At the 2022 Game Awards, Elden Ring by From Software is named Game of the Year. It received numerous more awards during the ceremony, including Best RPG, Best Art Direction and Best Game Direction.
God of War Ragnarok, which won numerous other prizes, Stray, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and Horizon Forbidden West were its rivals in the category.
After a live orchestra played selections of music from each game nominated, previous winner Josef Fares (It Takes Two) gave the award to Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki. Miyazaki expressed his appreciation for the honor and promised to create even more captivating video games in the future.
Throughout the year, Elden Ring has recorded remarkable sales. Since its release, the game has ruled the charts. None of the other shortlisted games have demonstrated the same level of popularity and enduring power as Elden Ring, despite some of them performing well commercially (God of War Ragnarok had one of the most successful launches of any console game).