Elder Ring was voted game of the year by Game prizes 2022, an event known as the “Oscars of Games”. The result was announced this Thursday evening (8), during a ceremony held at the Microsoft Threater in Los Angeles, in the United States. They also fought for Game of the Year (GOTY) A Plague Tale: Requiem, God of War: Ragnarok, Horizon: Forbidden West, Stray and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. In addition to the main award, Elden Ring still won in the categories “Best Director”, “Best Art Direction” and “Best RPG”. God of War: Ragnarok was the most awarded game of the night, with six trophies in total, but the GOT finished with the success of From software.
The Brazilians also had reason to celebrate tonight. First STRONG (Valorous) was announced as the winner in the “Best Esports Team” category, a very motivated award for his title in Valorant Champions 2022🇧🇷 Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi, coach of Value, also won the award in the “Best Esports Coach of the Year” category. Bruno “Nobru” Goes was nominated for “Content Creator of the Year” but was defeated by Ludwig Ahgren.
Elden Ring is the GOTY of 2022 — Photo: Playback/PlayStation
The TGA 2022 had more than 30 categories and had the TechAll as part of the expert jury. Other choices have also stood out at the awards, such as The Legend of Zelda: Kingdom Tears, which won in the “Most Anticipated Game” category. Stray received both indie game awards, and Final Fantasy XIV finished the night with two awards in addition to “Best Community Support” and “Best Continuing Game.” It still stands out League of Legendswinning “Best Adaptation”, with the Arcane series, and “Best Esports Event”, thanks to the success of LOL World 2022.
However, the night truly belonged to the duo who had the favoritism to take on GOTY. God of War: Ragnarok collected trophies during the ceremony, including “Best Performance” for Christopher Judge and Best Score/Music for Bear McCreary. One might even expect the title to win ‘Game of the Year’ in 2022, but Elden Ring has won this edition of the gaming Oscar. See in the table below all the winners of The Game Awards 2022.
The Vencedores attend The Game Awards 2022
Categories | winners |
Game of the year | Elder Ring |
Best direction | Elder Ring |
Best Fiction | God of War: Ragnarok |
Best Art Direction | Elder Ring |
Best action game | Bayonet 3 |
Best action adventure game | God of War: Ragnarok |
Best RPG | Elder Ring |
Best fighting game | Multiverse |
Best sports or racing game | Granturismo 7 |
Best strategy game | Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of hope |
Best family game | Kirby and the Forgotten Land |
Best Score/Music | Bear McCreary in God of War: Ragnarok |
Best audio design | God of War: Ragnarok |
The best performance | Christopher Judge, aka Kratos in God of War: Ragnarok |
Best Indie Game | Stray |
Best Independent Debut | Stray |
Best Continuous Game | Final Fantasy XIII |
Best mobile game | Marvel shot |
Best VR/AR game | Moss: Book II |
Best multiplayer | Splaton 3 |
Better community support | Final Fantasy XIII |
Games for Impact (games with social impact) | As dusk falls |
Innovation in accessibility | God of War: Ragnarok |
Best fit | Arcane: League of Legends |
Most awaited game | The Legend of Zelda: Kingdom Tears |
Content Creator of the Year | Louis Ahgren |
Best eSports game | Value |
Best esports player | Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker |
Best esports coach | Matthew “bzkA” Tarasconi |
Best Sports Team | ALOUD |
Best esports event | World of LOL 2022 |
Nominees for The Game Awards 2022
- A Plague Tale: Requiem;
- Elden Ring;
- God of War: Ragnarok;
- Horizon: Forbidden West;
- Stray;
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
- Elden Ring;
- God of War: Ragnarok;
- Horizon: Forbidden West;
- Immortality;
- Stray.
- A Plague Tale: Requiem;
- Elden ring;
- God of War: Ragnarok;
- Horizon: Forbidden West;
- Immortality.
- Elden Ring;
- God of War: Ragnarok;
- Horizon: Forbidden West;
- Contempt;
- Stray.
- Bayonet 3;
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2;
- neon white;
- It was;
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.
Best action adventure game
- A Plague Tale: Requiem;
- God of War: Ragnarok;
- Horizon: Forbidden West;
- Stray;
- Tunic.
- Elden ring;
- Live a live;
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus;
- Triangular Strategy;
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
- Duel DNF;
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle;
- The King of Fighters XV;
- Multiverse;
- It was.
Best sports or racing game
- F1 22;
- FIFA 23;
- NBA 2K23;
- Granturismo 7;
- OlliOlli World.
Best strategy game
- Dune: Spice Wars;
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope;
- Total War: Warhammer III;
- Two Point Campus;
- Victory 3.
Best family game
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land;
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga;
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope;
- Nintendo Switch Sports;
- Splatoon 3.
Best Score/Music
- Olivier Derivière (A Plague Tale: Requiem);
- Tsukasa Saitoh (Elden Ring);
- Bear McCreary (God of War: Ragnarok);
- Two Feathers (Metal: Hellsinger);
- Yasunori Mitsuda (Xenoblade Chronicles 3).
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2;
- Elden ring;
- God of War: Ragnarok;
- GranTurismo 7;
- Horizon: Forbidden West.
- Ashly Burch (Horizon: Forbidden West);
- Charlotte McBurney (A Plague Tale: Requiem);
- Christopher Judge (God of War: Ragnarok);
- Manon Gage (Immortality);
- Sunny Suljic (God of War: Ragnarok).
- Lamb worship;
- neon white;
- It was;
- Stray;
- Tunic.
- neon white;
- NORCO;
- Stray;
- Tunic;
- Vampire survivors.
- After the fall;
- Among Us VR;
- BONELAB;
- Moss: Book 2;
- Red matter 2.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2;
- Multiverse;
- Surveillance 2;
- Splatoon 3;
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.
Better community support
- Apex Legends;
- Destiny 2;
- Final Fantasy XIII;
- Fortnite;
- No man’s sky.
Games for Impact (games with social impact)
- A blue memory;
- As dusk falls;
- sleeper citizen;
- Endling – Extinction is forever;
- hindsight;
- I was a teenage exocolonist.
Innovation in accessibility
- As dusk falls;
- God of War: Ragnarok;
- Return to Monkey Island;
- The Last of Us Part 1;
- The cave.
- Arcane (League of Legends);
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunner;
- The Cuphead Show!;
- Sonic the hedgehog 2;
- Unexplored.
Content Creator of the Year
- Carl Jacobs;
- Louis;
- Nibellion;
- Countdown;
- QT Cinderella.
Best esports player
- Farm;
- Forger;
- carriage;
- simple;
- Yay.
Best esports coach
- blade3;
- bZka;
- d00mbr0s;
- the seal;
- Point.
- Dark Zero Esports;
- FaZe clan;
- Gen.G;
- Los Angeles Thieves;
- ALOUD.
With information from Game prizes
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