The Game Awards 2022 Nominees Revealed - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 14 November 2022 / 7,475 Views

The Game Awards 2022 nominees have been revealed. The nominees were selected by more than 100 media publications and influencer outlets. Users can vote in all categories here.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has the most nominees with a combined 20. This is followed by Nintendo and Annapurna Interactive with 11 nominations each, Bandai Namco Entertainment with eight, and Riot Games with six.

God of War Ragnarök is the game with the most nomination at 10, followed by Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West with seven each. Stray has six nominations and A Plague Tale Requiem has five.

The Game Awards 2022 will be broadcasted live on December 8.

Check out the full list of nominees below:

Game of the Year

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

A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
STRAY (BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft ?Nintendo)

Best Game Direction

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

Elden Ring (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
IMMORTALITY (Half Mermaid)
STRAY (BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Narrative

For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.

A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
IMMORTALITY (Half Mermaid)

Best Art Direction

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

Elden Ring (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Scorn (Ebb Software / Kepler Interactive)
STRAY (BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive)

Best Score and Music

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

A Plague Tale: Requiem (Olivier Deriviere, Composer)
Elden Ring (Tsukasa Saitoh, Composer)
God of War Ragnarok (Bear McCreary, Composer)
Metal: Hellsinger (Two Feathers, Composer)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Yasunori Mitsuda, Composer)

Best Audio Design

Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Infinity Ward / Activision)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Performance

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

Ashly Burch (Horizon Forbidden West)
Charlotte McBurney (A Plague Tale: Requiem)
Christopher Judge (God of War Ragnarok)
Manon Gage (IMMORTALITY)
Sunny Suljic (God of War Ragnarok)

Games for Impact

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

A Memoir Blue (Cloisters Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
As Dusk Falls (Interior/Night / Xbox Game Studios)
Citizen Sleeper (Jump Over the Age / Fellow Traveller)
Endling: Extinction is Forever (Herobeat Studios / HandyGames)
Hindsight (Team Hindsight / Annapurna Interactive)
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games / Finji)

Best Ongoing Game

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

Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV (Creative Business Unit III / Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)

Best Indie

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

Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster / Devolver Digital)
Neon White (Angel Matrix / Annapurna Interactive)
Sifu (Sloclap)
STRAY (BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive)
TUNIC (TUNIC Team / Finji)

Best Mobile Game

For the best game playable on a mobile device.

Apex Legends Mobile (Lightspeed Studios / Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
Diablo Immortal (Blizzard / NetEase Games)
Genshin Impact (HoYovese)
MARVEL SNAP (Second Dinner Studios / Nuverse)
Tower of Fantasy (Hotta Studio / Perfect World / Level Infinite)

Best Community Support

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

Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
Final Fantasy XIV (Creative Business Unit III / Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

Innovation in Accessibility

Recognizing software and / or hardware that is pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience.

As Dusk Falls (Interior/Night / Xbox Game Studios)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Return to Monkey Island (Terrible Toybox / Devolver Digital)
The Last Of Us Part I (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
The Quarry (Supermassive Games / 2K)

Best Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality

For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.

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

Best Action Game

For the best game in the action genre focused primarily on combat.

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

For the best action / adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.

A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
STRAY (BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive)
TUNIC (TUNIC Team / Finji)

Best Role-Playing

For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.

Elden Ring (FromSoftware / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
LIVE A LIVE (historia / Square Enix)
Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Game Freak / Nintendo / The Pokemon Company)
Triangle Strategy (Artdink / Square Enix)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft / Nintendo)

Best Fighting

For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.

DNF Duel (Arc System Works / Eighting / Neople / Nexon)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (CyberConnect 2 / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
The King of Fighters XV (SNK)
MultiVersus (Player First Games / Warner Bros. Games)
Sifu (Sloclap)

Best Family

For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL Laboratory / 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 Simulation / Strategy

Best game focused on real time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform.

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

Best Sports / Racing

For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.

F1 22 (Codemasters / EA Sports)
FIFA 23 (EA Vancouver / Romania / EA Sports)
NBA 2K23 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
OlliOlli World (Roll7 / Private Division)

Best Multiplayer

For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre or platform.

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

Content Creator of the Year

For a streamer or content creator who has made an important and positive impact on the community in 2021.

