The Game Awards 2022 recap: Full winners list & all announcements
Find out what won and what was announced.
The Game Awards 2022 livestream has come and gone, with a complete list of winners confirmed alongside a ton of new game announcements and reveals. Read on to discover the complete list of The Game Awards 2022 winners and to see all of the announcements made during the event.
The Game Awards 2022 recap: What was announced?
The main surprise announcement to come out of The Game Awards 2022 was arguably the reveal of Death Stranding 2. The Kojima sequel was confirmed for PS5 and sees Norman Reedus reprising his role as Sam alongside Lea Seydoux, Elle Fanning, Shioli Kutsuna, and Troy Baker. You can watch the epic four-minute-long reveal trailer below:
Complete list of announcements at The Game Awards 2022
- Death Stranding 2 - Watch the reveal trailer above
- Hades 2 - Watch the reveal trailer here
- Final Fantasy XVI release date - Watch the trailer here
- Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon - Watch the trailer here
- Street Fighter 6 release date - Watch the trailer here
- Judas (from Ken Levine) - Watch the trailer here
- Crash Team Rumble - Watch the trailer here
- Star Wars: Jedi Survivor release date - Watch the trailer here
- Diablo 4 release date - Watch the trailer here
- Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League release date - Watch the trailer here
- Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon - Watch the trailer here
- Hellboy: Web of Wyrd - Watch the trailer here
- Earthblade - Watch the trailer here
- Crime Boss: Rockay City - Watch the trailer here
- Transformers: Reactivate - Watch the trailer here
- Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden - Watch the trailer here
- Immortals of Aveum - Watch the trailer here
- Remnant 2 - Watch the trailer here
- After Us - Watch the trailer here
- Tekken 8 gameplay - Watch the trailer here
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (starring Idris Elba) - Watch the trailer here
- Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores PS5 DLC - Watch the trailer here
- Warhammer 40000: Space Marine 2 gameplay - Watch the trailer here
- The Lords of the Fallen gameplay - Watch the trailer here
- The Last of Us Part 1 PC port - Watch the trailer here
- Returnal PC port - Watch the trailer here
- Baldur's Gate 3 release window - Watch the trailer here
- Blue Protocol is coming west - Watch the trailer here
- Replaced new look - Watch the trailer here
- Among Us: Hide n' Seek mode - Watch the trailer here
- Fire Emblem Engage DLC - Watch the trailer here
- Dune: Awakening in-game - Watch the trailer here
- Colossal Cave release date - Watch the trailer here
- Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania DLC - Watch the trailer here
- Vampire Survivors Mobile - Watch the trailer here
Full list of winners from The Game Awards 2022
The complete list of winners from The Game Awards 2022 has been confirmed. We've placed the winners in bold in the list below to make it clear what won in each category.
We've also linked off to our own reviews in a few places, so feel free to click those if you want to see our verdicts on these modern classics.
