The Game Awards 2022 celebrated the top video games of the year and featured songs by Halsey and Hozier in addition to appearances by Al Pacino, Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Josef Fares, Ken and Roberta Williams, Keegan-Michael Key, Jessica Henwick, and Aurora.
Although “God of War Ragnarok” received the most nominations, “Elden Ring” ultimately won game of the year, best game direction, best art direction, and best role-playing game. The FromSoftware team’s victory speech was partially interrupted when a stage crasher entered and thanked “reformed orthodox rabbi Bill Clinton.”
Geoff Keighley, the ceremony’s emcee, tweeted shortly after it concluded, “The person who interrupted our game of the year moment has been arrested.
Despite the crashers, the ninth annual ceremony featured plenty of surprises, such as first impressions of “Star Wars Jedi: Survivor,” “The Super Mario Bros. Street Fighter 6, Final Fantasy XVI, Dune Awakening, TEKKEN 8, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, and more.
See the full list of winners 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 Ragnar (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)
