The Game Awards 2022 winners were announced December 8 in a streaming award ceremony.

Elden Ring was named Game of the Year and won three other awards. However, God of War Ragnarök was otherwise the star of the night, winning six categories.

GAME OF THE YEAR 

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)  

BEST GAME DIRECTION  

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) 

BEST NARRATIVE 

• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE) 

BEST ART DIRECTION 

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) 

BEST SCORE AND MUSIC 

• Bear McCreary, God of War Ragnarök 

BEST AUDIO DESIGN

• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)

BEST PERFORMANCE 

• Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarök 

GAMES FOR IMPACT

• As Dusk Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)

BEST ONGOING GAME 

• FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix) 

BEST INDIE

• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
  
  

BEST DEBUT INDIE 

• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)

BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT, PRESENTED BY DISCORD

• FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)

BEST MOBILE 

• MARVEL SNAP (Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse)

BEST VR/AR 

• Moss: Book II (Polyarc)

BEST ACTION  

• Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE  

• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)

 BEST ROLE PLAYING 

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) 

BEST FIGHTING 

• MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)

BEST FAMILY 

• Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL Laboratory / Nintendo)

BEST SIM/STRATEGY

• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)

BEST SPORTS/RACING 

• Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)

BEST MULTIPLAYER 

• Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

MOST ANTICIPATED 

• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo) 

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR

• Ludwig 

BEST ADAPTATION 

• Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix) 

INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY 

• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE) 

BEST ESPORTS GAME 

• VALORANT (Riot Games) 

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE 

• Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant) 

BEST ESPORTS TEAM 

• LOUD (Valorant) 

BEST ESPORTS COACH 

• Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (LOUD, VALORANT)

BEST ESPORTS EVENT

• 2022 League of Legends World Championship  

The nominees for The Game Awards 2022 have been announced, and God of War Ragnarök tops the ballot with ten nominations, including Game of the Year and Best Game Direction. 

Sony Interactive Entertainment is the most nominated publisher with 20, followed by Annapurna Interactive and Nintendo with 11 nominations each. 

Fan voting continues through December 8 on The Game Awards website and the official Discord server for The Game Awards using the official TGA Voting Bot. 

The Game Awards ceremony will stream for free on December 8.

The full list of nominees follows the jump. 

The winners of The Game Awards 2021 were announced in a televised ceremony on December 9. The online game It Takes Two was honored as Game of the year.

Game of the Year

• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Best Game Direction

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)

Best Ongoing

• FINAL FANTASY XIV Online (SQUARE ENIX)

Best Indie

• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)

Best Debut Indie

• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)

Best Narrative

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/SQUARE ENIX)

Best Art Direction

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda)

Best Score and Music

• NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (Keiichi Okabe, Composer)

Best Audio Design

• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)

Best Performance

• Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu, Resident Evil Village

Games for Impact

• Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/SQUARE ENIX)

Best Community Support

• FINAL FANTASY XIV Online (SQUARE ENIX)

Best Mobile Game, Presented by Verizon

• Genshin Impact (MiHoYo)

Best VR/AR

• Resident Evil 4 (Armature Studio/Capcom/Oculus Studios)

Best Action

• Returnal (Housemarque/SIE)

Best Action/Adventure

• Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo)

Best Role Playing

• Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco)

Best Fighting

• Guilty Gear -Strive- (Arc System Works)

Best Family

• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Best Sports/Racing

• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)

Best Sim/Strategy

• Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)

Best Multiplayer

• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Most Anticipated, Presented by Prime Gaming

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)

Innovation in Accessibility, Presented by Chevrolet

• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)

Content Creator of the Year

• Dream

Best Esports Game, Presented by Grubhub

• League of Legends (Riot Games)

Best Esports Athlete

• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev

Best Esports Team

• Natus Vincere (CS:GO)

Best Esports Coach

• Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun

Best Esports Event

• 2021 League of Legends World Championship

The Game Awards 2021 nominees include 107 different games, individuals, teams and events spanning across a multitude of gaming genres and platforms.

This year, the newly combined Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda is the most nominated publisher with 20 nominations across its combined portfolio of games. They are followed by Sony Interactive Entertainment with 11 nominations, and SQUARE ENIX and Electronic Arts with 10 nominations each.

The nominees for The Game Awards are selected by a global jury of more than 100 media publications and influencer outlets. The winners will be announced December 9.

The full list of finalists follows the jump.

The Game Awards, produced by Canadian games journalist Geoff Keighley, were presented December 7 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

The shortlist was selected by a panel of 52 people in the video game industry. Public voting counted towards 10% of the winners’ selection in the jury-voted awards, while it was the sole consideration for the fan’s choice awards. Showrunner Geoff Kayleigh said most of the categories had over five million votes each.

