This year’s Game Awards gala took place on Thursday night chicken time Polish. The event was traditionally hosted Geoff Keighleythe main organizer of the competition, and several stars appeared on the stage, including Hollywood actor Al Pacino, who presented one of the awards.
The Game Awards 2022. Elden Ring wins
The winner in the most important category “Game of the Year” proved to be Elder Ring. fictional gr warehouse from the studio FromSoftwarefor which the legendary creator is responsible Hidetaka Miyazakiit won four awards in total, including for directing and best art direction.
The largest number of awards, six, went to: God of War: Ragnarok. Continuation of the adventures of Kratos and Atreus from the studio Sony Santa Monica won, among others in the categories “Best Story”, “Best Music” and “Best Action/Adventure Game”.
The list of winners of all categories is as follows:
- Game of the Year: Elder Ring
- Best Director: Elder Ring
- Best Story: God of War: Ragnarok
- Best Art Direction: Elder Ring
- The best music: God of War: Ragnarok
- Best Sound Design: God of War: Ragnarok
- The best performance: Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War: Ragnarok
- Best Game Developed: Final Fantasy 14 online
- Best Indie Game: Stray
- Best Mobile Game: Multiverse
- Best VR/AR Game: Moss: Book II
- Best Action Game: Bayonet 3
- Best Racing/Sports Game: GRan Tourism 7
- Best Action/Adventure Game: God of War: Ragnarok
- Best RPG: Elder Ring
- Best Fighting Game: Multiverse
- Best Family Game: Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- Best simulator/strategy: Mario and Rabbids: sparks of hope
- Best Multiplayer Game: Splatoon 3
- Best Independent Debut: Stray
- Most Anticipated Game: The Legend of Zelda: Kingdom Tears
- Best Community Support: Final Fantasy 14 online
- Innovation in accessibility: God of War: Ragnarok
- Players Choice: Genshin Impact
- Best Fit: Arcane
- Games for mempact: As dusk falls
- Best eSports Game: Value
- Best esports player: Jacob “Hooray” Whiteaker
- Best esports team: ALOUD
- Best esports event: LEAGUE OF LEGENDS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2022
- Best esports coach: Matthew “BZKA” Tarasconi
- Best Web Creator: Louis
The Game Awards 2022. Tons of trailers and announcements
Traditionally, during The Game Awards gala, we have also seen a number of announcements of upcoming productions. The most anticipated was, of course, the first trailer Final fantasy 16.
There were some surprises too. Hideo Kojima showed the teaser Death Stranding 2, continuation of the extremely original action game from 2019, and Aaryn Flynn, responsible for e.g. for the Mass Effect series, it boasted a trailer Nightingale – a survival game set in a steampunk style.
In addition, trailers for games such as Hades II were also presented Post Trauma, After Us, Replaced, Street Fighter 6, Hades II, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, DUNE Awakening, Nightingale, Lords of the Fallen Self Tekk 8.
