22nd Game Developers Choice Awards
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{{Infobox award
| name = 22nd Game Developers Choice Awards
| image =
| caption =
| venue = Moscone Center
| country =
| host = Leslee Sullivant
| date = March 23, 2022
| most_awards = Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Unpacking (2)
| most_nominations = Deathloop (6)
| award1_type = Lifetime Achievement Award
| award1_winner = Yuji Horii
| award2_type = Ambassador Award
| award2_winner = Steven Spohn
| award3_type = Game of the Year
| award3_winner = Inscryption
| viewership =
| previous = 2020
| main = Game Developers Choice Awards
| next =2023
}}
The 22nd Game Developers Choice Awards was an annual ceremony by Game Developers Choice Awards for outstanding game developers and video games which was held on March 23, 2022. The awards ceremony was held alongside the Independent Games Festival awards.
Winners and Nominees
Nominees were announced on January 11, 2022.{{cite web | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/it-takes-two-deathloop-game-developers-choice-awards-nominees-1235073199/ | title = 'It Takes Two' and 'Deathloop' Among Nominees for Game Developers Choice Awards | first = Trilby | last = Beresford | date = January 11, 2022 | accessdate = January 11, 2022 | work = The Hollywood Reporter }}
Winners (noted in bold below) were named on March 23, 2022 in a ceremony hosted by Leslee Sullivant at the Moscone Center.{{cite web |author1=Logan Lampton |title=Inscryption Wins Game of the Year at the 22nd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220318005466/en/Inscryption-Wins-Game-of-the-Year-at-the-22nd-Annual-Game-Developers-Choice-Awards |website=Businesswire |date=March 23, 2022}}{{cite web |author1=Daniel New |title=Inscryption triumphs at the 2022 GDC Awards |url=https://www.thumbsticks.com/2022-gdc-awards-winners-03242022/ |website=Thumbsticks |date=March 23, 2022}}
=[[Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year|Game of the Year]]=
=Best Audio=
=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=
=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=
=Best Technology=
=Best Visual Art=
=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{{cite web |author1=Sal Romano |title=Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii accepts Lifetime Achievement Award at 22nd annual Game Developers Choice Awards |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2022/03/dragon-quest-creator-yuji-horii-accepts-lifetime-achievement-award-at-22nd-annual-game-developers-choice-awards |website=Gematsu |date=March 24, 2022}}
=Ambassador Award=
References
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External links
- [http://www.gamechoiceawards.com/winners/index.html Official website]
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Category:2021 video game awards