The Game Awards is back for its ninth annual ceremony honoring some of the best, most notable games and individuals in the industry, and is set to air on December 8, 2022. Today, on November 14, 2022, The Game Awards announced its six nominees for the premier honor of the presentation: the “game of the year” award with A Plague Tale: Requiem, Elden Ring, God of War: Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 battling for the top prize. While there will be endless speculation on which game will be crowned for the next month, this guide will take a trip down memory lane, looking at the history of The Game Awards, and seeing which games the 2022 champion will join in gaming immortality as a “Game of the Year Winner” at The Game Awards.
2014 Game of the Year – Dragon Age: Inquisition
2014 Nominees:
Bayonetta 2
Dark Souls II
Hearthstone
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2015 Game of the Year – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2015 Nominees:
Bloodborne
Fallout 4
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Super Mario Maker
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2016 Game of the Year – Overwatch
2016 Nominees:
Doom
Inside
Titanfall 2
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
2017 Game of the Year – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2017 Nominees:
Horizon Zero Dawn
Persona 5
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Super Mario Odyssey
2018 Game of the Year – God of War
2018 Nominees:
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Celeste
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Monster Hunter: World
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019 Game of the Year – Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
2019 Nominees:
Control
Death Stranding
Resident Evil 2
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
The Outer Worlds
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2020 Game of the Year – The Last of Us Part II
2020 Nominees:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Doom Eternal
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Ghost of Tsushima
Hades
2021 Game of the Year – It Takes Two
2021 Nominees:
Deathloop
Metroid Dread
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
