The prestigious annual event The Game Awards 2022 is here again to announce the best video game of 2022. In this event, it is still the same as before it was held by Geoff Keighley at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 6, 2022 or December 7 2022 08:30 AM Indonesian time .
There were an additional 10 nominations this year, bringing a total of 30 Winners from various categories. As well as the many announcements of the latest games in this event.
But of course besides information about the new game, gamers are looking forward to who will win from each category of The Game Awards 2022. Below, I have written a complete list of The Game Awards 2022 winners and nominees. Will your favorite game win an award this year? Find out below.
If you’re curious to re-watch the event, you can check it out on The Game Awards’ official YouTube channel below:
The following is a list of winners from various categories:
Winner Game of the Year: God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Nominees: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft), Celeste (Matt Makes Games), Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE), Monster Hunter: World (Capcom), Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Winner Best Ongoing Game: Fortnite (Epic Games)
Nominations: Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision), No Man’s Sky (Hello Games), Overwatch (Blizzard), Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
Winner Best Game Direction: God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Nominations: A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / EA), Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE). Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE). Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Winner Best Narrative: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Nominations: Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / SIE), God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE), Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix), Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Winner Best Art Direction: Return of Obra Din (3909 LLC)
Nominations: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft), God of War (Sony Santa Monica/SIE), Octopath Traveler (Square Enix/Acquire/Nintendo), Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Winner Best Score/Music: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Woody Jackson)
Nominees: Celeste (Lena Raine), God of War (Bear McCreary), Marvel’s Spider-Man (John Paesano), Ni No Kuni II (Joe Hisaishi), Octopath Traveler (Yasunori Nishiki)
Winner Best Audio Design: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
Nominations: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch Studios / Activision), Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios), God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE) , Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE)
Winner Best Performance: Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2
Nominations: Bryan Dechart as Connor, Detroit: Become Human, Christopher Judge as Kratos, God of War, Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker, Marvel’s Spider-Man
Winner Games for Impact: Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
Nominations: 11-11 Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment), Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive), Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix), The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)
Winner Best Independent Game: Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
Nominations: Dead Cells (Motion Twin), Into the Breach (Subset Games), Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC), The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
Winner Best Mobile Games: Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
Nominations: Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive), Fortnite (Epic Games), PUBG MOBILE (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games), Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Digital Developer)
Winner Best VR/AR Games: ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / SIE)
Nominations: Beat Saber (Beat Games), Firewall Zero Hour (First Contact Entertainment / SIE), Moss (Polyarc Games), Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance, Inc)
Winner Best Action Games: Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
Nominations: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision), Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision), Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft), Mega Man 11 (Capcom)
Winner Best Action/Adventure Game: God of War (Sony Santa Monica / SIE)
Nominees: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft), Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / SIE), Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games), Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix)
Winner Best Role-Playing Game: Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
Nominations: Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix / Square Enix), Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level 5 / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment), Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo), Pillars of Eternity II : Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil)
Winner Best Fighting Game: Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment)
Nominations: BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works), Soul Calibur VI (Bandai Namco Studios / BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment), Street Fighter V Arcade (Dimps / Capcom)
Winner Best Family Games: Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team 17)
Nominations: Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo), Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo), Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft), Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)
Winner Best Strategy Game: Into the Breach (Subset Games)
Nominations: Battletech (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive, Frostpunk (11 bit studios), The Banner Saga 3 (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil), Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Sega CS3 / Sega)
Winner Best Sports/Racing Game: Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
Nominations: FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports), Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo), NBA 2K19 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports), Pro Evolution Soccer 2022 (PES Productions / Konami)
Winner Best Multiplayer Game: Fortnite (Epic Games)
Nominations: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Treyarch / Activision), Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision), Monster Hunter: World (Capcom), Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)
Winner Best Student Game: Combat 2022 (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway)
Nominations: Dash Quasar (UC Santa Cruz), JERA (Digipen Bilbao, Spain), LIFF (ISTART Digital – France), RE: Charge (MIT)
Winner Best Debut Indie Game: The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
Nominations: Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive), Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive), Moss (Polyarc Games), Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla)
Winner Best Esports Games: Overwatch
Nominations: CS:GO, DOTA 2, Fortnite, League of Legends
Winner Best Esports Player: Dominique “SonicFox” McLean (Echo Fox)
Nominees: Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi, Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao (Royal Never Give Up), Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere), Sung-hyeon “JJoNak” Bang (New York Excelsior)
Winner Best Esports Team: Cloud9 (LOL)
Nominations: Astralis (CS:GO), Fnatic (LOL), London Spitfire (OWL), OG (DOTA2)
Winner Best Esports Coach: Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu (Cloud9)
Nominees: Cristian “ppasarel” Bănăseanu (OG), Danny “zonic” Sørensen (Astralis), Dylan Falco (Fnatic), Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi (Team Vitality), Janko “YNk” Paunovic (MiBR)
Winner Best Esports Event: 2022 League of Legends World Championship
Nominations: ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2022, EVO 2022, Overwatch League Grand Finals, The International 2022
Winner Best Esports Host: Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
Nominations: Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez, Alex “Machine” Richardson, Anders Blume, Paul “Redeye” Chaloner
Winner Best Esports Moment: C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE (ELEAGUE)
Nominations: KT vs IG Base Race (LOL Worlds), G2 Beating RNG (LOL Worlds), OG’s Massive Upset of LGD (DOTA 2 Finals), SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in DBZ (EVO)
Winner Content Creator of the Year: Ninja
Nomination: Dr. Lupo, Myth, Pokimane, Willyrex