Karl Jacobs
Ludwig
Nibellion
Nobru
QTCinderella

Best Debut Indie

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

Neon White (Angel Matrix / Annapurna Interactive)
NORCO (Geography of Robots / Raw Fury)
STRAY (BlueTwelve Studio / Annapurna Interactive)
TUNIC (TUNIC Team / Finji)
Vampire Survivors (poncle)

Best Adaptation

Recognizing outstanding creative work that faithfully and authentically adapts a video game to another entertainment medium.

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

Most Anticipated

Recognizing an announced game that has demonstrably illustrated potential to push the gaming medium forward.

Final Fantasy XVI (Creative Business Unit III / Square Enix)
Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software / Warner Bros. Games)
Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best eSports Game

For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
DOTA 2 (Valve)
League of Legends (Riot Games)
Rocket League (Psyonix / Epic Games)
VALORANT (Riot Games)

Best eSports Athlete

The eSports athlete judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021, irrespective of game.

Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon (Gen.G, League of Legends)
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (T1, League of Legends)
Finn “karrigan” Andersen ( (FaZe Clan, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, VALORANT)

Best eSports Team

Recognizing a specific eSports team (not the full organization) judged the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021.

DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
FaZe Clan (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Gen.G (League of Legends)
LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
LOUD (VALORANT)

Best eSports Coach

The eSports coach judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021.

Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi (Natus Vincere, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi (LOUD, VALORANT)
Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren (FPX, VALORANT)
Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström (FaZe Clan, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
Go “Score” Dong-bin (Gen.G, League of Legends)

Best eSports Event

Recognizing an event (across single or multiple days) that delivered a best-of-class experience for participants and the broadcast audience.

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

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

84 Comments

smroadkill15 (on 14 November 2022)

The VGA still doesn't nominate games that release the last 1.5 months of the year and also don't get nominated for the following year if they miss deadline. When will they understand a year is 12 months not 10.5. Have the VGA after the year is over.

UnderwaterFunktown smroadkill15 (on 14 November 2022)

I mean SSBU did get nominated for Game of the Year 2019 (and should have won it imo), but yea it's a rarity and games that release in that last part of the year have a big disadvantage for sure. It definitely makes the most sense to host a reward show in January so you can actually include the whole calender year.

Bandorr smroadkill15 (on 14 November 2022)

I'd love to see a list of those. Midnight suns, DQ Treasure, and FF7 reunion probably had no shot to be nominated for anything.

What was "missed" last year?

smroadkill15 Bandorr (on 14 November 2022)

Others releases for this year are High on Life, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Evil West, Gungrave GORE, Pentiment, Warhammer Darktide, Callisto Protocol, Need for Speed Unbound, and Somerville are some that come to mind. I'm sure several of these would have gotten a nomination, but now they can't.

Bandorr smroadkill15 (on 14 November 2022)

Whole pile of games I had no interest in. But yeah I've heard of. At least Pokemon. Thanks.

zero129 Bandorr (on 15 November 2022)

And what difference does that make?. Only games you care about should be on the list?.

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Bandorr zero129 (on 15 November 2022)

Before I give this an actual response I'll ask - are you drunk? My response pretty clear so I assume you are yet again drunk?

Meh I have no interest in making two posts. It means I forgot about them because I had no interest in them. But I have heard of them so yes I agree with smroadkill15 that ignoring them is a shame. Then I thanked him for the reminder.

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ClassicGamingWizzz zero129 (on 16 November 2022)

Deleting the comments ? Predictable?

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the-pi-guy ClassicGamingWizzz (on 16 November 2022)

Those were my technical difficulties.

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Chazore smroadkill15 (on 14 November 2022)

Jan feels like the better timeslot to hold the VGA's, since it gives pretty much everyone a chance.

Shatts (on 15 November 2022)

I don't understand how Stray got into GOTY nominee. Stray is a good game, but I think there were multiple games that deserved it more. I guess they want to add an indie in there somehow for "diversity". If they want something cute heck even Kirby would have been better.

Vodacixi (on 14 November 2022)

Not nominating Harry McEntire for his performance as Noah and Consul N should punishable by law. He did an amazing work!

deerox (on 14 November 2022)

It's a shame that Bayonetta 3 wasn't nominated for game of the year.
I know that Elden Ring is going to win anyway, but it would have been nice if Bayo3 got enough recognition to at least be nominated.

