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The Game Awards 2022 Winners Round-Up

Kate SánchezBy 5 Mins ReadUpdated:
The Game Awards 2022 Winners Round-Up - But Why Tho

The Game Awards 2022 Winners Round-Up - But Why Tho

The Game Awards 2022 took place today, December 8, 2022, in Los Angeles. With categories from Game of the Year to Best Family, Best Mobile Game and beyond, there were a lot of winners this year. The Game Awards has been pushing to be recognized as “The Oscars of Gaming,” and for 2022 the celebration of gaming did it big with announcements, Al Pachino, and more. But the most important thing is of course, The Game Awards Winners for 2022.

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The Game Awards Categories And Winners for 2022 are listed below, with winners listed below the award and nominees featured below. Without further ado, let’s jump into The Game Awards Winners for 2022.

GAME OF THE YEAR
Winner: Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)

BEST GAME DIRECTION
Winner: 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
Winner: God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)

  • A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
  • Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
  • Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
  • Immortality (Half Mermaid)

BEST ART DIRECTION
Winner: Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)

BEST SCORE AND MUSIC
Winner: Bear McCreary, God of War Ragnarök

  • Olivier Deriviere, A Plague Tale: Requiem
  • Tsukasa Saitoh, Elden Ring
  • Two Feathers, Metal: Hellsinger
  • Yasunori Mitsuda, Xenoblade Chronicles 3

BEST AUDIO DESIGN
Winner: God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)

BEST PERFORMANCE
Winner: Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarök

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  • Ashly Burch, Horizon Forbidden West
  • Charlotte McBurney, A Plague Tale: Requiem
  • Manon Gage, Immortality
  • Sunny Suljic, God of War Ragnarök

GAMES FOR IMPACT
Winner: As Dusk Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)

  • A Memoir Blue (Cloisters Interactive/Annapurna)
  • 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
Winner: FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)

  • Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
  • Destiny 2 (Bungie)
  • Fortnite (Epic Games)
  • Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)

BEST INDIE
Winner: Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)

  • Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster / Devolver Digital)
  • Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
  • Sifu (Sloclap)
  • TUNIC (TUNIC Team/Finji)

BEST DEBUT INDIE
Winner: Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)

BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Winner: FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)

  • Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
  • Destiny 2 (Bungie)
  • Fortnite (Epic Games)
  • No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

BEST MOBILE
Winner: MARVEL SNAP (Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse)

  • Apex Legends Mobile (Lightspeed & Quantum/Respawn/EA)
  • Diablo Immortal (Blizzard/NetEase)
  • Genshin Impact (HoYovese)
  • Tower of Fantasy (Hotta Studio/Perfect World/Level Infinite)

BEST VR/AR
Winner: Moss: Book II (Polyarc)

  • After the Fall (Vertigo Games)
  • Among Us VR (Schell Games/InnerSloth)
  • BONELAB (Stress Level Zero)
  • Red Matter 2 (Vertical Robot)

BEST ACTION
Winner: 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
Winner: God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)

BEST ROLE-PLAYING
Winner: Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)

BEST FIGHTING
Winner: MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)

BEST FAMILY
Winner: Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL Laboratory / Nintendo)

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BEST SIM/STRATEGY
Winner: Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)

  • Dune: Spice Wars (Shiro Games/Funcom)
  • Total War: WARHAMMER III (Creative Assembly/Sega)
  • Two Point Campus (Two Point Studios/Sega)
  • Victoria 3 (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox Interactive)

BEST SPORTS/RACING
Winner: Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)

BEST MULTIPLAYER
Winner: Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

MOST ANTICIPATED
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

  • FINAL FANTASY XVI (Square Enix)
  • Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software/WB Games)
  • Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
  • Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
Winner: Ludwig

  • Karl Jacobs
  • Nibellion
  • Nobru
  • QTCinderella

BEST ADAPTATION
Winner: Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)

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INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY
Winner: God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)

BEST ESPORTS GAME
Winner: VALORANT (Riot Games)

  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
  • DOTA 2 (Valve)
  • League of Legends (Riot Games)
  • Rocket League (Psyonix)

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE
Winner: Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant)

  • 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)

BEST ESPORTS TEAM
Winner: LOUD (Valorant)

  • DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
  • FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
  • Gen.G (League of Legends)
  • LA Thieves (Call of Duty)

BEST ESPORTS COACH
Winner: Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (LOUD, VALORANT)

  • Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
  • Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX, VALORANT)
  • Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström (FaZe Clan, CS:GO)
  • Go “Score” Dong-bin (Gen.G, LOL)

BEST ESPORTS EVENT
Winner: 2022 League of Legends World Championship

  • EVO 2022
  • PGL Major Antwerp 2022
  • The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
  • VALORANT Champions 2022

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Kate Sanchez is Co-Founder and EIC of But Why Tho? She covers video games, film, TV, and anime. Kate is known for championing international media, animation, and media that tells stories from underrepresented perspectives. Kate is also a member of the Austin Film Critics Association and Hollywood Creative Alliance. As a freelance writer, she has bylines at MMORPG.com, IGN, and Game Informer.

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