God of War Ragnarok, Elden Ring lead Game Awards 2022 nominations

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The nominations for the 2022 Game Awards, which honour the best in video games, are in and God of War Ragnarok leads the pack, getting nominated in 10 categories, including Game of the Year.

Close behind are Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West, with seven nominations each. Stray managed six nominations. A Plague Tale: Requiem and Xenoblade Chronicles, with three nominations each, round off the nominees for Game of The Year.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has 20 nominations with 17 shared between God of War Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West, making it the publisher with most amount of nominations.

Annapurna Interactive and Nintendo managed 11 nominations apiece for their games, Bandai Namco had eight nominations. Riot Games six.

The awards will be decided by a jury made up of personnel from more than 100 industry publications.

Fans can also cast their vote on who they think deserves the big prize. You can vote on The Game Awards' official website or Discord server.

A new category Best Adaptation has been introduced this year to honour “outstanding creative work that faithfully and authentically adapts a video game to another entertainment medium".

There are awards for Best eSports Athlete, which will reward a player for outstanding performance and conduct, Best eSports team, Best eSports Coach and Best eSports Event.

The ceremony will be held on December 8 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

For a full list of nominations and categories, click here.