Note: The winner of the Best Multiplayer category apparently wasn’t announced on the show, nor reported by industry websites, or the Wikipedia (where much of this info comes from.)

Jury-voted awards

Game of the Year

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – developed by Nintendo
  • Horizon Zero Dawn – developed by Guerrilla Games
  • Persona 5 – developed by Atlus
  • PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – developed by PUBG Corporation
  • Super Mario Odyssey – developed by Nintendo

Best Game Direction

• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus – developed by MachineGames
  • Horizon Zero Dawn – developed by Guerrilla Games
  • Resident Evil 7: Biohazard – developed by Capcom
  • Super Mario Odyssey – developed by Nintendo
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – developed by Nintendo

Best Narrative

• What Remains of Edith Finch – written by Ian Dallas
  • Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – written by Tameem Antoniades and Elizabeth Ashman-Rowe
  • Horizon Zero Dawn – written by John Gonzalez
  • NieR: Automata – written by Yoko Taro, Hana Kikuchi, and Yoshiho Akabane
  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus – written by Jen Matthies and Tommy Tordsson Bjork

Best Art Direction

• Cuphead – developed by StudioMDHR
  • Destiny 2 – developed by Bungie
  • Horizon Zero Dawn – developed by Guerrilla Games
  • Persona 5 – developed by Atlus
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – developed by Nintendo

Best Score/Music

• Nier: Automata – music by Keiichi Okabe and Keigo Hoashi
  • Cuphead – music by Kristofer Maddigan
  • Destiny 2 – music by Michael Salvatori, Skye Lewin, and C Paul Johnson
  • Persona 5 – music by Shoji Meguro
  • Super Mario Odyssey – music by Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, and Koji Kondo
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – music by Manaka Kataoka and Yasuaki Iwata

Best Audio Design

• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – developed by Ninja Theory
  • Resident Evil 7 – developed by Capcom
  • Super Mario Odyssey – developed by Nintendo
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – developed by Nintendo
  • Destiny 2 – developed by Bungie

Best Performance

• Melina Juergens as Senua – in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
  • Ashly Burch as Aloy – in Horizon Zero Dawn
  • Brian Bloom as B.J. Blazkowicz – in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
  • Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer – in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
  • Laura Bailey as Nadine Ross – in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Games for Impact

• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – developed by Ninja Theory
  • Bury Me, My Love – developed by The Pixel Hunt
  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm – developed by Deck Nine
  • Night in the Woods – developed by Infinite Fall
  • Please Knock on My Door – developed by Levall Games AB
  • What Remains of Edith Finch – developed by Giant Sparrow

Best Ongoing Game

• Overwatch – developed by Blizzard Entertainment
  • Destiny 2 – developed by Bungie
  • Grand Theft Auto Online – developed by Rockstar Games
  • PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – developed by PUBG Corporation
  • Rainbow Six: Siege – developed by Ubisoft Montreal
  • Warframe – developed by Digital Extremes

Best Independent Game

• Cuphead – developed by StudioMDHR
  • Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – developed by Ninja Theory
  • Night in the Woods – developed by Infinite Fall
  • Pyre – developed by Supergiant Games
  • What Remains of Edith Finch – developed by Giant Sparrow

Best Mobile Game

• Monument Valley 2 – developed by ustwo games
  • Fire Emblem Heroes – developed by Intelligent Systems
  • Hidden Folks – developed by Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg
  • Old Man’s Journey – developed by Broken Rules
  • Super Mario Run – developed by Nintendo

Best Handheld Game

• Metroid: Samus Returns – developed by MercurySteam
  • Ever Oasis – developed by Grezzo
  • Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia – developed by Intelligent Systems
  • Monster Hunter Stories – developed by Marvelous Entertainment
  • Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World – developed by Good-Feel

Best VR/AR Game

• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard – developed by Capcom
  • Farpoint – developed by Impulse Gear
  • Lone Echo – developed by Ready at Dawn
  • Star Trek: Bridge Crew – developed by Red Storm Entertainment
  • Superhot VR – developed by Superhot Team

Best Action Game

• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus – developed by MachineGames
  • Cuphead – developed by StudioMDHR
  • Destiny 2 – developed by Bungie
  • Nioh – developed by Team Ninja
  • Prey – developed by Arkane Studios

Best Action/Adventure

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – developed by Nintendo
  • Assassin’s Creed: Origins – developed by Ubisoft Montreal
  • Horizon Zero Dawn – developed by Guerrilla Games
  • Super Mario Odyssey – developed by Nintendo
  • Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – developed by Naughty Dog

