The Game Awards 2022 ceremony has come to an end. A total of 31 categories were awarded, and previews of game updates fans can look forward to in the coming years were also unveiled.
Among the newly announced games, premium and official trailers were shown for titles including Vampire Survivors, free to play on mobile platforms; Netflix’s Valiant Hearts: Coming Home; Among Us, which will soon add a “Hide N Seek” game mode; Star Wars Jedi: Survivor; as well as numerous puzzle games, survival games, and more.
Here are the winners of each award at The Game Awards 2022 ceremony.
GAME OF THE YEAR
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Elden Ring [WINNER]
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Stray
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
BEST GAME DIRECTION
Elden Ring [WINNER]
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Immortality
Stray
BEST NARRATIVE
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok [WINNER]
Horizon Forbidden West
Immortality
BEST ART DIRECTION
Elden Ring [WINNER]
God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon: Forbidden West
Scorn
Stray
BEST SCORE / MUSIC
Olivier Deriviere – A Plague Tale: Requiem
Tsukasa Saitoh – Elden Ring
Bear McCreary – God of War: Ragnarok [WINNER]
Two Feathers – Metal Hellsinger
Yasunori Mitsuda
BEST AUDIO DESIGN
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok [WINNER]
Gran Turismo 7
Horizon Forbidden West
BEST PERFORMANCE
Ashly Birch – Horizon: Forbidden West
Charlotte McBurney – A Plague Tale: Requiem
Christopher Judge – God of War: Ragnarok [WINNER]
Manon Gage – Immortality
Sunny Suljic – God of War: Ragnarok
GAMES FOR IMPACT
A Memoir Blue
As Dusk Falls [WINNER]
Citizen Sleeper
Endling – Extinction is Forever
Hindsight
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
BEST ONGOING GAME
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy 14 Online [WINNER]
Fortnite
Genshin Impact
BEST INDIE GAME
Cult of the Lamb
Neon White
Sifu
Stray [WINNER]
TUNIC
BEST DEBUT INDIE GAME
Neon White
NORCO
Stray [WINNER]
TUNIC
Vampire Survivors
BEST MOBILE GAME
Apex Legends Mobile
Diablo Immortal
Genshin Impact
Marvel Snap [WINNER]
Tower of Fantasy
BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy 14 Online [WINNER]
Fortnite
No Man’s Sky
BEST VR/AR GAME
After the Fall
Among Us VR
BONELAB
Moss: Book II [WINNER]
Red Matter 2
INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY
As Dusk Falls
God of War: Ragnarok [WINNER]
Returnal
Return to Monkey Island
The Last of Us Part 1
The Quarry
BEST ACTION GAME
Bayonetta 3 [WINNER]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Neon White
Sifu
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
A Plague Tale: Requiem
God of War Ragnarok [WINNER]
Horizon Forbidden West
Stray
TUNIC
BEST RPG
Elden Ring [WINNER]
Live a Live
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Triangle Strategy
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
BEST FIGHTING GAME
DNF Duel
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
The King of Fighters 15
MultiVersus [WINNER]
Sifu
BEST FAMILY GAME
Kirby and the Forgotten Land [WINNER]
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Nintendo Switch Sports
Splatoon 3
BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME
F1 22
FIFA 23
NBA 2K23
Gran Turismo 7 [WINNER]
OlliOlli World
BEST SIM/STRATEGY GAME
Dune: Spice Wars
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope [WINNER]
Total War: WARHAMMER 3
Two Point Campus
Victoria 3
BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Multiversus
Overwatch 2
Splatoon 3 [WINNER]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
Karl Jacobs
Ludwig [WINNER]
Nibellion
Nobru
QTCinderella
BEST ESPORTS 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) [WINNER]
BEST ESPORTS COACH
Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (LOUD, VALORANT) [WINNER]
Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX, VALORANT)
Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström (FaZe Clan, CS:GO)
Go “Score” Dong-bin (Gen.G, LOL)
BEST ESPORTS EVENT
EVO 2022
2022 League of Legends World Championship [WINNER]
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
VALORANT Champions 2022
BEST ESPORTS GAME
CS:GO
DOTA 2
League of Legends
Rocket League
Valorant [WINNER]
BEST ESPORTS TEAM
DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
Gen.G (League of Legends)
LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
LOUD (Valorant) [WINNER]
MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
Final Fantasy 16
Hogwarts Legacy
Resident Evil 4
Starfield
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [WINNER]
BEST ADAPTATION
Arcane: League of Legends [WINNER]
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
The Cuphead Show!
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Uncharted
PLAYERS’ VOICE
Sonic Frontiers
Genshin Impact [WINNER]
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok
Stray
With The Game Awards 2022 now behind us, it’s exciting to think about what kinds of games will be nominated in 2023, and what new surprises await.