{"id":1785968,"date":"2022-11-14T13:31:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T18:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/?post_type=station&#038;p=1785968"},"modified":"2022-11-14T15:13:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T20:13:48","slug":"god-of-war-ragnarok-elden-ring-horizon-forbidden-west-lead-the-game-awards-2022-nominations","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/god-of-war-ragnarok-elden-ring-horizon-forbidden-west-lead-the-game-awards-2022-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"God of War Ragnarok, Elden Ring, Horizon Forbidden West Lead The Game Awards 2022 Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/god-of-war-ragnarok.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The full list of nominees in all 31 categories of <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/the-game-awards-2022-will-feature-50-plus-games-geoff-keighley\">The Game Awards 2022<\/a> \u2013 <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/the-game-awards-2022-will-take-place-on-december-8\">scheduled for December 8<\/a> \u2013 has been revealed, and it\u2019s an impressive mix of games going up for the biggest awards of the year. AAA megatons are featured heavily, while some of the smaller widely acclaimed titles have also grabbed spots in a number of categories.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest category is, of course, Game of the Year, and there\u2019s some strong competition here, with the nominees including\u00a0<em><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/a-plague-tale-requiem-review-uncharted-waters\">A Plague Tale: Requiem<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/elden-ring-review-come-lets-die-all-over-again\">Elden Ring<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/god-of-war-ragnarok-review-the-end-begins\">God of War Ragnarok<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/horizon-forbidden-west-review-roar-like-a-thunderjaw\">Horizon Forbidden West<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/stray-review-like-catnip\">Stray<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em><a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/xenoblade-chronicles-3-review-the-beginning-and-the-end\">Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>All six of those games have received nominations in multiple other categories as well. Of them, the most highly represented game is <em>God of War Ragnarok,\u00a0<\/em>which has ten nominations across 9 categories (two in Best Performance), followed by\u00a0<em>Elden Ring, Horizon Forbidden West, <\/em>and <em>Stray <\/em>with seven nominatons each, <em>A Plague Tale: Requiem <\/em>with five nominations, and <em>Xenoblade Chronicles 3 <\/em>with three.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMost Anticipated\u201d category also features some of the biggest upcoming heavy-hitters of 2023, with\u00a0<em>Final Fantasy 16, Hogwarts Legacy, Resident Evil 4, Starfield,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can check out a selection of the categories and their nominees below. For all 31 categories, head <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thegameawards.com\/nominees\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GAME OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>A Plague Tale: Requiem<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Elden Ring<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>God of War Ragnarok<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Horizon Forbidden West<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Stray<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST GAME DIRECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Elden Ring<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>God of War Ragnarok<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Horizon Forbidden West<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Immortality<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Stray<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST NARRATIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>A Plague Tale: Requiem<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Elden Ring<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>God of War Ragnarok<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Horizon Forbidden West<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Stray<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST ART DIRECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Elden Ring<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>God of War Ragnarok<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Horizon Forbidden West<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Scorn<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Stray<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST SCORE AND MUSIC<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>A Plague Tale: Requiem<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Elden Ring<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>God of War Ragnarok<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Metal: Hellsinger<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST AUDIO DESIGN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Elden Ring<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>God of War Ragnarok<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Gran Turismo 7<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Horizon Forbidden West<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST PERFORMANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ashley Burch as Aloy (<em>Horizon Forbidden West<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte McBurney as Amicia (<em>A Plague Tale: Requiem<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Judge as Kratos (<em>God of War Ragnarok<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Manon Gage as Marissa (<em>Immortality<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Sunny Suljic as Atreus (<em>God of War Ragnarok<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GAMES FOR IMPACT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>A Memoir Blue<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>As Dusk Falls<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Citizen Sleeper<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Endling \u2013 Extinction is Forever<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hindsight<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>I Was a Teenage Exoconolist<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST ONGOING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Apex Legends<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Destiny 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Final Fantasy 14<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Fortnite<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Genshin Impact<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST INDIE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Cult of the Lamb<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Neon White<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Sifu<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Stray<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Tunic<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST MOBILE GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Apex Legends Mobile<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Diablo Immortal<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Genshin Impact<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Marvel Snap<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Tower of Fantasy<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Apex Legends<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Destiny 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Final Fantasy 14<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Fortnite<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>No Man\u2019s Sky<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>As Dusk Falls<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>God of War Ragnarok<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Return to Monkey Island<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Last of Us Part 1<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Quarry<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST VR\/AR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>After the Fall<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Among Us VR<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bonelab<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Moss: Book 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Red Matter 2<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST ACTION GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Bayonetta 3<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Neon White<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Sifu<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder\u2019s Revenge<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST ACTION-ADVENTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>A Plague Tale: Requiem<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>God of War Ragnarok<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Horizon Forbidden West<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Stray<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Tunic<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST ROLE PLAYING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Elden Ring<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>LIVE A LIVE<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pokemon Legends: Arceus<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Triangle Strategy<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST FIGHTING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>DNF Duel<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>JoJo\u2019s Bizzare Adventure: All Star Battle R<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The King of Fighters 15<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>MultiVersus<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Sifu<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST FAMILY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Kirby and the Forgotten Land<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Nintendo Switch Sports<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Splatoon 3<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST SIM\/STRATEGY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dune: Spice Wars<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Total War: Warhammer 3<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Two Point Campus<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Victoria 3<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST SPORTS\/RACING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>F1 22<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>FIFA 23<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>NBA 2K23<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Gran Turismo 7<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>OlliOlli World<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST MULTIPLAYER<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>MultiVersus<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Overwatch 2<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Splatoon 3<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder\u2019s Revenge<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BEST DEBUT INDIE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Neon 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