Best Role Playing Game

• Persona 5 – developed by Atlus
  • Divinity: Original Sin II – developed by Larian Studios
  • Final Fantasy XV – developed by Square Enix
  • NieR: Automata – developed by Platinum Games
  • South Park: The Fractured But Whole – developed by Ubisoft San Francisco

Best Fighting Game

• Injustice 2 – developed by NetherRealm Studios
  • ARMS – developed by Nintendo
  • Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – developed by Capcom
  • Nidhogg 2 – developed by Messhof Games
  • Tekken 7 – developed by Bandai Namco

Best Family Game

• Super Mario Odyssey – developed by Nintendo
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – developed by Nintendo
  • Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – developed by Ubisoft
  • Sonic Mania – developed by Christian Whitehead, PagodaWest Games, Headcannon
  • Splatoon 2 – developed by Nintendo

Best Strategy Game

• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – developed by Ubisoft
  • Halo Wars 2 – developed by Creative Assembly and 343 Industries
  • Total War: Warhammer II – developed by Creative Assembly
  • Tooth and Tail – developed by Pocketwatch Games
  • XCOM 2: War of the Chosen – developed by Firaxis Games

Best Sports/Racing Game

• Forza Motorsport 7 – developed by Turn 10 Studios
  • FIFA 18 – developed by EA Vancouver
  • Gran Turismo Sport – developed by Polyphony Digital
  • NBA 2K18 – developed by Visual Concepts
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 – developed by Konami
  • Project Cars 2 – developed by Slightly Mad Studios

Best Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: WWII – developed by Sledgehammer Games
• Destiny 2 – developed by Bungie
• Fortnite – developed by Epic Games
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – developed by Nintendo
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – developed by PUBG Corporation
• Splatoon 2 – developed by Nintendo

Student Game Award

• Level Squared – developed by Kip Brennan, Stephen Scoglio, and Dane Perry Svendsen, Swinburne University
  • Falling Sky – developed by Jonathan Nielssen, Nikolay Savoy, and Mohsen Shah, National Film and Television School
  • From Light – developed by Alejandro Grossman, Steven Li, and Sherveen Uduwana, University of Southern California
  • Hollowed – developed by Erin Marek, Jerrick Flores, and Charley Choucard, University of Central Florida
  • Impulsion – developed by Hugo Verger, Remi Bertrand, and Maxime Lupinski, Institut de l’Internet et du Multimédia
  • Meaning – developed by Hariz Yet, DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore

Best Debut Indie Game

• Cuphead – developed by StudioMDHR
  • Golf Story – developed by Sidebar Games
  • Hollow Knight – developed by Team Cherry
  • Mr. Shifty – developed by Team Shifty
  • Slime Rancher – developed by Monomi Park

Fan’s choice awards

Most Anticipated Game

• The Last of Us Part II – developed by Naughty Dog
  • God of War – developed by Santa Monica Studio
  • Marvel’s Spider-Man – developed by Insomniac Games
  • Monster Hunter: World – developed by Capcom
  • Red Dead Redemption II – developed by Rockstar Games

Trending Gamer

• Guy Beahm (“Dr. Disrespect”)
  • Andrea Rene (What’s Good Games)
  • Clint Lexa (“Halfcoordinated”)
  • Mike Grzesiek (“Shroud”)
  • Steven Spohn (AbleGamers)

Best eSports Game

• Overwatch – developed by Blizzard Entertainment
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – developed by Valve Corporation
  • Dota 2 – developed by Valve Corporation
  • League of Legends – developed by Riot Games
  • Rocket League – developed by Psyonix

Best eSports Player

• Lee Sang-hyeok “Faker” (SK Telecom 1, League of Legends)
  • Marcelo “coldzera” David (SK Gaming, Counter-Strike: GO)
  • Nikola “NiKo” Kovac (FaZe Clan, Counter-Strike: GO)
  • Je-hong “ryujehong” Ryu (Seoul Dynasty, Overwatch)
  • Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi (Team Liquid, Dota 2)

Best eSports Team

• Cloud9
  • FaZe Clan
  • Lunatic-Hai
  • SK Telecom T1
  • Team Liquid

Chinese Fan Game Award

• jx3 HD – developed by Kingsoft Corporation
  • Honor of Kings – developed by Timi Studio Group
  • ICEY – developed by FantaBlade Network
  • Gumballs & Dungeons – developed by QcPlay Limited
  • Monument Valley 2 – developed by ustwo games

Also announced —

Legendary Activision Game Developer Carol Shaw gets the Industry Icon Award! Thank you so much for River Raid and everything you brought to video gaming. https://t.co/IbrZ5OwIGp

— Activision (@Activision) December 8, 2017