Another big winner is the award-winning God of War: Ragnarok, which managed to win six awards, including Best Action Adventure or Best Narrative.
Similarly, Stray stood out, the cat game winning two awards, both Best Indie and Best Indie Debut.
The GOTY returned to From Software just two years after Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was a huge success. Directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, this title has been considered a masterpiece by many film critics. Furthermore, it also proved to be a great commercial success.
Games awarded in The Game Rewards
Without further ado, we leave you at Tech Bit the full list of nominees and winners of The Game Rewards 2022:
game of the year
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
best direction
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Immortality (half mermaid)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
best fiction
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Immortality (half mermaid)
best art direction
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Contempt (Ebb Software/Kepler Interactive)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
best soundtrack
- Olivier Derivière, A Tale of the Plague: Requiem
- Tsukasa Saitoh, Elden Ring
- Bear McCreary, the Ragnarök god of war
- Two feathers, metal: Hellsinger
- Yasunori Mitsuda, Xenoblade Chronicles 3
best sound design
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony/LEI)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
The best performance
- Ashly Burch, Forbidden Horizon West
- Charlotte McBurney, Plague Tale: Requiem
- Christopher Judge, Ragnarök god of war
- Manon Gage, Immortality
- Sunny Suljic, Ragnarök God of War
Best game for its impact
- A Memoir Blue (Cloisters Interactive/Annapurna)
- At Sunset (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)
- Citizen Sleeper (Skip Beyond Age/Travel Companion)
- Endling — Extinction is Forever (Herobeat Studios/HandyGames)
- In Retrospect (Team In Retrospect/Annapurna)
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games/Finji)
Best game constantly updated
- Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
- Destiny 2 (Bungie)
- Final Fantasy 14 (Square Enix)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)
best indian game
- Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster / Devolver Digital)
- Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
- Sifu (Sloclap)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
- Tunic (TUNIC Team/Finji)
best independent debut
- Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive)
- Norco (Robot Geography/Raw Fury)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
- Tunic (TUNIC Team/Finji)
- Vampire Survivors (poncle)
Better community support
- Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
- Destiny 2 (Bungie)
- Final Fantasy 14 (Square Enix)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
best mobile game
- Apex Legends Mobile (Lightspeed and Quantum/Respawn/EA)
- Diablo Immortal (Blizzard/NetEase)
- Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)
- Marvel Snap (Second Studios/Nuverse Dinner)
- Tower of Fantasy (Hotta Studio/Perfect World/Level Infinite)
Best Virtual/Augmented Reality Game
- After the Fall (Vertigo Games)
- Among Us VR (Schell Games/InnerSloth)
- Bonelab (zero stress level)
- Moss: Book 2 (Polyarc)
- Red Matter 2 (upright robot)
best action game
- Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
- Sifu (Sloclap)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)
best action adventure game
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
- Tunic (TUNIC Team/Finji)
Best RPG
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
- Live a Live (Square Enix/Nintendo)
- Pokémon Legends Arceus (Game Freak/Nintendo/TPCI)
- Triangle Strategy (Artdink/Square Enix)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)
best fighting game
- DNF Duel (Arc System Works/EIGHTING/NEOPLE/NEXON)
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (CyberConnect 2 Co. Ltd/Bandai Namco)
- The King of Fighters XV (SNK/Plaion)
- MultiVersus (Player First games/WB games)
- Sifu (Sloclap)
best family game
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL Laboratory / Nintendo)
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Traveller’s Tales/WB Games)
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)
- Nintendo Switch Sport (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Best simulation or strategy game
- Dune: Spice Wars (Shiro Games/Funcom)
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)
- Total War: Warhammer 3 (Creative Assembly/Sega)
- Two Point Campus (Two Point Studios/Sega)
- Victoria 3 (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox Interactive)
Best sports or racing game
- F1 22 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
- FIFA 23 (EA Vancouver/Romania/EA Sports)
- NBA 2K23 (Visual Concepts/2K Sports)
- Gran Turismo 7 (Digital Polyphony/SIE)
- OlliOlli World (Roll 7/Private Division)
- best multiplayer game
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision)
- MultiVersus (Player First games/WB games)
- Overwatch 2 (Blizzard)
- Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)
- The most awaited game of 2023
- Final Fantasy 16 (Square Enix)
- Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche software/WB games)
- Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
- Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
Content Creator of the Year
- Charles Jacobs
- Louis
- Nibellion
- Count down
- QT Cinderella
best fit
- Arcanum: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Studio Trigger/CD Projekt, Netflix)
- The Cuphead Show! (MDHR Study/King Features Syndicate/Netflix)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Sammy Group/Paramount Pictures)
- Uncharted (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)
- Accessibility Innovation Award
- At Sunset (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)
- God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
- Return to Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox/Devolver Digital)
- The Last Of Us Part 1 (Naughty Dog/SIE)
- The Quarry (Supermassive Games/2K)
- best esports game
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
- DOTA 2 (valve)
- League of Legends (Riot Games)
- Rocket League (Psyonix)
- Valorant (Riot Games)
