22nd Game Developers Choice Awards

Nominees were announced on January 11, 2022. Winners (noted in bold below) were named on March 23, 2022 in a ceremony hosted by Leslee Sullivant at the Moscone Center. ===Game of the Year=== • Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital) • Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks) • Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios) • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts) • Resident Evil Village (Capcom) Best Audio • Unpacking (Witch Beam /Humble Bundle) • Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks) • Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios) • ''Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy'' (Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix) • Returnal (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Best Debut • Valheim (Iron Gate Studio/Coffee Stain Publishing) • The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive) • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab) • Sable (Shedworks/Raw Fury) • Wildermyth (Worldwalker Games/WhisperGames) Best Design • Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital) • Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks) • Halo Infinite (343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios) • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts) • Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios) Innovation Award • Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital) • Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks) • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts) • Unpacking (Witch Beam /Humble Bundle) • Wildermyth (Worldwalker Games/WhisperGames) Best Narrative • Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios) • Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks) • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts) • ''Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy'' (Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix) • Unpacking (Witch Beam /Humble Bundle) Best Technology • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) • Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios) • Halo Infinite (343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios) • Hitman 3 (IO Interactive) • Returnal (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment) Best Visual Art • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) • Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks) • Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios) • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab) • Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios) Social Impact Award • Boyfriend Dungeon (Kitfox Games) • Before Your Eyes (GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games) • Chicory: A Colorful Tale (The Chicory: A Colorful Tale Team/Finji) • It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts) • Life Is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/Square Enix) Audience Award • Valheim (Iron Gate Studio / Coffee Stain Publishing) Lifetime Achievement Award Yuji Horii, creator of the Dragon Quest series Ambassador Award Steven Spohn, founder of AbleGamers ==References==