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The Game Awards 2022 winners announced

The full list of winners for The Game Awards 2022 is now available, including Game of the Year.

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-Foxtrot530d ago

It was either going to be God of War Ragnarok or Elden Ring and honestly with how amazing both games are I didn't mind who won either way. However with God of War being on a streak during the awards show I had bet on Elden Ring getting it in the end.

darthv72530d ago

Id say the real winner was that flute guy. He was really getting into it on stage.

tay8701530d ago

lol me and my son were cracking up at that dude. i swore he busted out like 5 different instruments.

CrimsonWing69530d ago

Dude was exorcising a demon out of that flute!

Crows90530d ago

@tay

I knew it. I was like is that the same dude?!?!
Howd he transition so damn fast.

blackblades530d ago (Edited 530d ago )

Lol that's what I saying, I was like that guy hype as F*

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notachance530d ago

Yeah, been having amazing times with both games I'd say it's deserved either way. I'm leaning towards Elden Ring more though because GoWR being as good as it is, just more of the same game as 2018's GoW.

It's a bit sad for the other GotY nominees though like plague tale and xenoblade, both are also amazing games but they're unlucky to be released in the same year with ER and GoWR. Wish they got more recognition so more people will play it.

ClayRules2012530d ago

Yeah, Plagues Tale didn’t have a chance. But at the end of the day, as long as fans of those games really enjoyed and loved that, and Xenoblade, I’d say that’s a win in the end.

Plagues Tale Requiem is an amazing game, and great sequel. Not my game of the year, not just because God of War Ragnarok released and blew my mind, but also did Horizon: Forbidden West. Nonetheless, Plagues Tale was remarkable in its storytelling, characters etc. it’s gameplay was a nice and fun improvement and overall a sequel done right.

Never played Xenoblade, so I can’t comment on that games quality haha.

I’m glad you loved Elden Ring as much as you did! God of War Ragnarok is similar to 2018, but oh so polished, to perfection, with some additions to make an already incredible package all the more impressive. I still can’t get its last few mins outta my head😢

-Foxtrot530d ago

Oh yeah totally

I think the only award I was against was the Players choice

Usually the Players Choice awards are spot on but Genshin Impact…I mean really

shinoff2183530d ago (Edited 530d ago )

Gow of war being more of the same shouldn't even be an issue. If a great game comes out with another one and it's more of the same. My first thought is f yea. That's what I want. I haven't played gow but I have tried elden ring. It was open world demon souls type game. Nothing groundbreaking. It wasn't for me though. Not cause the difficulty but just the atmosphere. I'm sure I should give it a second chance and only played for about 10 hours.

With that said if the elden ring devs ever come out with a futuristic Sci fi type game or apocalypse type game im all fing in

SurgicalMenace529d ago

The more of the same argument is so tired, being that GoW is a continuation of its predecessor. How much were you expecting it to change when the formula was just introduced one game ago? This argument is conveniently absent in examples like GTA, COD, Gears, Halo, and the like while diligently being pressed concerning GoW. It would seem that there are individuals blind to everything outside of traversal in Elden to see how it played even worse than Fromsoftware's other offerings. Typical

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Zhipp529d ago

@Surgical
That complaint is levied against cod all the time so idk what you mean there. Gears gets it even more than CoD. Halo got it too but then they actually screwed with the formula and the fans hated it. GTA has never been more of the same. The games take forever to make and each offers major expansions to the gameplay.

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Rynxie530d ago

People still watch that clown show? I haven't seen a vga since maybe the PS3 days. Seriously, just looking at that list made me laugh. Who takes that show serious?

Sgt_Slaughter530d ago

The show is mostly for the World Premieres, it's like a mini-E3 with awards sprinkled in. The VGA's are much different compared to the first few.

blackblades530d ago

Lol who cares it way better these days

Bobertt530d ago (Edited 530d ago )

Gotta give a shout out to my rabbi Bill Clinton tho. The kid who crashed it at the end was funny everyone was like who is this kid with and then he just says some random shit.

ClayRules2012530d ago

So, was he even with the team of dev’s or no? Lol.

-Foxtrot530d ago

Apparently he’s been arrested now

Bobertt530d ago

@ClayRules2012 I would have to watch it back but i believe he tags along with the Elden Ring devs when they are walking up for the award and the devs didn't notice so security just thought he was one of them until he starts talking and the Elden Ring devs looked over to security confused about who this kid was.

blackblades530d ago

Seriously though who was he anyways, cause i was like WTF

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Army_of_Darkness530d ago

Damn. I was rooting for Horizon forbidden West to bring home game of the year... I thoroughly enjoyed it, so in my heart it's my game of the year👌🙌

mkis007529d ago

Can't wait for the dlc and 3

Sonic1881530d ago

Why was Phil Spencer there? He didn't announce anything from Microsoft 🤔

dumahim529d ago

I don't even think he did anything.