Game of the Year
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Elden Ring - WINNER
- God of War Ragnarök
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Stray
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best Game Direction
- Elden Ring - WINNER
- God of War Ragnarök
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Immortality
- Stray
Best Narrative
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarök - WINNER
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Immortality
Best Art Direction
- Elden Ring - WINNER
- God of War Ragnarök
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Scorn
- Stray
Best Score and Music
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarök - WINNER
- Metal: Hellsinger
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best Audio Design
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarök - WINNER
- Gran Turismo 7
- Horizon Forbidden West
Best Performance
- Ashly Burch - Horizon Forbidden West
- Charlotte McBurney - A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Christopher Judge - God of War Ragnarök - WINNER
- Manon Gage - Immortality
- Sunny Suljic - God of War Ragnarök
Games for Impact
- A Memoir Blue
- As Dusk Falls - WINNER
- Citizen Sleeper
- Endling - Extinction is Forever
- Hindsight
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Best Ongoing
- Apex Legends
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy XIV - WINNER
- Fortnite
- Genshin Impact
Best Indie
- Cult of the Lamb
- Neon White
- Sifu
- Stray - WINNER
- Tunic
Best Mobile Game
- Apex Legends Mobile
- Diablo Immortal
- Genshin Impact
- Marvel Snap - WINNER
- Tower of Fantasy
Best Community Support
- Apex Legends
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy XIV - WINNER
- Fortnite
- No Man’s Sky
Innovation in Accessibility
- As Dusk Falls
- God of War Ragnarök - WINNER
- Return to Monkey Island
- The Last of Us Part 1
- The Quarry
Best VR / AR
- After the Fall
- Among Us VR
- Bonelab
- Moss: Book II - WINNER
- Red Matter 2
Best Action Game
- Bayonetta 3 - WINNER
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Neon White
- Sifu
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Best Action / Adventure
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- God of War Ragnarök - WINNER
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Stray
- Tunic
Best Role Playing
- Elden Ring - WINNER
- Live A Live
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus
- Triangle Strategy
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best Fighting
- DNF Duel
- Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
- The King of Fighters XV
- Multiversus - WINNER
- Sifu
Best Family
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land - WINNER
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
- Nintendo Switch Sports
- Splatoon 3
Best Sim / Strategy
- Dune: Spice Wars
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope - WINNER
- Total War: Warhammer III
- Two Point Campus
- Victoria 3
Best Sports / Racing
- F1 22
- FIFA 23
- NBA 2K23
- Gran Turismo 7 - WINNER
- OlliOlli World
Best Multiplayer
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Multiversus
- Overwatch 2
- Splatoon 3 - WINNER
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Content Creator of the Year
- Karl Jacobs
- Ludwig - WINNER
- Nibellion
- Nobru
- QTCinderella
Best Debut Indie
- Neon White
- Norco
- Stray - WINNER
- Tunic
- Vampire Survivors
Best Adaptation
- Arcane: League of Legends - WINNER
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- The Cuphead Show!
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Uncharted
Most Anticipated Game
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Starfield
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - WINNER
Best esports Game
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Dota 2
- League of Legends
- Rocket League
- Valorant - WINNER
Best esports Athlete
- Jeon “Chovy” Ji-Hoon
- Lee “Faker” Sang-Hyeok
- Finn “Karrigan” Andersen
- Oleksandr “S1mple” Kostyliev
- Jacob “Yay” Witeaker - WINNER
Best esports Team
- Darkzero esports
- Faze Clan
- Gen.G
- LA Thieves
- Loud - WINNER
Best esports Coach
- Andrii “B1AD3” Horodenskyi
- Matheus “BZKA” Tarasconi - WINNER
- Erik “D00MBR0S” Sandgren
- Robert “Robban” Dahlström
- Go “Score” Dong-Bin
Best esports Event
- Evo 2022
- 2022 League of Legends World Championship - WINNER
- PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
- Valorant Champions 2022
When were The Game Awards?
The Game Awards were livestreamed around the world on Thursday 8th December 2022, or Friday 9th December 2022, depending on where you live thanks to different timezones.
The show was a long one, with a 30-minute opening followed by a three-hour-long main show. It was shorter than in previous years, but you still needed to put nearly four hours aside to watch the entire thing from start to finish.
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What was the UK start time for The Game Awards?
The Game Awards 2022 UK start time was 12:30am Friday 9th December 2022. Anyone who wanted to watch the whole thing from start to finish had to stay up into the wee hours of 4am. Good thing those new trailers and reveals are available to watch at any time now.
How to watch The Game Awards in the UK
The Game Awards 2022 ceremony has come and gone, but you can still watch the whole thing from start to finish if you really want to. We've embedded the show for you to watch below if you've got a spare three-and-a-half hours.
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Toby Saunders is a freelance writer specialising in Video Game journalism. He has a wealth of experience in the field and is published on many different websites including PCGamesN, Nintendo Life and Pocket Tactics. He has a degree in Film Studies (he gets to write about Film and TV occasionally, too).