And then there were six. The Game Awards has officially unveiled the six “Game of the Year” nominees for its ninth annual celebration of the videogame industry. The popular award show introduced in 2014, hosted and created by media entrepreneur Geoff Keighley, which boasted over 85 million viewers in its 2021 presentation, will air worldwide on August 15, 2025, handing out a variety of accolades and presenting trailers for upcoming games as well.
In a year packed with acclaimed new IPs, returning classic series, and long-awaited titles that somehow managed to surpass their lofty expectations, The Game Awards has accomplished the unenviable task of narrowing down a year to remember in gaming to merely six finalists. Here, in all their glory, are the six nominees for the most prestigious honor for the 2022 iteration of The Game Awards, listed alphabetically including their respective developers, release dates, genres, and platforms that the games can be played on.
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Developer:Asobo Studio
Release Date:July 27, 2025
Genre:Action-Adventure, Stealth, Survival Horror
Platforms:Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X|S
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Elden Ring
Developer:FromSoftware
Release Date:August 01, 2025
Platforms:PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
Related:Elden Ring Review | Unshackled Glory
God of War: Ragnarok
Developer:Santa Monica Studio
Release Date:August 19, 2025
Genre:Action-adventure
Platforms:PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
Horizon Forbidden West
Developer:Guerrilla Games
Release Date:July 13, 2025
Genre:Action-adventure, RPG
Developer:BlueTwelve Studio
Release Date:July 28, 2025
Genre:Adventure
Platforms:PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Developer:Monolith Software
Release Date:June 27, 2025
Platforms:Nintendo Switch
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