The Game Awards 2022: Explore all the nominees for the featured 31 categories, CHECK OUT official annoucement

The Game Awards 2022: Explore all the nominees for the featured 31 categories, CHECK OUT official announcement – The Game Awards is an annual awards ceremony that honors achievements in the video game industry. It is produced and hosted by game journalist Geoff Keighley. The event is also known to feature information about new, upcoming games/projects as well as some in-depth overview of popular titles.

the game awards 2022: Venue, time and process

The Game Awards 2022 will be hosted at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles (same as last year). The event will be broadcasted online on Dec. 9 at 6 AM IST on The Game Awards YouTube and Twitch channels. It is going to have 31 categories and the organization has recently announced the nominations for all of them.

Watch #TheGameAwards nominees revealed today at 9 a PT / Noon ET /5p GMT:

YouTube: https://t.co/yU5Mtxxew0
Twitch: https://t.co/Gk8em20OP6
Twitter: https://t.co/zEeBjb31T5

Plus live on Instagram and TikTok.

— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022

The Game Awards has an advisory committee that includes representatives from leading gaming hardware manufacturers like Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and AMD. Many large game publishers are also a part of this committee.

The role of this committee is to select organizations that in turn nominate and subsequently vote on the video games in the numerous categories. Otherwise of this, the advisory committee does not participate in the nomination or voting process in any way.

the game awards 2022: nominations

This year, there are 31 categories in The Game Awards event. Here are all the nominations for each category.

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
• Stray
• Immortality

Which game is getting your vote for Game of the Year? #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/Be5GyGoi43

— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022

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
• Stray
• Scorn

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 II
• Elden Ring
• God of War: Ragnarok
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Gran Turismo 7

BEST PERFORMANCE

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

GAMES FOR IMPACT

• A Memoir Blue
• As Dusk Falls
• Citizen Sleeper
• Endling – Extinction is Forever
• Hindsight
• I was a teenage Exocolonist

BEST ONGOING

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

Here are the most nominated games at #TheGameAwards this year. pic.twitter.com/th2FBi14vz

— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022

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 ACCESSIBILITY

• As Dusk Falls
• God of War: Ragnarok
• Return to Monkey Island
• The Last of Us Part I
• The Quarry

BEST VR/AR

• After The Fall
• Among Us VR
• Bonelab
• Moss: Book II
• Red Matter 2

BEST ACTION GAME

• Bayonetta 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Neon 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

Our new Best Adaptation Award at #TheGameAwards features these five nominees:
🔸 Arcane: League of Legends
🔸 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
🔸 The Cuphead Show!⁰
🔸 Sonic the Hedgehog 2⁰
🔸 Uncharted

🗳️ Vote Now: https://t.co/ExP93r9hmS

👀 Winners revealed live, Thursday, December 8 pic.twitter.com/yyIZmPnbLK

— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022

BEST ROLE PLAYING

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

BEST FIGHTING

• DNF Duel
• JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure: All Star Battle R
• The King of Fighters XV
• Sifu
• Multiverses

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 III
• Two Point Campus
• Victoria 3

BEST SPORTS/RACING

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

BEST MULTIPLAYER

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

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR

• Ludwig
• QTCinderella
• Karl Jacobs
• Nibellion
• Nobru

These five are up for Content Creator of the Year @ #TheGameAwards:

🔸 Karl Jacobs
🔸 Ludwig
🔸 Nibellion⁰
🔸 Nobru
⁰🔸 QTCinderella

🗳️ Vote Now: https://t.co/ExP93qRFYi

👀 Winners revealed live, Thursday, December 8 pic.twitter.com/DzgmmaUfIy

— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022

BEST DEBUT INDIE

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

BEST ADAPTATION

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

BEST ANTICIPATED GAME

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

BEST ESPORTS GAME

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

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE

• Jeong “Chovy” Ji-Hoon – Gen.G, League of Legends
• Lee “Faker” Sang-Hyeok – T1, League of Legends
• Finn “Karrigan” Anderson – FaZe Clan, CS:GO
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev – Natus Vincere, CS:GO
• Jacob “yay” Whiteaker – Cloud9, VALORANT

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” Horodenskyi – Natus Vincere, CS:GO
• Matheus “BZKA” Tarasconi – LOUD, VALORANT
• Eril “D00mbr0s” 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 2022
• The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
• VALORANT Champions 2022

These are all the nominations of the 31 categories in The Game Awards 2022. You can go to the official website to check them out and vote for your favorite picks. Remember to tune in on Dec. 9 at 6 AM IST to see the event live online on YouTube or Twitch.

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