The Game Awards 2022: Winners

To celebrate the best in gaming and to recognize the incredible talent and hard work that goes into creating these amazing experiences.

This year's nominees represent the very best of the gaming industry, and we are thrilled to announce the winners of each category.

Without further ado, let's get started and honor the champions of gaming! here are our nominees and winners.

Best Mobile Game:

Winner:

• Marvel Snap

Nominees:

• Apex Legends Mobile

• Diablo Immortal

• Genshin Impact

• Marvel Snap

• Tower of Fantasy

Best Fighting Game:

Winner:

• Multiversus

Nominees:

• DNF Dual

• Jojo Bizzare Adventure: All star battle R

• The king of fighter XV

• Multiversus

• Sifu

Best eSports Game:

Winner:

• Valorant

Nominees:

• Counter Strike global offensive (CS:GO)

• Dota 2

• valorant

• League of Legends

• Rocket League

Best eSports Athlete:

Winner:

• YAY

Nominees:

• Chovy

• Faker

• Karrigan

• S1mple

• YAY

Best eSports Team:

Winner:

• LOUD

Nominees:

• DARKZERO eSports

• Faze Clan

• GEN.G

• LA THIEVES

• LOUD

Best eSports Coach:

Winner:

• BZKA

Nominees:

• B1ad3

• BZKA

• D00MBR0S

• ROBBAN

• SCORE

Best eSports Event:

Winner:

• 2022 League of legends world championship

Nominees:

• EVO 2022

• 2022 League of legends world championship

• PGL Major antwerp 2022

• 2022 mid-season invitational

• Valorant Champions 2022

Best Family Game:

Winner:

• kirby and the forgotten land

Nominees:

• kirby and the forgotten land

• Lego starwars the skywalker saga

• Mario rabbids sparks of hope

• Nintendo switch sports

• Splatoon 3

Best Performance:

Winner:

• Christopher Judge: God of War Ragnarok

Nominees:

• Ashly Burch: Horizon forbidden west

• Charlotte McBurney: A Plague Tale: Requiem

• Christopher Judge: God of War Ragnarok

• Sunny Suljic: God of War Ragnarok

• Mannon Gage: Immortality

Best Debut Indie:

Winner:

• Stray

Nominees:

• Neon White

• Narco

• Stray

• Tunic

• Vampire survivor

Best Game Adaptation:

Winner:

• Arcane League of Legends

Nominees:

• Arcane League of Legends

• Cyber punk: edgerunner

• The Cuphead show

• Sonic the hedgehog 2

• Uncharted

Best Narrative:

Winner:

• God of War Ragnarok

Nominees:

• A Plague Tale: Requiem

• Elden ring

• God of War Ragnarok

• horizon forbidden

• immortality

Best Art Direction:

Winner:

• Elden ring

Nominees:

• Elden ring

• God of War Ragnarok

• horizon forbidden

• Stray

• Scorn

Best VR/AR Game:

Winner:

• Moss book 2

Nominees:

• After the fall

• Among us VR

• BoneLab

• Moss book 2

• Red Matter 2

Best Sim/Strategy Game:

Winner:

• Mario rabbids sparks of hope

Nominees:

• Dune Spice wars

• Mario rabbids sparks

• Total war hammer 3

• Two point campus

• Victoria 3

Best Community Support:

Winner:

• Final Fantasy XIV

Nominees:

• Apex legends

• destiny 2

• Final Fantasy XIV

• Frotnite

• No man's sky

Games For Impact:

Winner:

• As Dusk Falls

Nominees:

• A Memoir blue

• As Dusk Falls

• Citizen sleeper

• endling extinction is forever

• Hindsiht

• I was a teenage, exocolonist

Best Sports/Racing Game:

Winner:

• GRAN TURISMO 7

Nominees:

• F1 22

• FIFA 23

• NBA 2K23

• GRAN TURISMO 7

• OLLI OLLI world

Best Multiplayer Game:

Winner:

• Splatoon 3

Nominees:

• Call of duty modern warfare II

• Multiversus

• Overwatch 2

• Splatoon 3

• Teenage mutant ninja turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Best Audio Design:

Winner:

• God of War Ragnarok

Nominees:

• Call of duty modern warfare II

• Elden ring

• God of War Ragnarok

• GRAN TURISMO 7

• Horizon forbidden west

Content creator of the year:

Winner:

• Ludwig

Nominees:

• Karl Jacobs

• Ludwig

• Nibellion

• Nobru

• QTCINDERELLA

Most Anticipated Game:

Winner:

• The League of Zelda Tears of the kingdom

Nominees:

• Final fantasy XVI

• Hogwarts Legacy

• Resident evil 4

• Starfield

• The League of Zelda Tears of the kingdom

Best Action Game:

Winner:

• Bayonetta 3

Nominees:

• Bayonetta 3

• Call of duty modern warfare II

• Neon White

• Sifu

• Teenage mutant ninja turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Best Score & Music:

Winner:

• God of War Ragnarok

Nominees:

• A Plague Tale: Requiem

• Elden ring

• Metal hellsinger

• Xenoblade chronicles 3

• God of War Ragnarok

Best Role Playing Game:

Winner:

• Elden ring

Nominees:

• Elden ring

• Live a live

• Pokémon Legend Arceus

• Triangle strategy

• Xenoblade chronicles 3

Players' Voice Award:

Winner:

• Genshin Impact

Nominees:

• Sonic Frontiers

• Elden ring

• Genshin Impact

• God of War Ragnarok

• Stray

Best Independent Game:

Winner:

• Stray

Nominees:

• Cult of the Lamb

• Neon White

• Sifu

• Stray

• Tunic

Best Action/Adventure Game:

Winner:

• God of War Ragnarok

Nominees:

• A Plague Tale: Requiem

• God of War Ragnarok

• Stray

• Tunic

• Horizon forbidden west

Best Ongoing Game:

Winner:

• Final Fantasy XIV

Nominees:

• Apex Legends

• Destiny 2

• Final Fantasy XIV

• Fortnite

• Genshin Impact

Best Game Direction:

Winner:

• Elden ring

Nominees:

• Elden ring

• Horizon forbidden west

• God of War Ragnarok

• Stray

• Immortality

Game of the Year:

Winner:

• Elden ring

Nominees:

• A Plague Tale: Requiem

• Elden ring fromsoftware bandai namco

• Horizon forbidden west guerrilla games sie

• Bear Mccreary God of war

• Stray Bluetwelve studio Annapurna

• xenoblade chronicles 3 monolith soft Nintendo

• scorn ebb software kepler interactive