Nominees for the 2022 Game Developers Choice Awards have been revealed

2022 Game Developers Choice Awards nominees

Deathloop tallies up the most nominations, but others are close behind

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The 2022 Game Developers Conference is currently set for March, and so too is the 22nd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards. Nominees for the show have been revealed today, with some close competition at the front of the pack.

Deathloop leads the nominations with six, including Design, Audio, Narrative, and Innovation. Just behind is Hazelight’s It Takes Two with five nominations, and Forza Horizon 5 drifts in with four. All three are in the Game of the Year category, and competing in several others as well.

Other nominees include some interesting games in the Best Debut category, like Kena: Bridge of Spirits and Wildermyth. Best Narrative features Guardians of the Galaxy and Unpacking alongside some of those previously mentioned frontrunners, and the Social Impact Award has a bunch of excellent games from the last year.

If you’re looking for more of the indies, check out the nominees for the IGF 2022 Awards, which features more Unpacking alongside Inscryption and Unsighted.

Here’s the full lineup of nominees for the 2022 Game Developers Choice Awards:

Best Audio

  • Returnal (Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Unpacking (Witch Beam / Humble)
  • Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
  • Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos-Montréal / Square Enix)
  • Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios)

Best Debut

  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
  • Valheim (Iron Gate Studio / Coffee Stain Publishing)
  • Wildermyth (Worldwalker Games / WhisperGames)
  • The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur / Annapurna Interactive)
  • Sable (Shedworks / Raw Fury)

Innovation Award

  • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
  • Wildermyth (Worldwalker Games / WhisperGames)
  • Unpacking (Witch Beam / Humble)
  • Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games / Devolver Digital)
  • Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)

Best Narrative

  • Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos-Montréal / Square Enix)
  • Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
  • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
  • Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Unpacking (Witch Beam / Humble)

Social Impact Award

  • Before Your Eyes (GoodbyeWorld Games / Skybound Games)
  • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
  • Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine / Square Enix)
  • Boyfriend Dungeon (Kitfox Games)
  • Chicory: A Colorful Tale (The Chicory: A Colorful Tale Team / Finji)

Best Technology

  • Halo Infinite (343 Industries / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Returnal (Housemarque / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Hitman 3 (IO Interactive)

Best Visual Art

  • Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
  • Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine / Xbox Game Studios)

Game of the Year

  • Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games / Devolver Digital)
  • Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games / Xbox Game Studios)
  • Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
  • Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks)
  • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)

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