Game Awards 2022: God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, and Elden Ring Have the Most Nominees

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The annual Game Awards 2022 nominees are in and we have God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, and Elden Ring having the most nominees this year. 

Santa Monica Studio’s God of War Ragnarok leads the pack with ten nominees including Game of the Year while another PlayStation exclusive, Guerilla Games’ Horizon Forbidden West, received seven. We then have From Softwares’ Elden Ring receiving seven nominations as well.

We then have BlueTwelve Studio’s cat adventure Stray nabbing six nominations, then five for Asobo studio’s A Plague Tale Requiem 

Five of the six titles nominate for Game of the Year this year has at least five nominations this year.

The Game Awards 2022, the annual rewards event to celebrate the biggest titles in the video game industry will go live on December 8, 2022. 

Here’s a complete list of nominees for each category this year. 

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 

  • Ashly Burch - Horizon Forbidden West

  • Charlotte McBurney - A Plague Take: Requiem

  • Christopher Judge - God of War Ragnarok

  • Manon Gage - Immortality

  • Sunny Suljic - God of War Ragnarok

Games for Impact

  • A Memoir Blue

  • As Dusk Falls

  • Citizen Sleeper

  • Endling

  • Hindsight

  • I was a Teenage Exocolonist

Best Ongoing

  • Apex Legends

  • Destiny 2

  • Final Fantasy XIV

  • 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 XIV

  • Fortnite

  • No Man’s Sky

Innovation in Accessibility

  • As Dusk Falls

  • God of War Ragnarok

  • The Last of Us Part 1

  • Return to Monkey Island

  • 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

  • Meon 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 XV

  • 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 Worl

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 2

Most Anticipated Game

  • Final Fantasy XVI

  • Hogwards Legacy

  • Resident Evil 4

  • Starfield

  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Best Esports Game

  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

  • Dota 2

  • League of Legends

  • Rocket League

  • Valorant

Best Esports Athlete

  • Jeon “Chovy” Ji-Hoon

  • Lee “Faker” Sang-Hyeok

  • Finn “Karrigan” Anderson

  • Oleksandr “S1mple” Kotstyviev

  • Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker

Best Esports Team

  • Darkzero Esports - Apex Legends

  • Faze Clan - CS:GO

  • Gen.G - League of LEgends

  • LA Thieves - Call of Duty

  • Loud - Valorant

Best Esports Coach

  • Andrii “B1ad3” Horodensky - Natus Vincre, CS:GO

  • Matheus “BZKA” Tarasconi - Loud, Valorant

  • Erik “Doombros” Sandgren - FPX, Valorant

  • Robert “Robban” Dahlstrom - Faze Clan, CS:GO

  • Go “Score” Dong-bin - Gen.G, League of Legends

Best Esports Event

  • EVO 2022

  • 2022 League of Legends World Championship

  • PGL Major Antwerp

  • The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational

  • Valorant Champions 2022