The two games have six nominations each, followed by God of War Ragnarök with five nominations.
The nominees for the 23rd annual Game Developers Choice Awards, which honor the top games of 2022, were announced on Thursday.
Elden Ring and Stray lead this year's awards – both games have six nominations each. They are followed by God of War Ragnarök which contends for five nominations. All three titles are nominated in the prestigious Game of the Year category, where they will compete with Immortality, Pentiment, and Tunic.
The nominees for the Game Developers Choice Awards are chosen by a panel of developers from across the video game industry. The winners of the Game Developers Choice Awards will be revealed at the Game Developers Conference 2023 on March 22.
Here's the full list of this year's nominees:
Best Audio
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders/Funcom)
- Stray (BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive)
Honorable Mentions: A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment), Neon White (Angel Matrix/Annapurna Interactive), Persona 5 Royal (ATLUS/SEGA), Splatoon 3 (Nintendo), Tunic (Tunic Team/Finji)
Best Debut
- Neon White
- NORCO
- Stray
- Tunic
- Vampire Survivors
Honorable Mentions: Chained Echoes, Cult of the Lamb, Marvel Snap, The Case of the Golden Idol, Trombone Champ
Best Design
- Elden Ring
- Marvel Snap
- Neon White
- Stray
- Tunic
Honorable Mentions: Cult of the Lamb, Dwarf Fortress, God of War Ragnarök, Immortality, Vampire Survivors
Innovation Award
- Elden Ring
- Immortality
- Neon White
- Pentiment
- Stray
Honorable Mentions: Cult of the Lamb, Dwarf Fortress, God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, Trombone Champ
Best Narrative
- God of War Ragnarök
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
- Immortality
- Pentiment
- Return to Monkey Island
Honorable Mentions: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Citizen Sleeper, Horizon Forbidden West, NORCO, Roadwarden
Social Impact Award
- As Dusk Falls
- Citizen Sleeper
- Endling - Extinction Is Forever
- I Was A Teenage Exocolonist
- OlliOlli World
- We Are OFK
Honorable Mentions: Before Your Eyes, God of War Ragnarök, Hindsight, NORCO, Terra Nil
Best Technology
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarök
- Horizon Forbidden West
Honorable Mentions: Dwarf Fortress, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Immortality, Stray, Teardown
Best Visual Art
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarök
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Pentiment
- Stray
Honorable Mentions: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Cult of the Lamb, Neon White, OlliOlli World, Tunic
Game of the Year
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarök
- Immortality
- Pentiment
- Stray
- Tunic
Honorable Mentions: Citizen Sleeper, Cult of the Lamb, Horizon Forbidden West, Marvel Snap, Neon White, Vampire Survivors
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