GaoGaiGarV (on 15 November 2022)

So the indie game they push this year is the mediocre Okami clone. Okay...

Also in the year where Trails from Zero finally comes to the west in doesn't get nominated in any category it belongs (RPG/Music/GOTY). Weak.

TallSilhouette (on 14 November 2022)

Is Best Adaptation a new category? No better year for it.

G2ThaUNiT TallSilhouette (on 14 November 2022)

Yes it is! This year is the category's debut.

fauzman (on 15 November 2022)

Great to see Playstation games doing so well though I am surprised that Elden Ring didnt get the most nominations.

LivncA_Dis3 (on 15 November 2022)

Xbox no where to be seen sheesh,

Next year they hopefully they release the bomb!

Nuvendil (on 15 November 2022)

Xenoblade getting some proper respect, especially in the soundtrack department. About dang time.

GaoGaiGarV Nuvendil (on 15 November 2022)

Nothing in that game that wouldn't be easily beaten by Trails from Zero.

VAMatt (on 14 November 2022)

Those game of the year nominees really tell you how weak of a year this was. There's really only two games there that deserve to be in the conversation: Elden Ring and GoW. Those others are solid games, but nothing amazing. Certainly not game of the year worthy.

Bandorr (on 14 November 2022)

I hope uncharted wins best Adaptation. It absolutely felt like the game. There were parts I could easily imagine playing it. "I would do this, then I'd to this, then this person would talk to me" etc.

Sonic have several clever nodes to the game but it didn't feel like a game imo.

Paatar (on 14 November 2022)

Elden Ring over Xenoblade 3 for narrative is just laughable. And Stray/Forbidden West over Bayo 3 for GOTY?

Other than those, I'm pretty happy with the nominees.

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Runa216 (on 14 November 2022)

smroadkill15 Runa216 (on 14 November 2022)

Once again, stroking the flames when nothing was said or brought up. For someone that hates console wars you really keep it alive.

Runa216 smroadkill15 (on 14 November 2022)

Eeh. Seems I can't go anywhere or do anything without SOMEONE harping on about how much better Xbox is and how Sony sucks (Even when I don't say something.) I feel the need to set the record straight. the facts are the facts, the numbers are the numbers, and Sony is winning with good reason. Cope.

Arguing with Xbox people feels like arguing with anti-vaxxers most of the time. No matter how many numbers you provide, no matter how many facts and figures you present, and no matter what angle you approach it from to explain why things are the way they are, I just see all sorts of bad faith arguments, ignoring the data, cherry-picking what they can to selectively pretend their shit is fair, and when all else fails call it a conspiracy.

Then this sort of shit happens year after year. Sony sells more, they release more exclusives, people buy more of their consoles, their business practices (For all their faults) are proving to be more successful, and even at their worst they outsold microsoft at their best. And I can't exist in any gaming space without some Xbox fan doomsaying about how Microsoft is going to DESTROY sony, how Sony sucjs, How sony doesn't release games, how Xbox is better in every way, etc.

Seeing people straight up lie and believe it to be truth is frustrating. Like what you like, I've always said that, everyone's biased and everyone has their faves. but the facts are the facts and as long as there are people out there twisting the facts to fit their narrative, ignoring data that opposes them, and calling anything they don't agree with some sort of conspiracy I'm gonna keep correcting them.

And shit like this is yet another great example of how the 'Xbox is superior' narrative is a fiction. I went back to previous years all the way back to 2014 and this has been the same since at least then. Sony and Nintendo tend to dominate, while Xbox might get a handful of scraps. They just aren't as good at this and haven't been, at least by this metric, for 8+ years.

When I stop seeing bad arguments everywhere, I'll stop correcting them. In the mean time, Feel free to downvote me. That's what the button is for.

Me? I'll just be over here on my switch and PS5 having so many games to play and so much variety and choice of top-notch games both exclusive and multiplat that I suffer from executive dysfunction and choice paralysis.

smroadkill15 Runa216 (on 14 November 2022)

Nobody, including myself, ever said one is better than the other in these comments. All I said is, you're stroking the flames, again. Then you go on a rant making it worse. Maybe stop going on Twitter or other social media sites that nonstop do console wars on ALL sides and reflect it back on this site.

ice smroadkill15 (on 15 November 2022)

The best part is the irony that Runa is exactly what he hates.

