Game Award released a list of nominees for 2022, with games like Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Lost. In fact, both games appear in multiple entries on the nominations list. Former Twitter commentator Nibellion is also a contender. The Game Awards will take place on December 8, 2022 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Game of the year
A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment)
Elen’s ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Forbidden Horizon (Guerrilla Game / SIE)
lost (BlueTwelve/Annapurna Studio)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft / Nintendo)
Best game direction
Elden Ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
god of war Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Forbidden Horizon (Guerrilla Game / SIE)
Immortality (Half mermaid)
Lost (BlueTwelve/Annapurna Studio)
Best narration
The Story of the Plague: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
Elen’s ring (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
Forbidden Horizon (Guerrilla Game / SIE)
immortal(Half mermaid)
Best Art Direction
Elen’s ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
god of war Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Forbidden Horizon (Guerrilla game/SIE)
scorn (Ebb Software/Kepler Interactive)
Lost (BlueTwelve/Annapurna Studio)
The best music and music
Olivier Deriviere (The Story of the Plague: Requiem)
Tsukasa Saitoh (Elden Ring)
McCreary Bear (god of war Ragnarok)
Two Feathers (Metal: Hellsinger)
Yasunori Mitsuda (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)
Best sound design
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward / Activision)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco)
god of war Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphonic / SIE)
Forbidden Horizon (Guerrilla Game / SIE)
Best performance
Ashly Burch (Forbidden Horizon)
Charlotte McBurney (The Story of the Plague: Requiem)
Christopher Judge (God of War Ragnarok)
Manon meter (Immortality)
Sunny Suljic (god of war Ragnarok)
Game for impact
A Blue Memories (Cloisters Interactive / Annapurna)
When the sunset falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studio)
Citizen Sleeper (Step Through the Times/Companion)
Endling – Extinction is forever (Heroeat Studios/HandyGames)
Reconsideration (Team Hindsight / Annapurna)
I Was a Teen Exocolonist (Northway/Finji Game)
Best ongoing game
Apex Legends (Revival/EA)
Fate 2 (bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic game)
The Genshin effect (HoYoVerse)
Best Indie
Cult of the Lamb (Giant Monster/Digital Devolver)
White neon (Matrix of Angels / Annapurna)
private wife (Sloclap)
Lost (BlueTwelve/Annapurna Studio)
AO DAI (TUNIC / Finji Group)
Best First Indie
White neon (Matrix of Angels / Annapurna Interactive)
NORCO (Geography of Robots / Raw Fury)
Lost (BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna)
AO DAI (TUNIC / Finji Group)
Vampire Survivor (poncle)
Best Community Support (presented by Discord)
Apex Legends (Respawn / EA)
Fate 2 (bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic game)
No Man’s Sky (Hello games)
The best mobile phone
Apex Legends (Speed of Light & Quantum / Respawn / EA)
Diablo Immortal (Snowstorm/NetEase)
The Genshin effect (HoYoVerse)
Marvel Snap (Monday Dinner Studio/Nuverse)
Imagination Tower (Hotta Studio / Perfect World / Level Infinite)
Best VR/AR
After autumn (Dizzy game)
Between us VR (The Seashell Game / Innersloth)
BONELAB (Zero stress level)
Moss: Book II (Polyarc)
Red matter 2 (Vertical robot)
Best action
Bayonetta 3 (Platinum/Nintendo games)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward / Activision)
White neon (Matrix of Angels/Annapurna)
private wife (Sloclap)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Triend Game/Dotemu)
Best Action/Adventure
A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment)
god of war Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
Forbidden Horizon (Guerrilla game/SIE)
lost (BlueTwelve/Annapurna Studio)
AO DAI (TUNIC / Finji Group)
best role playing
Elen’s ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
Live a life (Square Enix / Nintendo)
Legendary Pokemon: Arceus (Game Freak/Nintendo/TPCI)
Triangle Strategy (Artdink/Square Enix)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft / Nintendo)
best fight
Duel DNF (Arc System Works/EIGHTING/NEOPLE/NEXON)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle CHEAP (CyberConnect 2 Co., Ltd./Bandai Namco)
King of Fighters XV (SNK/Plaion)
MultiVersus (Player’s First Game / WB Game)
private wife (Sloclap)
Great family
Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL/Nintendo Lab)
Lego Star Wars: 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)
The best sim/strategy
Dune: Spice Wars (Shiro/Funcom Game)
Mario + Rabbids: Rays of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft0
Total War: WARHAMMER III (Creative Society/Sega)
Two-point campus (Two point studio/Sega)
Victoria 3 (Paradise Development Studio / Paradox Interaction)
Best Multiplayer
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
MultiVersus (Player’s First Game / WB Game)
precaution 2 (Snow storm)
Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenger (Triend Game/Dotemu)
Most predicted
Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
Hogwarts Heritage (Avalanche Software/WB Game)
Evil 4 (Capcom)
Starfield (Bethesda/Bethesda Games Workshop)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Content Creator of the Year
Karl Jacobs
Ludwig
Nibellion
Nobru
QT Cinderella
Best adaptation
Mystery: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Game/Netflix)
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Activate studio/CD Project/Netflix)
The Cuphead Show! (Studio MDHR/King Feature Syndicate/Netflix)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Sammy Group / Paramount Pictures)
undiscovered (PlayStation Productions / Sony Pictures)
Innovation in accessibility
As Dusk Falls (Interior Night / Xbox Game Studio)
God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Back to Monkey Island (Terrible Toy Box / Devolver Digital)
The Last of Us Part I (Naughty Dog/SIE)
Quarry (Super Big Game / 2K)
The winning game in which category will be announced during the Game Awards program on December 8, 2022. Here is a list of last year’s nominees.
