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Elden Ring won Game of the Year at the annual The Game Awards. The game was therefore preferred over titles such as God of War Ragnarök and Horizon Forbidden West. The game received a total of four of the seven awards it was nominated for.
Next Game of the year Elden Ring also won awards for Best Director, Best Art Direction, and Best RPG. The game was also nominated for Best Score and Music, Best Audio Design and Best Narrative, but all three awards went to God of War Ragnarök.
While God of War Ragnarök wasn’t named Game of the Year, the game managed to win more awards than Elden Ring. In addition to the three awards mentioned, the Sony title also won Best Performance for Christopher Judge’s voice as Kratos, Innovation in Accessiblity Award and Best Action/Adventure. With that, the PlayStation exclusive won six awards.
God of War Ragnarök also had the best chance of winning the most prizes; this game received the most award show nominations. Dutch studio Guerilla Games’ Horizon Forbidden West and Elden Ring, with seven nominations, both have three nominations fewer than the God of War game. Forbidden West failed to win any awards at The Game Awards.
In total, 31 prizes were awarded. The nominations were chosen by an international jury and the winners were chosen by that jury and the public.
Elden Ring won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2022
| Winners The Game Awards 2022 | |||||
| Game of the year | Elder Ring | Best action game | Bayonet 3 | Best esports team | Strong (Valorous) |
| Best game direction | Elder Ring | Best Action/Adventure | God of war Ragnarök | Best esports coach | Matheus “BZKA” Tarasconi (strong, brave) |
| Best Fiction | God of war Ragnarök | Best RPG | Elder Ring | Best esports event | League of Legends Championship 2022 |
| Best Art Direction | Elder Ring | Best fight | Multiverse | ||
| Best Score and Music | God of war Ragnarök | The best family | Kirby and the Forgotten Land | ||
| Best audio design | God of war Ragnarök | Best sim/strategy | Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope | ||
| The best performance | God of war Ragnarök | Best sports/racing | Granturismo 7 | ||
| Impact games | As dusk falls | Best multiplayer | Splatoon 3 | ||
| Best in progress | Final Fantasy XIII | Content Creator of the Year | Louis | ||
| The best indie | Stray | Best Independent Debut | Stray | ||
| Best mobile game | Marvel shot | Best fit | Arcane: League of Legends | ||
| Better community support | Final Fantasy XIII |
Most awaited game |
The Legend of Zelda: Kingdom Tears | ||
| Innovation in accessibility | God of war Ragnarök | Best eSports game | Value | ||
| Best VR/AR | Moss: Book II | Best eSports Athlete | Jacob “Hooray” Whiteaker | ||