Gets mad at people saying PS games are similar, says that about gears and Halo

Gets mad to xbox fans harping abut xbox being better, does the same thing about PS and he literally can't keep xbox out his mouth.

Dude is the ultimate console warrior lmao He treats this shit like a religion and it's so embarrassing

Runa216 ice (on 16 November 2022)

You're cute.

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Chazore Runa216 (on 14 November 2022)

Yeah but let's be real here, when has Xbox exactly been good/award winning?.

Like out of all on that list, I expect ER/CoD/Sony exclusives and Stray to win in their respective listings. I don't at all expect Plague Tale to win much if anything, because I've seen this song and dance for years on end to know how it goes, and Xbox doesn't exactly bring home all the bacon, maybe 1-2 strips.

Also I've been noticing some rounds of folks talking about how the latest GoW practically tells the player what to do, why exactly do we the player need to be handheld in a game like GoW?, being serious here.

Runa216 Chazore (on 14 November 2022)

I mean, their holy trinity has always been pretty big. Halo, Forza, and Gears have all had streaks with 90+ meta scores and they're at or near the top of their respective genres.

Microsoft CAN make games, I guess they just chose to focus on services. which is exactly what someone who shouldn't be in the console business would do.

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Chazore Runa216 (on 14 November 2022)

Yes but gears 5 was 2019, it's now 2022m F5 was last year (which won 3 awards, but still not GOTY, and Sony technically has 3 lined up this yr vs MS's 0 in the GOTY cata).

They've made games for yrs tbh, they just win few over the decades, just like how a PC game hasn't won GOTY in what feels like eons, it boils down to 1st parties winning the the top award these days, or a die hard following like Dark Souls.

You know what'd be baller and out of left field?, Cult of the Lamb winning GOTY, but that won't happen because it's been purposefully slotted in the Indie section, meaning GOTY is only ever reserved for "AAA"'s alone, and this is why I said my part in that GOTY thread, about how it's more of a glamour show.

I don't think it's worth dunking them just because they focus on their ecosystem, because if that's a deduction point, then how come "third person Stealth/action" isn't?, because again, let's be real, I see that a lot from Sony's Side, and I see Nintendo rolling with tried and true formulas and gimmicks aplenty (I'm not beholden to any of the big 3, and I know they all have their faults and go-to's, but those go-to's shouldn't be on repeat half the time).

eva01beserk Chazore (on 15 November 2022)

Dint it takes 2 win lasst year?
Wich i belive it was completly undeserved.

Chazore eva01beserk (on 15 November 2022)

Gears 5 or Horizon?, Horizon took 3 awards, but wasn't a contender for GOTY

eva01beserk Chazore (on 15 November 2022)

"IT TAKES 2" that coop indy game about dolls or something from the "fuck the oscars" guy.

Chazore eva01beserk (on 15 November 2022)

Oh, wasn't that one pubbed by EA?, I barely remember that game at all and even forgot it was put up for the awards.

Oh yeah, that dude was a tool lol, I remember him a few yrs back saying that, then he goes on to win an award lol, what a hypocrite.

Azzanation Runa216 (on 14 November 2022)

Helps when your competition doesnt release any games

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deerox Azzanation (on 14 November 2022)

Nintendo have released many games this year.
Six of them have an above 80 metacritic score.

Azzanation deerox (on 14 November 2022)

They sure did however none are their normal big hitters

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deerox Azzanation (on 14 November 2022)

What does that have to do with anything? Is a good game worthless if it doesn't sell 20 million copies?

Azzanation deerox (on 14 November 2022)

The games they released are good but nothing GOTY about them. They are not Nintendos heavy hitters.

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deerox Azzanation (on 15 November 2022)

If Xenoblade 3 and Metroid Dread is heavy enough hitters to be nominated for GOTY, then I don't see why games like Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Splatoon 3, and Bayonetta 3 can't be.

Azzanation deerox (on 15 November 2022)

B Tier titles. I enjoy them both but never GOTY. Nintendo and Xboxes big hitters are next year.

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Runa216 Azzanation (on 14 November 2022)

I mean, yeah...in a year when Nintendo had a slightly weaker y ear in terms of critical acclaim, even then they released a decent number of well-reviewed games compared to the competition.

your argument doesn't help you as much as you probably think it does.

