The Game Awards 2022

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The less significant game awards of the year show is happening this Thursday, and I have a strong suspicion that it will just validate the choices the MEW collective have already made for Game of the Year and other awards.

Also, the show is going back to being live, so will happen in the evening in LA, 2:00 AM for us. Check back here sometime on Friday for all the results, cos I ain’t watching it live! (More usefully though, I’ll make a post over in the [Game Trailers]( Most Epic Win) topic for all of the reveals, trailers, and teasers that are made during the show.)

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The Game Awards 2022 will start on Thursday, December 8th (December 9th for Europe, Asia, and Oceania) at 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET / 2 am CET. There will also be a 30 min pre-show that will start at 4:30 pm PT / 7:30 pm ET. Check out the local timings for your time zones.

Game of the Year Nominees and Predictions

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

Best Game Direction Nominees and Predictions

  • Elden Ring
  • God of War Ragnarök
  • Horizon Forbidden West
  • Immortality
  • Stray

Best Narrative Nominees and Predictions

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

Best Art Direction Nominees and Predictions

  • Elden Ring
  • God of War Ragnarök
  • Horizon Forbidden West
  • Scorn
  • Stray

Best Score and Music Nominees and Predictions

  • Olivier Deriviere, A Plague Tale: Requiem
  • Tsukasa Saitoh, Elden Ring
  • Bear McCreary, God of War Ragnarök
  • Two Feathers, Metal: Hellsinger
  • Yasunori Mitsuda, Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Audio Design Nominees and Predictions

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
  • Elden Ring
  • God of War Ragnarök
  • Gran Turismo 7
  • Horizon Forbidden West

Best Performance Nominees and Predictions

  • Ashly Burch, Horizon Forbidden West
  • Charlotte McBurney, A Plague Tale: Requiem
  • Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarök
  • Manon Gage, Immortality
  • Sunny Suljic, God of War Ragnarök

Best Ongoing Game Nominees and Predictions

  • Apex Legends
  • Destiny 2
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite
  • Genshin Impact

Best Indie Game Nominees and Predictions

  • Cult of the Lamb
  • Neon White
  • Sifu
  • Stray
  • Tunic

Best Debut Indie Game Nominees and Predictions

  • Neon White
  • Norco
  • Stray
  • Tunic
  • Vampire Survivors

Best Mobile Game Nominees and Predictions

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

Best Action Game Nominees and Predictions

  • Bayonetta 3
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
  • Neon White
  • Sifu
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

Best Action/Adventure Game Nominees and Predictions

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

Best Role-Playing Game Nominees and Predictions

  • Elden Ring
  • Live a Live
  • Pokémon Legends: Arceus
  • Triangle Strategy
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Fighting Game Nominees and Predictions

  • DNF Duel
  • JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R
  • The King of Fighters XV
  • MultiVersus
  • Sifu

Best Family Game Nominees and Predictions

  • Kirby and the Forgotten Land
  • Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
  • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
  • Nintendo Switch Sports
  • Splatoon 3

Best Sim/Strategy Game Nominees and Predictions

  • Dune: Spice Wars
  • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
  • Total War: Warhammer III
  • Two Point Campus
  • Victoria 3

Best Sports/Racing Game Nominees and Predictions

  • F1 22
  • FIFA 23
  • NBA 2K23
  • Gran Turismo 7
  • OlliOlli World

Best Multiplayer Game Nominees and Predictions

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
  • MultiVersus
  • Overwatch 2
  • Splatoon 3
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

Most Anticipated Game Nominees and Predictions

  • Final Fantasy XVI
  • Hogwarts Legacy
  • Resident Evil 4
  • Starfield
  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Adaptation Nominees and Predictions

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

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Every time there are planned live event streams on YouTube and I select the “notify me” option, I am never notified.

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As always, I’m more interested in the announcement than the awards. I don’t care much what other people think are the best games I’ll never play. :stuck_out_tongue:

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my selection of winners (which is definately all wrong)

Game of the Year Nominees and Predictions

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

Best Game Direction Nominees and Predictions

Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarök
Horizon Forbidden West
Immortality
Stray

Best Narrative Nominees and Predictions

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

Best Art Direction Nominees and Predictions

Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarök
Horizon Forbidden West
Scorn
Stray

Best Score and Music Nominees and Predictions

Tsukasa Saitoh, Elden Ring

Best Audio Design Nominees and Predictions

Elden Ring

Best Performance Nominees and Predictions

One of these 2
Ashly Burch, Horizon Forbidden West
Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarök

Best Ongoing Game Nominees and Predictions

Dont Care

Best Indie Game Nominees and Predictions

one of these 2 - Stray/Tunic

Best Debut Indie Game Nominees and Predictions

one of these 2 - Stray/Tunic

Best Mobile Game Nominees and Predictions

who plays mobile games (Pfft)

Best Action Game Nominees and Predictions

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Best Action/Adventure Game Nominees and Predictions

God of War Ragnarök (horizon is probably the better game but GOW is probably gonna win)

Best Role-Playing Game Nominees and Predictions

Elden Ring

Best Fighting Game Nominees and Predictions

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R

Best Family Game Nominees and Predictions

Stray should have been here

Best Sim/Strategy Game Nominees and Predictions
Dont care

Best Sports/Racing Game Nominees and Predictions

F1 22

Best Multiplayer Game Nominees and Predictions

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

Most Anticipated Game Nominees and Predictions

Resident Evil 4

Best Adaptation Nominees and Predictions

The Cuphead Show!
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As expected, Elden Ring and God of War: Ragnarok were the big winners.

Game of the Year

Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.

