show’s website with a jury deciding 90% of the voting and the public the remaining 10%. This year’s event will introduce the Best Adaptation award which acknowledges screen adaptations of games.
The Game Awards will be streamed live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday, December 8th.
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 VR/AR
“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”
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”
“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”