Silver-Noise-X529d ago

To watch samsung+gamepass ads. Pathetic

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Ezio2048530d ago

I knew Elden Ring would win. It happened exactly the same way as 2018. RDR2 won more technical awards but since GoW was a groundbreaking reinvention, it took Goty.

This year the same thing happened with Elden Ring.

Whenever there are 2 legendary games, the one which is more groundbreaking for its genre always takes the crown.

Both deserved it nevertheless.

alb1899530d ago

Both are incredible games but the one that deserves it is the one who won it.

roadkillers530d ago

Idk, I love god of war (look at my avatar from 2006)… but I was happy to see an original IP win.

mkis007529d ago

I wouldn't call Elden Ring groundbreaking...it's just open world. It was inevitable.

Zhipp529d ago

Elden Ring innovates in the design of its open world. I don't get why that's so hard for some people to wrap their heads around. Just because a game is open world doesn't mean it's the same as other open world games.
If level design didnt matter then almost every platformer would be essentially the same game.

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Orchard530d ago

I’ve been saying for months that ER will be GOTY. It’s certainly my GOTY too. Well deserved.

Orchard530d ago

Also forgot to say, congrats to Bill Clinton on his first ever game award.

darthv72530d ago

That was funny to read the aftermath on Twitter

ClayRules2012530d ago

That comment about Bill Clinton was so funny when watching the show.

LOGICWINS530d ago

We're never going to hear from that kid ever again 😅

Flawlessmic530d ago

Wasn't exactly a stretch, ur acting like u picked a surprise winner and got it right.

Here's a medal for picking the game almost everyone said would win or miss by whisker

Orchard530d ago

Not at all saying I picked a surprise outsider - but it’s fun to make predictions none the less.

blackblades530d ago

There's no redemption for you so who cares

Orchard530d ago

I am not seeking redemption 🤷

Nacho_Z530d ago

Everyone knows that if Elden Ring was up against a Microsoft game you'd have been saying the opposite.

Orchard530d ago

That sounds like one hell of a tinfoil hat theory.

We’ll put it to the test next year when Starfield is up, assuming there’s an Elden Ring quality title up against it.

Zhipp529d ago

@Orchard
Starfield is up against Zelda. I'd say it's chances are slim even if it is as good as Skyrim.

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IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more

IGN Entertainment has acquired the Gamer Network family of digital brands for an undisclosed sum. As a result of the acquisition, some redundancies have been made across the UK-based organisation.

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darthv7216h ago

Well this can only mean one thing... more job layoffs even in the publication industry.

Jin_Sakai15h ago(Edited 15h ago)

“Layoffs occuring“

Yep. IGN now has a monopoly in the gaming media.

“As a result of the acquisition, some redundancies have been made across the UK-based organisation.”

“Gamer Network's publications are GamesIndustry.biz, Eurogamer (including six local language editions), Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247 and Dicebreaker. The business also holds shares in Outside Xbox, Digital Foundry and Hookshot (which operates Nintendolife, PushSquare, PureXbox and Time Extension).”

“IGN Entertainment is the division of Ziff Davis that includes IGN, MapGenie, HowLongToBeat, and Humble Bundle. It has acquired the websites from PAX and New York Comic-Con organiser ReedPop, which initially bought the Gamer Network business in 2018.“

Jingsing14h ago

When say IGN you mean Microsoft's chief propagandist.

VenomUK6h ago

Surprising news, also a little sad as the magazine era is over and the website era is slowly coming to an end. But it must be said that many of the bastards who work at these places have operated as a mafia to control opinion on not only what can be said about games, but who can be allowed to talk about them, and what can be allowed to feature in them or not. As said above, redundancies are coming, Eurogamer pays the highest salaries for a team of staff who for some their output is minimal. Eurogamer also campaigned against Hogwarts Legacy and refused to review it -, the site took a hit. PAX has probably thought to cut its losses. Some job layoffs? I know of some of these people and they took pride in excluding - I will shed no tears.

S2Killinit5h ago

This is good news for Microsoft. IGN is like their advertisement arm.

