While time has not permitted me to post nearly as much as I would like on here for quite some time, figured it would be a nice quick post to predict The Game Awards 2022. With the show airing Thursday, December 8th, now is the perfect time to throw out predictions on a majority of the categories and add a few predictions or more possible a few wishlist items for the show. First up, here are the categories, nominations, and my predicted winner for them, I skipped a handful of categories that I have no interest in, but most are covered below. Mind you these are not necessarily what I feel should win for the categories but what I think will win, Horizon and As Dusk Falls would win much more if it was what I felt should win.
And the nominees are…
Game Of The Year: Predicted Winner: Elden Ring
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Elden Ring
- God Of War Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Stray
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best Game Direction: Predicted Winner: God Of War Ragnarok
- Elden Ring
- God Of War Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Immortality
- Stray
Best Narrative: Predicted Winner: God Of War Ragnarok
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Elden Ring
- God Of War Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Immortality
Best Art Direction: Predicted Winner: Horizon Forbidden West
- Elden Ring
- God Of War Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Scorn
- Stray
Best Score and Music: Predicted Winner: God Of War Ragnarok
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Elden Ring
- God Of War Ragnarok
- Metal: Hellsinger
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best Audio Design: Predicted Winner: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Elden Ring
- God Of War Ragnarok
- Gran Turismo 7
- Horizon Forbidden West
Best Performance: Predicted Winner: God Of War Ragnarok, Christopher Judge
- Horizon Forbidden West, Ashly Burch
- A Plague Tale: Requiem, Charlotte McBurney
- God Of War Ragnarok, Christopher Judge
- Immortality, Manon Gage
- God Of War Ragnarok, Sunny Suljic
Games For Impact: Predicted Winner: As Dusk Falls
- A Memoir Blue
- As Dusk Falls
- Citizen Sleeper
- Endling-Extinction Is Forever
- Hindsight
- I Was A Teenage Exocolonist
Best Ongoing: Predicted Winner: Fortnite
- Apex Legends
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Genshin Impact
Best Indie: Predicted Winner: Stray
- Cult Of The Lamb
- Neon White
- Sifu
- Stray
- Tunic
Best Mobile Game: Predicted Winner: Marvel Snap
- Apex Legends Mobile
- Diablo Immortal
- Genshin Impact
- Marvel Snap
- Tower Of Fantasy
Best Action Game: Predicted Winner: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Bayonetta 3
- Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Neon White
- Sifu
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Best Action/Adventure: Predicted Winner: Horizon Forbidden West
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- God Of War Ragnarok
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Stray
- Tunic
Best Role Playing: Predicted Winner: Xenoblade Chronicles 3
- Elden Ring
- Live A Live
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus
- Triangle Strategy
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best Fighting: Predicted Winner: Sifu
- DNF Duel
- Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
- The King Of Fighters XV
- Multiversus
- Sifu
Best Family: Predicted Winner: Splatoon 3
- Kirby And The Forgotten Land
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope
- Nintendo Switch Sports
- Splatoon 3
Best Sim/Strategy: Predicted Winner: Victoria 3
- Dune: Spice Wars
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope
- Total War: Warhammer III
- Two Point Campus
- Victoria 3
Best Sports/Racing: Predicted Winner: NBA 2K23
- F1 22
- FIFA 23
- NBA 2K23
- Gran Turismo 7
- Olliolli World
Best Multiplayer: Predicted Winner: Overwatch 2
- Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Multiversus
- Overwatch 2
- Splatoon 3
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Best Indie Debut:Predicted Winner: Tunic
- Neon White
- Norco
- Stray
- Tunic
- Vampire Survivors
Most Anticipated Game: Predicted Winner: The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Resident Evil 4
- Starfield
- The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom
Now with that covered here are a few predictions, then a few wishlist items.
Predictions
- Fairly good look at whatever the next/new Silent Hill game is
- Game set in the Knives Out movie setting, maybe it’s a Tell Tale style game, or perhaps a point and click game
- New Kojima game, probably XBOX exclusive
- Gameplay trailer for Spiderman sequel
- Trailer for Wolverine game, probably not gameplay
- Grounded update maybe a bit of a roadmap
- Ghosts Of Tsushima sequel teaser
- The Legend Of Zelda trailer
- At least one new Marvel Studio property announced
- Assassins Creed update
- BioShock update
Wishlist
- Next Elders Scrolls title teaser with tentative release window
- Sunset Overdrive for PS5 and announcement of sequel
- The Last Of Us multiplayer game release date, beta info, and trailer
- Infamous remake or potentially a new title from a different PS Studio
- Animal Crossing Update, DLC, something for the game/series
- Syphon Filter is back!!! Alright this won’t happen, but I can always dream
I genuinely feel like this year’s show will be a lot bigger on the announcements and reveals, the past few years were rough with all the reasonable Covid issues, studios overhauling workloads and schedules to adapt to work from home and remote/hybrid roles. But it feels like the industry is turning the corner over the past few months and we will finally start to see the new/next generation take off. These first few years have been underwhelming to a large degree and next year should be the shift needed to push the next gen consoles to feel like there is actual separation from the PS4/XBOXone generation.
The Game Awards will be streaming Live on Thursday, December 8th at 4:30PM PST. Links below should put you through to the Twitch or YouTube stream from The Game Awards, and there are some prizes to be earned through watching on Twitch, check out @thegameawards on Twitter for details on that. And follow @GameWrote on Twitter (https://twitter.com/GameWrote) for some likely live tweeting on announcements.
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