Tonight, the “biggest night in gaming” took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, which means we’re learning who the big winners are from the 2022 Game Awards.
This year’s Game Awards show was hosted by Geoff Keighley. While the highlight for many are the world premiere trailers and game reveals, others are more into the awards aspect of the event.
Let’s run down the full list of winners from tonight’s show, listed by category, and complete with all the nominees. Congratulations to everyone who won!
2022 Game Awards Winners
Winners are indicated in bold.
Best Mobile Game
- Marvel Snap – Second Dinner / Nuverse
- Apex Legends Mobile – Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
- Diablo Immortal – NetEase / Blizzard Entertainment
- Genshin Impact – miHoYo
- Tower of Fantasy – Hotta Studio / Level Infinite
Best Fighting Game
- MultiVersus – Player First Games / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- DNF Duel – Arc System Works, Eighting, Neople / Nexon
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R – CyberConnect2 / Bandai Namco Entertainment
- The King of Fighters XV – SNK
- Sifu – Sloclap
Best Esports Game
- Valorant – Riot Games
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – Valve
- Dota 2 – Valve
- League of Legends – Riot Games
- Rocket League – Psyonix
Best Esports Athlete
- Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker
- Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon
- Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
- Finn “karrigan” Andersen
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
Best Esports Team
- LOUD
- DarkZero Esports
- FaZe Clan
- Gen.G
- Los Angeles Thieves
Best Esports Coach
- Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi
- Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi
- Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren
- Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström
- Go “Score” Dong-bin
Best Esports Event
- 2022 League of Legends World Championship
- Evo 2022
- PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
- 2022 Valorant Champions
Best Family Game
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land – HAL Laboratory / Nintendo
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga – Traveller’s Tales / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope – Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris / Ubisoft
- Nintendo Switch Sports – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
- Splatoon 3 – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
Best Performance
- Christopher Judge as Kratos – God of War Ragnarök
- Ashly Burch as Aloy – Horizon Forbidden West
- Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel – Immortality
- Charlotte McBurney as Amicia de Rune – A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Sunny Suljic as Atreus – God of War Ragnarök
Best Debut Indie
- Stray – BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive
- Neon White – Angel Matrix / Annapurna Interactive
- Norco – Geography of Robots / Raw Fury
- Tunic – Andrew Shouldice / Finji
- Vampire Survivors – Luca Galante
Best Adaptation
- Arcane (animated series) – Fortiche, Riot Games / Netflix; based on League of Legends by Riot Games
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (anime series) – Studio Trigger, CD Projekt / Netflix; based on Cyberpunk 2077 by CD Projekt
- The Cuphead Show! (animated series) – Studio MDHR, King Features Syndicate / Netflix; based on Cuphead by Studio MDHR
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film) – Sega Sammy Group / Paramount Pictures; based on Sonic the Hedgehog by Sega
- Uncharted (film) – PlayStation Productions / Sony Pictures Releasing; based on Uncharted by Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Narrative
- God of War Ragnarök – Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- A Plague Tale: Requiem – Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Horizon Forbidden West – Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Immortality – Sam Barlow / Half Mermaid Productions
Best Art Direction
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
- God of War Ragnarök – Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Horizon Forbidden West – Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Scorn – Ebb Software / Kepler Interactive
- Stray – BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive
Best VR/AR Game
- Moss: Book II – Polyarc
- After the Fall – Vertigo Games
- Among Us VR – Innersloth
- Bonelab – Stress Level Zero
- Red Matter 2 – Vertical Robot
Best SIM/Strategy Game
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope – Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris / Ubisoft
- Dune: Spice Wars – Shiro Games / Funcom
- Total War: Warhammer III – Creative Assembly / Sega
- Two Point Campus – Two Point Studios / Sega
- Victoria 3 – Paradox Development Studio / Paradox Interactive
Best Community Support
- Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix
- Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
- Destiny 2: The Witch Queen – Bungie
- Fortnite – Epic Games
- No Man’s Sky – Hello Games
Games For Impact
- As Dusk Falls – Interior Night / Xbox Game Studios
- A Memoir Blue – Cloisters Interactive / Annapurna Interactive
- Citizen Sleeper – Jump Over the Age / Fellow Traveller
- Endling: Extinction is Forever – Herobeat Studios / HandyGames
- Hindsight – Joel McDonald / Annapurna Interactive
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist – Northway Games / Finji
Best Sports/Racing Game
- Gran Turismo 7 – Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- F1 22 – Codemasters / EA Sports
- FIFA 23 – EA Vancouver, EA Romania / EA Sports
- NBA 2K23 – Visual Concepts / 2K Sports
- OlliOlli World – Roll7 / Private Division
Best Multiplayer Game
- Splatoon 3 – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II – Infinity Ward / Activision
- MultiVersus – Player First Games / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Overwatch 2 – Blizzard Entertainment
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – Tribute Games / Dotemu
Best Audio Design
- God of War Ragnarök – Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II – Infinity Ward / Activision
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Gran Turismo 7 – Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Horizon Forbidden West – Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
Best Content Creator
- Ludwig Ahgren
- Karl Jacobs
- Nibellion
- Nobru
- QTCinderella
Most Anticipated Game
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
- Final Fantasy XVI – Square Enix Creative Business Unit III / Square Enix
- Hogwarts Legacy – Avalanche Software / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Resident Evil 4 – Capcom
- Starfield – Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks
Best Action Game
- Bayonetta 3 – PlatinumGames / Nintendo
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II – Infinity Ward / Activision
- Neon White – Angel Matrix / Annapurna Interactive
- Sifu – Sloclap
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – Tribute Games / Dotemu
Best Score and Music
- God of War Ragnarök – Bear McCreary
- A Plague Tale: Requiem – Olivier Deriviere
- Elden Ring – Tsukasa Saitoh
- Metal: Hellsinger – Two Feathers
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Yasunori Mitsuda
Innovation in Accessibility
- God of War Ragnarök – Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- As Dusk Falls – Interior Night / Xbox Game Studios
- Return to Monkey Island – Terrible Toybox, Lucasfilm Games / Devolver Digital
- The Last of Us Part I – Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- The Quarry – Supermassive Games / 2K
Best Roleplaying Game
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Live a Live – Square Enix / Nintendo
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus – Game Freak / The Pokémon Company, Nintendo
- Triangle Strategy – Artdink / Square Enix
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Monolith Soft / Nintendo
Players Voice
- Genshin Impact – miHoYo
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
- God of War Ragnarök – Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Sonic Frontiers – Sonic Team / Sega
- Stray – BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive
Best Indie
- Tunic – Andrew Shouldice / Finji
- Cult of the Lamb – Massive Monster / Devolver Digital
- Neon White – Angel Matrix / Annapurna Interactive
- Sifu – Sloclap
- Stray – BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive
Best Action/Adventure Game
- God of War Ragnarök – Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- A Plague Tale: Requiem – Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment
- Horizon Forbidden West – Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Stray – BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive
- Tunic – Andrew Shouldice / Finji
Best Ongoing Game
- Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix
- Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
- Destiny 2: The Witch Queen – Bungie
- Fortnite – Epic Games
- Genshin Impact – miHoYo
Best Game Direction
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
- God of War Ragnarök – Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Horizon Forbidden West – Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Immortality – Sam Barlow / Half Mermaid Productions
- Stray – BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive
Game of the Year
- Elden Ring – FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment
- A Plague Tale: Requiem – Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment
- God of War Ragnarök – Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Horizon Forbidden West – Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Stray – BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Monolith Soft / Nintendo
