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

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