December 13, 2022: The winners of prestigious The Game Awards have been announced. Check out the winners in the most popular categories.
The Game Awards, hosted by Geoff Keighley, is one of the highest awards in the industry which brings together a diverse group of game developers, game players, and notable names from popular culture.
The Game Awards is one of the highest awards in the industry which brings together a diverse group of game developers, game players, and notable names from popular culture.
The Game Awards 2022 premiered on December 8, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles for invited audience. It was hosted and produced by Canadian games journalist Geoff Keighley.
The event was live streamed across more than 40 digital platforms, alongside an additional IMAX experience.
The Winners in the most popular categories were:
Categories: GAME OF THE YEAR, BEST GAME DIRECTION, BEST ART DIRECTION, BEST ROLE PLAYING
Elden Ring
From Software/Bandai Namco
Elden Ring won all 3 categories.
Released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in February, players control a character on a journey to repair the Elden Ring, and become the new Elden Lord. The game is presented through a third-person perspective, with players freely roaming its interactive open world. Gameplay elements include combat using several types of weapons and magic spells, horseback riding, and crafting.
Source: wikipedia
Winner in Categories: BEST NARRATIVE, BEST SCORE and MUSIC, BEST AUDIO DESIGN, BEST ACTION / ADVENTURE, INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY
God of War Ragnarök
From Sony Santa Monica/SIE
Released for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in November, marking the first cross-gen release in the God of War series. It is the ninth installment in the series and the sequel to 2018's God of War. Loosely based on Norse mythology, the game is set in ancient Scandinavia and features series protagonist Kratos and his teenage son Atreus.
Source: wikipedia
BEST PERFORMANCE - AWARDED TO AN INDIVIDUAL FOR VOICE-OVER ACTING, MOTION AND/OR PERFORMANCE CAPTURE.
WINNER: CHRISTOPHER JUDGE for God of War Ragnarök
Category: GAMES FOR IMPACT
FOR A THOUGHT-PROVOKING GAME WITH A PRO-SOCIAL MEANING OR MESSAGE
As Dusk Falls
From Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios
The gameplay of As Dusk Falls revolves around interactive storytelling, as well as novel techniques used to gauge consensus among players for pivotal narrative decisions when playing co-operatively in its multiplayer modes. Its narrative is a multi-generational story about "two families whose trajectories collide in the Arizona desert in 1998."
source: wikipedia
Category: BEST MOBILE GAME
FOR THE BEST GAME PLAYABLE ON A MOBILE DEVICE
Marvel Snap
By Second Dinner Studios/ Nuverse
Players each have a deck of 12 cards. Each card depicts a Marvel character with cost, power level, and potentially a special ability. At the start of each round, players simultaneously put one card or more face down on one of three locations. Locations are randomly assigned for each match, and each location has a unique effect. At the end of each round cards are revealed and special abilities of cards trigger. The player with the highest power at a given location wins that location.
source: wikipedia
Winner in Category: BEST ACTION GAME
Bayonetta 3
By Platinum games/ Nintendo
Released in October, this game follows the angel-hunting witch Bayonetta, who must face against man-made bioweapons called Homunculi, and an entity known as the Singularity which threatens to destroy the multiverse. She is assisted by an ensemble of characters, including a coven of alternate universe versions of herself; and a new witch-in-training named Viola.
source: wikipedia
Winner in Category: BEST FAMILY
FOR THE BEST GAME APPROPRIATE FOR FAMILY PLAY, IRRESPECTIVE OF GENRE OR PLATFORM.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
by HAL Laboratory / Nintendo
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is the first platform game in the series with full 3D gameplay, where the player must guide Kirby through various different stages to save the Waddle Dees at the end. As in most Kirby games, Kirby can jump and slide as well as inhale enemies and objects which he can either spit out like projectiles or swallow to gain a copy ability
source: wikipedia
Winner in category: BEST SIM / STRATEGY
BEST GAME FOCUSED ON REAL TIME OR TURN-BASED SIMULATION OR STRATEGY GAMEPLAY, IRRESPECTIVE OF PLATFORM.
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
by UBISOFT MILAN/ PARIS/ UBISOFT
Players are able to build out their roster of characters from, Rabbid Peach, Rabbid Luigi, and Rabbid Mario, along with new characters Edge, Rabbid Rosalina, and Bowser (with the Rabbids being fully voiced for the first time). Players are also tasked with rescuing the Sparks throughout the galaxy, who provide distinct powers that will help the player in battle
source: wikipedia
Winner in category: BEST SPORTS / RACING
FOR THE BEST TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL SPORTS AND RACING GAME
GRAN TURISMO 7
by POLYPHONY DIGITAL/ SIE
Gran Turismo 7 features the return of the single player campaign, GT Simulation Mode. Other returning features is the return of traditional racing tracks and vehicles, Special Events, Championships, Driving School, Tuning Parts Shop, Used Cars dealership, and GT Auto while still retaining the new GT Sport Mode, Brand Central, and Discover that were introduced in Gran Turismo Sport. The player needs to progress through tasks ("Menu Books") from the GT Cafe to unlock features like multiplayer, and all tracks and cars
source: wikipedia
Winner in category: BEST SPORTS / RACING
FOR OUTSTANDING ONLINE MULTIPLAYER GAMEPLAY AND DESIGN, INCLUDING CO-OP AND MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCES, IRRESPECTIVE OF GAME GENRE OR PLATFORM
SPLATOON 3
by Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
Splatoon 3 is a third-person shooter where players choose to be either an "Inkling" or "Octoling" as their player character. Both characters have weaponry which shoots coloured ink. All basic weapons from the prior Splatoon games return in Splatoon