The Game Awards 2022 Full List Of Winners

The Game Awards 2022 was hosted by the one and only Geoff Keighley has just ended. It was an exciting show but here is the list of winners this year:

Best Adaptation

Celebrating game-inspired projects across entertainment including TV, movies, comics, and more.

• Arcane: League of Legends – WINNER
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• The Cuphead Show!
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Uncharted

Most Anticipated Game

Recognizing an announced game that has demonstrably illustrated potential to push the gaming medium forward.

• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – WINNER
• Final Fantasy 16
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Resident Evil 4
• Starfield

Best Esports Team

Recognizing a specific esports team (not the full organization) judged the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021.

• LOUD (Valorant) – WINNER
• DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
• FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
• Gen.G (League of Legends)
• LA Thieves (Call of Duty)

Best Esports Game

For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.

• VALORANT – WINNER
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• DOTA 2
• League of Legends
• Rocket League

Best Esports Event

Recognizing an event (across single or multiple days) that delivered a best-of-class experience for participants and the broadcast audience.

• 2022 League of Legends World Championship – WINNER
• EVO 2022
• PGL Major Antwerp 2022
• The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
• VALORANT Champions 2022

Best Esports Coach

The Esports coach judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021.

• Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (LOUD, VALORANT) – WINNER
• Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
• Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX, VALORANT)
• Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström (FaZe Clan, CS:GO)
• Go “Score” Dong-bin (Gen.G, LOL)

Best Esports Athlete

The esports athlete judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021, irrespective of game.

• Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant) – WINNER
• Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon (Gen.G, LOL)
• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (T1, LOL)
• Finn “karrigan” Andersen ( (FaZe Clan – CS:GO)
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)

Content Creator of the Year

For a streamer or content creator who has made an important and positive impact on the community in 2021.

• Ludwig – WINNER
• Karl Jacobs
• Nibellion
• Nobru
• QTCinderella

Best Multiplayer Game

For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre or platform.

• Splatoon 3 – WINNER
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Multiversus
• Overwatch 2
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

Best SIM/Strategy Game

Best game focused on real time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform.

• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope – WINNER
• Dune: Spice Wars
• Total War: WARHAMMER 3
• Two Point Campus
• Victoria 3

Best Sports/Racing Game

For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.

• Gran Turismo 7 – WINNER
• F1 22
• FIFA 23
• NBA 2K23
• OlliOlli World

Best Family Game

For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.

• Kirby and the Forgotten Land – WINNER
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Nintendo Switch Sports
• Splatoon 3

Best Fighting Game

For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.

• MultiVersus – WINNER
• DNF Duel
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
• The King of Fighters 15
• Sifu

Best RPG

For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.

• Elden Ring – WINNER
• Live a Live
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus
• Triangle Strategy
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Action/Adventure Game

For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.

• God of War Ragnarok – WINNER
• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Stray
• TUNIC

Best Action Game

For the best game in the action genre focused primarily on combat.

• Bayonetta 3 – WINNER
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Neon White
• Sifu
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

Innovation in Accessibility

Recognizing software and/or hardware that is pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience.

• God of War: Ragnarok – WINNER
• As Dusk Falls
• Returnal
• Return to Monkey Island
• The Last of Us Part 1
• The Quarry

Best VR/AR Game

For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.

• Moss: Book II – WINNER
• After the Fall
• Among Us VR
• BONELAB
• Red Matter 2

Best Community Support

Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of social media activity and game updates/patches.

• Final Fantasy 14 Online – WINNER
• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Fortnite
• No Man’s Sky

Best Mobile Game

For the best game playable on a mobile device.

• Marvel Snap – WINNER
• Apex Legends Mobile
• Diablo Immortal
• Genshin Impact
• Tower of Fantasy

Best Debut Indie Game

For the best debut game created by a new independent studio.

• Stray – WINNER
• Neon White
• NORCO
• TUNIC
• Vampire Survivors

Best Indie Game

For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.

• Stray – WINNER
• Cult of the Lamb
• Neon White
• Sifu
• TUNIC

Best Ongoing Game

Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.

• Final Fantasy 14 Online – WINNER
• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Fortnite
• Genshin Impact

Games for Impact

For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message.

• As Dusk Falls – WINNER
• A Memoir Blue
• Citizen Sleeper
• Endling – Extinction is Forever
• Hindsight
• I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

Best Performance

Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.

• Christopher Judge – God of War: Ragnarok – WINNER
• Ashly Birch – Horizon: Forbidden West
• Charlotte McBurney – A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Manon Gage – Immortality
• Sunny Suljic – God of War: Ragnarok

Best Audio Design

Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.

• God of War Ragnarok – WINNER
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Elden Ring
• Gran Turismo 7
• Horizon Forbidden West

Best Score/Music

For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.

• Bear McCreary – God of War: Ragnarok – WINNER
• Olivier Deriviere – A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Tsukasa Saitoh – Elden Ring
• Two Feathers – Metal Hellsinger
• Yasunori Mitsuda

Best Art Direction

For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.

• Elden Ring – WINNER
• God of War: Ragnarok
• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Scorn
• Stray

Best Narrative

For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.

• God of War Ragnarok – WINNER
• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Elden Ring
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Immortality

Best Game Direction

Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

• Elden Ring – WINNER
• God of War Ragnarok
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Immortality
• Stray

Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.

• Elden Ring – WINNER
• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• God of War Ragnarok
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Stray
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3

And with that, we at BunnyGaming.com would like to congratulate all the winners and nominees and thank them for an excellent year in gaming.