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- Apex Legends. One of the most played games this year is Respawn Entertainment’s magnum opus, Apex Legends. It is a free-to-play, battle-royale-style shooter game that was released on several platforms such as PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and the Nintendo Switch, with crossplay enabled by default.
- Call of Duty: Warzone. Call of Duty: Warzone, often abbreviated to CoD: Warzone, is the premier first-person battle-royale game played today. Coming from a long line of Call of Duty games released back in 2003, Warzone continues the tradition of its predecessors by focusing on the variety of weaponry and gadgets available to do battle with.
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Counter-Strike, the game which brought prominence to Valve as a gaming platform, continued its rise through the ranks, spawning two sequels: Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
- Fortnite. Fortnite is Epic Games’ crowning glory, with many players claiming the game pioneered the popular battle-royale genre today. Whether you agree with this statement or not, the game is currently second in the top three most popular games played in 2022.
Jan 1, 2022 · 50 games to watch out for in 2022, including God of War Ragnarok, Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the...
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- Elden Ring. PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S. FromSoftware's open world epic has dominated the conversation this year. The Elden Ring hype had begun long before 2022, but once released it became the game everyone was playing and talking about.
- Tunic. PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Mac. Like Fez, Tunic is a work of nostalgia that's never happy to settle for nostalgia alone.
- Norco. PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Mac. Arguably the greatest sense of place created this year, Norco, an adventure game set in a sci-fi future version of a real Louisiana town of the same name, is a work of sumptuous atmosphere.
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Nintendo Switch. In a first for Kirby, the Forgotten Land takes our beloved spherical hero to the realms of 3D platforming.
- Game of The Year
- Best Game Direction
- Best Narrative
- Best Art Direction
- Best Score/Music
- Best Audio Design
- Best Performance
- Games For Impact
- Best Ongoing Game
- Best Indie Game
Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields. 1. A Plague Tale: Requiem 2. Elden Ring - WINNER 3. God of War Ragnarok 4. Horizon Forbidden West 5. Stray 6. Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design. 1. Elden Ring - WINNER 2. God of War Ragnarok 3. Horizon Forbidden West 4. Immortality 5. Stray
For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game. 1. A Plague Tale: Requiem 2. Elden Ring 3. God of War Ragnarok - WINNER 4. Horizon Forbidden West 5. Immortality
For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation. 1. Elden Ring - WINNER 2. God of War: Ragnarok 3. Horizon: Forbidden West 4. Scorn 5. Stray
For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack. 1. Olivier Deriviere - A Plague Tale: Requiem 2. Tsukasa Saitoh - Elden Ring 3. Bear McCreary - God of War: Ragnarok - WINNER 4. Two Feathers - Metal Hellsinger 5. Yasunori Mitsuda
Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design. 1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2. Elden Ring 3. God of War Ragnarok - WINNER 4. Gran Turismo 7 5. Horizon Forbidden West
Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture. 1. Ashly Birch - Horizon: Forbidden West 2. Charlotte McBurney - A Plague Tale: Requiem 3. Christopher Judge - God of War: Ragnarok - WINNER 4. Manon Gage - Immortality 5. Sunny Suljic - God of War: Ragnarok
For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message. 1. A Memoir Blue 2. As Dusk Falls - WINNER 3. Citizen Sleeper 4. Endling - Extinction is Forever 5. Hindsight 6. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time. 1. Apex Legends 2. Destiny 2 3. Final Fantasy 14 Online - WINNER 4. Fortnite 5. Genshin Impact
For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system. 1. Cult of the Lamb 2. Neon White 3. Sifu 4. Stray - WINNER 5. TUNIC
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Dec 6, 2022 · 1. Elden Ring. FromSoftware. 2. God of War: Ragnarok. Santa Monica Studio. 3. Tunic. Andrew Shouldice. 4. Marvel Snap. Second Dinner. 5. Immortality. Half Mermaid. 6. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of...
Dec 7, 2022 · Elden Ring. At a glance, Elden Ring could be mistaken for Dark Souls 4, something that admittedly would likely still be enough to put it in the running for Game of the Year.But developer ...
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