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Here are the winners of the Game Awards 2022

The Game Awards, the video game industry’s annual year-end celebration, aired live in 4K UHD tonight across more than 40 platforms globally. FromSoftware/Bandai Namco’s Elden Ring received top honors as the 2022 Game of the Year award recipient, as well as Best Game Direction, Best Art Direction, and Best Role Playing Game.
Some of the biggest names in Hollywood and video games including Al Pacino, Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Josef Fares, Ken and Roberta Williams, Keegan Michael-Key, Jessica Henwick, and AURORA took to the stage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles for The Game Awards 2022 live, in-person production. 
The show also included special live performances by Halsey and Hozier, where Hozier performed “Blood Upon The Snow” from the original soundtrack of Sony Santa Monica and Sony Interactive Entertainment’s God of War Ragnarök and Halsey performed “Lilith” from Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment). Additionally, The Game Awards Orchestra conducted by BAFTA and Emmy nominated composer Lorne Balfe, performed scores from the year’s Game of the Year nominees and more.
While honoring the games and individuals who pushed the games industry forward over the past year, The Game Awards, which celebrated its 9th anniversary this year, also revealed a first look at highly anticipated games and entertainment properties including, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Electronic Arts/Respawn Entertainment/Lucas Film) The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Illumination, Nintendo, Universal Pictures), Street Fighter 6 (Capcom), Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix, Creative Business Unit III), Dune Awakening (Funcom), TEKKEN 8 (BNE Entertainment, BANDAI NAMCO Studios), Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt) and more.

This year’s show introduced the all-new Best Adaptation category, celebrating game-inspired projects across entertainment, with Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix) taking home the inaugural award.

The comprehensive list of winners can be found below:
 
GAME OF THE YEAR
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) 

BEST GAME DIRECTION 
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)

BEST NARRATIVE
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
 
BEST ART DIRECTION
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)

BEST SCORE AND MUSIC
Bear McCreary, God of War Ragnarök

BEST AUDIO DESIGN
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)

BEST PERFORMANCE
Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarök

GAMES FOR IMPACT
As Dusk Falls (Interior Night/Xbox Game Studios)
 
BEST ONGOING GAME
FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)

BEST INDIE
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
 
BEST DEBUT INDIE 
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)

BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT, PRESENTED BY DISCORD
FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)

BEST MOBILE 
MARVEL SNAP (Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse)

BEST VR/AR 
Moss: Book II (Polyarc)

BEST ACTION 
Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE 
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
 
BEST ROLE PLAYING 
Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)

BEST FIGHTING 
MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)
 
BEST FAMILY 
Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL Laboratory / Nintendo) 
 
BEST SIM/STRATEGY 
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)
 
BEST SPORTS/RACING 
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)
 
BEST MULTIPLAYER 
Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

MOST ANTICIPATED 
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
Ludwig

BEST ADAPTATION
Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)

INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)

BEST ESPORTS GAME
VALORANT (Riot Games)

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE
Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant)

BEST ESPORTS TEAM
LOUD (Valorant)

BEST ESPORTS COACH
Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (LOUD, VALORANT)

BEST ESPORTS EVENT
2022 League of Legends World Championship 
 
Players Voice 
Genshin Impact (miHoYo)

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