The Game Awards are done and dusted for another year, and the show did not disappoint! Leading the pack with the most award wins was God of War Ragnarök with 6 wins, followed by Elden Ring with 4 wins and Stray and Final Fantasy XIV with 2 wins each.
Full List of Winners
All winners in each category are outlined in *bold.
GAME OF THE YEAR
A Plague Tale: Requiem
*Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarök
Horizon Forbidden West
Stray
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
BEST GAME DIRECTION
*Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarök
Horizon Forbidden West
Immortality
Stray
BEST NARRATIVE
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Elden Ring
*God of War Ragnarök
Horizon Forbidden West
Immortality
BEST ART DIRECTION
*Elden Ring
God of War: Ragnarök
Horizon: Forbidden West
Scorn
Stray
BEST SCORE / MUSIC
Olivier Deriviere – A Plague Tale: Requiem
Tsukasa Saitoh – Elden Ring
*Bear McCreary – God of War: Ragnarök
Two Feathers – Metal Hellsinger
Yasunori Mitsuda – Xenoblade Chronicles 3
BEST AUDIO DESIGN
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Elden Ring
*God of War Ragnarök
Gran Turismo 7
Horizon Forbidden West
BEST PERFORMANCE
Ashly Birch – Horizon: Forbidden West
Charlotte McBurney – A Plague Tale: Requiem
*Christopher Judge – God of War: Ragnarök
Manon Gage – Immortality
Sunny Suljic – God of War: Ragnarök
GAMES FOR IMPACT
A Memoir Blue
*As Dusk Falls
Citizen Sleeper
Endling – Extinction is Forever
Hindsight
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
BEST ONGOING GAME
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
*Final Fantasy XIV Online
Fortnite
Genshin Impact
BEST INDIE GAME
Cult of the Lamb
Neon White
Sifu
*Stray
TUNIC
BEST DEBUT INDIE GAME
Neon White
NORCO
*Stray
TUNIC
Vampire Survivors
BEST MOBILE GAME
Apex Legends Mobile
Diablo Immortal
Genshin Impact
*Marvel Snap
Tower of Fantasy
BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
*Final Fantasy XIV Online
Fortnite
No Man’s Sky
BEST VR/AR GAME
After the Fall
Among Us VR
BONELAB
*Moss: Book II
Red Matter 2
INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY
As Dusk Falls
*God of War: Ragnarök
Returnal
Return to Monkey Island
The Last of Us Part 1
The Quarry
BEST ACTION GAME
*Bayonetta 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Neon White
Sifu
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME
A Plague Tale: Requiem
*God of War Ragnarök
Horizon Forbidden West
Stray
TUNIC
BEST RPG
*Elden Ring
Live a Live
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Triangle Strategy
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
BEST FIGHTING GAME
DNF Duel
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
The King of Fighters 15
*MultiVersus
Sifu
BEST FAMILY GAME
*Kirby and the Forgotten Land
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Nintendo Switch Sports
Splatoon 3
BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME
F1 22
FIFA 23
NBA 2K23
*Gran Turismo 7
OlliOlli World
BEST SIM/STRATEGY GAME
Dune: Spice Wars
*Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Total War: WARHAMMER 3
Two Point Campus
Victoria 3
BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Multiversus
Overwatch 2
*Splatoon 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR
Karl Jacobs
*Ludwig
Nibellion
Nobru
QTCinderella
BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE
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)
*Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant)
BEST ESPORTS COACH
Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
*Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (LOUD, VALORANT)
Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX, VALORANT)
Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström (FaZe Clan, CS:GO)
Go “Score” Dong-bin (Gen.G, LOL)
BEST ESPORTS EVENT
EVO 2022
*2022 League of Legends World Championship
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
VALORANT Champions 2022
BEST ESPORTS GAME
CS:GO
DOTA 2
League of Legends
Rocket League
*Valorant
BEST ESPORTS TEAM
DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
Gen.G (League of Legends)
LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
*LOUD (Valorant)
MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
Final Fantasy XVI
Hogwarts Legacy
Resident Evil 4
Starfield
*The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
BEST ADAPTATION
*Arcane: League of Legends
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
The Cuphead Show!
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Uncharted
PLAYERS’ VOICE
Sonic Frontiers
*Genshin Impact
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarök
Stray