Azzanation Runa216 (on 14 November 2022)

They are all B tier Nintendo titles released in 2022. All companies have their A, B and C teirs. Nintendo and Xbox released 0 A teir games. Sony have. Next year you will see A teirs from all companies.

Bandorr Azzanation (on 14 November 2022)

Xbox has a game up there. I've never heard of it or know anyone playing it - but even still it get nominated.

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Runa216 Bandorr (on 14 November 2022)

Not sure if it was actually developed by Xbox/Microsoft, but Tunic was an absolute delight of a game. Loved it.

Azzanation Bandorr (on 14 November 2022)

Not sure which game that is

pitzy272 Azzanation (on 14 November 2022)

What is your argument, here? Your statement was obviously meant to be a burn against PS, but it was more of a burn against XBox. But even if MSFT did do what’s expected of a major video game publisher and release games in 2022, XBox’s games don’t typically light up the awards, if I recall.

Azzanation pitzy272 (on 14 November 2022)

Who said it wasnt a burn towards Xbox? Oh right, you.
Xbox hasnt released anything this year and Nintendo only released their B tier games. PS released their best IP.

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pitzy272 Azzanation (on 15 November 2022)

Come on. I’ve seen you post many times for many years, and I can’t recall seeing you ever make a negative post about Xbox or a positive post about PlayStation. Your intention was to make PlayStation’s impressive representation in the awards seem less so, while making Xbox’s absence seem less negative.

Azzanation pitzy272 (on 15 November 2022)

Look harder. I think it's hilarious you think I am a Xbox Fanboy, it's not even my major platform of choice but keep going. It's entertaining.

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pitzy272 Azzanation (on 17 November 2022)

For years, I’ve seen a virtually unfailing support from you for Xbox and a virtually unfailing dislike for all things PlayStation. Whether or not an Xbox console is your platform of choice doesn’t change this. Are you denying this is is true? Not sure why you would feel the need to. Always seemed like you wore your opinions/biases on your sleeve.

Azzanation pitzy272 (on 17 November 2022)

I can only write about articles shown on the website my little friend.
If Sony has 10 negative articles to Xboxes 1 in 2022, than thats your anwser. I pick out hypocrisy and contradictions.

No denying anything, i have access to all platforms and ill call out bad buisness practices.
Sounds like you listen to the wrong people and have built your story amoungst assumptions.

pitzy272 Azzanation (on 17 November 2022)

If you weren’t guilty of the biases I’m mentioning, you wouldn’t be getting so triggered.

Your response is nonsensical and disingenuous. You write negative things about PS no matter what the news is. This article was entirely positive about PS and the quality, award-winning games they created in 2022, yet you tried to minimize it by saying Xbox hasn’t given them any competition.

Also, Sony has only had increasing bad press in the past couple years. Before that, it was Xbox with the bad press and practices. You and I have been on this website far longer than just a couple years. Either way, Sony is not 100% bad, and Xbox is not 100% good, so you still can’t explain your record of skewing consistently anti-PS and pro-XB. It’s fine to have biases. Annoying at times, but fine. I’m just confused why you’re denying it so aggressively and getting so triggered by the suggestion of it.

Regardless, it’s really not worth discussing any longer, especially with your angry and immature responses.

Azzanation pitzy272 (on 18 November 2022)

Triggered? Denying Aggressively? odd take on all of this. You are far from correct on that one.

I am not afraid to write negative posts on articles that affect consumers or are anti-consumer etc. I also said "competition" in this article, you are the one who added "Xbox". Either way, are you debating those facts of Xbox releases this year?

Here you are calling my posts immature and angry and yet.. Remember this conversation? Please have a good read again to refresh your memory. Maybe, just maybe it isn't me that's immature.
https://imgur.com/a/rizcHao

The real issue is that you and many others cannot stand criticism of your favorite plastic box. Go and categorizes me all you want with your group of virtual friends. At the end of the day, it's just a website and has zero bearing on my life and reality.

pitzy272 Azzanation (on 18 November 2022)

Did you mean to post that link? Bc you got banned from that article for your anti-Sony posts. And there was nothing I posted there that was angry or immature. You further proved my arguments I’ve been making by posting this, so I’m honestly confused as to why you posted it.