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

Best Game Direction

Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

  • Elden Ring - WINNER
  • God of War Ragnarok
  • Horizon Forbidden West
  • Immortality
  • Stray

Best Narrative

For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.

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

Best Art Direction

For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.

  • Elden Ring - WINNER
  • God of War: Ragnarok
  • Horizon: Forbidden West
  • Scorn
  • Stray

Best Score/Music

For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.

  • 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

Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.

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

Best Performance

Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.

  • 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

For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message.

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

Best Ongoing Game

Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.

  • Apex Legends
  • Destiny 2
  • Final Fantasy 14 Online - WINNER
  • Fortnite
  • Genshin Impact

Best Indie Game

For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.

  • Cult of the Lamb
  • Neon White
  • Sifu
  • Stray - WINNER
  • TUNIC

Best Debut Indie Game

For the best debut game created by a new independent studio.

  • Neon White
  • NORCO
  • Stray - WINNER
  • TUNIC
  • Vampire Survivors

Best Mobile Game

For the best game playable on a mobile device.

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

Best Community Support

Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of social media activity and game updates/patches.

  • Apex Legends
  • Destiny 2
  • Final Fantasy 14 Online - WINNER
  • Fortnite
  • No Man’s Sky

Best VR/AR Game

For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.

  • After the Fall
  • Among Us VR
  • BONELAB
  • Moss: Book II - WINNER
  • Red Matter 2

Innovation in Accessibility

Recognizing software and/or hardware that is pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience.

  • As Dusk Falls
  • God of War: Ragnarok - WINNER
  • Returnal
  • Return to Monkey Island
  • The Last of Us Part 1
  • The Quarry

Best Action Game

For the best game in the action genre focused primarily on combat.

  • Bayonetta 3 - WINNER
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
  • Neon White
  • Sifu
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

Best Action/Adventure Game

For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.

  • A Plague Tale: Requiem
  • God of War Ragnarok - WINNER
  • Horizon Forbidden West
  • Stray
  • TUNIC

Best RPG

For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.

  • Elden Ring - WINNER
  • Live a Live
  • Pokémon Legends: Arceus
  • Triangle Strategy
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Fighting Game

For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.

  • DNF Duel
  • JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
  • The King of Fighters 15
  • MultiVersus - WINNER
  • Sifu

Best Family Game

For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.

  • 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

For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.

  • F1 22
  • FIFA 23
  • NBA 2K23
  • Gran Turismo 7 - WINNER
  • OlliOlli World

Best SIM/Strategy Game

Best game focused on real time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform.

  • Dune: Spice Wars
  • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope - WINNER
  • Total War: WARHAMMER 3
  • Two Point Campus
  • Victoria 3

Best Multiplayer Game

For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre or platform.

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • Multiversus
  • Overwatch 2
  • Splatoon 3 - WINNER
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

Content Creator of the Year

For a streamer or content creator who has made an important and positive impact on the community in 2021.

  • Karl Jacobs
  • Ludwig - WINNER
  • Nibellion
  • Nobru
  • QTCinderella

Best Esports Athlete

The esports athlete judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021, irrespective of game.

  • 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

The Esports coach judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021.

  • 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

Recognizing an event (across single or multiple days) that delivered a best-of-class experience for participants and the broadcast audience.

  • EVO 2022
  • 2022 League of Legends World Championship - WINNER
  • PGL Major Antwerp 2022
  • The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
  • VALORANT Champions 2022

Best Esports Game

For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.

  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • DOTA 2
  • League of Legends
  • Rocket League
  • VALORANT - WINNER

Best Esports Team

Recognizing a specific esports team (not the full organization) judged the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021.

  • DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
  • FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
  • Gen.G (League of Legends)
  • LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
  • LOUD (Valorant) - WINNER

Most Anticipated Game

Recognizing an announced game that has demonstrably illustrated potential to push the gaming medium forward.

  • Final Fantasy 16
  • Hogwarts Legacy
  • Resident Evil 4
  • Starfield
  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - WINNER

Best Adaptation

Celebrating game-inspired projects across entertainment including TV, movies, comics, and more.

  • Arcane: League of Legends - WINNER
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • The Cuphead Show!
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2
  • Uncharted
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Honestly didn’t even know Valorant was so big.

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It’s big elsewhere other than here in Africa where we have no servers. I gave it a go back when it released but with the latency there is always a disadvantage for us.

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The real winner

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Then technically, I guess, the real winner would be his reformed orthodox rabbi, Bill Clinton. :laughing:

For those confused… this was an uber weird stage crasher stealing Miyazaki’s thunder:

But as Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki and his team took to the stage at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater to collect the coveted trophy, they were joined by a young man who appeared to have been sitting in a different area of the venue.

With the help of a translator, Miyazaki thanked fans, while the apparent stage crasher stood to the side of the victorious group. In the livestreamed footage, the person was shown looking around before making his way to the back of the stage.

After Miyazaki’s speech concluded to raucous applause from the audience, the interloper took the microphone and said: “I want to thank everybody and say that I think I want to nominate this award to my reformed orthodox rabbi Bill Clinton.”

The outburst saw the award-winning team look at one another in confusion, while the security team closed in on the from both sides of the stage.

As scattered applause rang out among the seemingly confused audience, the crasher was escorted off the stage.

Moments after the broadcast, a number of viewers took to Twitter to express their confusion and share a series of memes regarding the moment.

Amid the discussion, Canadian video game journalist Geoff Keighley, who hosted the event, stated that the person in question had been arrested.

“The individual who interrupted our Game of the Year moment has been arrested,” he wrote in a tweet that received more than 200,000 likes in a matter of hours.

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