The Game Awards 2022 - December 8, 2022

[Marty McFourth]

The Game Awards 2022, airing Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. EST on Twitch and YouTube.
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GAME OF THE YEAR​

• A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)​
• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)​
• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)​
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)​
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)​
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)​

BEST DIRECTION​

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)​
• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)​
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)​
• Immortality (Half Mermaid)​
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)​

BEST NARRATIVE​

• A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)​
• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)​
• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)​
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)​
• Immortality (Half Mermaid)​

BEST ART DIRECTION​

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)​
• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)​
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)​
• Scorn (Ebb Software/Kepler Interactive)​
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)​

BEST SCORE AND MUSIC​

• 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​

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision)​
• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)​
• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)​
• Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony/SIE)​
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)​

BEST PERFORMANCE (ACTOR)​

• 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​

GAMES FOR IMPACT AWARD​

• A Memoir Blue (Cloisters Interactive/Annapurna)​
• As Dusk Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)​
• Citizen Sleeper (Jump Over The Age/Fellow Traveller)​
• Endling — Extinction is Forever (Herobeat Studios/HandyGames)​
• Hindsight (Team Hindsight/Annapurna)​
• I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games/Finji)​

BEST ONGOING GAME​

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)​
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)​
• FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)​
• Fortnite (Epic Games)​
• Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)​

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME​

• Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster / Devolver Digital)​
• Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)​
• Sifu (Sloclap)​
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)​
• Tunic (TUNIC Team/Finji)​

BEST DEBUT INDIE GAME​

• Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive)​
• Norco (Geography of Robots/Raw Fury)​
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)​
• Tunic (TUNIC Team/Finji)​
• Vampire Survivors (poncle)​

BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT​

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)​
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)​
• Final Fantasy 14 (Square Enix)​
• Fortnite (Epic Games)​
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)​

BEST MOBILE GAME​

• Apex Legends Mobile (Lightspeed & Quantum/Respawn/EA)​
• Diablo Immortal (Blizzard/NetEase)​
• Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)​
• Marvel Snap (Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse)​
• Tower of Fantasy (Hotta Studio/Perfect World/Level Infinite)​

BEST VIRTUAL REALITY/AUGMENTED REALITY GAME​

• After the Fall (Vertigo Games)​
• Among Us VR (Schell Games/InnerSloth)​
• Bonelab (Stress Level Zero)​
• Moss: Book 2 (Polyarc)​
• Red Matter 2 (Vertical Robot)​

BEST ACTION GAME​

• Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)​
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision)​
• Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)​
• Sifu (Sloclap)​
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)​

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME​

• A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)​
• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)​
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)​
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)​
• Tunic (TUNIC Team/Finji)​

BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME​

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)​
• Live a Live (Square Enix/Nintendo)​
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Game Freak/Nintendo/TPCI)​
• Triangle Strategy (Artdink/Square Enix)​
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)​

BEST FIGHTING GAME​

• DNF Duel (Arc System Works/EIGHTING/NEOPLE/NEXON)​
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (CyberConnect 2 Co. Ltd/Bandai Namco)​
• The King of Fighters XV (SNK/Plaion)​
• MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)​
• Sifu (Sloclap)​

BEST FAMILY GAME​

• Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL Laboratory / Nintendo)​
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Traveller’s Tales/WB Games)​
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)​
• Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)​
• Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)​

BEST SIM/STRATEGY GAME​

• Dune: Spice Wars (Shiro Games/Funcom)​
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)​
• Total War: Warhammer 3 (Creative Assembly/Sega)​
• Two Point Campus (Two Point Studios/Sega)​
• Victoria 3 (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox Interactive)​

BEST SPORTS OR RACING GAME​

• F1 22 (Codemasters/EA Sports)​
• FIFA 23 (EA Vancouver/Romania/EA Sports)​
• NBA 2K23 (Visual Concepts/2K Sports)​
• Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)​
• OlliOlli World (Roll 7/Private Division)​

BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME​

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision)​
• MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)​
• Overwatch 2 (Blizzard)​
• Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)​
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)​

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME OF 2023​

• Final Fantasy 16 (Square Enix)​
• Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software/WB Games)​
• Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)​
• Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)​
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)​

