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
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
Honorable Mentions: Chained Echoes, Cult of the Lamb, Marvel Snap, The Case of the Golden Idol, Trombone Champ
Best Design
Honorable Mentions: Cult of the Lamb, Dwarf Fortress, God of War Ragnarök, Immortality, Vampire Survivors
Innovation Award
Honorable Mentions: Cult of the Lamb, Dwarf Fortress, God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, Trombone Champ
Best Narrative
Honorable Mentions: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Citizen Sleeper, Horizon Forbidden West, NORCO, Roadwarden
Social Impact Award
Honorable Mentions: Before Your Eyes, God of War Ragnarök, Hindsight, NORCO, Terra Nil
Best Technology
Honorable Mentions: Dwarf Fortress, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Immortality, Stray, Teardown
Best Visual Art
Honorable Mentions: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Cult of the Lamb, Neon White, OlliOlli World, Tunic
Game of the Year
Honorable Mentions: Citizen Sleeper, Cult of the Lamb, Horizon Forbidden West, Marvel Snap, Neon White, Vampire Survivors
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