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    The Game Awards 2022 Winners List Officially Revealed

    By Christian PepitoDecember 8, 20227 Mins Read
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    The Game Awards 2022 winners list is finally revealed and the results are quite outstanding and also well-deserved.

    What a day for The Game Awards 2022 as it introduces a lot of new games and also big winners for various categories. Some were surprising, many well-deserved, and a lot were predictable due to their records and the support from the fans. The biggest win for tonight is the Game of the Year for this year and a lot of gamers were expecting God of War Ragnarok. FromSoftware takes it from them with a big swoop with Elden Ring as it takes the crown. A well-deserved win and also it was a close battle.

    Check out the full list of winners and nominees below. Congratulations everyone!

    GAME OF THE YEAR

    Winner – Elden Ring (FromSoftware)

    • 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

    Winner – Elden Ring (FromSoftware)

    • 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

    Winner – God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica)

    • 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

    Winner – Elden Ring (FromSoftware)

    • 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

    Winner – God of War Ragnarok, Bear McCreary

    • 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

    Winner – God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica)

    • 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

    Winner – Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarok

    • 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

    Winner – As Dusk Falls (Interior Night)

    • 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

    Winner – Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)

    • Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
    • Destiny 2 (Bungie)
    • FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)
    • Fortnite (Epic Games)
    • Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)

    BEST INDIE

    Winner – Stray (BlueTwelve Studio)

    • 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

    Winner – Stray (BlueTwelve Studio)

    • 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, PRESENTED BY DISCORD

    Winner – Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)

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

    BEST MOBILE

    Winner – Marvel Snap (Second Dinner Studios)

    • 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

    Winner – Moss: Book II (Polyarc)

    • 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

    Winner – Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games)

    • 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

    Winner – God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica)

    • 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

    Winner – Elden Ring (FromSoftware)

    • 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

    Winner – MultiVersus (Player First Games)

    • 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

    Winner – Kirby and the Forgotten Lands (HAL Laboratory)

    • 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

    Winner – Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft)

    • 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

    Winner – Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital)

    • 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

    Winner – Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD)

    • 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

    Winner – The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)

    • 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

    Winner – Ludwig

    • Karl Jacobs
    • Ludwig
    • Nibellion
    • Nobru
    • QTCinderella

    BEST ADAPTATION

    Winner – Arcane League of Legends (Fortiche)

    • 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

    Winner – God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica)

    • 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

    Winner – Valorant (Riot Games)

    • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
    • DOTA 2 (Valve)
    • League of Legends (Riot Games)
    • Rocket League (Psyonix)
    • VALORANT (Riot Games)

    BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE

    Winner – Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant)

    • 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

    Winner – Loud (Valorant)

    • DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
    • FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
    • Gen.G (League of Legends)
    • LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
    • LOUD (Valorant)

    BEST ESPORTS COACH

    Winner – Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (Loud, Valorant)

    • 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

    Winner – 2022 League of Legends World Championship

    • EVO 2022
    • 2022 League of Legends World Championship 
    • PGL Major Antwerp 2022
    • 2022 Mid-Season Invitational 
    • VALORANT Champions 2022 

    Again, congratulations to the winners! All well-deserved wins!

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    Christian Pepito

    Meet our dedicated gaming news writer, a true aficionado of hardcore JRPGs, PS1 Classics, and the thrill of stealth-action games. He enjoys playing the games he collects, friendly or competitive tabletop card games, and is constantly on the quest for the ultimate ramen experience.

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