2022 The Game Awards: Streaming TODAY!

cloudeagle

The Game Awards continues to be a thing. The awards given have gotten increasingly safe, while the games announced have gotten increasingly meh. Over the last two years there's been like three that I remember and the rest I never ever hear of again, even accidentally. Or maybe that was a COVID thing? Anyway, it streams starting 7:30 eastern tonight.

Here's the (many) nominees:

GAME OF THE YEAR

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

BEST GAME DIRECTION

Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE)
Immortality (Half Mermaid)
Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna)

BEST NARRATIVE

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

BEST ART DIRECTION

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

BEST SCORE AND MUSIC

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

BEST AUDIO DESIGN

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

BEST PERFORMANCE

Ashly Burch, Horizon Forbidden West
Charlotte McBurney, A Plague Tale: Requiem
Christopher Judge, God of War Ragnarök
Manon Gage, Immortality
Sunny Suljic, God of War Ragnarök

GAMES FOR IMPACT

A Memoir Blue (Cloisters Interactive/Annapurna)
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)
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway Games/Finji)

BEST ONGOING GAME

Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)

BEST INDIE

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

BEST DEBUT INDIE

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

BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT, PRESENTED BY DISCORD

Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)
Destiny 2 (Bungie)
FINAL FANTASY XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic Games)
No Man's Sky (Hello Games)

BEST MOBILE

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

BEST VR/AR

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

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

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

BEST ROLE PLAYING

Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)
Live a Live (Square Enix/Nintendo)
Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Game Freak/Nintendo/TPCI)
Triangle Strategy (Artdink/Square Enix)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Monolith Soft/Nintendo)

BEST FIGHTING

DNF Duel (Arc System Works/EIGHTING/NEOPLE/NEXON)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (CyberConnect 2 Co. Ltd/Bandai Namco)
The King of Fighters XV (SNK/Plaion)
MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)
Sifu (Sloclap)

BEST FAMILY

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 SIM/STRATEGY

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

BEST SPORTS/RACING

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

BEST MULTIPLAYER

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)

MOST ANTICIPATED

FINAL FANTASY XVI (Square Enix)
Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software/WB Games)
Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR

Karl Jacobs
Ludwig
Nibellion
Nobru
QTCinderella

BEST ADAPTATION

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

INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY

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

BEST ESPORTS GAME

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

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE

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)

BEST ESPORTS TEAM

DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
Gen.G (League of Legends)
LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
LOUD (Valorant)

BEST ESPORTS COACH

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 "Score" Dong-bin (Gen.G, LOL)

BEST ESPORTS EVENT

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

rahkeesh2000

cloudeagle wrote: »

The awards given have gotten increasingly safe, while the games announced have gotten increasingly meh.

"It Takes Two" won last year, RDR2 got snubbed the prior, and Xeno 3 got at least nominated for this one. Everyone's assuming Elden Ring and they're probably right but TGA have yet to actually announce the obvious choice.

Of course ITT even having a chance has a lot to do with Covid, so yeah, I would blame that more for the state of things than Keeley.

KoopahTroopah

Also don't forget to register for a chance to win a free Deck if you haven't yet (and if they're still accepting registrations): https://store.steampowered.com/sale/thegameawardssteamdeckdrop2022

Cururu

Almost no chance Xenoblade 3 wins, but I’m glad it got nominated since that means it will be included in the orchestral montage of nominees. Gives the flautists a chance to show off.

Andy Joe

Might have to try out Dead Cells for this Castlevania DLC.

Taramoor

Steam is giving away a Steam Deck every minute if you watch the awards through steam.

It is a glorious shitshow in there.

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Elki

Aegeri wrote: »

I'm curious what they are going to do with that. Dead Cells is such a terrific game already.

Edit: That ad for the elephant plushie was hilarious. Especially if you have the context of the game behind it.

I’m gonna buy one as a Christmas present for my friend that I played the game with. He doesn’t watch events like this, so it’ll be a total surprise.

Syngyne

So... is anyone able to actually stream this? I kept getting "failed to load this broadcast", and now the stream doesn't appear in either the Steam client or through a browser.

