Many undoubtedly watch Geoff Keighley's annual The Game Awards ceremony to see some of the biggest announcements and trailers of the year. There have been huge moments over the years that really set the Internet ablaze, from Joker's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate confirmation in 2018 to the official reveal of games like Alan Wake 2 and Among Us VR in 2021. However, at its core the show exists to highlight some of the biggest achievements in the industry, and The Game Awards 2022 is no exception.
PlayStation Studios dominated Game Awards nominations this year, with games like God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, and The Last of Us Part 1 appearing across multiple categories. But there were plenty of smaller names and important causes worth highlighting, from debut indie studios to some of the industry's biggest pushes for accessibility features. Elden Ring won Game of the Year and is sure to draw the most attention, but 30 additional awards were also handed out live at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
Here are all The Game Awards 2022 nominees and winners, presented in alphabetical order:
Game of the Year
A Plague Tale: Requiem by Asobo Studio
Elden Ring by FromSoftware (WINNER)
God of War Ragnarok by Sony Santa Monica
Horizon Forbidden West by Guerrilla Games
Stray by BlueTwelve Studio
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 by Monolift Soft
Best Game Direction
Elden Ring by FromSoftware (WINNER)
God of War Ragnarok by Sony Santa Monica
Horizon Forbidden West by Guerrilla Games
Immortality by Half Mermaid
Stray by BlueTwelve Studio
Best Narrative
A Plague Tale: Requiem by Asobo Studio
Elden Ring by FromSoftware
God of War Ragnarok by Sony Santa Monica (WINNER)
Horizon Forbidden West by Guerrilla Games
Immortality by Half Mermaid
Best Art Direction
Elden Ring by FromSoftware (WINNER)
God of War Ragnarok by Sony Santa Monica
Horizon Forbidden West by Guerrilla Games
Scorn by EBB Software
Stray by BlueTwelve Studio
Best Score and Music
A Plague Tale: Requiem by Olivier Deriviere
Elden Ring by Tsukasa Saitoh
God of War Ragnarok by Bear McCreary (WINNER)
Metal: Hellsinger by Two Feathers
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 by Yasunori Mitsuda
Best Audio Design
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by Infinity Ward
Elden Ring by FromSoftware
God of War Ragnarok by Sony Santa Monica (WINNER)
Gran Turismo 7 by Polyphony
Horizon Forbidden West by Guerrilla Games
Best Performance
Ashly Burch as Aloy in Horizon Forbidden West
Charlotte McBurney as Amicia in A Plague Tale: Requiem
Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War Ragnarok (WINNER)
Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel in Immortality
Sunny Suljic as Atreus in God of War Ragnarok
Games for Impact
A Memoir Blue by Cloisters Interactive
As Dusk Falls by Interior Night (WINNER)
Citizen Sleeper by Jump Over the Age
Endling - Extinction is Forever by Herobeat Studios
Hindsight by Team Hindsight
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist by Northway Games
Best Ongoing
Apex Legends by Respawn Entertainment
Destiny 2 by Bungie
Final Fantasy 14 by Square Enix (WINNER)
Fortnite by Epic Games
Geshin Impact by HoYoverse
Best Indie
Cult of the Lamb by Massive Monster
Neon White by Angel Matrix
Sifu by Sloclap
Stray by BlueTwelve Studio (WINNER)
Tunic by Tunic Team
