The Recreation Awards is coming again in 2022 with a reside viewers for the primary time since 2019. There are tons of video games already nominated for the present and with a few of the greatest names in gaming in attendence. You possibly can anticipate all the pieces from reveals to musical performances as host Geoff Keighley unveals the award winners for 2022.
The Recreation Awards shall be free for everybody to stream at dwelling beginning on December 8. When you’re questioning how and the place to look at the occasion on-line in 2022, we have got you coated with all the particulars under.
How one can Watch the Recreation Awards 2022 Livestream
The Recreation Awards livestream will begin on Thursday, December 8 at 4 p.m PT / 7 p.m. ET when the IGN Pre-Present begins. The precise ceremony will start at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET as soon as the pre-shows wrap up.
The place to Watch The Recreation Awards 2022 On-line
We’re internet hosting the stream for The Recreation Awards 2022 right here, on IGN.com, and on our accounts throughout all main platforms together with YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, and Fb. Listed below are all the hyperlinks the place you possibly can watch the stream on December 8:
How Lengthy Is The Recreation Awards Stream?
A runtime has not but been confirmed for the 2022 Recreation Awards, however you possibly can anticipate it to final some time. The 2021 Recreation Awards ran 4 about 3 hours, so we anticipate this 12 months’s present to be about the identical. IGN may even be internet hosting a reside post-show you possibly can tune into after the occasion.
What to Count on From the Recreation Awards in 2022
The very first thing you possibly can anticipate from the Recreation Awards this 12 months are the awards themselves. There are 31 classes with 5 nominees per class and there are some critical contenders for Recreation of the 12 months in 2022. The 2 front-runners for the Recreation of the 12 months class this 12 months are Elden Ring and God of Battle: Ragnarok — each of which IGN gave a ten out 10. Each of these video games are nominated for numerous classes and can more than likely win a couple of of them.
Along with the awards themselves, The Recreation Awards has traditionally featured huge reveals of upcoming video games. Over time we have gotten a have a look at Elden Ring and Sonic Frontiers, so we expect to probably see some extra new reveals on the 2022 present. Contemplating that is the primary reside Recreation Awards present since 2019, there may even possible be fairly a couple of nice company to speak about future video games in depth.
Lastly, you possibly can anticipate musical company and performances showcasing music in video video games. The Recreation Awards is a full-on gaming celebration, so we’ll possible be in for a couple of surprises this 12 months as nicely.
The Recreation Awards 2022 Nominees
Recreation of the 12 months
Recognizing a sport that delivers the very best expertise throughout all inventive and technical fields.
- A Plague Story: Requiem
- Elden Ring
- God of Battle Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Stray
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Greatest Recreation Route
Awarded for excellent inventive imaginative and prescient and innovation in sport course and design.
- Elden Ring
- God of Battle Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Immortality
- Stray
Greatest Narrative
For excellent storytelling and narrative improvement in a sport.
- A Plague Story: Requiem
- Elden Ring
- God of Battle Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Immortality
Greatest Artwork Route
For excellent inventive and/or technical achievement in inventive design and animation.
- Elden Ring
- God of Battle: Ragnarok
- Horizon: Forbidden West
- Scorn
- Stray
Greatest Rating/Music
For excellent music, inclusive of rating, unique music and/or licensed soundtrack.
- Olivier Deriviere – A Plague Story: Requiem
- Tsukasa Saitoh – Elden Ring
- Bear McCreary – God of Battle: Ragnarok
- Two Feathers – Metallic Hellsinger
- Yasunori Mitsuda
Greatest Audio Design
Recognizing the very best in-game audio and sound design.
- Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare 2
- Elden Ring
- God of Battle Ragnarok
- Gran Turismo 7
- Horizon Forbidden West
Greatest Efficiency
Awarded to a person for voice-over appearing, movement and/or efficiency seize.
- Ashly Birch – Horizon: Forbidden West
- Charlotte McBurney – A Plague Story: Requiem
- Christopher Choose – God of Battle: Ragnarok
- Manon Gage – Immortality
- Sunny Suljic – God of Battle: Ragnarok
Video games for Affect
For a thought-provoking sport with a pro-social that means or message.
- A Memoir Blue
- As Nightfall Falls
- Citizen Sleeper
- Endling – Extinction is Without end
- Hindsight
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Greatest Ongoing Recreation
Awarded to a sport for excellent improvement of ongoing content material that evolves the participant expertise over time.
- Apex Legends
- Future 2
- Ultimate Fantasy 14 On-line
- Fortnite
- Genshin Affect
Greatest Indie Recreation
For excellent inventive and technical achievement in a sport made outdoors the normal writer system.
