The addictive game-play rivals God of War Ragnarok again and again. Many viewers believe that From Software’s position is this year’s top favorite to collect the most gaming statuettes of the year and only Kratos’ adventure can threaten his dominance. As you can see, at least during the Golden Joysticks, Sony’s title was not appreciated.
We stress, however, that God of War Ragnarok was nominated in only two categories: “Ultimate Game of the Year” and “Best Performer”, which could be directly related to the late release of the game.
Golden Joystick Awards 2022 – winners
Best Storytelling:
- Horizon Forbidden West – winner
- IMMORTALITY
- Return to Monkey Island
- NORCO
- I was a teenage exocolonist
- Rebel thread
Best Audio:
- Metal: Hellsinger – winner
- We are OFK
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
- Granturismo 7
- OlliOlli World
Best Game Community:
- Final Fantasy XIV – winner
- Dreams
- Legends GRID
- No man’s sky
- Splatoon 3
- War frame
Best Game Expansion:
- Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course – zwycięzca
- Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalkers
- Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
- GTA Online: The Contract
- Guild Wars 2: Dragons’ End
- Total War: Warhammer III – Immortal Empires
Best Gaming Hardware:
- Steam Deck – the winner
- Game date
- Pocket analog
- Backbone One: PlayStation Edition
- Roccat Kone XP
- WD_Black SN850 NVMe SSD for PS5
Best Indie Game:
- Lamb worship – winner
- Tunic
- Rollerdrome
- Dorfromantik
- Neon white
- Tear down
Best Multiplayer Game:
- Elden Ring – winner
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Entrances
- MultiVersus
- Splatoon 3
- Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Best Visual Design:
- Elden Ring – winner
- Forbidden Horizon West
- Lamb worship
- Ghost thread: Tokyo
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Lost in game
Most Wanted Game:
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – zwycięzca
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Mirage from Assassin’s Creed
- Dead Island 2
- The prophesied
- street fighter 6
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Warhammer 40,000: Dark Tide
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Starfield
- Exoprimal
- Redfall
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Mass effect
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Final Fantasy VII Reborn
- Hollow Knight: Song of the Silk
- Kerbal 2 space program
- Dead space
Nintendo Game of the Year:
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus – Winner
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- Live live
- Splatoon 3
- Nintendo Switch Sports
PC Game of the Year:
- Return to Monkey Island – Winner
- Neon white
- Hardspace: Ship Destroyer
- Tear down
- Total War: Warhammer 3
- Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Demon Hunters
PlayStation Game of the Year:
- Stray – the winner
- Granturismo 7
- Forbidden Horizon West
- Elder Ring
- The last of us part I
- It was
Xbox Game of the Year:
- On the ground – the winner
- Infinite halo
- Contempt
- As dusk falls
- Sniper Elite 5
- Dying Light 2: Stay human
Still playing:
- Genshin Impact – Winner
- The Sims 4
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Minecraft
- Fortnite
- Pokémon GO
- Apex Legends
- Lost Ark
- The Elder Scrolls Online
Workshop of the year:
- FromSoftware Inc. – the winner
- roll7
- Terrible toy box
- Half mermaid
- Indoor / Night
- Tribute Games
Best Early Access Launch:
- Slime Rancher 2 – winner
- Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Dune: Spice Wars
- Core Keeper
- Vampire survivors
- Darkwood
Best Game Trailer:
Best Performer:
- Manon Gage (Immortality) – Winner
- Ted Raimi (The Quarry)
- Dominic Armato (Return to Monkey Island)
- Ashley Burch (Tiny Tina’s Wonderland)
- Christopher the Judge (God of War: Ragnarok)
- Angela Basset (Horizon Forbidden West)
Critic’s Choice:
Turn:
Last game of the year:
- Elden Ring – winner
- God of War Ragnarok – 2nd place
- Horizon Forbidden West – 3rd place
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3rd – 4th place
- Back to Monkey Island – 5th place
- Immortality
- Granturismo 7
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Tear down
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
- Neon white
- Bayonet 3