-Foxtrot13h ago

All this means is a collective hive mind when reporting the news

They’ll discuss with each other how to handle topics and what kind of headlines to go with so they can fire round after round of whatever point they want to make

And the sad thing is over the many years even to the old GameGate days they love making gamers look bad as a collective. Anything for a hit piece.

victorMaje13h ago

Narrative control. I don’t like this at all.
Independent reviewers will be more important than ever.

JEECE10h ago

"They’ll discuss with each other how to handle topics and what kind of headlines to go with so they can fire round after round of whatever point they want to make."

You say this like it will be a new thing that they didn't already do.

OtterX12h ago

Yea, I had actually just seen today on Linkedin that a GamesIndustry.biz guy was talking about being laid off. I didn't read all of his post, but I bet it's because of this. That's a shame to hear. :\

Petebloodyonion14h ago

Probably Microsoft's fault!
They surely gave IGN the idea.
What's next IGN Pass?

But joke aside let's hope that this makes the news better compared to some of IGN branches

Jingsing14h ago(Edited 14h ago)

Microsoft and IGN work quite closely so it isn't a stretch to say this is a move to control the gaming press to get everyone singing from the Microsoft hymn sheet. Not a good look at all. It is transparent stuff like this which is backfiring in Microsoft's face. First they want control of all the games now the media.

crazyCoconuts13h ago

While there's obviously a desire to preserve add revenue and early access to review copies, I doubt there's the level of conspiracy here that you imply. I mean there's no direct link between MS and IGN right?

Petebloodyonion13h ago

You're probably right!!!!
Here's MS evil plan
1) Make sure that Hellblade 2 receives inflated reviews.
2) Fire all the ppl across UK who gave Starfield the justified 6/10 reviews
3) Make sure that Game industry.biz stops giving Sony's president a tribute to spew their lies and have them talk to Sarah Bonds and Todd Howard only.
4) Control the majority of players for the GOTY award so MS wins from now on.

PPL needs to know about this!

Jingsing13h ago

@crazyCoconuts The world has moved on from "direct links" as companies were easily caught doing that. These days corporations can merely operate as a cartel through shared mutual interest which is not strictly kosher either but is also more difficult to prove. It's the fundamental flaw with big corporations in the US economy today and no one in power is addressing it.

Lightning7711h ago

Is there proof to anything you're saying?

I've never heard of anything like this or is this N4G once again make believing stuff outta thin air again?

crazyCoconuts10h ago

@jing if you have proof then I stand corrected.
Otherwise it seems like more conspiratorial thinking to explain what could otherwise be explained by natural forces of market economies.
Don't get me wrong, I believe there is bias all over and unsavory influences. I just don't think it's all centrally planned by evil villains in a smoke-filled room

S2Killinit5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

I don't think anyone has proof but my personal experience corroborates what he is saying about IGN being in MS’s corner for whatever reason.

Granted, Last time I visited IGN regularly was years ago, I literally stopped once I realized the huge bias they showed in favor of xbox. Their pages for the two consoles were fundamentally different. When they would invite xbox president he was treated completely different than when Shuhei Yoshida was invited. The xbox pres was treated as one of their own. There was just too many examples, it wasn’t even much of a secret.

Jingsing2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

@Lighting77 The proof is in the pudding, "Partnerships for Events: Microsoft and IGN partner for specific events or showcases." "Sponsored Segments: Microsoft has sponsored segments within IGN's showcases." "Industry Relationships: Microsoft and IGN, as major players in the gaming industry, simply have good working relationships. This leads to collaborations on shows & joint announcements without any ownership involved." They just had an event together recently. The crux of it is money is being exchanged for favors, when that happens editorial independence goes out the window.

There was controversy about Microsoft having involvement with Polygon in the past and it proved to be real and effected their editorial bias. "Investment in Web3 Startup: Microsoft's venture capital arm, M12, participated in a $20 million funding round for Space and Time, a Web3 data warehousing platform, alongside Polygon (amongst other investors) "

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shinoff21839h ago(Edited 9h ago)

I mean news did come out the same day hellblade did.

Jk

Petebloodyonion4h ago

The embargo was to make sure IGN had time to finalize the deal and make sure Eurogamer gave this game a 5 stars instead of a 3.

Man, how devious and low can Microsoft go just to promote Gamepass
I heard that it costs a ton of money to MS and they will raise the price of Gamepass by a lot of money just to compensate
true story

Christopher14h ago

Oh boy! If we've learned one thing about recent news, corporate shrinkage of an industry via buyouts from those at top only leads to good things for employees and consumers!

Aloymetal14h ago

100%!!
IGN and Eurogamer...A match made in heaven!!

thesoftware73012h ago

Aloy!
Yes, good credible websites, I agree, it is a good match.

