Elden Ring wins Game of the year at The Game Awards 2022

God of War Ragnarok led The Game Awards 2022 with ten nominations,

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followed by FromSoftware's Elden Ring with seven nominations, but Elden Ring won game of the year.

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The nominees included PlayStation-exclusives God of War Ragnarok, Horizon:

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Forbidden West, and Stray, Nintendo Switch-exclusive Xenoblade Chronicles 3,

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and multiplatform releases Elden Ring and A Plague Tale: Requiem.

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Each nominee for GOTY is also nominated in multiple other categories.

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The nominees and winners for The Game Awards 2022 are listed below (in bold).

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YEAR'S BEST GAME 1. A Plague Tale: Requiem 2. Elden Ring

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3. God of War: Ragnarok 4. Horizon Forbidden West

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5. Stray 6.Xenoblade Chronicles 3

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