Elden Ring, God of War Ragnarök among 2022 Game of the Year Nominees

The nominees for The Game Awards 2022 have been announced! The event will air live on December 9, 8:30 AM Philippine Time across all major digital platforms worldwide. Check out which games and esports and gaming personalities have been deemed some of the best in their respective categories for this year.

The Game Awards 2022 Nominees

Game of the Year

God of War Ragnarök has been nominated for 10 awards at #thegameawards, including Game of the Year!

This has been a remarkable year for gaming with so many incredible releases, we are truly honored to be nominated among such excellent titles!#GodofWarRagnarok 🐻🐺

— Santa Monica Studio – God of War Ragnarök (@SonySantaMonica) November 15, 2022

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarök 
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Stray
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Game Direction

• Immortality
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarök 
• Horizon Forbidden West
• 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 (Composer, A Plague Tale: Requiem)
• Tsukasa Saitoh (Composer, Elden Ring)
• Bear McCreary (Composer, God of War Ragnarök )
• Two Feathers (Composer, Metal: Hellsinger)
• Yasunori Mitsuda (Composer, 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

We'd like to give a special shoutout to @ashly_burch on her Best Performance nomination! Congratulations, and thank you for your incredible performance bringing Aloy to life! pic.twitter.com/rmj4DoN6qv

— Guerrilla (@Guerrilla) November 14, 2022

• Ashly Burch (Aloy, Horizon Forbidden West)
• Charlotte McBurney (Amicia, A Plague Tale: Requiem)
• Christopher Judge (Kratos, God of War Ragnarök )
• Manon Gage (Marissa Marcel, Immortality)
• Sunny Suljic (Atreus, 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

We are overjoyed to have both @PlayApex and @PlayApexMobile as nominees for #TheGameAwards!

Apex Legends is featured in two categories
🔁Best Ongoing
🤝Best Community Support

Apex Legends Mobile is nominated for
📱Best Mobile Game

Cast your vote here: https://t.co/yVr1ePH78f pic.twitter.com/BGrSl7xcAC

— Respawn (@Respawn) November 14, 2022

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Genshin Impact

Best Indie

• Cult of the Lamb
• Neon White
• Sifu
• Stray
• Tunic

Best Mobile Game

Thank you @thegameawards for nominating us!! 🤩#TheGameAwards
Wanderers, vote for #TowerofFantasy here: https://t.co/ldp1qV4DWg
🙌Thank you for your support!!#ToF https://t.co/NIHeXEST6x pic.twitter.com/iezlWZe6iA

— Tower of Fantasy (@ToF_EN_Official) November 15, 2022

• Apex Legends Mobile
• Diablo Immortal
• Genshin Impact
• Tower of Fantasy
• Marvel Snap

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

We were nominated for Best VR/AR Game at @thegameawards!! 🎉

Thanks for all of your support so far – help the spacebeans get the W by doing what you know best: casting a vote! 🫘🏆 pic.twitter.com/9NQMNsroxK

— Among Us VR ✨ AVAILABLE NOV 10 ✨ (@AmongUsVR) November 14, 2022

• 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 Turtle: 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: Arecus
• Triangle Strategy
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Fighting

#Sifu is nominated for 3 categories at #TheGameAwards ! Best Indie, Best Action Game & Best Fighting 🔥🔥
Votes are open here: https://t.co/UzIHtMLfJ5

— SifuGame (@SifuGame) November 14, 2022

• 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 “Ludwig” Ahgren
• Nibellion
• Bruno “Nobru” Goes
• QTCinderella

Best Debut Indie

• Neon White
• Norco
• Stray
• Tunic
• Vampire Survivors

Best Adaptation

Well, this definitely wasn’t a part of our 1 year anniversary celebration plans.

We are honored and humbled to be nominated for the Best Adaptation Award at #TheGameAwards! https://t.co/bKRQ4dzVvj

— Arcane (@arcaneshow) November 14, 2022

• 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, League of Legends)
• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (T1, League of Legends)
• Finn “Karrigan” Andersen (FaZe Clan, CS:GO)
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
• Jaccob “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, League of Legends)

Best Esports Event

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

Voting is now open across all 31 categories at thegameawards.com, and will remain available up until the day before the event.

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