The full list of nominees for the2022 Game Awardsis here and (as you might have predicted) bothElden RingandGod of War Ragnarokscored big. Other big nominees included games likeHorizon Forbidden WestandXenoblade Chronicles 3, while indie titles struggled to break through aside fromStray.
Hosted by Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards is the video game industry’s version of the Oscars. This year’s show will take place in-person at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 8. Like previous years, it’ll live broadcast on various channels like YouTube and Twitch. The show is known for delivering world premiere reveals for upcoming games, as well as giving out a slew of awards in a variety of categories.
This year’s nominations come as no surprise.Elden Ringcould be poised to sweep, as it picked up seven nominations. It even got a few puzzling nominations in categories like Best Narrative. It’ll face a tough foe inGod of War Ragnarok, though, which picked up 10 nominations itself. That number is higher largely due to its two nominations in the Best Performance category. The two will duke it out in key categories like Best Action/Adventure Game and Game of the Year.
While those two games lead the nomination field, they aren’t the only games that scored big. The coveted Game of the Year category also includesA Plague Tale: Requiem,Horizon Forbidden West,Stray, andXenoblade Chronicles 3. All four of those games scored nominations in other categories across the board as well.
There’s little diversity when it comes to the rest of the field, especially when it comes to independent games. Thecritically acclaimedImmortalitysnagged three nominations away from big budget games, but independent titles largely lost out to behemoths likeCall of Duty: Modern Warfare IIandGran Turismo 7.
Here is the full list of nominees for the2022 Game Awards.
Game of the Year
Best Game Direction
Best Narrative
Best Art Direction
Best Score and Music
