The Game Awards GOTY For 2022 Is Elden Ring

The Game Awards has just concluded for another year and FromSoftware’s epic title Elden Ring has been crowned the Game of the Year. It was up against A Plague Tale: Requiem, God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Elden Ring also took out a number of other awards on the night including best game direction, best art direction, and best role-playing game.

Nintendo also took out a bunch of awards including best family game (Kirby and the Forgotten Land), best multiplayer game (Splatoon 3), best action game (Bayonetta 3) and most anticipated game (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom). Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope also won the best sim/strategy award:

There was a minor incident at the very end of the show as well, when a member of the audience walked up on stage with the FromSoftware team. The show’s organiser and host Geoff Keighley has now confirmed this individual has been arrested:

So, what did you think of this year’s show? Comment down below.