The Game Awards 2022: Nominees, winners, and everything you need to know
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Every year, Geoff Keighley hosts The Game Awards, pulling nominations from dozens of media outlets around the world and putting on a show where awards are given out and new games are revealed.
We’ve rounded up everything you need to know about The Game Awards 2022, whether you’re interested in the nominees, want to vote, or just need to know when the awards are being held. Now that the awards are over, we’ve covered all the notableannouncements at The Game Awards 2022.
What is The Game Awards 2022?
The Game Awards is an awards and entertainment show put together by Geoff Keighley, who also hosts Opening Night Live at Gamescom and Summer Game Fest. The Game Awards was first held in December 2014, and has been an annual event since then, withThe Game Awards 2021setting records with more views than ever before.
The awards pull from dozens of different media outlets, as detailed in thevoting jury, pulling in nominations for thebest gamesof the year. There are different categories such as Best Action/Adventure, Best Sports/Racing, Best Direction, and of course, Game of the Year. While outlets comprise the nominations, the final vote for the winners is split, with 90% of the vote coming from the jury and the remaining 10% being fan voted.
The Game Awards 2022: Nominees
Multiple categories return this year, alongside a new category that recognizes movie and TV adaptions of gaming properties. This year,God of War Ragnarökleads with ten nominations, whilePlayStation Studios(Sony Interactive Entertainment) led for publishers with a combined 20 nominations. Here’s the full list of nominees for The Game Awards 2022.Elden Ringwon Game of the Year, and we’ve bolded all of the winners:
Game of the Year
Best Game Direction
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Best Narrative
Best Art Direction
Best Score and Music
Best Audio Design
Best Performance
Games for Impact
Best Ongoing Game
Best Independent Game
Best Mobile Game
Best Community Support
Best AR/VR Game
Innovation in Accessibility
Best Action Game
Best Action/Adventure Game
Best Role Playing Game
Best Fighting Game
Best Family Game
Best Sports/Racing Game
Best Sim/Strategy Game
Best Multiplayer Game
Best Debut Indie Game
Most Anticipated Game
Best Adaption
Best Esports Game
Best Esports Athlete
Best Esports Team
Best Esports Coach
Best Esports Event
Content Creator of the Year
The Game Awards 2022: How to vote
If you want to vote and contribute to the outcome of The Game Awards, you can do so. You’ll need to go to theofficial websiteand make an account, or sign in to an existing account if you’ve voted in prior years.
The Game Awards 2022: What is being shown?
The Game Awards always features a variety of surprises and big reveals, with new games and trailers for already-announced titles being shown. In the past couple of years, Microsoft in particular has had a large presence at The Game Awards, revealing the Xbox Series X andSenua’s Saga: Hellblade 2in 2019, announcingPerfect Darkin 2020, and showing the first gameplay from Hellblade 2 in 2021.
Right now, we don’t know everything confirmed to be present at the awards, but we’ll be updating this as news comes out.So far, it’s confirmed that we’ll be seeingStar Wars Jedi: Survivor, a game being developed by Respawn Entertainment as a sequel to the 2019 game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
How to watch The Game Awards 2022
The Game Awards 2022 are being held on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT. There, players will a show filled with game reveals, updates on existing titles, and award presentations for the various categories. You can watch through the following options:
Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
