Game of the Year
A Plague Tale: Requiem Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Horizon Forbidden West Stray Xenoblade Chronicles 3
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 in Horizon Forbidden West Charlotte McBurney in A Plague Tale: Requiem Christopher Judge in God of War Ragnarok Manon Gage in Immortality Sunny Soljic in God of War Ragnarok
Games for Impact
A Memoir Blue As Dusk Falls Citizen Sleeper Endling: Extinction is Forever Hindsight I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Best Ongoing
Apex Legends Destiny 2 Final Fantasy XIV 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 XIV Fortnite No Man’s Sky
Innovation in Accessibility
As Dusk Falls God of War Ragnarok Return to Monkey Island The Last of Us Part I The Quarry
Best VR
After the Fall Along Us VR Bonelab Moss: Book II Red Matter 2
Best Action Game
Bayonetta 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Neon White Sifu TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
Best Action-Adventure
A Plague Tale: Requiem God of War Ragnarok Horizon Forbidden West Stray Tunic
Best RPG
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 XV Multiversus Sifu
Best Sim or Strategy
Dune: Spice Wars Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Total War: Warhammer III Two Point Campus Victoria 3
Best Family
Kirby and the Forgotten Land Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Nintendo Switch Sports Splatoon 3
Best Sports or Racing
F1 22 FIFA 23 NBA 2K23 Gran Turismo 7 OlliOlli World
Best Mutliplayer
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II MultiVersus Overwatch 2 Splatoon 3 TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
Best Adaptation
Arcane: League of Legends Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners The Cuphead Show Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Uncharted
Most Anticipated Game
Final Fantasy XVI Hogwarts Legacy Resident Evil 4 Starfield The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Game Awards will be broadcast on December 8. Who do you think will be the big winner? Any particularly egregious nomination snubs (keep in mind, early December is the cut-off for the 2022 awards)?