DemonStacey

Lol Ovilee being a goober.

Preacher

Twitch and Youtube both seem to work fine.

DemonStacey

Syngyne wrote: »

So... is anyone able to actually stream this? I kept getting "failed to load this broadcast", and now the stream doesn't appear in either the Steam client or through a browser.

Been watching since 730 no problem on YouTube.

Andy Joe

Well-deserved win for Kirby.

Syngyne

Yeah, it's not showing up for me at all on Steam. There used to be a little thing I could expand to show the stream, and it's gone now, even after restarting the client.

DemonStacey

Hell yea kirby!

Shadowfire

Syngyne wrote: »

Yeah, it's not showing up for me at all on Steam. There used to be a little thing I could expand to show the stream, and it's gone now, even after restarting the client.

I had to click on the little arrow in the corner of the window that was failing to load. It opens up a full screen to watch from.

Hopefully it'll work.

Syngyne

Shadowfire wrote: »

Syngyne wrote: »

Yeah, it's not showing up for me at all on Steam. There used to be a little thing I could expand to show the stream, and it's gone now, even after restarting the client.

I had to click on the little arrow in the corner of the window that was failing to load. It opens up a full screen to watch from.

Hopefully it'll work.

That little section I could expand that had that arrow isn't showing up on the page for me anymore.

Edit: it only shows up if I'm not actually logged in. wtf

Preacher

hoo haa Al Pacino that'll bring the kids in HOOOO HAAAA

DemonStacey

Dafuq hahaha

Taramoor

I love Al Pacino.

But... what?

el_vicio

Ah, he did a solid job

superweird appearance though

el_vicio

The question is: will Kojima drop his new thing or not

Preacher

That was the most obvious winner ever.

SteveRage

indeed

DemonStacey

Well its certainly cool seeing it mean so much to him!

The Dude With Herpes

Why is everyone spamming /claim into chat?

Preacher

Because people are idiots and routinely do something to get things that they don't need to do

el_vicio

The Dude With Herpes wrote: »

Why is everyone spamming /claim into chat?

Unless it's a twitch joke, they somehow think that there is a chat command to win a steam deck, I think

which is not the case obv

Taramoor

The best part about the weird Steam Deck thing is that the winners are getting announced IN CHAT and nobody can read the chat so nobody's going to win anything.

el_vicio

I think there might be a reason that the Oscars give 30secs or sth for acceptance speeches

cj iwakura

Kind of odd Hey Ash wasn't there, but ah well.

The Dude With Herpes

That's kind of what I figured, but I thought I'd ask. Chat wasn't even showing for me for the first while then it was suddenly there and just walls of /claim.

Anyway I think Chris Judge is doing his part to make valve give away more decks.

el_vicio

cj iwakura wrote: »

Kind of odd Hey Ash wasn't there, but ah well.

would you show up to this unless you're accepting an award?

The Dude With Herpes

Hey milf hunter won a steam deck.

I wonder what kind of other usernames are gonna pop up?

EDIT: I'm watching directly on steam.tv so chat is tiene off, it's now showing in a thing under the video

Taramoor

https://twitter.com/TaramoorPlays/status/1601023389728374785?s=20&t=8l3lE1exQWWVTF0YgEy6Ww

Tweeter is me. The latest Steam Deck winner is amazing.

el_vicio

New Supergiant oh hell yes

DemonStacey

They had to play him off hahaha. There goes Geoff's plan for a shorter show!

el_vicio

HELL YES new Hades content

e: oh wow, straight up sequel, I'm down

el_vicio

Taramoor wrote: »

https://twitter.com/TaramoorPlays/status/1601023389728374785?s=20&t=8l3lE1exQWWVTF0YgEy6Ww

Tweeter is me. The latest Steam Deck winner is amazing.

Weird, I don't see names being announced, the counter just resets

The Dude With Herpes

Hopefully folks get notified via other means, because if they're having to click the little box in a timeframe uh....

McRhyno

Cel-shaded Hellboy game starring Lance Reddick? Ok, I'm listening...