The Game Awards 2022 Nominees

The full list of nominees for Game of the Year and other categories for the Game Awards 2022 has been revealed. In the run-up to The Game Awards on December 8, the jury will vote on each category, and the winners will be announced.

Your six nominees for GAME OF THE YEAR at #TheGameAwards:

- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West⁰
- Stray
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3

🗳️ Vote Now: https://www.thegameawards.com/nominees

👀 Winners revealed live, Thursday, December 8 pic.twitter.com/5N8IlZKjTD

Game of the Year

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

Best Game Direction

Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Immortality
Stray

Best Narrative

A Plague Tale: Requiem
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Immortality

Best Art Direction

Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Scorn
Stray

Best Score and Music

A Plague Tale: Requiem
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok
Metal: Hellsinger
Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Audio Design

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok
Gran Turismo 7
Horizon Forbidden West

Best Performance

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

Games for Impact

A Memoimr Blue
As Dusk Falls
Citizen Sleeper
Endling - Extinction is Forever
Hindsight
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

Best Ongoing

Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy 14
Fortnite
Genshin Impact

Best Indie

Cult of the Lamb
Neon White
Sifu
Stray
Tunic

Best Mobile Game

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

Best Community Support

Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy 14
Fortnite
No Man's Sky

Innovation in Accessibility

As Dusk Falls
God of War Ragnarok
Return to Monkey Island
The Last of Us Part 1

The Quarry

Best VR/AR

After the Fall
Among Us VR
Bonelab
Moss: Book 2
Red Matter 2

Best Action Game

Bayonetta 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Neon White
Sifu
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Best Action/Adventure

A Plague Tale: Requiem
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Stray
Tunic

Best Role Playing

Elden Ring
Live A Live
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Triangle Strategy
Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Fighting

DNF Duel
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
The King of Fighters 15
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 3
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 2
MultiVersus
Overwatch 2
Splatoon 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Content Creator of the Year

Karl Jacobs
Ludwig
Nibellion
Nobru
QTCinderella

Best Debut Indie

Neon White
NORCO
Stray
Tunic
Vampire Survivors

Best Adaptation

Arcane: League of Legends
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
The Cuphead Show!
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Uncharted

Most Anticipated Game

Final Fantasy 16
Hogwarts Legacy
Resident Evil 4
Starfield

The Legend of Zelda: The 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
Lee "Faker" Sang-Hyeok
Finn "Karrigan" Andersen
Okelsander "S1mple" Kostyliev
Jacob "Yay" Whiteaker

Best Esports Team

Darkzero Esports
Faze Clan
Gen.G
LA Thieves
Loud

Best Esports Coach

Andrii "B1AD3" Horodenskyi
Matheus "Bzka" Tarasconi
Erik "D00mbr0s" Sandgren
Robert "Robban" Dahlstrom
Go "Score" Dong-Bin

Best Esports Event

Evo 2022
2022 League of Legends World Championship
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
Valorant Champions 2022