THE GAME AWARDS 2022 reveals the full list of nominees to vote on

The Game Awards will take place in about 20 days. The nominees for all the various categories have been revealed and players can now go to the official website to cast their votes. For 2022, 108 games, singles, teams and events have been nominated in 31 categories. Additionally, this year sees the addition of the Best Adaptation category which examines “projects inspired by gaming through entertainment”.

I will include all the nominees below, but you have to go to the official Discord site or server to vote (Chinese players can go to Bilibili to vote). Voting closes December 7 at 6:00 PM PT with the live awards broadcast December 8 which can be viewed via stream, in-person, or in select IMAX theaters.

A couple of things I want to point out is that Sony Interactive Entertainment leads the awards with 20 nominations. Annapurna Interactive and Nintendo followed with 11 nominations each, Bandai Namco got 8 and Riot Games got 6. Also, I think it’s interesting that God of War Ragnarok earned the most nominations in any single game with 10! That said, I’m still convinced Elden ring will win Game of the Year. I wasn’t a big fan of it, but so many others were and it was available on multiple systems. I think it has an edge. Self Elden ring does not win, God of War Ragnarok will be the winner. If it’s none of these, I’m going to be shocked. What matches do you think you should win? What games do you think have been snubbed? You can find my predictions (not ratings) with the full list indicated by an asterisk

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  • GAME OF THE YEAR

  • A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)

  • Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)*

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

  • Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)

  • Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)

• Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)

  • BEST GAME DIRECTION

  • Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)*

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

  • Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)

  • Immortality (half mermaid)

• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)

  • BEST NARRATIVE

  • 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

  • Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)

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

  • Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)

  • Contempt (Ebb Software/Kepler Interactive)

• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)*

  • BEST SCORE AND MUSIC

  • Olivier Derivière, A Tale of the Plague: Requiem

  • Tsukasa Saitoh, Elden Ring*

  • Bear McCreary, the Ragnarök god of war

  • Two feathers, metal: Hellsinger

• Yasunori Mitsuda, Xenoblade Chronicles 3

  • BEST AUDIO 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 (Polyphony/SIE)

• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)

  • THE BEST PERFORMANCE

  • Ashly Burch, Forbidden Horizon West

  • Charlotte McBurney, Plague Tale: Requiem

  • Christopher Judge, Ragnarök God of War*

  • Manon Gage, Immortality

• Sunny Suljic, Ragnarök God of War

  • IMPACT GAMES

  • A Memoir Blue (Cloisters Interactive/Annapurna)

  • At Sunset (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)

  • Citizen Sleeper (Leap Beyond Age/Travel Companion)*

  • Endling (Herobeat Studios/HandyGames)

  • In Retrospect (Team In Retrospect/Annapurna)

• I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games/Finji)

  • BEST RUNNING GAME

  • Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)

  • Destiny 2 (Bungie)

  • FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)

  • Fortnite (Epic Games)*

• Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)

  • THE BEST BACK

  • Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster / Devolver Digital)

  • White Neon (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)*

  • Sifu (Sloclap)

  • Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)

• TUNIC (TUNIC Team/Finji)

  • BEST INDIE DEBUT

  • Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive)

  • NORCO (Robot Geography/Raw Fury)

  • Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)*

  • TUNIC (TUNIC Team/Finji)

• Vampire Survivors (poncle)

  • THE BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT, PRESENTED BY DISCORD

  • Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)

  • Destiny 2 (Bungie)*

  • FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)

  • Fortnite (Epic Games)

• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

  • BEST MOBILE

  • Apex Legends Mobile (Lightspeed and Quantum/Respawn/EA)

  • Immortal Diablo (Blizzard/NetEase)

  • Genshin Impact (HoYovese)*

  • MARVEL SNAP (second dinner Studios/Nuverse)

• Tower of Fantasy (Hotta Studio/Perfect World/Level Infinite)

  • BEST VR/AR

  • After the Fall (Vertigo Games)

  • Among Us VR (Schell Games/InnerSloth)*

  • BONELAB (zero stress level)

  • Moss: Book II (Polyarc)

• Red Matter 2 (upright robot)

  • BEST ACTION

  • 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

  • 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 RPG

  • 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)

  • THE BEST FIGHT

  • 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)*

  • THE BEST FAMILY

  • 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 Sport (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

• Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)*

  • BEST SIM/STRATEGY

  • 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/RACES

  • F1 22 (Codemasters/EA Sports)

  • FIFA 23 (EA Vancouver/Romania/EA Sports)

  • NBA 2K23 (Visual Concepts/2K Sports)

  • 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 First games/WB games)

  • Overwatch 2 (Blizzard)

  • Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)

  • THE MOST AWAITED

  • 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

  • Charles Jacobs

  • Louis

  • Nibellion

  • Nobru

• QT Cinderella

  • BEST FIT

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

  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Studio Trigger/CD Projekt, Netflix)

  • The Cuphead Show! (MDHR Study/King Features Syndicate/Netflix)

  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Sammy Group/Paramount Pictures)

• Uncharted (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)

  • INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY

  • At Sunset (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)

  • THE BEST EPORT GAME

  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)

  • DOTA 2 (valve)

  • League of Legends (Riot Games)

  • Rocket League (Psyonix)

• VALORANT (Riot Games)

  • BEST EXPORT 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 EXPORT TEAM

  • Dark Zero Esports (Apex Legends)

  • FaZe Clan (CS:GO)

  • Gen.G (League of Legends)

  • Los Angeles Thieves (Call of Duty)

• STRONG (Valorous)

  • BEST EXPORT COACH

  • Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)

  • Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (LOUD, VALORANT)

  • Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX, VALORANT)

  • Robert “RobbaN” Dahlstrom (FaZe Clan, CS:GO)

• Go “Score” Dong-bin (Gen.G, LOL)

  • BEST EPORT EVENT

  • EVO 2022

  • League of Legends World Championship 2022

  • PGL Greater Antwerp 2022

  • The 2022 mid-season invitation