(In case something happens to the link:) https://imgur.com/a/rizcHao )

Azzanation pitzy272 (on 19 November 2022)

Lol wait, there's more! :D
https://imgur.com/a/SxiTxCK
Remember this in the same convo? That last sentence by you.. You claim I was speaking out of my ass and yet I was right.. soooo what does that say about you? Who was right at the end of the day Mr "I need facts"

Watch you twist the actual evidence provided. Next time you want to call someone out, maybe have some facts and knowledge first and remove your goggles.

Ohh, and please don't lose these links, it can be a reminder and lesson for you next time.

pitzy272 Azzanation (on 20 November 2022)

Haha what are you talking about? First of all, you’re way too angry. Secondly, you’re not making any sense. What were you right about? You claimed that Sony could make BC from PSVR1 to PSVR 2 work if they really wanted to and made it sound like it was some easy thing, criticizing them for not doing it. I said I’ve heard people say for a while there was gonna be no BC due to the vast differences between PSVR 1 and 2 and asked you to back up your claims.

At least 4 people in that comments section—including the moderator who BANNED you for your behavior—were pushing back at you, bc you were making baseless claims as though they were fact. And you were also being intentionally antagonistic by making sarcastic comments about PlayStation. You really do behave childishly, and I don’t know why. Again: you were banned from that article’s comments bc of your behavior. Yet you posted that link to prove I’m immature? I really am confused as to why you posted that link as an example to prove your point, as it did very much the opposite.

Anyhoo, I’ve wasted too much time arguing with you already, so I’m done doing that now. This is very clearly going no where, bc you’re getting too worked up to have a clear-headed conversation. Having likes or dislikes regarding consoles is fine, but the way you act is worse than that. It’s just not necessary. But it is what it is. You’re welcome to reply with whatever you want, but I won’t see it.

Azzanation pitzy272 (on 21 November 2022)

Ill be civil with this response.
This is where your entire argument falls apart. You claimed i said it was easy, never in the debate i said it was easy. Please prove that, otherwise you based your entire response on an assumption.

I went into that thread and slammed logic, i don't need facts when I have reality and common sense. I claimed they can patch PSVR1 games to work on PSVR2 and you and the others disagreed. You claimed the hardware is too different to make it work and agreed that i know nothing about tech.. Yet your facts were wrong and my facts were right as proven with companies actually patching games to work, like I clearly stated. Please explain how I was wrong?

Unfortunately Sony isn't driving it and has to be relied upon by 3rd party companies meaning not all games will cross over. Something i demand as an industry standard and was hoping a push forward by its fans but instead I got people defending the decision. Hence the lack of BC effort by Sony. FYI: Nothing is too hard for multibillion dollar corps.

I got banned for saying "For the Players" Also being banned does not prove anything on the topic.

You owe me an apology but it seems instead of manning up, you seem like the type to run and hide from it, just like the other guy. Thats your choice but it's never too late.

Trust me, i am far from angry but if you want to assume i am, than like the saying goes "Assumptions are the mother of all F#@$ ups" and you do you.

Qwark Azzanation (on 15 November 2022)

Sounds like a competition problem also Elden Ring released this year and will easily win the only one that counts

Azzanation Qwark (on 15 November 2022)

Its no ones problem. Its a buisness not a sport. All companies are profiting heavily and thats the most important goal, growth.

Bandorr Runa216 (on 14 November 2022)

The first part was fine, the second part was a little too negative imo. I'd remove from "but everyone" to the end. Knowing your right is better than saying it outloud. It lacks the confidence.

Elden ring vs GoW will be a titan fight. But don't overlook Xenoblade. They didn't get Elden ring OR GoW so "only switch" users will go all in on it I bet.

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Runa216 Bandorr (on 14 November 2022)

the 'but everyone' jab is at all the people I keep seeing (Almost exclusively Xbox gamers) who like to push this absurd narrative about all PS games being the same because they share some basic features that could apply to like 75% of all the game's industry.

I PROBABLY shouldn't have brought my gripes here in from Twitter and Facebook and Reddit, but I saw these arguments on this forum first so I figured it was applicable. Still not helping matters but eeeeh. It's just frustrating seeing bad arguments perpetuate.

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Chazore Runa216 (on 14 November 2022)

Tbh I'm seeing a ton, and I mean a ton of Sony gamers dunking the fuck out of Vampire survivor and claiming Xbox/PC gamers have to "cope" a lot, like this isn't just Xbox only gamers throwing sludge mind you.

