The Sport Awards launched its checklist of nominees for this yr’s present, with God of Conflict Ragnarök incomes essentially the most nominations with 10. Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West additionally present up in loads of classes with seven nominations every.

The occasion will happen on December 8. Folks will tune in to see who will win the awards and watch the brand new recreation reveals that the present famously hosts.

So far as snubs from this yr’s checklist of nominations, I do see just a few. Ultimate Fantasy XIV: Endwalker had a tremendous soundtrack, however Endwalker launched in December final yr. Whereas that does nonetheless make it eligible for this yr’s awards, these December video games typically appear to slide the thoughts of poll holders (which, by the way in which, does embody GamesBeat).

I’d additionally prefer to have seen extra nominations for Dwell A Dwell, however at the very least Xenoblade Chronicles 3 picked up a Sport of the Yr nomination. That’s a win for the entire nice Swap RPGs we noticed this yr.

You may see the total checklist of nominations under:

GAME OF THE YEAR

• A Plague Story: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Leisure) 
• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) 
• God of Conflict Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Video games/SIE)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Delicate/Nintendo)

BEST GAME DIRECTION 

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• God of Conflict Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Video games/SIE)
• Immortality (Half Mermaid)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)

BEST NARRATIVE

• A Plague Story: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Leisure) 
• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• God of Conflict Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Video games/SIE)
• Immortality (Half Mermaid)

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• God of Conflict Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Video games/SIE)
• Scorn (Ebb Software program/Kepler Interactive)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)

BEST SCORE AND MUSIC

• Olivier Deriviere, A Plague Story: Requiem
• Tsukasa Saitoh, Elden Ring
• Bear McCreary, God of Conflict Ragnarök
• Two Feathers, Metallic: Hellsinger 
• Yasunori Mitsuda, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 

BEST AUDIO DESIGN

• Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• God of Conflict Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Video games/SIE)

BEST PERFORMANCE

• Ashly Burch, Horizon Forbidden West
• Charlotte McBurney, A Plague Story: Requiem
• Christopher Decide, God of Conflict Ragnarök
• Manon Gage, Immortality
• Sunny Suljic, God of Conflict Ragnarök

GAMES FOR IMPACT

• A Memoir Blue (Cloisters Interactive/Annapurna)
• As Nightfall Falls (Inside Evening/Xbox Sport Studios)
• Citizen Sleeper (Leap Over The Age/Fellow Traveller) 
• Endling – Extinction is Without end (Herobeat Studios/HandyGames)
• Hindsight (Group Hindsight/Annapurna)
• I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Video games/Finji)

BEST ONGOING GAME

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Future 2 (Bungie)
• Ultimate Fantasy XIV (Sq. Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Video games)
• Genshin Affect (HoYoverse)

BEST INDIE

• Cult of the Lamb (Huge Monster / Devolver Digital)
• Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
• Sifu (Sloclap)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
• Tunic (Tunic Group/Finji)

BEST DEBUT INDIE 

• Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive)
• Norco(Geography of Robots/Uncooked Fury)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
• Tunic (TunicTeam/Finji)
• Vampire Survivors (Poncle)

BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT, PRESENTED BY DISCORD

• Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
• Future 2 (Bungie)
• Ultimate Fantasy XIV (Sq. Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Video games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hey Video games)

BEST MOBILE 

• Apex Legends Cellular (Lightspeed & Quantum/Respawn/EA)
• Diablo Immortal (Blizzard/NetEase)
• Genshin Affect (HoYovese)
• Marvel Snap (Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse)
• Tower of Fantasy (Hotta Studio/Excellent World/Degree Infinite)

BEST VR/AR 

• After the Fall (Vertigo Video games)
• Amongst Us VR (Schell Video games/InnerSloth)
• BONELAB (Stress Degree Zero)
• Moss: Guide II (Polyarc)
• Purple Matter 2 (Vertical Robotic)

BEST ACTION 

• Bayonetta 3 (Platinum Video games/Nintendo)
• Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
• Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna)
• Sifu (Sloclap)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Video games/Dotemu) 

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE 

• A Plague Story: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Leisure)
• God of Conflict Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Video games/SIE)
• Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)
• Tunic (Tunic Group/Finji)

BEST ROLE PLAYING 

• Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
• Dwell A Dwell (Sq. Enix/Nintendo)
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Sport Freak/Nintendo/TPCI)
• Triangle Technique (Artdink/Sq. Enix)
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Delicate/Nintendo)

BEST FIGHTING 

• DNF Duel (Arc System Works/EIGHTING/NEOPLE/NEXON)
• JoJo’s Weird Journey: All Star Battle R (CyberConnect 2 Co. Ltd/Bandai Namco) 
• The King of Fighters XV (SNK/Plaion)
• MultiVersus (Participant First Video games/WB Video games)
• Sifu (Sloclap)

BEST FAMILY 

• Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL Laboratory / Nintendo) 
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Traveller’s Tales/WB Video games)
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)
• Nintendo Swap Sports activities (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

BEST SIM/STRATEGY 

• Dune: Spice Wars (Shiro Video games/Funcom)
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft Milan/Paris/Ubisoft)
• Complete Conflict: Warhammer III (Inventive Meeting/Sega)
• Two Level Campus (Two Level Studios/Sega)
• Victoria 3 (Paradox Improvement Studio/Paradox Interactive)

BEST SPORTS/RACING 

• F1 22 (Codemasters/EA Sports activities)
• FIFA 23 (EA Vancouver/Romania/EA Sports activities)
• NBA 2K23 (Visible Ideas/2K Sports activities)
• Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital/SIE)
• OlliOlli World (Roll 7/Non-public Division)

BEST MULTIPLAYER 

• Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare II (Infinity Ward/Activision)
• MultiVersus (Participant First Video games/WB Video games)
• Overwatch 2 (Blizzard)
• Splatoon 3 (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Video games/Dotemu)

MOST ANTICIPATED 

• Ultimate Fantasy XVI (Sq. Enix)
• Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software program/WB Video games)
• Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
• Starfield (Bethesda Sport Studios/Bethesda)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR

• Karl Jacobs
• Ludwig
• Nibellion
• Nobru
• QTCinderella

BEST ADAPTATION

• Arcane: League of Legends (Fortiche/Riot Video games/Netflix)
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Studio Set off/CD Projekt, Netflix) 
• The Cuphead Present! (Studio MDHR/King Options Syndicate/Netflix)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Sammy Group/Paramount Photos)
• Uncharted  (PlayStation Productions/Sony Photos)

INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY

• As Nightfall Falls (Inside Evening/Xbox Sport Studios)
• God of Conflict Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
• Return to Monkey Island (Horrible Toybox/Devolver Digital)
• The Final Of Us Half I (Naughty Canine/SIE)
• The Quarry (Supermassive Video games/2K)

BEST ESPORTS GAME

• Counter-Strike: International Offensive (Valve)
• DOTA 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot Video games)
• Rocket League (Psyonix)
• VALORANT (Riot Video games)

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE

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

BEST ESPORTS TEAM

• DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
• FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
• Gen.G (League of Legends)
• LA Thieves (Name of Obligation)
• LOUD (Valorant)

BEST ESPORTS COACH

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

BEST ESPORTS EVENT

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