This year saw God of War Ragnarok, Elden Ring, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Horizon Forbidden West, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and Stray up for the coveted Game of the Year award. The winner was FromSoftware’s Elden Ring. God of War walked off with the most awards with eight, including Best Action Adventure Game. The full list of nominees is below, with winners denoted in bold.
WINNERS
GAME OF THE YEAR
A Plague Tale: Requiem Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Horizon Forbidden West Stray Xenoblade Chronicles 3
BEST GAME DIRECTION
Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Horizon Forbidden West Immortality Stray
BEST NARRATIVE
A Plague Tale: Requiem Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Horizon Forbidden West Immortality
BEST ART DIRECTION
Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Horizon Forbidden West Scorn Stray
BEST SCORE AND MUSIC
A Plague Tale: Requiem Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Metal: Hellsinger Xenoblade Chronicles 3
BEST AUDIO DESIGN
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Gran Turismo 7 Horizon Forbidden West
BEST PERFORMANCE
Ashly Burch - Horizon Forbidden West Charlotte McBurney - A Plague Tale: Requiem Christopher Judge - God of War Ragnarok Manon Gage - Immortality Sunny Suljic - God of War Ragnarok
GAMES FOR IMPACT
A Memoir Blue As Dusk Falls Citizen Sleeper Endling - Extinction is Forever Hindsight I Was a Teenage Exocolonis
BEST ONGOING GAME
Apex Legends Destiny 2 Final Fantasy 14 Fortnite Genshin Impact
BEST INDIE
Cult of the Lamb Neon White Sifu Stray Tunic
BEST DEBUT INDIE
Neon White NORCO Stray Tunic Vampire Survivors
BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Apex Legends Destiny 2 Final Fantasy 14 Fortnite No Man’s Sky
BEST MOBILE
Apex Legends Mobile Diablo Immortal Genshin Impact Marvel Snap Tower of Fantasy
BEST VR/AR
After the Fall Among Us VR BONELAB Moss: Book 2 Red Matter 2
BEST ACTION
Bayonetta 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare2 Neon White Sifu Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE
A Plague Tale: Requiem God of War Ragnarok Horizon Forbidden West Stray Tunic
BEST ROLE PLAYING
Elden Ring Live a Live Pokemon Legends: Arceus Triangle Strategy Xenoblade Chronicles 3
BEST FIGHTING
DNF Duel JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R The King of Fighters 15 MultiVersus Sifu
BEST FAMILY GAME
Kirby and the Forgotten Land LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Nintendo Switch Sports Splatoon 3
BEST SIM/STRATEGY
Dune: Spice Wars Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Total War: Warhammer 3 Two Point Campus Victoria 3
BEST SPORTS/RACING
F1 22 FIFA 23 NBA 2K23 Gran Turismo 7 OlliOlli World
BEST MULTIPLAYER
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 MultiVersus Overwatch 2 Splatoon 3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
MOST ANTICIPATED
Final Fantasy 16 Hogwarts Legacy Resident Evil 4 Starfield The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
Karl Jacobs Ludwig Nibellion Nobru QTCinderella
BEST ADAPTATION
Arcane: League of Legends Cyberpunk: Edgerunners The Cuphead Show Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Uncharted
INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY
As Dusk Falls God of War Ragnarok Return to Monkey Island The Last of Us Part I The Quarry
BEST ESPORTS GAME
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive DOTA 2 League of Legends Rocket League Valorant
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
