The Game Awards 2022nominees have been announced, and the event is dominated by PlayStation this year. Game Awards host Geoff Keighley recently revealed thefull list of Game Awards 2022 nominees, and it’s clear by the lineup that PlayStation has had an incredible 2022.
In total, PlayStation has secured 20 nominations for games it’s published in 2022. The Game of the Year category alone is PlayStation-centric, five out of the six games nominated either PlayStation exclusive or readily available to play on a PlayStation console. In terms of pure exclusives,God of War RagnarokandHorizon Forbidden Westare nominated for Game of the Year, whileconsole exclusiveStrayis also up for the coveted prize.A Plague Tale: RequiemandElden Ringare multi-platform releases with PlayStation versions available, and the only game nominated for Game of the Year that can’t be played on PlayStation is Switch exclusiveXenoblade Chronicles 3.
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PlayStation console exclusivesdominate other Game Awards 2022 categories as well.God of War Ragnarok,Horizon Forbidden West, andStrayare also nominated in the Best Game Direction and Best Art Direction categories. Meanwhile,God of War RagnarokandHorizon Forbidden Westare also getting nods in the Best Narrative category as well.
PlayStation Games Nominated at Game Awards
God of War Ragnarokis the most-nominated gameat The Game Awards 2022 with 10 total nominations, beating out the likes ofElden Ringand fellow PlayStation exclusiveHorizon Forbidden West. But other PlayStation games are also nominated for awards. Racing gameGran Turismo 7has been nominated for Best Audio Design and Best Sports/Racing Game, whereasThe Last of Us Part 1is nominated for the Innovation in Accessibility award.
Not only is Sony and PlayStation dominating the video game-centric awards at The Game Awards 2022, but they may also win the Best Adaptation award. The Game Awards 2022 has nominated theUnchartedmovie starring Tom Holland for Best Adaptation, though it admittedly has some stiff competition. The favorites to win that category areArcaneandCyberpunk: Edgerunners, both of which earned near-universal acclaim, whereas theUnchartedmovie had a more middling reception.
Regardless, it’s likely that PlayStation is going to walk away from The Game Awards 2022 with multiple awards. It will be interesting to see if PlayStation leverages its sizable presence at the event to highlight some of its upcoming projects as well, like the PlayStation VR2 headset. Notably, there are no PlayStation-published games in the Most Anticipated category for Sony to hype, thoughPS5 timed exclusiveFinal Fantasy 16does have a chance of winning that particular award.
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