Here Are The Winners Of The Game Awards 2022

Game of the Year - Elden Ring

Best Mobile Game - Marvel Snap

Best Fighting Game - Multiversus

Best eSports - Valorant

Best eSports Athlete - Yay

Best eSports Team - Loud

Best eSports Coach - BZKA

Best eSports Event - 2022 League of Legends World Championship

Best Family Game - Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Best Performance - Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarök

Best Debut Indie - Stray

Best Adaptation - Arcane: League of Legends

Best Narrative - God of War Ragnarök

Best Art Direction - Elden Ring

Best VR/AR Game - Moss Book 2

Best Sim/Strategy Game - Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope

Best Community Support - Final Fantasy XIV

Games For Impact - As Dusk Falls

Best Sports/Racing Game - Gran Turismo 7

Best Multiplayer Game - Splatoon 3

Best Audio Design - God of War Ragnarök

Content Creator - Ludwig

Most Anticipated Game - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Action Game - Bayonetta 3

Best Score & Music - God of War Ragnarök

Innovation In Accessibility - God of War Ragnarök

Best Role Playing Game - Elden Ring

Players Voice - Genshin Impact

Best Independent Game - Stray

Best Action/Adventure Game - God of War Ragnarök

Best Ongoing Game - Final Fantasy XIV

Best Game Direction - Elden Ring

Here Are The Nominees For The Game Awards 2022

Here are the nominees for The Game Awards 2022.  The show will take place in person at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, but will also be streamed online for free on Thursday, December 8 at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT.

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)

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: 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 (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 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 (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 XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)

 
BEST INDIE

• Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster / Devolver Digital)
• Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
• Sifu (Sloclap)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
• Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)

 
BEST DEBUT INDIE

• Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive)
• Norco (Geography of Robots/Raw Fury)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
• Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)
• Vampire Survivors (poncle)

BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

 
BEST MOBILE

• 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 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Dune: 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/RACING

• 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

• 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)
  

MOST ANTICIPATED

• Final 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 YEAR

• Karl Jacobs
• Ludwig
• Nibellion
• Nobru
• QTCinderella

 
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)

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 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 2022
• 2022 League of Legends World Championship
• PGL Major Antwerp 2022
• The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
• Valorant Champions 2022

The Game Awards 2022 Is Back This December

Geoff Keighley revealed that this year's Game Awards will take place on Thursday, December 8th, and will be aired live from Los Angeles' Microsoft Theatre. This year's event will be live broadcast on 40 various digital media platforms, and it is hoped that there will be lots of fascinating surprises for gamers everywhere, regardless of platform. So far, the following are The GameAwards 2022 details:

The Game Awards revealed the first details of its 9th annual presentation, which will be free to watch on more than 40 digital media platforms, including YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok Live. The Game Awards provided a record-breaking 85 million global livestreams last year, making it one of the Internet's largest livestream events.

Best Adaptation, a new category for The Game Awards in 2022, will award creative work that genuinely translates video game intellectual property to other popular media, including but not limited to theatrical movies, streaming shows, podcasts, novels, and comic books.

The Game Awards will bring together the biggest names in gaming and popular culture to honor the best games of 2022 while also previewing the medium's future with spectacular new game announcements and world premieres. The Game Awards Orchestra, conducted by Lorne Balfe, will return for another year of musical performances.

The Game Awards: The IMAX Experience, a LIVE community event in cities across the world to experience The Game Awards, will be created in collaboration with the show. More information about The Game Awards: The IMAX Experience will be released in the following months.

🗓️ MARK YOUR CALENDAR 🗓️

THE GAME AWARDS
Live December 8, 2022

Join us to celebrate the best video games of 2022 and see what’s next.@TheGameAwards streams live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

More details this Fall on the show + tickets. pic.twitter.com/M2wOWQ75zn

— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) August 22, 2022

The Game Awards Breaks Their Own Record With 2021 Viewership

Year after year, the Game Awards have shattered their own records, and the 2021 show was no exception. The Game Awards 2020 set a new record with over 83 million viewers last year, and this year's ceremony is expected to draw an estimated 85 million spectators via "global livestreams." This year's event, like past award events, was live-streamed on more than 30 digital networks around the world, including YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok.

“On Twitter, The Game Awards delivered a record-setting 1.6 million tweets about the event in 2021, its best-ever performance,” a press release reads. “The show trended #1 worldwide for the 8th year in a row, commanding 11 out of the top 30 worldwide trends at the peak of conversation.” 

On YouTube, the primary Game Awards stream, which does not feature co-streams, set a new record for watch time with over 1.75 million hours viewed. This is a 14% increase over last year's show. Fan voting climbed by 27% year over year to over 23.2 million votes.

“We are grateful we could return to an in-person ceremony in 2021 and continue to build on our success with significant international growth in 2021,” The Game Awards producer and host, Geoff Keighley, said. 

