Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök were among a host of games to rack up numerous awards at the 2022 The Game Awards.

This year’s The Game Awards were Dec. 8 in Los Angeles and recognized a wide variety of games from a host of developers. These awards come a few weeks after the Golden Joystick Awards, which saw Elden Ring bring home four awards.

A jury comprised of over 100 media and influencer outlets from around the world voted on the awards to determine the winners.

Elden Ring also performed well at The Game Awards as it won four categories including Game of the Year. Overall, the game garnered seven nominations.

God of War Ragnarök, however, had the bigger night as it scored six awards, including Best Narrative and Best Action/Adventure, out of its 10 nominations.

Another top performer was Stray, winning Best Indie and Best Debut Indie out of its six nominations. Final Fantasy XIV won both its nominations — Best Ongoing Game and Best Community Support — while The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom won Most Anticipated Game.

Horizon Forbidden West had seven nominations, but did not land any wins. It lost to either Elden Ring or God of War Ragnarök in each of its categories.

Awards weren’t the only feature of The Game Awards. There were a host of game reveals and trailers throughout the event, setting up the schedule for the following year.

Below are the winners (in bold) and the nominations:

The Game Awards: Best Of Categories

Game of the Year

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarök
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Stray
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Game Direction

• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarök
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Immortality
• Stray

Best Narrative

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarök
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Immortality

Best Art Direction

• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarök
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Scorn
• Stray

Best Score and Music

• Olivier Driviere: A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Tsukasa Saitoh: Elden Ring
• Bear McCreary: God of War Ragnarök
• Two Feathers: Metal: Hellsinger
• Yasunori Mitsuda: Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Audio Design

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarök
• Gran Turismo 7
• Horizon Forbidden West

Best Performance

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

The Game Awards: Game-Specific Categories

Games for Impact

• A Memoir Blue
• As Dusk Falls
• Citizen Sleeper
• Ending – Extinction is Forever
• Hindsight
• I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

Best Ongoing Game

• 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

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 II
• Red Matter 2

Best Action

• Bayonetta 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Neon White
• Sifu
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

Best Action/Adventure

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• God of War Ragnarök
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Stray
• TUNIC

Best RPG

• Elden Ring
• Liva a Live
• Pokémon 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 Family

• 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 III
• 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 II
• MultiVersus
• Overwatch 2
• Splatoon 3
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

Most Anticipated

• Final Fantasy XVI
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Resident Evil 4
• Starfield
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The Game Awards: Other Categories

Content Creator of the Year

• Karl Jacobs
• Ludwig
• Nibellion
• Nobru
• QTCinderella

Best Adaptation

• Arcade: League of Legends
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• The Cuphead Show!
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Uncharted

Innovation in Accessibility

• As Dusk Falls
• God of War Ragnarök
• Return to Monkey Island
• The Last of Us Part I
• The Quarry

The Game Awards: Esports

Best Esports Game

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• DOTA 2
• League of Legends
• Rocket League
• Valorant

Best Esport Athlete

• Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon (Gen.G; League of Legends)
• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (T1; League of Legends)
• Finn “karrigan” Andersen (FaZe Clan; Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere; Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant)

Best Esports Team

• DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
• FaZe Clan (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Gen.G (League of Legends)
• LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
• LOUD (Valorant)

Best Esports Coach

• Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (Natus Vincere; Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (LOUD; Valorant)
• Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX; Valorant)
• Robert “RobbaN: Dahlström (FaZe Clan; Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Go “Score” Dong-bin (Gen.G; League of Legends)

Best Esports Event

• EVO 2022
• 2022 League of Legends World Championship
• PGL Major Antwerp 2022
• The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
• Valorant Champions 2022

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