Game Awards 2022: Start Times and How to Watch

If you’re wondering how to watch The Game Awards 2022 this week, this article will explain it all. The Game Awards is the annual awards ceremony hosted by Geoff Keighley that brings together the biggest companies in the gaming industry and honors the best games of the year. The ceremony showcases multiple trailers and announcements for upcoming titles, keeping the show from being a boring suit-and-tie affair. This year’s awards ceremony will also be “significantly shorter” than in the past.

Game of the Year nominees include: God of War: Ragnarök, Hand Ringhorizon Forbidden West, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Vagabond and A Plague Tale: Lamentation. We also know that we will get more information about it. Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, Tekken 8Sky: Children of the Light, a new game from Jenova Chen, the mind behind Baldur’s Gate 3 and 2012’s Journey. Servers will include: HBO’s The Last of Us Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey Final Fantasy VXI producer Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida and Animal puppets.

How to watch The Game Awards 2022 on YouTube, Twitch and everywhere else

The 2022 Game Awards will air at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles starting at 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET / 12:30am GMT on Thursday, December 8th. It will be streamed live on every major platform, including:

Select IMAX venues will also showcase The Game Awards, providing a world-class experience for fans outside of Los Angeles. Those who want to watch the show live in Los Angeles are out of luck because tickets are no longer available for purchase.

What announcements await you at The Game Awards 2022?

Past Game Awards us The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Death Twist and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. This year, fans can expect a new game from publisher 505 Games and Fortnite maker Epic Games. A teaser site is online showing the fictional beach town of Rockay City.

Other than that, there wasn’t much mockery. But if previous years are any indication, it wouldn’t be too surprising to see at least one heavy hitter from Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. A new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom it would definitely get people excited, as it is Field Wake II, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, dead space and the new Korean game Stellar Blade.

The Game Awards 2022 Nominees

This year’s nominees can be found across 31 categories, featuring everything from best game management to best esports event. Obviously, game of the year is the most anticipated award but best narration, art direction, music and music, character performance and indie will definitely get a lot of attention. Below is a list of each nominated play.

game of the year

• A Plague Tale: Lament (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
• Elden Ring (from Software/Bandai Namco)
• God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)

Best Game Direction

• Elden Ring (from Software/Bandai Namco)
• God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
• Immortality (Half Mermaid)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)

Best Narrative

• A Plague Tale: Lament (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
• Elden Ring (from Software/Bandai Namco)
• God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
• Immortality (Half Mermaid)

Best Art Direction

• Elden Ring (from Software/Bandai Namco)
• God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
• Contempt (Ebb Software/Kepler Interactive)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)

Best Score and Music

• Olivier Deriviere, A Plague Story: Lament
• Tsukasa Saitoh, Elden Ring
• Bear McCreary, God of War Ragnarok
• Two Feathers, Metal: Hellsinger
• Yasunori Mitsuda, The Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Sound Design

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
• Elden Ring (from Software/Bandai Namco)
• God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)

best performance

• Ashly Burch, Horizon Forbidden West
• Charlotte McBurney, A Plague Tale: Lament
• Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarok
• Manon Gage, Immortality
• Sunny Suljic, God of War Ragnarok

Games for Impact

• A Memoir Blue (Cloisters Interactive/Annapurna)
• As Twilight Falls (Inner Night/Xbox Game Studios)
• Citizen Sleeper (Jump Down/Travel Companion)
• Endling – Extinction is Forever (Herobeat Studios/HandyGames)
• Backsight (Late View Team/Annapurna)
• I Was a Young Exocolonist (Northway Games/Finji)

Best Ongoing Game

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Genshin Effect (HoYoverse)

Best Independent Film

• Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster / Devolver Digital)
• Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
• Sifu (Sloclap)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
• TUNIC (TUNIC Suit/Finji)

Best First Independent Film

• Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive)
• NORCO (Geography of Robots/Raw Fury)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
• TUNIC (TUNIC Suit/Finji)
• Surviving Vampires (poncle)

