The nominations are out for Geoff Keighley’s yearly glamorous advertising and awards event, The Game Awards, which will be broadcast on Thursday, December 8th.
Now, we’re all well aware by this point that Nintendo’s representation on these lists is usually pretty lacking until you get to the indies and the Best Family category, but it honestly doesn’t look calamitously bad this year, even with Elden Ring and God of War: Ragnarok taking up most of the oxygen in the room.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 nets three noms, A Plague Tale: Requiem gets five (albeit not for the Cloud Edition, we’d bet), and the other games sweeping the board include Tunic (three noms), Neon White (three noms), Sifu (three noms),and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (two noms).
Nintendo’s biggest blockbusters this year make an appearance, as Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Splatoon 3, Nintendo Switch Sports and Pokémon Legends: Arceus all get one nomination each. Bayonetta 3 has also been nominated for Best Action, and Square Enix’s Triangle Strategy and Live A Live also get one nom each for Best RPG.
No Zelda domination this year, of course, but the game still manages to sneak in right at the end, with Tears of the Kingdom getting a nomination for Most Anticipated Game. Also, Resident Evil 4. Can’t wait to play that 20-year-old game for the first time, eh?
Surprisingly, Nintendo is still one of the most-nommed publishers, tied with Annapurna, but, well, Sony Interactive has that on lockdown too:
Here’s the full list of all the Switch-based nominees, plus the TV shows that may be of interest to Switch players:
The Game Awards Nominees 2022
Game of the Year
A Plague Tale: Requiem (note: Cloud Version only on Switch)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best Narrative
A Plague Tale: Requiem (note: Cloud Version only on Switch)
Best Score & Music
A Plague Tale: Requiem (note: Cloud Version only on Switch)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Games for Impact
A Memoir Blue
Citizen Sleeper
Endling – Extinction is Forever
Hindsight
I Was A Teenage Exocolonist
Best Performance
Charlotte McBurney — A Plague Tale: Requiem (note: Cloud Version only on Switch)
Best Ongoing
Fortnite
Apex Legends
Best Indie
Cult of the Lamb
Neon White
Tunic
Sifu
Apex Legends
Fortnite
No Man’s Sky
Innovation in Accessibility
Return to Monkey Island
Best Action Game
Bayonetta 3
Neon White
Sifu
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
Best Action/Adventure
A Plague Tale: Requiem (note: Cloud Version only on Switch)
Tunic
Best RPG
Live A Live
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Triangle Strategy
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best Fighting
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
Sifu
Best Family
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Nintendo Switch Sports
Splatoon 3
Best Sim/Strategy
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Two Point Campus
Best Sports/Racing
OlliOlli World
Best Multiplayer
Overwatch 2
Splatoon 3
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
Best Debut Indie
Neon White
Tunic
Best Adaptation
Arcane: League of Legends
The Cuphead Show!
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Most Anticipated Game
Hogwarts Legacy
Resident Evil 4
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Which of these games do you want to win? Tell us in the comments below!
