Game Awards 2022

2022 - 12 - 8

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The Game Awards 2022 Nominee List And Final Winner Predictions (Forbes)

Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) – Look, even though the Game Awards voting committee may be a bit counter-culture sometimes, I would be shocked if on the ...

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Liveblog: The Game Awards 2022 (Rock Paper Shotgun)

We're liveblogging The Game Awards 2022! Come and join us for all the announcements, reveals and trailers as they happen. Provided we don't get too sleepy.

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How to watch The Game Awards 2022 (NME.com)

For viewers in America, The Game Awards begins today (December 8) at 7:30 PM ET / 4:30PM PT. However, the show begins after midnight for fans in the UK and ...

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How Geoff Keighley (& Britney Spears) built The Game Awards 2022 ... (British GQ)

For 2022's epic Elden Ring vs God of War Ragnarök face-off at The Game Awards, host Geoff Keighley promises plenty of spectacle and hypey world premieres.

So we had to go to Vegas, and Britney Spears loaned us her theatre and her set for her concert tour for the first year. This year's TGA ceremony taking place on 8 December 8 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, promises a ton of gaming announcements for 2023 and beyond, a slew of awards to the best games in a variety of categories from indie to big-budget, as well as a bunch of celebrity and developer appearances. Now recently God of War Ragnarök has picked up a tonne of momentum and people love that as well. We had 1.9 million viewers the first year, and we celebrated that. And with the recent waning of major industry staples such as the E3 trade show where hundreds of new titles were revealed in a matter of days, Keighley has become a sort of bastion for the industry at large. In contrast, 2022's Oscars ceremony was watched by 16.6 million viewers in the US.

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What Time Is The Game Awards 2022? (Push Square)

Geoff Keighley is about to step onto the stage in his big trainers to send off the year with a bang. Comprising numerous awards given to the year's top talent ...

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The Game Awards 2022: all the news, announcements, and trailers (Polygon)

The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley's annual awards show that doubles as a major news event, promises brand-new game reveals and world premiere trailers when ...

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Live: Watch The Game Awards 2022 Here (Pure Xbox)

Hosted by Geoff Keighley, live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Featuring performances by The Game Awards Orchestra and Hozier, plus presenters ...

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The Game Awards start soon. Here's what you need to know. (The Washington Post)

Video game industry figures including developers, esports athletes, actors, executives and streamers attend the event as guests, presenters and nominees. In the ...

[“Elden Ring”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/04/13/elden-ring-nyt-pandemic/?itid=lk_inline_manual_34) will win game of the year tonight. Industry veterans Reggie Fils-Aimé (the source of the [“my body is ready”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gc5cuekQto) meme), Ken and Roberta Williams (the husband-and-wife duo who [blazed a trail for the adventure game genre](https://kotaku.com/sierra-roberta-williams-kings-quest-interview-feature-1849192779)) and Josef Fares (the video game developer who memorably declared [“F--- The Oscars”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K21gbE30Cj0) during the 2017 Game Awards) are all returning. It’s also [great](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/reviews/elden-ring-review/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14). “God of War Ragnarok” dominated the lineup this year with 10 nominations, followed by “Elden Ring” and “Horizon Forbidden West” tied with seven each. It’s also [confusing](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/03/14/elden-ring-story/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14). [hard](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/02/23/elden-ring-difficulty-souls/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14). [“The Oscars for gaming,”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2019/12/11/game-awards-how-geoff-keighley-helped-create-oscars-gaming/?itid=lk_inline_manual_38) and a popular venue for video game developers to reveal and promote upcoming projects. At tonight’s awards, “God of War Ragnarok” leads with 10 nominations in nine categories (the actors for Kratos and Atreus, the game’s two protagonists, are both up for the best performance award). Also available is “Mineko’s Night Market,” a highly anticipated adventure game/social simulator themed around cats and Japanese culture. “ ‘Ragnarok’ by Santa Monica Studio is the best told story in a video game in 2022.” “Innocence” told the story of Amicia and her little brother Hugo navigating a plague-ridden 14th-century France. The ceremony, a several-hour long celebration of video games and their surrounding communities, also serves as a promotional vehicle for upcoming games: much of the Awards’ runtime is devoted to trailer reveals and game announcements.