Best Community Support

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Destiny 2 (Bungie)
• FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

Best Mobile

• Apex Legends Mobile (Light Speed ​​& Quantum/Respawn/EA)
• Diablo Immortal (Blizzard/NetEase)
• Genshin Effect (HoYovese)
• MARVEL SNAP (Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse)
• Tower of Fantasy (Hotta Studio/Perfect World/Level Infinite)

The best VR/AR

• After the Fall (Vertigo Games)
• VR Among Us (Schell Games/InnerSloth)
• BONELAB (Zero Stress Level)
• Moss: Book II (Polyarc)
• Red Matter 2 (Vertical Robot)

Best Action

• Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Games/Nintendo)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
• Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
• Sifu (Sloclap)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)

Best Action/Adventure

• A Plague Tale: Lament (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment)
• God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
• TUNIC (TUNIC Suit/Finji)

Best Role Playing

• Elden Ring (from Software/Bandai Namco)
• Live Live (Square Enix/Nintendo)
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Game Freak/Nintendo/TPCI)
• Triangle Strategy (Artdink/Square Enix)
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)

Best Fight

• DNF Duel (Arc System Works/TACHING/NEOPLE/NEXON)
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (CyberConnect 2 Co. Ltd/Bandai Namco)
• King of Fighters XV (SNK/Plaion)
• MultiVersus (Player Games First/WB Games)
• Sifu (Sloclap)

best family

• Kirby and the Forgotten Lands (HAL Lab/Nintendo)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Traveller’s Tales/WB Games)
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)
• Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Best Sim/Strategy

• Dune: Spice Wars (Shiro Games/Funcom)
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milano/Paris/Ubisoft)
• Total War: WARHAMMER III (Creative Assembly/Sega)
• Two Point Campus (Two Point Studios/Sega)
• Victoria 3 (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox Interactive)

Best Sport/Race

• F1 22 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
• FIFA 23 (EA Vancouver/Romania/EA Sports)
• NBA 2K23 (Visual Concepts/2K Sports)
• Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)
• OlliOlli World (Roll 7/Special Episode)

Best Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
• MultiVersus (Player Games First/WB Games)
• Overwatch 2 (Snowstorm)
• Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games/Dotemu)

Most Expected

• FINAL FANTASY XVI (Square Enix)
• Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software/WB Games)
• Resident Evil 4 (Kapcom)
• Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Content Creator of the Year

• Karl Jacobs
• Ludwig
• nibellion
• nobru
• QTCincirella

Best Adaptation

• Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Games/Netflix)
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Studio Trigger/CD Projekt, Netflix)
• Cuphead Show! (Studio MDHR/King Syndicate/Netflix)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Sammy Group/Paramount Pictures)
• Uncharted (PlayStation Productions/Sony Pictures)

Innovation in Accessibility

• As Twilight Falls (Inner Night/Xbox Game Studios)
• God of War Ragnarok (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Back to Monkey Island (Scary Toy Box/Devolver Digital)
• The Last Part I (Naughty Dog/SIE)
• Quarry (Super Massive Games/2K)

Best Esports Game

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
• DOTA 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Revolt Games)
• Rocket League (Psyonix)
• VALORANT (Revolt Games)

Top Esports Athlete

• Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon (Gen.G, LOL)
• Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (T1, LOL)
• Finnish “karrigan” Andersen (FaZe Clan – CS:GO)
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
• Jacob “Hurray” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant)

Best Esports Team

• DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
• FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
• Gen.G (League of Legends)
• LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
• SESLI (Yiğit)

Best Esports Coach

• Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
• Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (ROUGH, VALUABLE)
• Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX, VALORANT)
• Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström (FaZe Clan, CS:GO)
• Go to “Score” Dong-bin (Gen.G, LOL)

Best Esports Event

• EVO 2022
• 2022 League of Legends World Championship
• PGL Major Antwerp 2022
• 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
• VALORANT Champions 2022