Host Geoff Keighley unveiled all of this year’s The Game Awards nominations in a short video on Monday night. Nominations in a total of 31 categories were chosen by an expert jury, which included more than 100 gaming media from around the world. We will discuss the most interesting categories in this article, but you can view all of them on the official website, where you can also vote.
Game of the Year
The Grand Prize is given to the game that offers the absolute best creative and technical experience. Nominees:
- Plague Tale: Requiem (Studio Asobo/Focus Entertainment)
- ancient ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Forbidden Horizon West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- To roam (Studio Bluetwelve/Annapurna)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
Your six GAME OF THE YEAR nominees for #TheGameAwards:
🔸 Plague Tale: Requiem
🔸 Elden Ring
🔸 God of War Ragnarok
🔸Horizon Forbidden West⁰
🔸 Wandering
🔸 Xenoblade Chronicles 3🗳️ Vote now: https://t.co/ExP93r9hmS
👀 Winners will be announced live on Thursday, December 8th. pic.twitter.com/5N8IlZKjTD
— Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022
Best Gaming Direction
Another important category is the Best Game Director award, which honors outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design. The nominations are as follows:
- ancient ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Forbidden Horizon West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Immortality (Half-mermaid)
- To roam (Studio Bluetwelve/Annapurna)
These five games have been nominated for the Best Game Direction award for #TheGameAwards
🔸 OLD RING
🔸 God of War Ragnarok
🔸Horizon Forbidden West⁰
🔸 Immortality⁰
🔸 Wandering🗳️ Vote now: https://t.co/ExP93qRFYi
👀 Winners will be announced live on Thursday, December 8th. pic.twitter.com/quwKvjgTKF
— Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022
best story
The award recognizes outstanding storytelling and story development. Nominees:
- Plague Tale: Requiem (Studio Asobo/Focus Entertainment)
- ancient ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Forbidden Horizon West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Immortality (Half-mermaid)
Best Art Direction
The Best Art Direction Award honors outstanding creative and technical achievement in the fields of art design and animation. The following titles have been nominated:
- ancient ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Forbidden Horizon West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Contempt (EBB/Kepler Interactive software)
- To roam (Studio Bluetwelve/Annapurna)
Nominees for Best Art Direction #TheGameAwards December 8 are:
🔸 Elden Ring
🔸 God of War Ragnarok
🔸Horizon Forbidden West⁰
🔸 Contempt⁰
🔸 Wandering🗳️ Vote now: https://t.co/ExP93qRFYi
👀 Winners will be announced live on Thursday, December 8th. pic.twitter.com/VHwVijcE2r
— Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022
The best music
The following games were nominated in the category “Best Music”:
- Plague Tale: Requiem (Olivier Derivier)
- ancient ring (Tsukasa Saito)
- God of War Ragnarok (Bear McCreery)
- Metal: Hellslinger (Two feathers)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Jasunori Mitsuda)
In the nomination “Best Soundtrack and Music” five incredible results were played:
🔸History of the Plague: Requiem
🔸 Elden Ring
🔸 God of War Ragnarok⁰
🔸 Metal: Hellsinger⁰
🔸 Xenoblade Chronicles 3🗳️ Vote now: https://t.co/ExP93qRFYi
👀 Winners will be announced live on Thursday, December 8th. pic.twitter.com/fgDjEZNVz2
— Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022
Best Sound Design
But not all sound has to be music, so there is also a Best Sound Design award where games are nominated:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activation)
- ancient ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony/SIE)
- Forbidden Horizon West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
Best Performance by an Actor
The Best Acting Award is given to an individual for dubbing, motion capture, and performance. Nominees:
- Ashly Burch as Aloy (Horizon Forbidden West)
- Charlotte McBurney as Amicia de Roon (A Plague Tale: Requiem)
- Christopher Judge as Kratos (God of War Ragnarok)
- Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel (Immortality)
- Sunny Suljik as Atreus (God of War Ragnarok)
Here are five talented actors nominated for BEST PERFORMATION at #TheGameAwards:
🔸Ashly Burch,
🔸Charlotte McBurney
🔸Christopher Judge⁰
🔸Manon Gage⁰
🔸Sunny Suljic🗳️ Vote now: https://t.co/ExP93qRFYi
👀 Winners will be announced live on Thursday, December 8th. pic.twitter.com/yG9c7vgqK6
— Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022
Best Indie Game
Awarded for outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game created outside of the traditional publishing system. Nominees:
- Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster/Devolver Digital)
- neon white (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
- Sifu (Sloclap)
- To roam (Studio Bluetwelve/Annapurna)
- Tunics (Tunick Tim/Finji)
Five nominees for Best India #TheGameAwards:
🔸 Cult of the Lamb
🔸 Neon white
🔸 Sifu⁰
🔸 Wandering⁰
🔸 TUNIC🗳️ Vote now: https://t.co/ExP93qRFYi
👀 Winners will be announced live on Thursday, December 8th. pic.twitter.com/ysjqD6m4Eo
— Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022
Best Action Game
The Best Action Game award is given to games that are primarily focused on combat. Nominees:
- Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activation)
- neon white (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
- Sifu (Sloclap)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (tribute games/Dotem)
Boom! Here are five nominees for best action movie #TheGameAwards December 8:
🔸 Bayonetta 3
🔸 Cash on delivery: MW2
🔸 Neon White⁰
🔸 Sifu⁰
🔸 TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge🗳️ Vote now: https://t.co/ExP93r9hmS
👀 Winners will be announced live on Thursday, December 8th. pic.twitter.com/rnQQGytnlk
— Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022
Best adventure adventure
But some games combine combat with various logic puzzles and other activities, and they are awarded the prize for the best action adventure game. Games received nominations:
- Plague Tale: Requiem (Studio Asobo/Focus Entertainment)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Forbidden Horizon West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- To roam (Studio Bluetwelve/Annapurna)
- Tunics (Tunick Tim/Finji)
Meet the five nominees for Best Action/Adventure on #TheGameAwards:
🔸 Plague Tale: Requiem
🔸 God of War Ragnarok
🔸Horizon Forbidden West⁰
🔸 Wandering⁰
🔸 TUNIC🗳️ Vote now: https://t.co/ExP93qRFYi
👀 Winners will be announced live on Thursday, December 8th. pic.twitter.com/APk38eFPBB
— Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022
Best RPG
Awarded for best game design with rich character development and customization, including MMO games. The following titles have been nominated:
- ancient ring (From Software/Bandai Namco)
- Live and live (Square Enix/Nintendo)
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Gaming Freak/Nintendo)
- Triangle Strategy (Artdink/Square Enix)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
And now it’s time to announce the top five nominees for the best role-playing game #TheGameAwards:
🔸Elden Ring
🔸 Live and live
🔸 Pokemon Legends: Arceus⁰
🔸 Triangle Strategy⁰
🔸 Xenoblade Chronicles 3🗳️ Vote now: https://t.co/ExP93r9hmS
👀 Winners will be announced live on Thursday, December 8th. pic.twitter.com/deet58nE8r
— Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022
Best adaptation
Finally, we’ll introduce a brand new category that celebrates work that accurately and authentically adapts a video game to a different medium. Nominees:
- Arcana (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)
- Cyberpunk: Edge Runners (Studio Trigger/CD Projekt, Netflix)
- Show Cuphead! (Studio MDHR/King Features Syndicate/Netflix)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Sammy Group/Paramount Pictures)
- unknown (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)
Our new award for the best adaptation on #TheGameAwards these five nominees are presented:
🔸 Arcana: League of Legends
🔸 Cyberpunk: Edge Runners
🔸 Cup Show!⁰
🔸 Sonic the Hedgehog 2⁰
🔸 Uncharted🗳️ Vote now: https://t.co/ExP93r9hmS
👀 Winners will be announced live on Thursday, December 8th. pic.twitter.com/yyIZmPnbLK
— Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022
Finally, I would like to add that the game God of War Ragnarok received the most nominations – 10.
Here are the most nominated games on #TheGameAwards this year. pic.twitter.com/th2FBi14vz
— Game Awards (@thegameawards) November 14, 2022
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