Deathloop leads 2022 GDC awards with six nominations including GOTY
Jeffrey Rousseau
Staff Writer
Tuesday 11th January 2022
Today the Game Developers Choice Awards has announced its nominees for its 22nd annual awards, with the winners to be announced Wednesday, March 23.
As usual, the awards will be given out as part of the Game Developers Conference, which this year is scheduled to take place in-person and virtually at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center from March 21 - 25. The Independent Games Festival awards will also be announced the same day.
Arkane Studios' Deathloop led this year with a total of six nominations, including for Game of the Year. Hazelight Studios' It Takes Two received the next-most nominations, up for five categories including Game of the Year whereas Playground Games' Forza Horizon 5 grabbed four award considerations.
Here are the finalists for each category of the 2022 Game Developers Choice Awards, as well as honorable mentions:
Game of the Year
Honorable Mentions: Halo Infinite (343 Industries / Xbox Game Studios), Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos-Montréal / Square Enix), Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine / Xbox Game Studios), Chicory: A Colorful Tale (The Chicory: A Colorful Tale Team / Finji), Death's Door (Acid Nerve / Devolver Digital)
Best Audio
Honorable Mentions: Halo Infinite (343 Industries / Xbox Game Studios), It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts), Genesis Noir (Feral Cat Den / Fellow Traveller), Kid A Mnesia: Exhibition (Arbitrarily Good Productions, Namethemachine / Epic Games), Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
Best Debut
Honorable Mentions: Genesis Noir (Feral Cat Den / Fellow Traveller), ElecHead (Tsuyomi / NamaTakahashi), Unsighted (Studio Pixel Punk, Humble)
Best Design
Honorable Mentions: Resident Evil Village (Capcom), Unpacking (Witch
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