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The Game Awards 2022: Everything Announced - IGN (IGN)

The Game Awards 2022 have officially arrived and we're here to gather each and every announcement, trailer, and moments from one of the biggest nights in ...

Here's how the Resident Evil 4 Remake compares to the original RE4.](/videos/resident-evil-4-remake-vs-original-graphics-comparison) [Assassin's Creed Codename Red - Reveal TrailerCheck out the reveal trailer for one of the many new Assassin's Creed games that will live under the Assassin's Creed: Infinity umbrella. [Blizzard has officially announced that Diablo 4 will be released on June 6, 2023,](/articles/diablo-4-arrives-in-june-2023) and a public beta will take place sometime before then. The DLC will add new enemies, 14 weapons, 2 new biomes, a new storyline, 3 bosses, and 20 outfits. [Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will be released on March 17, 2023,](/articles/new-star-wars-jedi-survivor-trailer-confirms-march-release) The Game Awards gave us a brand new gameplay trailer that shows more of Cal Kestis' next adventure. Throughout the game, players will need to salvage the souls of extinct animals and revive them after learning their fate. This title is also an EA Original and comes from a group of devs that have previously worked on Dead Space, Halo, and BioShock. The game is said to be a roguelite action adventure with an original story. We also get a good look at how combat will feel and the new iterations of King, Paul, Lars, Marshall Law, and Jack-8. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.](/videos/marvel-studios-guardian-of-the-galaxy-volume-3-official-trailer) [Resident Evil 4: Remake VS. Unfortunately, the Empire has gotten stronger as well. A desperate escape plan," The official press release shares. "A disintegrating starship.

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The Game Awards 2022: Every major game announcement (GamesHub)

The Game Awards 2022 featured a range of major surprises, including fresh World Premiere game reveals, flashy trailers, and more.

In addition to lightsaber gameplay, the new look showed off a rideable eagle-like creature, and plenty of high drama. It launches for PlayStation 5 and Windows PC on 24 January 2023, and now has a demo available for everyone to play. It’s the long-awaited Judas, a Bioshock-like adventure game starring strange creatures, a guilded world, and plenty of post-apocalyptic action. This showed off a futuristic world to romp through, plenty of neon glow, and new high-powered attacks. The cinematic trailer for the upcoming title showed off a lithe warrior facing off against a witch creature, all in gorgeous chiaroscuro lighting. This storybook-like game features a whimsical, isometric art style, and follows Cereza (a young Bayonetta) on her earliest adventures. In the trailer, Hellboy was seen fighting a were-beast in brawling, cinematic combat. In future, the game’s protagonist, The Beheaded, will be joined by Castlevania protagonists Alucard and Richter Belmont in a fight against Dracula. It’s time for the industry to recognise the games of the year – the successes, triumphs, and major delights we all enjoyed along the way. In After Us, you play as an ethereal young girl roaming a vast, post-apocalyptic world filled with strange environments, giant ghost animals, and plenty of beauty. With 2022 now fading into the rearview, it’s officially (and thankfully) time to focus on the future. You can follow along with The Game Awards 2022 on

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All The Game Awards 2022 Winners (Push Square)

Every winner from each category revealed - The Game Awards are over for another year, but many developers have reason to c...

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The Game Awards 2022: all the announcements and trailers (The Verge)

The 2022 Game Awards featured news and trailers from some of the biggest games for PC, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox.

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The Game Awards 2022: The biggest news, announcements and ... (Polygon)

Geoff Keighley hosted The Game Awards 2022 Thursday night in Los Angeles, handing out awards for the best games of the year alongside a host of ...