- Cult of the Lamb
- Neon White
- Sifu
- Stray
- TUNIC
Greatest Debut Indie Recreation
For the very best debut sport created by a brand new unbiased studio.
- Neon White
- NORCO
- Stray
- TUNIC
- Vampire Survivors
Greatest Cellular Recreation
For the very best sport playable on a cell gadget.
- Apex Legends Cellular
- Diablo Immortal
- Genshin Affect
- Marvel Snap
- Tower of Fantasy
Greatest Group Help
Recognizing a sport for excellent neighborhood help, transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of social media exercise and sport updates/patches.
- Apex Legends
- Future 2
- Ultimate Fantasy 14 On-line
- Fortnite
- No Man’s Sky
Greatest VR/AR Recreation
For the very best sport expertise playable in digital or augmented actuality, regardless of platform.
- After the Fall
- Amongst Us VR
- BONELAB
- Moss: Ebook II
- Purple Matter 2
Innovation in Accessibility
Recognizing software program and/or {hardware} that’s pushing the medium ahead by including options, know-how and content material to assist video games be performed and loved by an excellent wider viewers.
- As Nightfall Falls
- God of Battle: Ragnarok
- Returnal
- Return to Monkey Island
- The Final of Us Half 1
- The Quarry
Greatest Motion Recreation
For the very best sport within the motion style centered totally on fight.
- Bayonetta 3
- Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare II
- Neon White
- Sifu
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Greatest Motion/Journey Recreation
For the very best motion/journey sport, combining fight with traversal and puzzle fixing.
- A Plague Story: Requiem
- God of Battle Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Stray
- TUNIC
Greatest RPG
For the very best sport designed with wealthy participant character customization and development, together with massively multiplayer experiences.
- Elden Ring
- Dwell a Dwell
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus
- Triangle Technique
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Greatest Combating Recreation
For the very best sport designed primarily round head-to-head fight.
- DNF Duel
- JoJo’s Weird Journey: All Star Battle R
- The King of Fighters 15
- MultiVersus
- Sifu
Greatest Household Recreation
For the very best sport applicable for household play, regardless of style or platform.
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
- Nintendo Swap Sports activities
- Splatoon 3
Greatest Sports activities/Racing Recreation
For the very best conventional and non-traditional sports activities and racing sport.
- F1 22
- FIFA 23
- NBA 2K23
- Gran Turismo 7
- OlliOlli World
Greatest SIM/Technique Recreation
Greatest sport centered on actual time or turn-based simulation or technique gameplay, regardless of platform.
- Dune: Spice Wars
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
- Complete Battle: WARHAMMER 3
- Two Level Campus
- Victoria 3
Greatest Multiplayer Recreation
For excellent on-line multiplayer gameplay and design, together with co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, regardless of sport style or platform.
- Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare 2
- Multiversus
- Overwatch 2
- Splatoon 3
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Content material Creator of the 12 months
For a streamer or content material creator who has made an necessary and optimistic affect on the neighborhood in 2021.
- Karl Jacobs
- Ludwig
- Nibellion
- Nobru
- QTCinderella
Greatest Esports Athlete
The esports athlete judged to be probably the most excellent for efficiency and conduct in 2021, regardless of sport.
- 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)
Greatest Esports Coach
The Esports coach judged to be probably the most excellent for efficiency and conduct in 2021.
- 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)
Greatest Esports Occasion
Recognizing an occasion (throughout single or a number of days) that delivered a best-of-class expertise for members and the published viewers.
- EVO 2022
- 2022 League of Legends World Championship
- PGL Main Antwerp 2022
- The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
- VALORANT Champions 2022
Greatest Esports Recreation
For the sport that has delivered the very best general esports expertise to gamers (inclusive of tournaments, neighborhood help and content material updates), regardless of style or platform.
- Counter-Strike: World Offensive
- DOTA 2
- League of Legends
- Rocket League
- VALORANT
Greatest Esports Staff
Recognizing a selected esports group (not the complete group) judged probably the most excellent for efficiency and conduct in 2021.
- DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
- FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
- Gen.G (League of Legends)
- LA Thieves (Name of Obligation)
- LOUD (Valorant)
Most Anticipated Recreation
Recognizing an introduced sport that has demonstrably illustrated potential to push the gaming medium ahead.
- Ultimate Fantasy 16
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Resident Evil 4
- Starfield
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Greatest Adaptation
Celebrating game-inspired tasks throughout leisure together with TV, motion pictures, comics, and extra.
- Arcane: League of Legends
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- The Cuphead Present!
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Uncharted
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