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR​

• Karl Jacobs​
• Ludwig​
• Nibellion​
• Nobru​
• QTCinderella​

BEST ADAPTATION​

• Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)​
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Studio Trigger/CD Projekt, Netflix)​
• The Cuphead Show! (Studio MDHR/King Features Syndicate/Netflix)​
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Sammy Group/Paramount Pictures)​
• Uncharted (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)​

AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY​

• As Dusk Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)​
• God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)​
• Return to Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox/Devolver Digital)​
• The Last Of Us Part 1 (Naughty Dog/SIE)​
• The Quarry (Supermassive Games/2K)​

BEST ESPORTS GAME​

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)​
• DOTA 2 (Valve)​
• League of Legends (Riot Games)​
• Rocket League (Psyonix)​
• Valorant (Riot Games)​

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE​

• Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon (Gen.G, League of Legends)​
• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (T1, League of Legends)​
• Finn “karrigan” Andersen ( (FaZe Clan - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)​
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)​
• Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant)​

BEST ESPORTS TEAM​

• DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)​
• FaZe Clan (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)​
• Gen.G (League of Legends)​
• LA Thieves (Call of Duty)​
• LOUD (Valorant)​

BEST ESPORTS COACH​

• Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (Natus Vincere, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)​
• Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (Loud, Valorant)​
• Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX, Valorant)​
• Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström (FaZe Clan, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)​
• Go “Score” Dong-bin (Gen.G, League of Legends)​

BEST ESPORTS EVENT​

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

 

[Marty McFourth]

Also, Valve are giving Steam Decks away during the show. I entered myself in, I don't expect to win one, but it's worth a shot.

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HOW THE GIVEAWAY WILL WORK

You must register to enter the drawing and be watching The Game Awards on Steam to be eligible to win.

To register, you must be in the US, Canada, UK, or the EU, have made purchase on Steam between November 14, 2021 and November 14, 2022 to verify the country, be in good standing, and not have a limited account. Learn about limited accounts.

On December 8th when The Game Awards airs, every minute a random name will be drawn from the pool of registrants currently watching the show on Steam.

We will be streaming The Game Awards at https://steam.tv - winner will be announced in chat as each drawing takes place.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Results​

GAME OF THE YEAR​

Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)​

BEST DIRECTION​

Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)​

BEST NARRATIVE​

God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)​

BEST ART DIRECTION​

Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)​

BEST SCORE AND MUSIC​

Bear McCreary, God of War Ragnarök​

BEST AUDIO​

God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)​

BEST PERFORMANCE (ACTOR)​

Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarök​

GAMES FOR IMPACT AWARD​

As Dusk Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)​

BEST ONGOING GAME​

FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)​

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME​

Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)​

BEST DEBUT INDIE GAME​

Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)​

BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT​

Final Fantasy 14 (Square Enix)​

BEST MOBILE GAME​

Marvel Snap (Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse)​

BEST VIRTUAL REALITY/AUGMENTED REALITY GAME​

Moss: Book 2 (Polyarc)​

BEST ACTION GAME​

Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)​

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME​

God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)​

BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME​

Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)​

BEST FIGHTING GAME​

MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)​

BEST FAMILY GAME​

Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL Laboratory / Nintendo)​

BEST SIM/STRATEGY GAME​

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)​

BEST SPORTS OR RACING GAME​

Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)​

BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME​

Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)​

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME OF 2023​

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)​

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR​

Ludwig​

BEST ADAPTATION​

Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)​

AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY​

God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)​

BEST ESPORTS GAME​

Valorant (Riot Games)​

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE​

Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant)​

BEST ESPORTS TEAM​

LOUD (Valorant)​

BEST ESPORTS COACH​

Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (Loud, Valorant)​

BEST ESPORTS EVENT​

2022 League of Legends World Championship​

 

[Marty McFourth]

So, bad news, I didn't win a Steam Deck. Good news, I don't regret watchin the full show. It was the best Game Awards I've personally watched. Flowed really well, some actual big game announcements and I was very happy with the outcome in a lot of the categories. Especially Elden Ring winning GOTY. Very well deserved.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Also, Al Pacino presented an award to Christopher Judge (Who voices Kratos). That was crazy.