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The Game Awards 2022 Winners List: 'Elden Ring' wins top prize (Los Angeles Times)

The Game Awards returned to the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday. Here's which games took home the night's biggest prizes.

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Elden Ring wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2022 (Video Games Chronicle)

FromSoftware's RPG epic fought off competition from God of War Ragnarok, which also had a successful night winning several awards. It also picked up the awards ...

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The Game Awards GOTY For 2022 Is Elden Ring (Nintendo Life)

Nintendo also took out a bunch of awards - The Game Awards has just concluded for another year and FromSoftware's epic tit...

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The Game Awards 2022 stage-crasher arrested (Polygon)

An unidentified person appeared to follow the Elden Ring developers on stage after Elden Ring won The Game Award's game of the year award.

A group of security personnel appeared to cut him off and take him off stage. After the Elden Ring developers were ushered off stage, the unidentified person approached the microphone: “I think I want to nominate this award to my reformed orthodox rabbi Bill Clinton,” he said. After entering the stage, he appeared to congratulate developers before standing behind Miyazaki, largely unnoticed, as the creative director accepted the award.

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Everything Announced at The Game Awards 2022 (ComingSoon.net)

The Game Awards' 2022 show was quite long and full of announcements. Here are all of them in one convenient place.

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The Game Awards 2022 stage stormer arrested after bizarre “Bill ... (Dexerto)

The Game Awards 2022's biggest moment was interrupted by a stage stormer with a spiel about Bill Clinton. They were arrested.

[2022’s celebrations](https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/how-to-watch-the-game-awards-2022-all-nominees-how-to-vote-1984199/) were cut short for FromSoftware, the developers of Elden Ring. Known for his stream-sniping antics previously, it wouldn’t be beyond the keel for him to do it on gaming’s biggest stage. After Elden Ring’s developers gave a speech, a stage stormer stepped up to the mic with a bizarre “Bill Clinton” spiel and was promptly arrested.

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Elden Ring Wins Game Of The Year At The Game Awards 2022 (TheGamer)

Sorry Kratos, but this was always going to happen. Elden Ring The Game Awards Winner-1. Ten months after it launched ...

While the game that The Game Awards names Game of the Year is the one the industry and its players tend to recognize most, there are a lot more official awards to be given out. While Ragnarok is great and probably would have been named Game of the Year in almost any other 12-month period, it's hard to argue Elden Ring doesn't deserve it. [Horizon Forbidden West](https://www.thegamer.com/tag/horizon-forbidden-west/) and Plague Tell Requiem were never likely to stop Elden Ring from winning the big one, the winner's one real rival emerged as FromSoftware rounded the final bend with The Game Awards in sight. Months after dataminers discovered a colosseum hidden in The Lands Between, Elden Ring got DLC centered around that very building. Something many of [the more than 12 million of you who have played it](https://www.thegamer.com/elden-ring-12-million-copies-sold/) considered a foregone conclusion for the majority of the past 12 months. [God Of War Ragnarok](https://www.thegamer.com/tag/god-of-war-ragnarok/) launched in November, posing the one true threat to Elden Ring's crown.

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The Game Awards stage invader arrested (Eurogamer.net)

This year's Game Awards concluded in unexpected fashion, with an attendee gaining access to the stage during its climac…

It also contained the longest award acceptance speech of all time, thanks to God of War's Christopher Judge. The incident capped an eventful show, with world premiere trailers for Final Fantasy 16, Death Stranding 2, Armoured Core 6, Ken Levine's Judas, and a look at the Super Mario Bros. The Game Awards stage invader arrested"I want to nominate this award to my Reformed Orthodox Rabbi Bill Clinton."

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The Game Awards 2022 news round-up - all the trailers and winners (Metro)

GameCentral walks through all the major news and reveals from The Games Awards 2022, from Star Wars Jedi: Survivor to Death Stranding 2.

