The Game Awards 2022 Nominations Sees God of War: Ragnarok Leading With 10 Awards Nods

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Geoff Keighley has announced every nominee for The Game Awards 2022, with God of War: Ragnarok and Elden Ring leading the way with ten and seven nominations respectively.

God of War: Ragnarok's nominations include Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Audio Design, two in Best Performance, Best Action/Adventure, and Innovation In Accessibility.

Elden Ring saw a number of similar nominations, including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Audio Design and Best RPG.

The full list of categories and nominations for The Game Awards 2022 are as follows:

Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.

Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.

For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.

For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.

Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.

Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.

For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message.

Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.

For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.

For the best debut game created by a new independent studio.

For the best game playable on a mobile device.

Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of social media activity and