For more context about this year’s record-breaking 85 million livestream numbers, here’s a look at the numbers for previous years: 

• 2021: 85 million
• 2020: 83 million
• 2019: 45.2 million
• 2018: 26.2 million
• 2017: 11.5 million
• 2016: 3.8 million
• 2015: 2.3 million
• 2014: 1.9 million

Here’s A List Of The Winners From The Game Awards 2021

Game of the Year

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)

Best Game Direction

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• Returnal (Housemarque/SIE)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)

Best Ongoing

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward/Raven/Activision)
• Final Fantasy XIV Online (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Genshin Impact (MiHoYo)

Best Indie

• 12 Minutes (Luis Antonio/Annapurna Interactive)
• Death’s Door (Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
• Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital)
• Loop Hero (Four Quarters/Devolver Digital)

Best Debut Indie

• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
• Sable (Shedworks/Raw Fury)
• The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna)
• The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers)
• Valheim (Iron Gate/Coffee Stain)

Best Narrative

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/SQUARE ENIX)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/SQUARE ENIX)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)

Best Art Direction

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna)

Best Score and Music

• Cyberpunk 2077 (Marcin Przybylowicz, Piotr T. Adamczyk, Composers)
• Deathloop (Tom Salta, Composer)
• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (Keiichi Okabe, Composer)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Richard Jacques, Composer)
• The Artful Escape (Johnny Galvatron & Josh Abrahams, Composers)

Best Audio Design

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
• Returnal (Housemarque/SIE)

Best Performance

• Erika Mori as Alex Chen, Life is Strange: True Colors
• Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo, Far Cry 6
• Jason E. Kelley as Colt Vahn, Deathloop
• Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu, Resident Evil Village
• Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake, Deathloop

Games for Impact

• Before Your Eyes (GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games)
• Boyfriend Dungeon (Kitfox Games)
• Chicory (Greg Lobanow, Alexis dean-Jones, Lena Raine, Madeline Berger, A Shell in the Pit/Finji)
• Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/SQUARE ENIX)
• No Longer Home (Humble Grove, Hana Lee, Cel Davison, Adrienne Lombardo, Eli Rainsberry/Fellow Traveler)

Best Community Support

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• Final Fantasy XIV Online (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

Best Mobile Game

• Fantasian (Mistwalker)
• Genshin Impact (MiHoYo)
• League of Legends: Wild Rift (Riot Games)
• Marvel Future Revolution (Netmarble)
• Pokemon Unite (TiMi Studios/The Pokemon Company)

Best VR/AR

• Hitman 3 (IO Interactive)
• I Expect You To Die 2 (Schell Games)
• Lone Echo II (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios)
• Resident Evil 4 (Armature Studio/Capcom/Oculus Studios)
• Sniper Elite VR (Coatsink/Just Add Water/Rebellion Developments)

Best Action

• Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock/WB Games)
• Chivalry II (Torn Banner Studios/Tripwire Interactive)
• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)
• Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft)
• Returnal (Housemarque/SIE)

Best Action/Adventure

• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/SQUARE ENIX)
• Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)

Best Role Playing

• Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red)
• Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom)
• Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco)
• Shin Megami Tensei V (Atlus/Sega)
• Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco)

Best Fighting

• Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles (CyberConnect2/Sega)
• Guilty Gear -Strive- (Arc System Works)
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina (French-Bread/Delightworks)
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (Ludosity/Fair Play Labs/GameMill)
• Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown (Sega)

Best Family

• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• Mario Party Superstars (NDcube/Nintendo)
• New Pokémon Snap (Bandai Namco/The Pokémon Company/Nintendo)
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo)
• WarioWare: Get It Together! (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)

Best Sports/Racing

• F1 2021 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
• FIFA 22 (EA Vancouver/EA Sports)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
• Hot Wheels Unleashed (Milestone)
• Riders Republic (Ubisoft Annecy/Ubisoft)

Best Sim/Strategy

• Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
• Evil Genius 2: World Domination (Rebellion Developments)
• Humankind (Amplitude Studios/Sega)
• Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studio/Xbox Game Studios)

Best Multiplayer

• Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock/WB Games)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)
• Knockout City (Velan Studios/EA)
• Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom)
• New World (Amazon Games)
• Valheim (Iron Gate Studio/Coffee Stain)

Most Anticipated Game

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
• Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
• Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)

Innovation in Accessibility, Presented by Chevrolet

• Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/SQUARE ENIX)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE)
• The Vale: Shadow of the Crown (Creative Bytes Studios/Falling Squirrel)

Content Creator of the Year

• Dream
• Fuslie
• Gaules
• Ibai
• TheGrefg

Best Esports Game

• Call of Duty (Activision)
• CS:GO (Valve)
• DOTA2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Valorant (Riot Games)

Best Esports Athlete

• Chris “Simp” Lehr
• Heo “ShowMaker” Su
• Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
• Tyson “TenZ” Ngo

Best Esports Team

• Atlanta FaZe (COD)
• DWG KIA (LOL)
• Natus Vincere (CS:GO)
• Sentinels (Valorant)
• Team Spirit (DOTA2)

Best Esports Coach

• Airat “Silent” Gaziev
• Andrey “ENGH” Sholokhov
• Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi
• James “Crowder” Crowder
• Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun

Best Esports Event

• 2021 League of Legends World Championship
• PGL Major Stockholm 2021
• PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020
• The International 2021
• Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters