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FromSoftware's action role-playing game has received the GOTY title at The Game Awards 2022.
As many anticipated, during The Game Awards 2022, FromSoftware's Bandai Namco's Elden Ring has been named the Game of the Year, overcoming A Plague Tale: Requiem, God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
Released on February 25, 2022, for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, the game put the player in the shoes of a customizable player character on a journey to repair the titular Elden Ring and become the new Elden Lord. Upon its release, the game was praised for its open-world, gameplay systems, and setting, the qualities that allowed the title to receive the prestigious award.
And here's the line-up of winners in other categories:
- Players' Voice: Genshin Impact
- Best Game Direction: Elden Ring
- Best Narrative: God of War Ragnarök
- Best Art Direction: Elden Ring
- Best Score and Music: God of War Ragnarök's Bear McCreary
- Best Audio Design: God of War Ragnarök
- Best Performance: Christopher Judge as God of War Ragnarök's Kratos
- Games for Impact: As Dusk Falls – Interior Night
- Best Ongoing Game: Final Fantasy XIV
- Best Independent Game: Stray
- Best Mobile Game: Marvel Snap
- Best VR/AR Game: Moss: Book II
- Innovation in Accessibility: God of War Ragnarök
- Best Action Game: Bayonetta 3
- Best Action/Adventure Game: God of War Ragnarök
- Best Role Playing Game: Elden Ring
- Best Fighting Game: MultiVersus
- Best Family Game: Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- Best Sports/Racing Game: Gran Turismo 7
- Best Sim/Strategy Game: Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
- Best Multiplayer Game: Splatoon 3
- Best Debut Indie Game: Stray
- Most Anticipated Game: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Best Adaptation: Arcane
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