Famitsu's Game Awards 2022 award winners revealed
March 18, 2023 at 18:04
The Famitsu/Dengeki Game Award 2022 winners were announced today, and there’s a good number of Nintendo games that took home wins. Some of the biggest ones included Xenoblade 3 winning Best RPG, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet for Best Scenario, and Splatoon 3 for Best Action Game. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom also won the award for Most Anticipated Game in the upcoming year.
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Game of the Year
Winner: Elden Ring
Splatoon 3
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
Pokémon Legends Arceus
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
MVC – Most Valuable Creator
Winner: from Software
Game Freak
Nintendo’s Splatoon 3 dev team
Naoki Yoshida
Heaven Burns Red dev team
Best Scenario
Winner: Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
Xenoblade 3
Heaven Burns Red
Best Graphics
Winner: Elden Ring
God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Best Music
Winner: Heaven Burns Red
Xenoblade 3
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
Best Actor
Winner: Aqua Minato (Aquarium)
GACKT (Crisis Core FFVII Reunion)
Nobu Chidori (Super Noda Game World)
Best Voice Actor
Winner: Tomori Kusunoki (Heaven Burns Red)
Kenichi Suzumura (Crisis Core FFVII Reunion)
Minami Tsuda (Xenoblade 3)
Best Character
Winner: Pepper (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet)
Kirby (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
Gekka Kayamori (Heaven Burns Red)
Best Online Game
Winner: Final Fantasy XIV
Genshin Impact
Splatoon 3
Best Action
Winner: Splatoon 3
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Best Action Adventure
Winner: Sonic Frontiers
God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Best Adventure
Winner: The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
AI: The Somnium Files
DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate
Best RPG
Winner: Xenoblade 3
Elden Ring
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
Best Game App
Winner: Heaven Burns Red
Uma Musume Pretty Derby
Goddess of Victory: Nikke
Best Indie Game
Winner: Stray
Vampire Survivors
Needy Girl Overdose
Best Rookie
Winner: Heaven Burns Red
Elden Ring
Stray
Best Esports Game
Winner: Valorant
Apex Legends
Street Fighter V
Best VTuber
Winner: Ichihyakuman Tenbaru Salome
Usada Pekora
Sky Subaru
Best Streamer
Winner: k4sen
SHAKA
2BRO
Best Horror
Winner: Yomowari: Night Alone
The Quarry
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II
Most Anticipated
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Armored Core VI
Final Fantasy XVI
Special Award
Winner: 7 Days to End with You
Magical Lovely Award