The best games of the year in gaming were celebrated with The Game Awards 2022, that featured performances by Al Pacino, Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Josef Fares, Ken and Roberta Williams Keegan Michael Key, Jessica Henwick and Aurora as well as performances by Halsey as well as Hozier.
Even though “God of War: Ragnarok” won the most nominations, “Elden Ring” ultimately won the biggest prize for the best game that year along with the top game direction, art direction, and role-playing game. The FromSoftware team’s win was slowed down a bit after a crasher took to the stage to thank “reformed Orthodox Rabbi Bill Clinton.”
Just moments after the end of the ceremony the presenter Geoff Keighley tweeted, “The person who disrupted our most memorable game of the year moment was arrested.”
The ninth annual event was jam-packed with surprises, including the first glimpses of “Star Jedi: Survivor from Star Wars,” “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” “Street Fighter 6,”” “Final Fantasy XVI,”” “Dune Awakening,”” “TEKKEN 8,”” “Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty” and other.
Find the complete listing of the winners here:
GAME OF THE YEAR
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
BEST GAME DIRECTION
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
BEST NARRATIVE
God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
BEST ART DIRECTION
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
BEST SCORE AND MUSIC
Bear McCreary, God of War Ragnarok
BEST AUDIO DESIGN
God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
BEST PERFORMANCE
Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarok
GAMES FOR IMPACT
As Dusk Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)
BEST ONGOING GAME
FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)
BEST INDIE
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
BEST DEBUT INDIE
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT, PRESENTED BY DISCORD
FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)
BEST MOBILE
MARVEL SNAP (Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse)
BEST VR/AR
Moss: Book II (Polyarc)
BEST ACTION
Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE
God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
BEST ROLE PLAYING
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
BEST FIGHTING
MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)
BEST FAMILY
Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL Laboratory / Nintendo)
BEST SIM/STRATEGY
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)
BEST SPORTS/RACING
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)
BEST MULTIPLAYER
Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
MOST ANTICIPATED
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
Ludwig
BEST ADAPTATION
Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)
INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY
God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
BEST ESPORTS GAME
VALORANT (Riot Games)
BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE
Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant)
BEST ESPORTS TEAM
LOUD (Valorant)
BEST ESPORTS COACH
Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (LOUD, VALORANT)
BEST ESPORTS EVENT
2022 League of Legends World Championship
Players Voice
Genshin Impact (miHoYo)
