--- title: "The Game Awards 2022 winners" url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/general/the-game-awards-2022-winners/" description: "There were a lot of speeches, as well as the presentation of awards, and of course games were also revealed." author: "Patrick Dankers" published at: "2022-12-10 20:10:30" image: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/the-game-awards-2022-winners.jpeg" markdown url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/general/the-game-awards-2022-winners.md" --- The Game Awards 2022 winners | General News | NintendoReporters [![The Game Awards 2022 winners](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/the-game-awards-2022-winners.jpeg "The Game Awards 2022 winners")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/the-game-awards-2022-winners.jpeg)There were a lot of speeches, as well as the presentation of awards, and of course games were also revealed. Nevertheless, there is a time when everything must come to an end. The Game Awards have successfully come to a close for yet another year, which means that we are now aware of the winners of each award category. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but God of War: Ragnarok won a number of honors, and Elden Ring was named the winner of the “Game of the Year” award. Other winners include: The fact that this is the case does not, however, imply that Nintendo has nothing to be pleased about. In point of fact, Nintendo’s success in garnering a large number of awards came as a surprise to a lot of people. Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Splatoon 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Bayonetta 3 are just some of the titles that received at least one award this year after being launched on the Nintendo Switch by Nintendo. ### [](#all-the-game-awards-2022-winners)All the Game Awards 2022 Winners ### 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) ### Player’s Voice - Sonic Frontiers (Sega) - **Genshin Impact (Hoyoverse)** - Elden Ring (FromSoftware) - God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE) - Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna) ### Best Game 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 Design - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (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 - 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 - 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 14 (Square Enix)** - Fortnite (Epic Games) - Genshin Impact (HoYoverse) ### Best Indie 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 Mobile Game - Apex Legends Mobile (Lightspeed & Quantum/Respawn/EA) - Diablo Immortal (Blizzard/NetEase) - Genshin Impact (HoYovese) - **Marvel Snap (Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse)** - Tower of Fantasy (Hotta Studio/Perfect World/Level Infinite) ### Best Community Support - Apex Legends (Respawn/EA) - Destiny 2 (Bungie) - **Final Fantasy 14 (Square Enix)** - Fortnite (Epic Games) - No Man’s Sky (Hello Games) ### 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 I (Naughty Dog/SIE) - The Quarry (Supermassive Games/2K) ### Best VR/AR - After the Fall (Vertigo Games) - Among Us VR (Schell Games/InnerSloth) - Bonelab (Stress Level Zero) - **Moss: Book II (Polyarc)** - Red Matter 2 (Vertical Robot) ### Best Action Game - **Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)** - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision) - Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna) - Sifu (Sloclap) - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu) ### Best Action/Adventure - 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/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 II (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) ### Content Creator of the Year - Karl Jacobs - **Ludwig** - Nibellion - Nobru - QTCinderella ### Best Debut Indie 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 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) ### Most Anticipated Game - 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)** ### 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, LOL) - Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (T1, LOL) - Finn “karrigan” Andersen ( (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)** - Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX, VALORANT) - Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström (FaZe Clan, CS:GO) - Go “Score” Dong-bin (Gen.G, LOL) ### Best Esports Event - EVO 2022 - **2022 League of Legends World Championship** - PGL Major Antwerp 2022 - The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational - Valorant Champions 2022 [](#) [ ](#) > Generated for use by AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). > Generated: 2026-09-12 11:47:54 > Maintained by: NintendoReporters > Source: https://www.nintendoreporters.com/ > Contact: webmaster@nintendoreporters.com