And I also remember the time I wanted Undertale to win, way back in 2015, and that users on this site dunked on it because it looked "retro", just like how the same like-minded folk are dunking on Vampire Survivor, like there's nothing wrong with either of those games at all.

I know this because I follow Fritanga and OhNoIt'sAlex, both being PC gamers.

Runa216 Chazore (on 14 November 2022)

I've been fortunate. The only laughing I see at Vampire Survivors is the dichotomy. The game looks great, but it is pretty funny that a console marketed as the most powerful one ever, with a fanbase that keeps touting its strength over the competition, are getting worked up over a game that doesn't use that strength to the max.

To be clear I think that game looks bomb as heck and I absolutely love that indie style games are so popular now, but it's just somewhat hypocritical that they go on so much about how strong their console is but the only games they can boast about this year are Pentiment and Vampire survivors and Grounded. all good games, but none of them are particularly strong.

Again, everything in context. That game is awesome, I don't think anyone's dunking on it in particular, just the vast canyon between the 'Xbox is strongest and that's why it'll win' and 'but we have so few games we have to boast about this 8-bit looking game' crowds.

Also, Undertale is amazing. Don't let anyone get you down about that. Made me cry even years after hearing all about everything that game had to offer. Masterpiece, that one.

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Azzanation Runa216 (on 15 November 2022)

Nothing funny about powerful hardware playing smaller titles. I play WoW on my $3000 pc (at the time) is that funny to you? The issue here is you think everything is about graphics.

Chazore Runa216 (on 15 November 2022)

I think it's because they find it a fun game?.

I've got a 1080ti and I still play games like Minecraft, Starbound, Terraria, Project Zomboid, WoW, etc, and I don't always use my GPU to it's max capacity, I just play what I find fun.

I see two sides of the spectrum on social media atm:

GoW being touted as best
Vampire Survivors being touted as fun/GOTY material

Both sides are holding those respective games on their pedestals, but I definitely do see at least one side putting down the other, because it doesn't have the "budget" behind it, which in all honesty shouldn't matter, because we've seen some real banger indie titles that don't have anywhere near the budget that GoW has or any other AAA for that matter.

Also, at the end of the day, because I've also seen it shouted from the tops on this very sight as well; "gameplay>visuals", and isn't that what it is supposed to be for gaming?.

Don't get me wrong, I like a good spectacle here and there, but if the gameplay is boring/overly complicated or cluttered with UI elements, then it doesn't exactly make for a fun/lasting experience.

"That game is awesome, I don't think anyone's dunking on it in particular"

But that's the thing, I'm seeing it on Twitter, from Sony loyals, as pointed out to me via retweets from Fritanga and OhNoIt'sAlex, like it's there for all to see, and I see no-name Sony fans joining in with those bigger follower accounts as well.

Like we absolutely do have Xbox gamers touting their system, but let's not pretend Sony's side is purer, or less abhorrent than the Xbox side. I find all 3 sides all have their own faults in their consumers, even the PC side (yes Fritanga at times can grate on me, because he's just like that).

Yeah, Undertale was baller, even though I didn't manage to fully finish it due to difficulty concerns (my timing is too slow as I grew older and lost those reflexes).

Azzanation Chazore (on 15 November 2022)

Same as me and i agree. I watch those same channels. They pick up the hypocrisy.. Vampire Survivors is copping it hard.

Chazore Azzanation (on 15 November 2022)

Though the one thing I dislike sometimes, is that Fritanga can have his own hypocrisy at times, but that's why I don't show up on his Discord server all that often these days. Alex feels like the guy to watch for picking up dirt.

Azzanation Chazore (on 15 November 2022)

Frit is good at calling people out but his live streams bore me. Literally gets to lit. Alex is always a laugh as his Twitter and fanboy call outs are hilarious. But the most important part is they talk facts (mostly) and dont take sides. They call out everyone.

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pokoko zero129 (on 15 November 2022)

Calm down. Microsoft will have a banner year eventually. The next Elder Scrolls game can't be more than 10 years away.

ClassicGamingWizzz pokoko (on 15 November 2022)

You sure ? xD

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zero129 pokoko (on 16 November 2022)

Im more excited for Starfield to be honest as id imagine it will be awhile before ES gets released. I will get excited for ES when the time comes close to release :-) .