During a live event that was streamed live this morning, Geoff Keighley and the team behind the Game Awards revealed their nominations for the 2022 awards season, including their six picks for Game of the Year. five. The show will take place live at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, but will also be streamed for free on Thursday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT. If you want to vote, you can do so on Game Awards official website or discord server. You can find the full list of candidates below:
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 Game/SIE)
Lost (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
BEST GAME GUIDE
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Game/SIE)
Immortal (Half mermaid)
Lost (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
BEST STORY
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 Game/SIE)
Immortal (Half mermaid)
BEST ART DIRECTIONS
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Game/SIE)
Disdain (Ebb/Kepler Interactive Software)
Lost (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
BEST POINTS AND MUSIC
Olivier Deriviere, The Plague Tale: Requiem
Tsukasa Saitoh, Fairy Ring
Bear McCreary, God of War Ragnarök
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 Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphonic/SIE)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Game/SIE)
BEST PERFORMANCE
Ashly Burch, Horizon Forbidden West
Charlotte McBurney, A Plague Tale: Requiem
Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarok
Manon Gage, Immortality
Sunny Suljic, God of War Ragnarök
IMPACT GAMES
A Memoir Blue (Cloisters/Annapurna Interaction)
At dusk (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)
Citizen Sleeper (Jump Over The Age/Fellow Traveler)
Endling – Extinction is Forever (Heroeat Studios/HandyGames)
hindsight (Golden Awareness Group/Annapurna)
I’m a Teen Colonialist (Northway/Finji Game)
THE BEST GAME PLAYING
Apex Legends (Revival/EA)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Game)
Genshin Impact (HoYover)
BEST INDIVIDUAL
Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster / Devolver Digital)
White Neon (Matrix Angel/Annapurna)
Sifu (Sloclap)
Lost (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
Ao Dai (Ao Dai/Finji Group)
INDIE BEST DELIVERY
White Neon (Matrix Angel/Annapurna Interactive)
Norco (Geography of Robots/Raw Rage)
Lost (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
Ao Dai (Ao Dai/Finji Group)
The Vampire Survivors (poncle)
BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Apex Legends (Revival/EA)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Game)
No Man’s Sky (Hello games)
BEST MOBILE
Apex Legends Mobile (Speed of Light & Quantum/Revival/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 Fall (Vertigo Game)
Between Us VR (Fantasy Game/InnerSloth)
Bonelab (Stress level 0)
Moss: Book II (Polyarc)
Red Matter 2 (Vertical Robot)
BEST ACTION
Bayonetta 3 (Platinum/Nintendo Game)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
White Neon (Matrix Angel/Annapurna)
Sifu (Sloclap)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Gratitude Game/Dotemu)
BEST ACTION/Adventure
A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Game/SIE)
Lost (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
Ao Dai (Ao Dai/Finji Group)
IMPORT BEST PICTURE
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
Live a Live (Square Enix/Nintendo)
Pokémon Legend: Arceus (Game Freak/Nintendo/TPCI)
Triangle Strategy (Artdink/Square Enix)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
BEST BATTLE
DNF Duel (Arc System Works/EIGHTING/NEOPLE/NEXON)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (CyberConnect 2 Co. Ltd/Bandai Namco)
Battle King XV (SNK/Plaion)
MultiVersus (Player’s First Game/WB Game)
Sifu (Sloclap)
AMAZING FAMILY
Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL/Nintendo Labs)
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Travelers/WB Game)
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/Funcom Games)
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)
Total War: WARHAMMER III (Creative Assembly/Sega)
Two Point Campus (Two Studios/Sega)
Victoria 3 (Paradox Development Studio/Interaction Paradox)
BEST SPORT/RACTORY
F1 22 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
FIFA 23 (EA Vancouver/Romania/EA Sports)
NBA 2K23 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)
Gran Turismo 7 (Digital Polyphony/SIE)
OlliOlli World (Roll 7/Private Division)
BEST MULTIPLAYER
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
MultiVersus (Player’s First Game/WB Game)
Overwatch 2 (Snowstorm)
Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Gratitude Game/Dotemu)
MOST awaited
Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
Hogwarts Legacy (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 APPLICATION
Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Studio Trigger/CD Projekt, Netflix)
The Cuphead Show! (Studio MDHR/King Feature Syndicate/Netflix)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Sammy Group/Paramount Pictures)
Uncharted (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)
INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY
At dusk (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)
Quarry (Super Big Game/2K)
BEST SPORT GAME
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
Dota 2 (Valve)
League of Legends (Riot Game)
Rocket Federation (Psyonix)
Valorant (The Riot Game)
BEST 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 SPORTS TEAM
DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
FaZe Family (CS:GO)
Gen.G (League of Legends)
LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
LOUD (Valorant)
BEST SPORTS TRAINING
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 SPORTS EVENT
EVO 2022
League of Legends World Championship 2022
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
Invitation mid-season 2022
Valorant Champion 2022
Which game do you think should be Game of the Year? Let us know in the comments section!
