During the night, the long-awaited The Game Awards 2022 were staged which awarded the best games of the year, a bit like the Oscars for films: the overall winner was Elden Ring , which beat the competition from the last fearsome arrived or God of War Ragnarok and there was no lack of an unscheduled moment with a boy who took the stage right during the award ceremony (he was arrested shortly after). Here are all the games that triumphed in their respective categories and the announcements that were shown during the rich online broadcast.
As per tradition, there were numerous award categories of the Game Award 2022 and if the most coveted one on the best game of the year went to Elden Ring ( here our review ), which also won in the best artistic direction, game direction and in the RPG category, there were a number of other titles that were rightfully recognized for reaching a global audience. Suffice it to mention for example the phenomenon Stray who won in the best independent game or the fun Multiversus in the fighting game category. God of Ragnarok had to settle for Best Storytelling, Score, Audio Design, Best Action-Adventure Game, and for Christopher Judge’s portrayal of Kratos.
Games only for the Nintendo Switch have collected some awards such as Kirby and the Lost Land as the best family game, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope as the best strategy or The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom as the most anticipated game. Gran Turismo 7 is the best driving game as expected, while Marvel Snap in the mobile segment and Valorant for the eSports type. In the middle of the awards there were also some announcements, the first and most striking is that of the cross-over between two very popular series such as Dead Cell and Castlevania which will meet in 2023 with Dead Cell return to Castlevania , it then continued with the availability of the Italian game Vampire Survivors also on Android and iOs, a new very short trailer was shown for Horizon Call of the Mountain coming out on PS Vr 2 in February, it was made official the release date of Street Fighter 6 on June 2, 2023, the new chapter of Death Stranding was anticipatedand the high-class survival Nightingale was shown .
