There were plenty of exciting reveals and announcements at The Game Awards 2022, including brand-new looks at already confirmed titles like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, but also new surprising teases for projects like Hades 2 and Armored Core 6. This year, Geoff Keighley and co. wrangled some of the industry’s top figures, like Hideo Kojima, to show off their works in progress and give players a glimpse of the games to look forward to in the coming year.
This year The Game Awards was open to the public again after a long hiatus. Event goers were treated to live musical performances from The Game Awards Orchestra, who continued their tradition of playing a medley of the music from all the GOTY nominees. Hozier performed the featured song from God of War Ragnarok titled Blood Upon The Snow. Halsey even made a surprise musical performance to help hype up Blizzard’s announcement of Diablo 4, which is set to release in June 2023. The Game Awards stream archive is available below for those who may have missed the live viewing.
The Game Awards 2022: All Announcements, Reveals, & Trailers
Below is a list of all reveals, announcements, and trailers seen during The Game Awards 2022 pre-show and awards ceremony. World premieres and brand-new projects are bolded.
- Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania (Motion Twin)
- Vampire Survivors on Mobile (poncle)
- Valiant Hearts (Old Skull Games)
- Returnal on PC (PlayStation Studios)
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (Focus Entertainment)
- It Takes Two Merchandise now available (Hazelight Studios)
- Hellboy: Web of Wyrd (Upstream Arcade)
- Horizon VR: Call of the Mountain (Playstation Studios)
- Post Trauma (Red Soul Games)
- Viewfinder (Thunderful)
- Atomic Heart (Mundfish)
- Scars Above (Mad Head Games)
- Relic Hunters Legend (Rogue)
- Among Us Hide and Seek (InnerSloth)
- After Us (Piccolo)
- Replaced (Sad Cat Studios)
- Street Fighter 6 (Capcom)
- Hades 2 (Supergiant Games)
- Judas (Ghost Story Games)
- Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (Platinum Games)
- The Callisto Protocol (Striking Distance Studios)
- Ghostbusters Rise of the Ghost Lord (nDreams)
- Destiny 2 Lightfall (Bungie)
- Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League (Rocksteady)
- Party Animals (Recreate Games)
- The Last of Us Part 1 on PC (Naughty Dog)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Respawn)
- Earthblade (Extremely OK Games)
- Dune Awakening (FunCom)
- Forsaken playable demo
- Death Stranding 2 (Kojima Productions)
- Immortals of Avenum (Ascendant Studios)
- Tekken 8 (BNE Entertainment)
- Nightingale (Inflection Games)
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
- Wayfinder (Airship Syndicate)
- Fire Emblem Engage Expansion (Nintendo)
- Skye x Aurora Virtual Concert (That Game Company)
- Diablo 4 (Blizzard)
- Horizon 2: Forbidden West Burning Shores DLC (Guerrilla)
- Blue Protocol (Bandai Namco)
- Remnant 2 (Gunfire Games)
- Transformers Reactivate (Splash Damage)
- Company of Heroes 3 (Relic)
- The Super Mario Bros. Official Clip (Film)
- Banishers (Dont Nod)
- Warhammer 40k Space Marine (Saber)
- Meet Your Maker (behaviour)
- Splatoon 3 (Nintendo)
- Blood Bowl 3 (Cyanide)
- The Witcher 3: Next Gen Update (CD Projekt Red)
- Fortnite Chapter 4 (Epic Games)
- Crash Team Rumble (Toys for Bob)
- The Lords of the Fallen (Hexworks)
- Crime Boss Rockay City (505 Games)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Season 2 Reloaded (Infinity Ward)
- Marvel Snap (Nuverse)
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty DLC (CD Projekt Red)
- Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware)
- Rocket League Frosty Fest Update (Psyonix)
- Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
TGA 2022 Highlights - Elden Ring's GOTY Win & Release Date Reveals For Jedi: Survivor, Suicide Squad, & More
Elden Ring won the prestigious GOTY award while also bagging the award for Best Direction. However, God of War Ragnarok was the most nominated game this year and took home many awards, such as Best Performance, Best Narrative, Best Audio Design, Innovation in Accessibility, and Best Score/Music. Christopher Judge, Kratos himself, gave a lengthy acceptance speech, which was the subject of many jokes as the ceremony continued. Ragnarok’s composer, Bear McCreary, even ed Hozier’s performance on stage earlier in the show.
The first half of 2023 is looking to be the release window for many major games, such as Final Fantasy 16, which is scheduled for release in June 2023. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor received a release date and a gameplay trailer showing how much Cal Kestis has grown in the years since Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Jedi: Survivor is set to release on March 17, 2023. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League debuted a new trailer teasing Batman’s appearance in the game, which included a touching tribute to the actor Kevin Conroy, the longtime voice of Bruce Wayne who sadly ed away last month. Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty DLC received a new trailer providing more detail on the story, which features actor Idris Elba playing a starring role.
Perhaps the biggest announcements of the show came in the form of FromSoftware’s epic new trailer for Armored Core 6, signaling their return to the long-dormant franchise. In an even more exciting reveal, Hideo Kojima made a special appearance announcing Death Stranding 2, with a reveal trailer promising another mysterious and fantastic story. Actors from the previous game, Norman Reedus, Léa Seydoux, and Troy Baker, are returning in the sequel. All in all, 2022 saw the release of many tremendous games, and The Game Awards has shown that 2023 may just top it.
Source: The Game Awards/YouTube
