The nominations for this year’s The Game Awards 2022 were recently announced in a live stream and fans finally know which games have been selected for the various categories covered. The esports nominations for a number of categories have also been revealed, and this article covers the same.
2022 has been an excellent year for esports worldwide with fans being treated to some excellent gameplay, fever and fervor from a wide variety of personalities across multiple popular games, and international events. Be it League of Legends, Dota 2, or CSGO, the esports calendar year was not bereft of excitement.
The Game Awards 2022: Every esports category and nominations
The official nominations for The Game Awards 2022 were revealed on November 14 for the categories of Best Esports Game, Best Esports Athlete, Best Esports Team, Best Esports Coach, and Best Esports Event. They are as follows:
Best Esports Game
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Dota 2
- League of Legends
- Rocket LeagueValorant
Best Esports Athlete
- Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon
- Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
- Finn “karrigan” Andersen
- Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
- Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker
Best Esports Team
- DarkZero Esports
- Faze Clan
- Gen.G
- LA Thieves
- Loud
Best Esports Coach
- Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi
- Matheus “bzkA” Tarasconi
- Erik “d00mbr0s” Sandgren
- Robert “RobbaN” Dahlström
- Go “Score” Dong-bin
Best Esports Event
- EVO 2022
- 2022 League of Legends World Championship
- PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
- Valorant Champions 2022
As expected, God of War Ragnarok and Elden Ring feature heavily across a wide array of categories, including Game of the Year. They are joined by A Plague Tale: Requiem, Horizon Forbidden West, Stray, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Stray was also nominated in several categories ranging from Best Game Direction to Best Indie.