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After Heated Battle, Genshin Impact Wins Player's Voice at The 2022 ... (IGN)

Genshin Impact has won Player's Voice at the 2022 Game Awards, beating both Elden Ring and Sonic Frontiers.

Here’s everything you need to do first in Pokemon Scarlet/Violet with plenty of tips to help you along (without spoiling the whole game).For more Pokemon S/V tips, check out our full guide on IGN!https://www.ign.com/wikis/pokemon-scarlet-violet](/videos/7-things-to-do-first-pokmon-scarlet-and-violet) [JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R - Official Weather Forecast & Father Pucchi (Final) Reveal TrailerThe update to JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R gives players new fighters from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, adding Weather Forecast and Father Pucchi (Final) to the game’s massive roster. Weather Forecast, Father Pucchi (Final), and the new stage based on JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean is now available for free.](/videos/jojos-bizarre-adventure-all-star-battle-r-official-weather-forecast-father-pucchi-final-reveal-trailer) [results projected](/articles/the-game-awards-fan-vote-has-genshin-impact-and-sonic-frontiers-crushing-elden-ring-for-game-of-the-year) that [Genshin Impact](/games/genshin-impact) would edge out both Sonic Frontiers and Elden Ring. For more on the winners from this year's Game Awards, check out our roundup that features the We've provided additional spoiler warnings for each region throughout the video as well.00:00 - Intro00:29 - MUSPHELHEIM COLLECTIBLES00:42 - Musphelheim Nornir Chest 101:50 - Musphelheim Legendary Chest: Divine Ashes01:50 - Musphelheim Raven #102:25 - Musphelheime Rune Read (Lore): Valhalla Rises02:54 - Musphelheim Raven #203:19 - Musphelheim Lore Scrolle: Gna's Journal04:03 - HELHEIM COLLECTIBLES04:17 - Helheim Legendary Chest #1: Bow Ability (Falling Sky)04:46 - Helheim Legendary Chest #2: Runic Summon (Wrath of the Wolf)05:20 - Helheim Raven #105:48 - Helheim Rune Read (Lore): Prayer to Hraesvelgr06:13 - Helheim Legendary Chest #3: Tame the Beast (Blades Heavy Runic Attack)07:49 - Helheim Legendary Chest #4: Thrust of 1000 Soldiers (Spear Light Runic Attack)08:33 - Helheim Legendary Chest #5: Onslaught Shield09:09 - Helheim Lore Marker: Hraesvelgr09:09 - Helheim Raven #210:26 - NIFLHEIM COLLECTIBLES10:47 - Niflheim Legendary Chest: Runic Summon (Bitter Squirrel)11:14 - Niflheim Nornir Chest11:14 - Relic: Motsognir's Call11:14 - Niflheim Legendary Chest: Nocked Proficiency (Companion Accessory)For more on Kratos' latest adventure, check out our full God of War Ragnarok walkthrough on IGN @ www.ign.com/wikis/god-of-war-ragnarok](/videos/god-of-war-ragnarok-all-collectibles-helheim-musphelheim-niflheim) [7 Things to Do First - Pokémon Scarlet and VioletPokemon Scarlet & Violet gives you a whole new region to explore, and as soon as you step outside, all of Paldea is your Cloyster. Earlier this week, ahead o the show, the

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Every new PC trailer from The Game Awards 2022 (Rock Paper Shotgun)

All the Game Awards trailers and announcements for PC · Dead Cells · Vampire Survivors · Returnal · Plague Tale Requiem · Hellboy: Web of Wyrd · Post Trauma · Atomic ...

