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Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2022 winners announced

The Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2022 nominees and winners have been announced today across a number of different genres and categories. The big Game of the Year 2022 award went to FromSoftware’s…

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The Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2022 nominees and winners have been announced today across a number of different genres and categories. The big Game of the Year 2022 award went to FromSoftware’s, Elden Ring, and the mighty Monolith Soft’s latest adventure, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, walked away with Best RPG of 2022. The game which received the 2023 Most Anticipated award was The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. You can check out all the nominees and winners from the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2022 down below.

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Game of the Year​

Elden Ring
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Pokemon Scarlet / Violet
Splatoon 3

Most Valuable Creator​

FromSoftware
Game Freak
Naoki Yoshida
Splatoon 3 Development Team
Wright Flyer Studios × Key Heaven Burns Red Development Team

Best Scenario​

Heaven Burns Red
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet
Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Graphics​

Elden Ring
God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West

Best Music​

Heaven Burns Red
Pokemon Scarlet / Violet
Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best Actor​

Aqua Minato / Aquarium
Gackt (Genesis) / Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion
Nobu Chidori / Super Noda Game World

Best Voice Actor​

Kenichi Suzumura (Zack) / Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion
Minami Tsuda (Mio) / Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Tomori Kusunoki (Ruka Kayamori) / Heaven Burns Red

Best Character​

Arven / Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
Kirby / Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Ruka Kayamori / Heaven Burns Red

Best Online Game​

Final Fantasy XIV
Genshin Impact
Splatoon 3

Best Action Game​

Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Splatoon 3

Best Action-Adventure Game​

God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Sonic Frontiers

Best Adventure Game​

AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative
Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

Best RPG​

Elden Ring
Pokemon Scarlet / Violet
Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Best App​

Goddess of Victory: Nikke
Heaven Burns Red
Uma Musume Pretty Derby

Best Indie Game​

Needy Streamer Overload
Stray
Vampire Survivors

Best Rookie Game​

Elden Ring
Heaven Burns Red
Stray

Best Esports Game​

Apex Legends
Street Fighter V
Valorant

Best VTuber​

Hyakumantenbara Salome
Oozora Subaru
Usada Pekora

Best Streamer​

2Bro
k4sen
Shaka

Best Horror Game​

Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
The Quarry
Yomawari: Lost in the Dark

2023 Most Anticipated​

Armored Core VI
Final Fantasy XVI
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Famitsu/Dengeki Special Award​

7 Days to End with You

Magical Lovely Award​

Persona 5 Royal

 

[Topher]

Damn.....God of War: R got shut out, didn't it? Not even nominated for GOTY.

 

[nial]

>Most valuable creators
>Game Freak
fucking lol

 

[bluecowboys]

Japanese media bias strikes again.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

If I'm correct and the bold is the winner HOLYFUCK at best scenario. Xenoblade's story must've been toilet to lose to something as trashy as Pokemon S/V.

 

[lh032]

Game of the Year​

Elden Ring
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Pokemon Scarlet / Violet
Splatoon 3

Most Valuable Creator​

FromSoftware
Game Freak
Naoki Yoshida
Splatoon 3 Development Team
Wright Flyer Studios × Key Heaven Burns Red Development Team

 

[Bloobs]

No Ragnacuck in sight

 

[Thief1987]

Every cook praises his own broth.

 

[RyanEvans21]

Elder's Ring best graphics

 

[Markio128]

Each to their own I suppose.

 

[Fake]

Elden Ring deserve love.

Game Freak deserve hate.

 

[hemo memo]

Damn.....God of War: R got shut out, didn't it? Not even nominated for GOTY.

The only non-japanese game to win Famitsu GOTY award was Ghost of Tsushima which is a game about a samurai in Japan so not surprising really.

 

[Thief1987]

Elder's Ring best graphics

At least they don't even pretend to be objective, i guess.

 

[kruis]

Best Action-Adventure Game​

God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Sonic Frontiers

 

[EviLore]

 

[mrmustard]

Absolutely dominating 2022:

Top games of the year 2022 - Game of the Year

goty.gamefa.com

 

[Spaceman292]

Weird lists of nominees. That being said Pokemon Scarlett was amazing and the only people who don't like it never even played it.

 

[Tg89]

No surprise. Best game of recent memory. No real competition last year.

Other nominees are weird though.

 

[Saber]

Pokemon Scarlet Violet and Sonic Frontiers as nominees...chessuz christ.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

"ChatGPT, mix Dark Souls combat + dungeons with Breath of the Wilds open world."

Wow, 10/10. Such creativity!

 

[Captain Toad]

Elden Ring is one of mt favorite games ever. But best graphics? Art direction, sure. But, actual graphics, it's below average for a modern AAA game.

 

[DeaconOfTheDank]

"ChatGPT, mix Dark Souls combat + dungeons with Breath of the Wilds open world."

Wow, 10/10. Such creativity!

Lol you make it sound as if that's an easy thing to implement effectively

 

[geary]

What’s to take from here is that the japonese people like Elden Ring more than any Nintendo title released…thats must be something

 

[KingT731]

Elden Ring won best graphics????

 

[Madflavor]

Last time I checked Elden Ring had a total of 430 GOTY awards. The previous record holder, TLOU2, had 322.

Good luck to whoever is going to try and take the crown next. It ain't gonna be Zelda, this is far too crowded.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Gamefreak.... really?

 

[hemo memo]

What’s to take from here is that the japonese people like Elden Ring more than any Nintendo title released…thats must be something

Zelda is coming. That’s a GOTY guaranteed from Famitsu.

 

[Art The Clown]

Well deserved.

 

[gaming_again]

Western gaming culture BTFO again. As it should be.

I command thee… kneel!!!!!

 

[Shifty1897]

Every day we stray further from God.

 

[semiconscious]

Every day we stray further from God.

gotta admit: any 'best anything' category that features those first 2 games? for me, any other games named will likely at least be given some serious consideration...

 

[Fake]

Every day we stray further from God.

Best Scenario​

Heaven Burns Red
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet
Xenoblade Chronicles 3


We're more close to hell than you might think.

 

[gimmmick]

Best Action-Adventure Game​

God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Sonic Frontiers

Japanese gaming media with its trash takes , news at 11.

 

[brian0057]

SIGNALIS should've won the Indie category.

 

[Pejo]

Hahah i'm just here for the butthurt about "Best Graphics" category.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Of course.

 

[SteelCurtain 59]

"ChatGPT, mix Dark Souls combat + dungeons with Breath of the Wilds open world."

Wow, 10/10. Such creativity!

It doesn't even have Dark Souls dungeons, the vast majority are just small linear boring areas without any of what made Dark Souls dungeons amazing