Elden Ring, God of War sweep The Game Awards 2022: All winners

❘ Updated: 2022-12-09T04:30:00

The Game Awards

The Game Awards is finally here for 2022, and it was the night of Elden Ring and God of War: Ragnarok. Catch up on all the winners and big news from the night here.

The Game Awards is one of the most popular events in the gaming industry as it celebrates the best of the best throughout the year prior.

While all eyes are generally on the coveted Game of the Year title, The Game Awards shines the spotlight onto 30 other categories throughout gaming. If you missed the big show, we’ve got you covered with a recap.

Big reveals at The Game Awards 2022

2023 looks to be a big year in gaming, if all the announcements at The Game Awards 2022 were anything to go by.

Rattling them off from the top: Death Stranding 2 has been confirmed and is in development, with gaming icon Hideo Kojima giving an interview on stage about what to expect. More news about Tekken 8, Street Fighter 6, Diablo 4, and Final Fantasy XVI was made public, just to name a few.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor had arguably one of the biggest trailers of the night, with Cameron Monaghan (Cal Kestis) taking to the stage to hype things up. Horizon Forbidden West got its long awaited Burning Shores DLC, and there was more Cyberpunk 2077 news too.

There were some titles out of left field too: A new Armored Core entry is on its way, Transformers is getting a new game in Reactive, and Lofi Girl is in Rocket League now?

That’s only scratching the surface of what happened on gaming’s night of nights, which has quickly become the place to promote new releases.

The Game Awards 2022: Nominees and winners

Two games were on everyone’s lips at The Game Awards 2022: God of War Ragnarok and Elden Ring. The former swept all the early night awards, including Best Action / Adventure Game, Best Score, and Best Narrative. However it was FromSoftware’s hit title, released back in February, that took home the big awards of Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, and Best Art Direction.

Other big winning titles included Final Fantasy XIV and Stray. You can find the full list of nominees and winners below.

Game of the Year

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

Best Game Direction

Winner: Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Immortality
Stray

Best Ongoing Game

Winner: Final Fantasy XIV
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Fortnite
Genshin Impact

Best Action / Adventure Game

Winner: God of War Ragnarok
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Horizon Forbidden West
Stray
Tunic

Best Indie

Winner: Stray
Cult of the Lamb
Neon White
Sifu
Tunic

Players Voice

Winner: Genshin Impact
Sonic Frontiers
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok
Stray

Best Role Playing Game

Winner: Elden Ring
Live A Live
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Triangle Strategy
Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Innovation in Accessibility

Winner: God of War Ragnarok
As Dusk Falls
Return to Monkey Island
The Last of Us Part 1
The Quarry

Best Score and Music

Winner: God of War Ragnarok
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Elden Ring
Metal: Hellsinger
Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Action Game

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

Most Anticipated Game

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

Content Creator Of The Year

Winner: Ludwig
Karl Jacobs
Nibellion
Nobru
QTCinderella

Best Audio Design

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

Best Multiplayer Game

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

Best Sports / Racing Game

Winner: Gran Turismo 7
F1 2022
FIFA 2023
NBA 2k23
OlliOlli World

Games for Impact

Winner: As Dusk Falls
A Memoir Blue
Citizen Sleeper
Endling – Extinction is Forever
Hindsight
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

Best Community Support

Winner: Final Fantasy XIV
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Fortnite
No Man’s Sky

Best Sim / Strategy Game

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

Best VR/AR Game

Winner: Moss: Book II
After the Fall
Among Us VR
Bonelab
Red Matter 2

Best Art Direction

Winner: Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Scorn
Stray

Best Narrative

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

Best Adaptation

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

Best Debut Indie

Winner: Stray
Neon White
Norco
Tunic
Vampire Survivors

Best Performance

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

Best Family Game

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

Best Esports Game

Winner: Valorant
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Dota 2
League Of Legends
Rocket League

Best Esports Athlete

Winner: Jacob ‘Yay’ Whiteaker
Jeong ‘Chovy’ Ji-Hoon
Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-Hyeok
Finn ‘Karrigan’ Andersen
Oleksandr ‘S1MPLE’ Kostyliev

Best Esports Team

Winner: LOUD
DarkZero Esports
FaZe Clan
Gen.G
LA Thieves

Best Esports Coach

Winner: Matheus ‘BZKA’ Tarasconi
Andrii ‘B1AD3’ Horodenskyi
Erik ‘D00mbr0s’ Sandgren
Robert ‘Robban’ Dahlstrom
Go ‘Score’ Dong-Bin

Best Esports Event

Winner: 2022 League Of Legends World Championship
Evo 2022
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
Valorant Champions 2022

Best Fighting Game

Winner: Multiversus
DNF Duel
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
The King of Fighters XV
Sifu

Best Mobile Game

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