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The nominations are out for Geoff Keighley’s yearly glamorous advertising and awards event, The Game Awards, which will be broadcast on Thursday, December 8th.
Now, we’re all well aware by this point that Nintendo’s representation on these lists is usually pretty lacking until you get to the indies and the Best Family category, but it honestly doesn’t look calamitously bad this year, even with Elden Ring and God of War: Ragnarok taking up most of the oxygen in the room.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 nets three noms, A Plague Tale: Requiem gets five (albeit not for the Cloud Edition, we’d bet), and the other games sweeping the board include Tunic (three noms), Neon White (three noms), Sifu (three noms),and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (two noms).
Nintendo’s biggest blockbusters this year make an appearance, as Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Splatoon 3, Nintendo Switch Sports and Pokémon Legends: Arceus all get one nomination each. Bayonetta 3 has also been nominated for Best Action, and Square Enix’s Triangle Strategy and Live A Live also get one nom each for Best RPG.
No Zelda domination this year, of course, but the game still manages to sneak in right at the end, with Tears of the Kingdom getting a nomination for Most Anticipated Game. Also, Resident Evil 4. Can’t wait to play that 20-year-old game for the first time, eh?
Surprisingly, Nintendo is still one of the most-nommed publishers, tied with Annapurna, but, well, Sony Interactive has that on lockdown too:
Here’s the full list of all the nominees, plus the TV shows that may be of interest to Switch players:
The Game Awards Nominees 2022
Games on Switch appear in bold.
Game of the Year
A Plague Tale: Requiem (note: Cloud Version only on Switch)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarök
Horizon Forbidden West
Stray
Best Narrative
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarök
Horizon Forbidden West
Immortality
Best Score & 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
Games for Impact
A Memoir Blue
Citizen Sleeper
Endling – Extinction is Forever
Hindsight
I Was A Teenage Exocolonist
As Dusk Falls
Best Performance
Charlotte McBurney — A Plague Tale: Requiem
Ashly Burch — Horizon Forbidden West
Christopher Judge — God of War Ragnarök
Manon Gage — Immortality
Sunny Suljic — God of War Ragnarök
Best Ongoing
Fortnite
Apex Legends
Final Fantasy XIV
Destiny 2
Genshin Impact
Best Indie
Cult of the Lamb
Neon White
Tunic
Sifu
Stray
Apex Legends
Fortnite
No Man’s Sky
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV
Innovation in Accessibility
Return to Monkey Island
As Dusk Falls
God of War Ragnarök
The Last of Us Part I
The Quarry
Best Action Game
Bayonetta 3
Neon White
Sifu
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Best Action/Adventure
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Tunic
God of War Ragnarök
Horizon Forbidden West
Stray
Best RPG
Live A Live
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Triangle Strategy
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Elden Ring
Best Fighting
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
Sifu
DNF Duel
The King of Fighters XV
MultiVersus
Best Family
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Nintendo Switch Sports
Splatoon 3
Best Sim/Strategy
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Two Point Campus
Dune: Spice Wars
Total War: Warhammer III
Victoria 3
Best Sports/Racing
OlliOlli World
F1 22
FIFA 23
NBA 2K23
Gran Turismo 7
Best Multiplayer
Overwatch 2
Splatoon 3
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
MultiVersus
Best Debut Indie
Neon White
Tunic
NORCO
Stray
Vampire Survivors
Best Adaptation
Arcane: League of Legends
The Cuphead Show!
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Uncharted
Most Anticipated Game
Hogwarts Legacy
Resident Evil 4
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Final Fantasy XVI
Starfield
Which of these games do you want to win? Tell us in the comments below!
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