IGN is one of the most trusted gaming sites, weather you like it or not, but I know because they don't fit the N4G goofiness bubble, they can't be good.

shinoff21839h ago

I left ign years ago. Used to be on the ign forums all the time. I left there and found here. Not sure if you remember but this place used to be pretty bad for Sony fans. 360 was king for a few years. Anyone I don't quite remember but ign changed. Whatever the fk it was it seemed for the worse.

VenomUK6h ago

You’re right Christopher, just look at how N4G has improved since the buyout. .

Lexreborn214h ago

Ummmm not sure that’s a good thing that all these review sites are under the same umbrella. There’s no guarantee that they will maintain a non-bias opinion not paid for by the highest bidder.

MrNinosan13h ago

They haven't been non-bias since GamePass was crowned "best service in gaming".

Amplitude11h ago(Edited 11h ago)

You can go much farther back than that. Never forget the Kane and Lynch 2 review drama

Edit: wait that was GameSpot. Still though - don't trust these websites for anything. Find YouTubers like who's opinions you agree with and watch them instead. GaminylGames, Minimme, Digital Foundry, GMan, whatever. All better than these ad-filled "reviews" from people who are forced to play games and score with an arbitrary number

MrNinosan10h ago

@Amplitude
Digital Foundry has lost my trust ever since they got that MS money, but other than that, I'm with you.

If I'm on the fence of a game, I wait till the reviewers that share my taste has given their opinion.

Charal14h ago(Edited 14h ago)

Ouch, that does not sounds good for Eurogamer.
With so much of the industry media that will more or less follow the same editorial line, it will be harder and harder to distinguish PR from actual journalism in a couple of years.

Thinking about it, may it explain their review score for Hellblade 2?

Christopher14h ago

***harder and harder to distinguish PR from actual journalism in a couple of years. ***

The age of gaming advertorials.

Petebloodyonion13h ago

You're right all of this is just to promote Hellblade 2 and inflate the score.
Also the why cuts are indeed coming to Eurogamer and other UK branches because they only gave Starfield an average score.

Jingsing13h ago

Shed the non US assets that are not favorable to Xbox keep the US assets that are. Microsoft are going to deliver crap and they are going to tell you their crap is good and you are going to buy it. That seems to be the strategy. At this point I just want them out of gaming as they are operating like cancer.

VenomUK6h ago

YouTubers ursurped the games media years ago.

victorMaje13h ago

Exactly right. No more journalists. Just 1 take regurgitated & paraphrased down the chain. Smh.

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Looking Back, God of War Ragnarok Should Have Been Better

As more and more PlayStation exclusives make their way to PC and other consoles, God of War Ragnarok remains one of the last bastions of first-party greatness from Sony this generation. The long-awaited sequel delivered the thrills, violence, and intense storytelling fans have come to expect from this new chapter in the God of War saga. Or did it?

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Terry_B1d 1h ago

..just like the most of your articles.

Babadook710h ago

They’re cover image cutout should have been better.

Abnor_Mal1d 1h ago

Looking back, any game could have been better than how it released.

Skuletor23h ago

Except Pong, that sh¡ts perfect.

anast20h ago

They could have used different colors.

Abnor_Mal15h ago(Edited 15h ago)

Brick Breaker?

RNTody16h ago(Edited 16h ago)

Metal Gear Solid 3 could not have been better. Gauntlet, down!

Yet my own argument is defeated by the release of Subsistence, so you win! xD

Abnor_Mal15h ago(Edited 15h ago)

Uh, what just happened?

If I knew how, I would add that John Travolta meme of him looking around kind of lost.

Good-Smurf1d 1h ago

Then they couldn't release any game thinking like you.
They can keep improving the game for 15 years but at what cost?
Not be able to do anything else and not be able to move on.

Profchaos1d 1h ago

Bingo Duke Nukem forever would of likely achieved great results if it came out when originally planned but over a decade later it came out to bad results.

Same tbh g here they could of worked on the game for years but risked the industry passing it by

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2K Games’ big Summer Game Fest announcement needs to be Mafia 4

2K Games will take the stage at Summer Game Fest, and it is about time we got some good news about the state of Mafia 4's development.

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purple1012d ago

Didn’t a leak about a max Payne remake surface a while ago?

banger882d ago

I hope it's Mafia 4. And I really hope it's set during the 70s or 80s, and not a prequel of the first game as was rumoured.

PrecursorOrb1d 18h ago

Hoping for a Vegas mafia over here

TheColbertinator1d 17h ago

Mafia 4 would be cool if set in a 70s to 80s era

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