Immortals Of Aveum is coming in 2023, and brings with it a new chance to be an extremely badass wizard, which really is one of the main driving forces behind the games industry. There’s something about using the bones of a long-dead monster as a ramp that gets me excited, and this trailer certainly had lots of monsters that were big and dead. That seems like a surefire way to ruin the mystique, but there’s little to show what it’ll actually look like when we get to play. And in the seconds that followed, we were treated to a lovely first look at Earthblade, a 2024-slated pixel-art platformer where you control a girl with excellent black-and-silver hair, poke big blobby enemies in the eye, cling onto giant flesh walls, and touch portals to make them light up pleasingly and whisk you away to new areas of a ruined, corrupted Earth. It’s The Last Of Us Part 1, a gripping and emotional tale that just about everyone knows about by now, whether we played it or not back in 2013. After a “brief" intro from Geoff Keighley, the first trailer of the main show treated us to a look at Hades 2, a sequel to the smash-hit from Supergiant Games. From the sheer number of good-looking characters talking into a first-person player camera, it looks like they’re trying to capture some of that immersive next-gen feel of Cyberpunk 2077, with its seamless first-person cinematics. In addition to the spate of customary awards given out throughout the night, this year’s Game Awards was also host to a sizeable number of new game announcements and trailers. Liquid-like swarms of rats herald a suitably cinematic trailer for A Plague Tale: Requiem, the sequel to the very highly regarded A Plague Tale: Innocence from… It’s not the first we’ve heard of the game, but it is the first I’ve heard of it. Per the Steam page, Replaced puts you in charge of R.E.A.C.H., an AI trapped in a human body, trapped in an alternate 1980s America. The Game Awards 2022 pre-show kicked off with a trailer for a new Dead Cells dlc based on Castlevania, appropriately titled Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania.

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Five surprises from The Game Awards 2022: The biggest trailers ... (Evening Standard)

The gaming world's biggest ceremony featured new looks at Final Fantasy XVI, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and Cyberpunk 2077's first expansion.

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The Game Awards 2022 winners: 'Elden Ring' lands GOTY while ... (NME.com)

After a night filled with awards and world premieres, there were plenty of games to celebrate: here's every winner from The Game Awards 2022.

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Round Up: Everything Announced At The Game Awards 2022 ... (Nintendo Life)

What was your favourite announcement? - Another year, another Game Awards event. It was a pretty good one though, right? T...

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Hideo Kojima was the best-dressed person at The Game Awards 2022 (GamesRadar+)

The legendary creator rocked up in stylish Death Stranding-themed attire.

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The Game Awards 2022: All the big winners, from instant hits to ... (The Independent)

While a surprise nomination for Bill Clinton rocked the internet, these are all the (real) winners of The Game Awards 2022, including God of War Ragnarok.

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Al Pacino leaves Game Awards 2022 crowd in hysterics with bold ... (The Independent)

The Hollywood star of films including The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon and Scarface was an unexpected presence at the event on Thursday (8 December). After ...

[said he could “go younger”](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/al-pacino-heat-2-michael-mann-b2141217.html) using the de-ageing technology currently being deployed in Hollywood to make older actors look like their younger selves. The film will be released on 30 June 2023. It’s hard for me to see the teleprompter.” The next high-profile film to do this will be Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which will see [Harrison Ford return as the adventurer](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/indiana-jones-5-phoebe-waller-bridge-trailer-b2237541.html). Finishing his sentence, Pacino made a bold claim while stood in front of a roomful of famous figures from the world of video games. After Pacino was introduced to the stage by host Geoff Keighley, audience members appeared to be in shock that the Oscar-winner had shown up to the ceremony, which is essentially the Academy Awards for

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Al Pacino, Bill Clinton, and The Game Awards 2022's Strangest ... (Den of Geek)

From Al Pacino's existential crisis to a truly bizarre Bill Clinton reference, these are the strange moments from The 2022 Game Awards everyone is obsessed ...

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Newscast: What did we think of The Game Awards 2022? (Eurogamer.net)

The typical array of trailers for games like Final Fantasy 16, Star Wars: Jedi Survivor and Street Fighter 6 came thick and fast, alongside big announcements ...

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Al Pacino Is Just As Confused As You About His 2022 Game Awards ... (Esquire.com)

Some guy—Al Pacino, is it?—showed up at the Game Awards, muttering, "I don't play a whole lotta video games!"

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